The following is a press release from the Jamaica Environment Trust.

For Immediate Release

Wednesday, February 6^th, 2014

Kingston, Jamaica

GOJ  not dealing with public in good faith re Goat Islands port, says JET

The Jamaica Environment Trust (JET) made Access to Information (ATI) requests in October 2013 to the Port Authority of Jamaica (PAJ) for the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with China Harbour Engineering Co. Ltd. (CHEC); as well as any technical proposals describing the work to be undertaken in the Portland Bight Protected Area.  We made no request concerning the broader matter of the logistics hub.   JET’s  request for these documents were denied, an internal review was requested, and the denial was upheld.  JET therefore filed an appeal to the Access to Information Appeals Tribunal to challenge the PAJ’s refusal to provide information.  We were awaiting a hearing date.

On February 4^th, 2014, JET received the…