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Ras Astor Black to present election manifesto at Water Square concert
HORACE HINES, Observer staff reporter
Friday, August 31, 2007
BLACK. will contest the September 3 polls as an independent candidate for North Trelawny
FALMOUTH, Trelawny - Founder of the Jamaica Alliance Movement (JAM), Astor Black, will present his election manifesto at what he hopes will be a massive concert in Falmouth's Water Square this Saturday.
According to the manifesto, Black, who will contest the September 3 polls as an independent candidate for North Trelawny, wants the parish to benefit from monies collected by the National Water Commission (NWC) for water pumped from this parish to neighbouring Montego Bay. He will also propose that residents in the parish should pay a flat rate of $200 for domestic water usage while businesses pay a commercial rate.
Black, who has invited his opponents, the ruling People's National Party's (PNP) Dr Patrick Harris and the Opposition Jamaica Labour Party's (JLP) Dennis Meadows to the event, will also articulate his plan to upgrade the island's education system.
"All schools will be connected to wireless internet; students of all ages will have access to international learning; school teachers will be given accommodation on school property for easy access to their classrooms and their students, and students will attend the closest school to their residence," he said in his manifesto.
Black has also pledged to:
. maximise Trelawny's tourism attraction potential;
. increase training in the hospitality industry;
. establish a "Maxi Tours" to capitalise on the proposed cruise ship development for Falmouth;
. market the multimillion-dollar Greenfield Stadium;
. establish an International Airport in Trelawny to accomodate jets; and
. create jobs for displaced sugar workers.
Agriculture, security and a change in the governance of Trelawny will also get priority attention, according to Black's manifesto.
HORACE HINES, Observer staff reporter
Friday, August 31, 2007
BLACK. will contest the September 3 polls as an independent candidate for North TrelawnyFALMOUTH, Trelawny - Founder of the Jamaica Alliance Movement (JAM), Astor Black, will present his election manifesto at what he hopes will be a massive concert in Falmouth's Water Square this Saturday.
According to the manifesto, Black, who will contest the September 3 polls as an independent candidate for North Trelawny, wants the parish to benefit from monies collected by the National Water Commission (NWC) for water pumped from this parish to neighbouring Montego Bay. He will also propose that residents in the parish should pay a flat rate of $200 for domestic water usage while businesses pay a commercial rate.
Black, who has invited his opponents, the ruling People's National Party's (PNP) Dr Patrick Harris and the Opposition Jamaica Labour Party's (JLP) Dennis Meadows to the event, will also articulate his plan to upgrade the island's education system.
"All schools will be connected to wireless internet; students of all ages will have access to international learning; school teachers will be given accommodation on school property for easy access to their classrooms and their students, and students will attend the closest school to their residence," he said in his manifesto.
Black has also pledged to:
. maximise Trelawny's tourism attraction potential;
. increase training in the hospitality industry;
. establish a "Maxi Tours" to capitalise on the proposed cruise ship development for Falmouth;
. market the multimillion-dollar Greenfield Stadium;
. establish an International Airport in Trelawny to accomodate jets; and
. create jobs for displaced sugar workers.
Agriculture, security and a change in the governance of Trelawny will also get priority attention, according to Black's manifesto.