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Trial Jamaica Omnibus Services bus
"Trial bus: one of two buses imported from the United States which will shortly be put on trial by the Jamaica Omnibus Services Limited [JOS]. Initially, the buses will ply the X77 and Rock Hall in St. Andrew routes. They were imported from the motor…
NAVCO assembling bus
"NAVCO's [National Vehicle Corporation] employees seen in the process of assembling one of the buses used by the Jamaica Omnibus Service Company. NAVCO employs some 70 people, all Jamaicans. They were trained by a leading U.K. - based bus-building…
NAVCO employee working on bus frame
"A NAVCO (National Vehicles Corporation) employee carries out work on a locally fabricated frame. The frames are designed with the maximum protection of passengers in mind and are well suited for rural operations. The buses also have a strengthened…
NAVCO's M-79 bus
"The finished product - one of NAVCO's (National Vehicles Corporation) latest designs, the M-79. More than 50% of the raw materials that have gone into the production of this bus were produced locally by suppliers and sub-contractors to…
JOS bus crash along Half Way Tree Road
"JOS bus crash along Half Way Tree Road: JOS Driver Floret Thomas (right) explains to Police Constable Whibly how this bus crashed into the utility pole along Half Way Tree Road Sunday afternoon. According to Mrs. Thomas, she applied the brakes and…
JOS Leyland National accident
Another one: Another JOS Leyland National was involved in an accident yesterday. Driver Newman Boyd reported that he was negotiating the corner at Orange Street and Orange Way when the bus skidded and crashed into the wall on Orange Way, at about…
Jolly Joseph (JOS) bus
"Jolly in Mobay: A Jolly Joseph (JOS) bus rolling along Rose Hall to Montego Bay route. The buses began operating in the North Coast town on November 14 to help the transportation situation there after the Montego Bay Omnibus Company had to withdraw…
JOS bus and tanker crash at Ferry
"This JOS bus was extensively damaged when it struck a tanker at Ferry on Tuesday night. The Daily News was informed that the tanker was parked when the accident occurred. No one was reported seriously hurt in the accident."
JOS tour
"New JOS Board chairman A.Z Preston is attracted by something while JOS Chief Engineer George Swindlehurst beckons to JOS Advertising Manager Henling Wade (at right) to make the next move when members of the JOS Board toured the JOS Tivoli depot on…
Bus crash at Hagley Park Road and Eastwood Park Road
"Three of the 52 passengers on this bus were taken to hospital yesterday after the vehicle left the road and crashed into the fence of the Ministry of Housing's legal office at the corner of Hagley Park Road and Eastwood Park Road. The accident…
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Shortwood Primary choir
"Shortwood Practising (Primary) School's choir practising "The Lord is My Shepherd" for the Choral Festival scheduled for this October - part of the…