St. Maarten Private Eye

Grand Getaway Vacations and Immigration

Grand Getaway Vacations are one of the companies behind the 'scratch card' scammers, we see them harassing tourists in town and running them off or flagging them down on our roads. Every card is a winner, or at least every card given to a tourist, the scammer and their team mate express surprise and joy for the tourist/s and then explain how they can collect the prize. Is this the training
that Louie's GGV trainers were planning to give locals?
Permits, be they work, residence, business or building permits are used by politicians as barter in hidden back room deals and schemes. There is little if any public oversight and the opposition and press are ineffectual in questioning, investigating or exposing it. Louis Laveist had to expose it himself.

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Both our local papers lament the loss of civility, the Today called for the right perspective and the Daily Herald still doesn't understanding that one of the biggest problems is that far far too much of the 'peoples business' is kept hidden within the Exco..

The SHTA chimed in, with the observation that current policies benefit no one, the Today had another editorial, and the SHTA replied.The Unions reminded us that Laveist's foundation had not so long ago received a $50,000 donation from GGV.

The opposition of course are clueless as always, Both Lynch and George complained about disrespect of the Lt. Governor, which totally distracts from the whole permits for favors issue going down.

I don't really have time to go into this more right now, but I wanted to post something about it because I think other people out there do have things to say.

You can find more immigration news clippings in the Immigration and Human Smuggling Thread, if you scroll down to Oct and Nov 2005 you will also find the clips from the Venezuelan woman and the Sevilla cases.

Click here for SXM News Network has been following this story well, they have a list of employees of GGV and their deportation records. If you have trouble finding the stories on SXM NN website then I have recorded the stories in the links below.

SXM News Network - Business as usual for GGV - 28th February 2007

SXM News Network - Haize accuses Laveist of $50,000 bribe - 26th February 2007

Updates on the GGV story will be posted below, maybe we will be able to find out exactly what drug and youth work Laveist's Foundation has done with that $50,000.

Richards - 600 permits pending at Laveist's office - 24th February 2007

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