KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Jamaica Urban Transit Company resumed full service on Thursday following a two-day strike by some of its drivers over safety concerns, stemming from the shooting death of one of their colleagues along Oxford Road in St Andrew Monday night.

Meanwhile, the National Water Commission on Tuesday said it will write off more than $150 million owed by customers in areas severely affected by recent water lock-offs and major roadworks. 

And, a nine-year-old boy was washed away by floodwaters in August Town, St Andrew on Wednesday. 

In sport, double Under-20 World champion Briana Williams was on Thursday cleared to compete by the Independent Anti-Doping Disciplinary Panel (IADP), which ordered that she be reprimanded without any period of ineligibility in her doping case. 

Despite this however, the 17-year-old sprinter was withdrawn from the Jamaican team to the 17

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 IAAF World Championships currently underway in Doha, Qatar.

Watch as OBSERVER ONLINE wraps this week for you.

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JUTC returning to normality

A day of fear and chaos sparked by two murders

Over 100 JUTC drivers report sick — Montague

Holness orders ‘firm action’ against lawlessness on the roads

Murdered JUTC driver identified

JUTC driver accused of killing taxi driver surrenders

US$10-m Fallout

Debt servicing pushes budget past $850b mark

‘Bias toward none’

Cautious response to Phillips’s paternity leave law promise

$150-m write-off

Water returns to Duhaney Park after protest by residents

Rain causes flooding, landslides

Boy, 9, washed away in August Town

Pay close attention to children, PM warns after 9-y-o washed away

Man charged with brother’s murder; another nabbed on assault charges

Three PPV operators with over 1000 convicted

New features to be placed on driver’s licences

Relief, but Briana out

Chuck promises tougher law to deal with dog attacks