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Demolition Of Illegal Structures In Falmouth
Following Tuesday's demolition of a number of illegal structures at the Falmouth fishing beach in Trelawny, Mayor Collen Gager has warned that the Trelawny Municipal Corporation (TMC) will be keeping an eye on the location to ensure that those now displaced do not rebuild there.
"We will be monitoring the space. My superintendent and other officers will be monitoring the area on a daily basis so that it can never, ever get back to this state," Gager told reporters.
He said the municipal corporation, which owns the property and facility, had been receiving complaints from the nearby school that the illegal settlers were defecating on the school premises and playing loud music, which disturbed teaching and learning at the educational institution.
The settlers included sex workers who used to ply their trade in another section of the town, from where they were removed by the police.
The sex workers were also accused of having used the illegal structures at the fishing village to carry out their ‘trade’.
But during Tuesday's demolition exercise, a fisherman who gave his name as ‘Ronaldo’, while conceding that some of the illegal settlers used the school for bathroom purposes, denied that any prostitution occurred on the beach.
"Them fi left off the school premises because this big enough," the fisherman said.
The police accompanied the TMC demolition team which was aided by the use of a backhoe.
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