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Water woes for decades

John Thomas of Brown’s Hall, St Catherine, has never had the luxury of a consistent supply of potable water to his home, even after attempts were made to regularise the network in his and adjoining communities by the late 1990s. Thomas, born in...

Source: Jamaica Gleaner

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