THE GLEANER MINUTE: JPS ordered to reverse September's bill | Hurricane Beryl $3b school repair bill
Aug 28th, 2024 | Category: The Gleaner Minute | 1:54#JamaicaGleaner AUGUST 28, 2024: The Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) has been instructed to ensure that the fuel charge on customers' September electricity bills are reversed following the spike on August bills… Education Minister Fayval Williams says it now will cost more than $3 billion to fund repairs to the 362 schools that were damaged by Hurricane Beryl... Funeral home operator 42-year-old Sherwayne Williams, also known as 'Baaba' was shot dead in Palmers Cross, Clarendon, on Tuesday during a dispute with another man… The Earthquake Unit at the University of the West Indies, Mona, says a light earthquake of preliminary magnitude 4.0 was felt in western Jamaica on Tuesday… IN SPORTS: Power hitting by Shai Hope and Nicholas Pooran propelled West
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