Casino proposal angers Maroons
Objection to foreign investors
Claudia Gardner, Hospitality Jamaica Writer
SOME ACCOMPONG Maroons in St Elizabeth are objecting
to what they say is a proposal being made by Florida-based
investors Hal Brooke and Associates to construct a casino
and a 400-room hotel on 50 acres of land in the community.
According to them, such a move could destroy the Maroon culture
and sovereignty.
One former Colonel, Harris Cawley, told Hospitality
Jamaica that he was displeased that such a development
was even being contemplated by the current Accompong
Maroon administration.
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