Shaw, Downie make cases for Morant Bay division seat

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Shaw, Downie make cases for Morant Bay division seat

A “national disgrace” is how former Mayor of Morant Bay Yvonne Rosemarie Shaw, who is vying once a again for a seat in the St Thomas Municipal Corporation, describes the legacy road network in the parish. The road network, which forms part of the...

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