Weekly Round-up: JUTC overstaffed… Mobay gangster killed… US out of World Cup
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The state-run Jamaica Urban Transit Company on Wednesday disclosed that it is currently overstaffed by 300 workers who are costing taxpayers an additional 25 million each month.
The bus company also disclosed that237 of its buses have been attacked since 2013, with 81 since the start of this year.
That same day, an alleged Montego Bay based gangster, identified as Paul Jay Lewis otherwise called ‘Jay’ was killed during a shootout with police in Old Harbour, St Catherine.
In sport, Trinidad and Tobago stunned the United States 2-1 on Tuesday night to put them out of the 2018 World Cup in Russia.
Watch as OBSERVER ONLINE wraps this week for you.
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PNP’s Dr Shane Alexis not J’can, says VazStories of pre-inked fingers rife in St Mary SE
PNP defends nomination of Canadian in St Mary SE
PNP’s Alexis to formalise Jamaican citizenship
St Mary SE voters casual about Alexis being CanadianBy-election candidates to sign agreement on political conduct
No referendum for anti-buggery law, says Lord Gifford
SDA Church says no to ‘Seventh-gay Adventist’ supporting buggery conference
Court assistant among four arrested in divorce fraud
Man caught smuggling cocaine from Jamaica gets 13-year prison sentence
UPDATE: Alleged gangster killed in shootout with cops identified
