JAMAICA FOR SALE

[mangoskin]

A documentary about tourism and unsustainable development in Jamaica, entitled 'Jamaica for Sale', will be shown at the Bahamas National Art Gallery on Friday March 6, 2009 at 7 p.m.
Free screening and the film maker Esther Figueroa will be there.

Sponsored by the English Studies Department, College of the Bahamas (COB).

Here is the link to the film's website: http://www.jamaicaforsale.net/
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[diabolical_Tanya]

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[Yuriatin]

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From the web site's link above:

<span style="color: #000099"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-style: italic">&quot;Jamaica, one of the most indebted countries in the world, is undergoing unprecedented large-scale, mass market, all-inclusive hotel development, as well as the construction of exclusive gated residential schemes and luxury condominiums for non-residents. <span style="color: #FF0000"><span style="text-decoration: underline">Casino licenses have been approved, major tourist attractions, another international airport and many more hotels and luxury resorts are in the pipeline.</span> </span>There is a construction boom in both tourist related infrastructure (primarily highways and water delivery systems) and mega-sized hotels built on ecologically sensitive shorelines, often in socially impoverished rural communities which are without such basic amenities as proper schools, health care, housing, sewage treatment, reliable utilities and security.&quot;</span>
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Another airport in discussion?

Where - where are they hoping to put that???

[diabolical_Tanya]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Another airport in discussion?

Where - where are they hoping to put that???</div></div>


Ochi

[RichD]

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they have been talking about putting an airport in the middle of the island...Vernamfield?

[Yuriatin]

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Interesting.

I think this it's the first I'm hearing of this.

Or maybe it's been in discussion forever &amp; I just blanked it out.

I know I've done the same re Port Royal - for donkey years there's been talk develop this develop that but nothing ever happens.

[RichD]

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i think is the hurricane threat to Norman Manley that is driving the consideration to find a replacement

[Yuriatin]

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Yes, yes - ok - yes - that makes sense.

Maybe it will come to fruition ...

[Yuriatin]

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Norman Manley sinking anyway - don't it?