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Remove the Human Infestation

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  Portland Rock Expedition, Pedro Cays, Jamaica  Pedro Cays, are four small, flat (2 to 5 metres high), low-lying and mostly uninhabited cays, lie about midway along the southern edge of the eastern half of Pedro Bank. The Middle Cay was captured by 400 to 500 people as a fishing outpost, of which about 150 are “women”. I have been told the place have a make shift bar and a Go-Go club and in one interview a man describe the place was filled with prostitutes and nightly merriment. These people are just the nastiest most disgusting set of people I have ever seen. They have converted a once beautiful island into a shanty town, filled with shacks as they live and eat among their own waste and filth. They pay no taxes, most are not licensed fishermen but demand that the Government spend tax payers money to improve their living conditions. Among the health and environment issues at the Pedro Cays are the absence of running water, a lack of toilet facilities and a rapidly incre...