Fool ah tark, but Nah Fool ah Listen

Lie-Za say when she was ah bad- behave lickle girl, trying to fool granny wid she cock-ah-bull story dat can’t add-up, granny uses to watch her straight eye-to-eye and tell she: “ Chyle, Granny look like one ole fool to yuh eh, yuh ever hear fool ah talk but nah fool ah all time listen?”

Well, elect-shun kettle ah boil, ting hot ah North and Central Leeward. Is like not ah square inch of beach will be left unoccupied wid development projects. Remember back in 2017 de big ground breaking ceremony for PACE Development, the Black Sand hotel and villas project at Mt Wynne/Peters Hope, dat took place on January 19th 2017?

The initial plans for the Black Sands

Hotel involved constructing a 200-room resort in three phases: Ten 5-room villas, followed by a 150-room hotel block and an additional 200 rooms. De project was supposed to have been completed in 24 to 30 months. Last month, August 25, eight years after, I-wit-nessNews (IWN) reported dat “The Government has pulled the plug on the Canadian investors in Black Sands Resort at Peter’s Hope, which remains incomplete eight years at phase one with only foundations, floors and walls foh de ten villas in place”.

So out goes Black Sands, in comes ah new Marriott hotel wid ah $375M Beaches Resort deal to be developed at the site, with additional expansion plans for another Marriott hotel at Peters Hope. Like is ah big Act-shun sale going on. Now before ah go to Royal Mill and Hollow Day Inn at Die-man, ley we just run up, but as ah near Cumberland let me give tour-ism-is-him minister James some promo. In his address at the touris-him Stake holders’ Conference, De Mini-star announced dat dey will be ah Resort and Marina planned for St. Vincent an de Grenadines in Cumberland Bay dat will will feature a marina for pleasure yachts and small boats, 10 over-water villas, 50 cottages and a 100-room hotel. According to James, the project is expected to create employment opportunities in the area while supporting the country’s broader tourism development on the mainland.

My girl tell me doh worry me head over Ottley Hall, NDP say dey will restore dat. Head foh Royal Mill in Ratho Mill way cousin Ken Boyea had plans to develop. Back in 2020, it was announce dat ah $ 60 million facility, located in Ratho Mill, will have 80 luxury hotel rooms in a 12-storey building, which will be the nation’s tallest building. But work has been interrupted.

De same way de Bible story way de Tower of Babel dat was heading foh heaven did get stock, de wukers on Babel developed ah language problem. When de engineer order lumber dey sent galvanize. At Royal Mill when dey signal for permission, Planning signal Stop!

Last but not final is de Holiday Inn at Die-man. Ah new concept. Lie-Za say dat was not until dey opened de facility, and dey was no built-in kitchen or restaurants did de authorities realize dat when dey were explaining dat dey were building ah RMB Facility, and dey will be opportunities foh people to provide private services e.g Car Rentals, Taxi services, Restaurants, Fast Foods etc. within close proximity of de facility, some smart Alick said : “Nah mek nobody Fool yuh, Arwe. Fool ah Tark but Nah fool ah listen”.

Leave Hotel business to Business people.

And wid dat is gone ah gone again

One Love Bassy.

• Bassy Alexander is a land surveyor, folklorist and social commentator.