Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Zadie Neufville KINGSTON, Oct 26, 2010 (IPS) – A construction project in Kingston’s protected Palisadoes wetlands is pitting Jamaican environmentalists against the government in a showdown activists say will end up in the courts. Scientists and local environmentalists accuse the National Works Agency (NWA), which is responsible [...]
JAMAICA: Trading Ecology for a Highway
October 26, 2010 By editors
Filed Under: Americas, Development, Environment, Report Tagged With: Jamaica, Sustainable Development
JAMAICA: The Other Side of Paradise
March 17, 2010 By editors
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Kathy Barrett NEGRIL, Mar 16 (IPS) – It’s just before midnight, and the music pulsates through the massive speakers perched under the ceiling, scantily clad girls in their five-inch heels moving closer to the iron poles. To the rhythms of reggae and dancehall music, they sashay onto the platform, [...]
Filed Under: Americas, Poverty, Report, Social Issues Tagged With: Caribbean, Jamaica, Prostitution
