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Alty Sasso (chairman)

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"Jamaica Chesire Village, local affiliate of Chesire Foundation Homes for the Sick, on Wednesday received a $12,500,000 boost from Scotiabank Jamaica Limited. This sum will defray the cost of one house out of twenty houses projected for the scheme.…

Trench Town firemen and JOS bus

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"A Trench Town fireman crouches low to do a better job on this JOS bus at Rousseau Road yesterday afternoon. The officer in charge of the single Trench Town fire unit which put out the blaze that started at about 3:30 p.m. Sergeant L. McGhie, watches…

Boys joyriding on JOS bus

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"These little boys are having fun on this free ride. This pleasurable planks brings smiles to their faces. But if Jolly should take a sharp turn, open his doors a little too early or get too close to a light post, the joyride could become a death…

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…

Bus hopping on Half Way Tree Road

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"Illegal ride: bus hopping in the Corporate Area is again on the increase as these boys indicated along Half Way Tree Road yesterday. What the youngsters don't seem to realize is that they are flirting with death. Shortly after this picture was taken…

Jamaica Omnibus Service drivers and conductresses

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JOS drivers and conductresses caught in a serious mood in Cross Roads yesterday after they walked off their job In protest against the bad treatment of one of their own by the police. Buses are parked in the background."

JOS bus commuters

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"Back at last: JOS buses returned to the roads yesterday after a five-day absence. Here young commuters make their way into one as they welcomed back 'Jolly Joseph'."

Scene at Parade, Kingston

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"Some like it hot: Some people will risk the heat of the sun, will stand all the way, just to get about their business. The gentleman at left apparently has not yet arrived at that level of desperation.

Some like it packed. If you get a covered…

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."

National Vehicle Corporation workers

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"Jamaican expertise on the go - Putting it together: National Vehicle Corporation workers assembling another bus for JOS at NavCo's Hanover Street, Kingston plant."