Sorry.. THIS ONE takes the cake

[Muadib]

RE: Sorry.. THIS ONE takes the cake

Chickens coming home to roost on the 'Value for Money' on the South Coast.

Occupancy numbers well below first year.. I guess you would be hesitant to come back to a hotel that flood when it rain.. or furniture dat cyaan support di fat people from farin

LOL !

Butch Stewart must have temporarily lost his mind to have gotten his brand associated with these jokers..

[Muadib]

RE: Sorry.. THIS ONE takes the cake

Mi hear seh only 1% think Corruption is a serious issue in Jamaica.

Mi memba some stories about Anancy..

Black Man Time.. must be the Nigerian strain.

[Lazie]

RE: Sorry.. THIS ONE takes the cake

If youhad listened to Ronnie Thwaites program you'd have heard how many idiots actually buy it. And to think people talk bout how Jamaicans bright. Where?

[Muadib]

Whitehouse Vindicated - Hotel was 'value for money'
published: Tuesday | September 5, 2006 <DIV class=KonaBody>

Edmond Campbell, Senior News Coordinator

The <SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 700; COLOR: black! important; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative">forensic</SPAN> audit into the US$41 million (J$2.7 billion) cost overrun at the controversial Sandals Whitehouse project in Westmore-<SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 700; COLOR: black! important; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative">land</SPAN> has concluded that the project delivered value for money.

According to Mr. Campbell, the report made it clear that the original project cost of US$60 million was inadequate for the kind of hotel that was to be constructed.

The original budget for the <SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: black! important; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent">hotel</SPAN> was about US$86 million based on the Beaches Negril concept.

"However, it was determined that that cost was too high and eventually it was reduced to US$60 million based upon a recom-mendation by a company called Capital Options Limited. The auditors conclude, however, that it is clear that this figure bore no relationship to the size or specification of the proposed hotel as was conceptualised and proposed by the <SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: black! important; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent">architects</SPAN> in May 2000," Mr. Campbell explained.

The auditors noted that if the US$60 million budget had been adopted, the scope of the project would have had to be substantially reduced.

Another point high