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The fight to block mining in the ecologically sensitive Puerto Bueno Mountains on Jamaica’s northern coast is heading to the Supreme Court as residents are suing the Government and the mining company for alleged breaches of constitutional rights.
The eight claimants filed their claim in the Supreme Court on Thursday against the attorney general, the Natural Resources and Conservation Authority (NRCA), and Bengal Development Limited, the owners of the 569-acre property in St Ann.
They are also seeking a permanent injunction against mining on the property.
Prime Minister Andrew Holness has been at the centre of the controversy after overturning, in his capacity as environment minister, the May 2020 decision of the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) not to grant a permit for the mining of limestone because of the land’s ecological value. ....

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