Cllr. Kerry Thomas
St James Parish Councillor, Kerry Thomas, has earned the ire of Regional Operations Manager at WPM Waste Management, Garnet Edmondson, who is demanding an apology from Thomas for “false accusations”.
There’s a history of Thomas complaining about the service of the NSWMA in his Mount Salem Division and at last December’s council meeting, he made remarks which have not gone down well with Edmondson, triggering a tersely worded letter which was read on his behalf at last week’s meeting.
Thomas was absent from the meeting when the letter was being read, so it was not debated, but his colleague, Councillor Charles Sinclair, noted that it was a damning report, to which Councillor Michael Troupe cynically said, “Impeach him.”
Anthony Murray (third from right), along with team members from the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) and the St James Municipal Corporation (SJMC), at a construction site in Greenwood, St James on Friday.
The St James Municipal Corporation (SJMC) on Friday served a stop order notice on a developer in the Greenwood community of the parish to halt construction of an apartment complex there.
On Wednesday, residents of Greenwood staged a demonstration in front of the SJMC offices in Montego Bay after a similar protest in front of the development, over their concerns about the recent flooding in their community, which is believed to have been caused by the blocking of a drain as part of the development.