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Jamaica: Shifting Sands

Categories: Caribbean, Jamaica, Development, Digital Activism, Economics & Business, Environment, Governance, Human Rights, Indigenous, Law, Media & Journalism, Politics, Protest, Travel

Guest Blogging at Abeng News Magazine [1], Long Bench discusses the matter of the sand heist at a beach in Coral Spring, which is earmarked for private development: “It is…our civic, ethical and moral duty to ensure that our institutions are responsive to our collective needs…I do not now, nor will I ever, choose to side with developers who do not have the interests of Jamaicans – in Trelawny or elsewhere – at the center of their plans.”