Communication, consultation an absolute necessity
Politics
August 17, 2026
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A common talking point as Jamaicans contemplate dangers posed by natural disasters, including hurricanes and flooding, is that tendency by some to build at the wrong place.
Socio-economic realities and/or plain ignorance sometimes influence people to set up house in unstable, vulnerable areas, such as the edge of watercourses, with very predictable results when natural disasters strike.
Hence the need for local authorities to do whatever is necessary to halt such unwise developments before they even begin or, at the very latest in early infancy.
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