(Jamaica Observer) 20 August, 2018 - News from Italy is that a Jamaican woman, her Italian husband and nine-year-old daughter, were among the causalities of last Tuesday's bridge collapse in Genoa.
The death toll from the disaster rose to 43 today after firefighters discovered the three bodies…
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