GREAT BAY –Things are not what they used to be, but we see the island slowly but surely recovering from the devastation Hurricane Irma created. Some readers have asked us not to sugarcoat the situation. And while we don’t intend to do that, we have also come to realize that many locals have had more than enough of hurricane-pictures. They don’t want to see destruction, they want to see recovery. And those signs of recovery are there. Clean up crews react with a big smile to every thumbs-up they get from passing motorists. The streets are getting cleaner, garbage is…
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GREAT BAY- In his official capacity as Guyana’s first Honorary Consul on St. Maarten, Cleveland Beresford said that now is the time for fathers to make some hard decisions if they want to help in the rebuilding of the country they now call their homes. Through the intervention of Mrs. Kim Lucas-Felix, Vice Principal at the St. Maarten Academy, Guyanese residing here were kept informed about the very important meeting which took place at the school yesterday afternoon. From the attendance, it was evident that the notice she first posted on Whatsapp for circulation did reach a cross section of…
PHILIPSBURG –The Police Force of Sint Maarten with the assistance of the police forces from Aruba, Curacao, the Netherlands, the Royal Marechaussee, and the V.K.C. that are presently on the island along with the V.K.S. and the Customs Department, continue to make great progress in the arrest of persons, who have been identified as suspects in the mass looting of many businesses on the island, in the aftermath of hurricane Irma. Below are a number of reports received today from the Police department of P.R. and Communications. Man arrested at his home in possession of stolen items A man identified…
GREAT BAY – The Philipsburg Jubilee Library has been hit by more than one disaster. First Hurricane Irma ripped through the building and then the looters came – not for books but for the computers from the computer lab. Obviously, the library needs a lot of help to get back on its feet. On Wednesday staff was busy listing the books that have to be discarded because they have been damaged by the rain. It is all done by hand, at a few tables put out near the entrance of the library. Library director Monique Alberts left on Wednesday on…
GREAT BAY – Utilities Company Gebe is allowed to immediately terminate the labor contract of a former supervisor accounts payable because the woman reached retirement age some time ago. The Court in First Instance ruled in favor of Gebe, saying that in the local community and within Gebe in particular, reaching retirement age is considered a lawful reason to terminate a labor contract. The employee, born on October 18, 1956, started working for Gebe on January 1, 1990. The contract does not include an article about dismissal at retirement age. Until December 2016, the woman worked as supervisor accounts payable.…
COLE BAY — The Yacht Club at Port De Plaisance announced today that Jeff Boyd is re-opening the yacht club and will be receiving mega yachts again as of November 1st. The aim of the yacht club with its speedy re-opening is to drive business back into St. Maarten which will be key to the island’s economic recovery and will help provide jobs for those in need, especially in the marine sector, after the devastation caused by hurricane Irma. Jeff Boyd writes in his press release: “I will like to take the opportunity to thank each and every one of…
ST. JOHN’S — “Seeing Hurricane Irma increase in strength on the weather channel just made us worried.” says Tim Dowling, animation illustrator and owner of the art gallery, Art House St. Maarten. Animation illustrator Tim Dowling recounts his personal experiences during Hurricane Irma “The weather people used such horrible sentences like ‘anything that comes into Irma’s path would be annihilated!’ which made my stomach just churn. I was worried. We’d been through Luis and this was ‘only’ a category 4 hurricane so I was sick to my stomach with worry. During the hurricane, all I could think was ‘please God,…
MADAME ESTATE — St. Maarten Cable TV in a press announcement today states that on Monday, September 25th, they have disconnected all Cable TV accounts in order to process September 2017 credits. Customers that paid their September 2017 bill – yearly accounts included -, will see their credit reflected from September 6th, 2017 for the month of September. Customers owing for August 2017 or prior will be billed up to September 5th, 2017. Going forward monthly billing will only be processed to accounts that reconnected after September 26th, 2017. Going forward monthly billing will only be processed to accounts that…
SIMPSON BAY — In a press release issued today by Winair, the company updates the general public on its present situation. The press release stated that Winair had repositioned its aircrafts in St. Vincent prior to hurricane Irma and that currently the fleet is operating from the island of St. Kitts as fuel and security for aircraft are not yet present in St. Maarten. To date, Winair has performed in excess of 60 relief flights, evacuating non-nationals and providing transportation to legal residents of St. Maarten. Winair suffered massive damage to its facilities and consequently basic telecommunications, internet, electricity and…
GREAT BAY – Military personnel and Gebe-employees worked on the installation of a reverse osmosis water production installation in front of the Festival Village yesterday. The installation will produce fresh drinking water and is expected to be operational today, Wednesday September 27. The installation takes water from a nearby fire hydrant. It is pumped into a tank sends the water through the purifying machinery into a second tank. From there it will be pumped on a regular basis into mobile tanks that will be sent to four Or five strategic locations across the island. The Ministry of Home Affairs and…
