{
  "id": 842723,
  "title": "Use law to halt demolitions, Cousins urges Gov’t",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/use-law-to-halt-demolitions-cousins-urges-govt",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-14T05:06:29.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Jamaica Gleaner",
    "slug": "jamaica-gleaner",
    "url": "http://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20260814/use-law-halt-demolitions-cousins-urges-govt"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "WESTERN BUREAU: Lothan Cousins, the opposition spokesman on land, is calling on the Government to invoke a decades-old law to halt any further demolition of homes at Cooper’s Pen, Trelawny, arguing that the State has the legal power to protect the remaining residents. Cousins said Section 4 of the Local Communities Amenities Improvement Act provides a mechanism that could be used, pointing to…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}