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Featured Photo – Port Royal Sunset

Port Royal is one of Jamaica’s most renowned towns that was once a large and bustling city and the centre of shipping commerce in the Caribbean Sea during the latter half of the 17th century. It a city located at the end of the Palisadoes at the mouth of the Kingston Harbour, in southeastern Jamaica. A devastating earthquake on June 7, 1692, largely destroying Port Royal, causing two thirds of the city to sink into the Caribbean Sea. Today Port Royal is a quiet fishing village but it’s underwater sections are considered by some experts as the most important underwater archaeological site in the western hemisphere.
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Featured Photo – Rio Cobre Dam

The Rio Cobre Dam is located in just outside of Spanish Town. It is named after the river it is is located along and provides the majority of the water needs for the parish of St Catherine and is primarily used for irrigation and other farming activities. The Rio Cobre Dam once included a small hydro electric facility that was destroyed in a hurricane many years ago.
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Featured Photo – American Crocodile

The American Crocodile or Crocodylus acutus is a large reptile that can be found in and around mangrove swamps and marshes primarily along the south coast of Jamaica as well as in smaller populations in uninhabited areas on some northern parishes like Trelawny. Although often mistakenly referred to an alligator there are no alligators in Jamaica and it is against the law to capture or kill a crocodile in Jamaica.
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Featured Photo – Halfway Tree Transport Centre

The Halfway Tree Transport Centre can be seen from miles away The multi Billion dollar Half-Way Tree Transport Centre was completed and opened in January 2008 with the help and funding of the government of Belgium. The state of the art 18,500 square metre building is located right in the heart of the Corporate Area and can accommodate over a hundred Jamaica Urban Transit buses which ply over 60 routes between the Kingston, St Andrew, Portmore and Spanish Town.
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Featured Photo – Black-throated Blue Warbler

A Black-throated Blue Warbler foraging in Portland Black-throated Blue Warblers (scientific name Dendroica caerulescens) are small songbirds of the New World warbler family who migrate to Jamaica and other parts of the Caribbean during winter in the Northern Hemisphere. These birds forage actively in low vegetation, catching insects like spiders, caterpillar and flies as well as feeding on berries, seeds and fruits. From the end of August to early May the Black-throated Blue Warbler and other migratory birds can be found in the heavily wooded areas in Jamaica especially the Cockpit country, the Blue Mountains and other forested areas.
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Featured Photo – Port Royal

Port Royal seagulls and fishing boats Port Royal is one of Jamaica's most renouned towns that was once a large and bussling city and the centre of shipping commerce in the Caribbean Sea during the latter half of the 17th century. It a city located at the end of the Palisadoes at the mouth of the Kingston Harbour, in southeastern Jamaica. A devastating earthquake on June 7, 1692, largely destroying Port Royal, causing two thirds of the city to sink into the Caribbean Sea. Today Port Royal is a quiet fishing village but it's underwater sections are considered by some experts as the most important underwater archaeological site in the western hemisphere.