Jamaica and the World

The overripe fruits of the last election have all dropped to Jamaican ground: Tourism and the environment Butch Stewart’s war with the Spaniards forced the Prime Minister to do what no environmentalist or planner thought possible : he has required a foreign hotel investor, in this case the Riu Hotels, to abide by local law and regulations . … Presumably it was the Riu’s refusal to deal with this lesser problem that forced the Prime Minister to use the heavy artillery over their hotel still under construction. Riu Ocho Rios at Mammee Bay Crime The Cabinet has been reshuffled to make way for Colonel Trevor McMillan as the new Minister of National Security .

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