The CEO of the Jamaica Environment Trust, JET, Diana McCaulay, has criticized a decision by Environment Minister, Robert Pickersgill to lift the Cessation Order preventing the Karisma Hotel Group from removing sand from a work site in Negril, Westmoreland.
Minister Pickersgill lifted the order last night. Speaking with Nationwide News today, Ms.McCaulay says she’s disheartened.
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Minister Pickersgill says he has lifted the order, given the economic impact of the hotel development project to the country.
Ms. McCaulay says the Minister’s reasoning is flawed.
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Meanwhile, the CEO of the Jamaica Environment Trust, JET, Diana McCaulay, says the reasons given for lifting the Cessation Order, mean the country no longer needs NEPA or an environment Ministry.
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