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JOS bus strike - Cross Roads

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"Cross Roads at 8:55am and not a bus in sight. Commuters look around hopefully for the other means of transportation, and wait and wait but that was yesterday. Today the buses will be back."

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JOS buses at Tivoli Gardens Depot

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"When is a "first bus" not a first bus? When it gets out from the depot too late to begin working at the "first bus" is scheduled to start. JOS spokesmen say that a new system of supervision at their depots is coming to grips with the problem and…

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JOS commuters

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"Commuters yesterday enjoying the last of the 'cheap' JOS fared. Come May 14 they will have to dig deeper into their pockets."

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JOS crew strike at Parade

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"JOS Crew gathered at Parade after strike actions following a dispute between a driver and an inspector."

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JOS Depot at Tivoli

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"Awaiting spare parts - some of the buses laid up in the Tivoli Depot because of lack of spare parts to do repairs."

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JOS engineering department

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"At work in the [Jamaica Omnibus Services] engineering department."

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JOS inspector checking bus damage

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"Late night encounter: A JOS inspector checks damage to his company's vehicle late Friday night after it collided with a parked truck along Constant Spring Road, opposite King's Plaza. The truck, loaded with garbage from the nearby plazas, had…

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JOS Leyland National accident

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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…

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JOS Leyland National bus on fire

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"Half Way Tree firemen at work yesterday afternoon after this JOS Leyland National Bus caught on fire along Old Hope Road about 12:15 pm. When driver Norman Durrant was alerted by another motorist that there was fire at the back of the bus, the…

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JOS maintenance crew

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"JOS take-over: JOS maintenance crew converge beside parked buses along Industrial Terrace yesterday as workers walked off the job."

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