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.…
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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…
DOMINICA — The Dutch Navy ships Zr.Ms. Zeeland and Zr.Ms. Pelican are currently active in Dominica. At the request of the Dominica Government they have been rendering emergency relief after the passage of Hurricane Maria since last Friday. The emergency assistance they have been providing will most likely continue for another 7 days. HMS Zeeland helped to assess the damage immediately after the passage of Huricane Maria. For this purpose a NH-90 helicopter was deployed. In addition to frequent medical evacuations – the counter currently stands at 46 – the helicopter is also being used in the distribution of food…
Building a better and stronger St. Maarten after Hurricane Irma; That is the intention of our government, but achieving this lofty goal is easier said than done. We see trucks drive around with sheet metal roofing material, suggesting that somewhere on the island some roof will be restored to its previous condition. We have seen companies in the process of replacing huge store windows with walls made of breeze blocks – something that looks like a solid alternative; but according to architects, it isn’t, because these makeshift little walls are not an integral part of a building’s construction. In other…
Cul-de-Sac, St. Maarten – Like the majority of the island’s infrastructure, the St. Maarten Academy School was not spared the wrath of Irma, when she made landfall as a dangerous category 5 hurricane on Wednesday September 06, 2017. According to Principal, drs. Tallulah Baly-Vanterpool, the school suffered severe damage to its physical infrastructure. These included damaged roofs, blown-out windows and doors, flooded classrooms and other loss as a result of looting. Of the thirty-nine classrooms, only eleven suffered minor damages, and will be functional upon resumption of classes on Monday, October 2nd, for our Pre-Exam and Exam classes (Forms 4,…
St. Maarten (September 22, 2017) – The Dominica Foundation Sint Maarten wishes to express its solidarity with the people of the Commonwealth of Dominica after the passing of Hurricane Maria which devastated our beautiful country. Having just suffered the same terrifying experiences with Hurricane Irma on September 6, 2017, we sincerely feel your pain and loss amidst the chaos now engulfing entire communities in Dominica. We are not in Dominica in person, but rest assured we are there in spirit. We Dominicans on St. Maarten, some of us having lost our homes and our possessions, were touched and consoled when…
