St. Maarten Private Eye

To find out more about corruption on SXM we must all watch NOVA....www.novatv.nl
They've posted two epidisodes on their website: one about corruption in general on the NA and one specifically on Curaçao. Saturday (in the Netherlands, I don't know about BVR) they will broadcast one on corruption in SXM and Bonaire.

Same problems on Curaçao concerning the environment.
Same problems in island government. They even had a short fragment of a videotaped rapsong recorded in the prison (bon futura?) of Curaçao, where prisoners are surprisingly in the posession of weapons.
First episode: interviewers visit our prison...the whole Dick Romkema affaire is discussed, bottom line: corruption goes unpunished.
200.000 NAF disappeared in deep pockets.

Hmm, I hope this is finally getting the ball rolling...a very unlikely event.

Something about this comment sounds fishy.
Dont know if its true at all. Even though there is an overall impression that most politicians (if not all) are corrupted. Maybe something did happen and the witness is blowing it out of proportion.

Is it possible the witness felt they lost an opportunity?

What is the intension of the post anyway?

Is this a manusscript for an exciting new book? Great writing skills and what a surprise that the 'prominent politician' was male... stunning, really.

Anyway, if I was a publisher I'd totally sign you.

coincides with this article:

http://www.smn-news.com/Headline%20News/

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

Do you really think we should just believe such a story. Come on. A friend of yours say and that is the proof that is enough. Please grow up. Mind you i am not saying Sint Maarten does not have a lot of corruption going on, but this one say and that one say is total B's.