St. Maarten Private Eye

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Philipsburg: ---- A team of investigators from SOAB are in third week of investigation and research at the Department of Public Transportation SMN News learned. The source say that the team of officers who works mainly for government is looking into the issuance of licenses to car rentals, towing companies as well as bus and taxi licenses that were issued to a number of Haitians nationals. According to the information reaching SMN News is that many persons who obtained their bus and taxi permits does not even have Dutch passports while Dutch nationals are still on the waiting list.

The source said that the former head of the department had created his own structure within the department which raised eyebrows. The former director who is now head of security at Westin Resort was the sole person on the petit committee to advise the commissioner of transportation. The source said he was the chairman, secretary and advisor. One company that is also under the microscope of the SOAB investigators is a tour bus company located in Cay Hill who happens to be a good friend of the former director. They are supposedly looking into how the licenses for “G and T” were processed.

The investigators are also looking at who is responsible for controlling the school transportation since the island government is spending over 750,000.00 guilders monthly for the services that are provided free of charge to parents and this section is not controlled