October 29, 2014
Relocation underway at Forum beach
KINGSTON, Jamaica – The Urban Development Corporation’s (UDC) plan to relocate fishermen and vendors from the informal Forum Fishing Village, Portmore, St Catherine is now underway.
Reports are that from 6:00 am a large team of police officers accompanied by officials from the UDC went to the area where they proceeded in assisting fishermen to move to a new location along the Port Henderson Road.
The more than 140 fisherfolk, some of whom reside on the beach, were given eviction notices in July following the January sale of the Forum Hotel to the Portmore Marina Development Limited (PMDL).
Kimmo Matthews