Jamaica: St Thomas taskforce recommends tourism/ganja project

ST THOMAS, Jamaica – Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) caretaker/candidate for Eastern St Thomas, Delano Seiveright, says that a combination of tourism and ganja cultivation has been proposed as a solution to the high levels of poverty existing in areas of the constituency.

He said that the plan was one of several proposals from a “high-level” task force, which he had established last year to organise and implement a development plan for the constituency, including job creation.

The integrated tourism and ganja plan would include redevelopment of the Morant Bay Courthouse into a museum; re-establishment of the statue of National Hero Paul Bogle, which has been missing for years; and the restoration of the Morant Bay Fort, which dates back to 1758.

He said that other plans were for; the incorporation of a Paul Bogle trail attraction; the rehabilitation of the Bath Fountain Hotel and Spa; the refurbishing and expansion of...

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