{
  "id": 15851923,
  "title": "THIRSTY FOR CASH",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/thirsty-for-cash",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-21T05:09:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Jamaica Gleaner",
    "slug": "jamaica-gleaner",
    "url": "http://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20261021/thirsty-cash"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) has confirmed that it received an application from the National Water Commission (NWC) for a 51 per cent increase in tariff over a five-year period. The NWC’s senior management told a meeting of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) at Gordon House on Tuesday that the utility had applied to the regulatory body last Friday, putting its approximately 500,000…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}