Countries around the World are starting to recognise a coming energy crisis, in St. Maarten our answer is to buy more diesel generators, place more street lights and keep our harbor spotlights burning all night. Gas prices from now on will only be going up and scarcer. This will effect cruise ships and planes as well as our transport on the island. Is anyone thinking ahead?
We also have the ongoing GEBE - Interquin saga. Below you will find news and articles related to both issues.
UNESCO Evaluation of St Maarten water supply and sewerage proposals
Main stories and articles
Fire burns through holes in the ground on Front Street - 1st August 2008
GEBE and gov’t sign water system agreement - 30th July 2008
SXM PE Blog Post - The Economy, Energy and Development - 20th July 2008
Illegal service high-risk way to lower electricity-bills - 18th July 2008
GEBE offers 6% subvention cut in bills - 16th July 2008
Six per cent drop on electricity bill - 15th July 2008
Today O & C - Solar Energy - 12th July 2008
Lambert appointed to GEBE Board - 11th July 2008
Today O & C - Tax free gas - 4th July2008
New generator - 30th June 2008
GEBE management opposes Lambert - 30th June 2008
Brooks objects to Lambert - 28th June 2008
Govt and GEBE to sign sewage system contract - 27th June 2008
Contaminated fuel cause of outages - 27th June 2008
SXM PE Blog Post - GEBE & Geothermal energy - 22nd June 2008
Climate Change and World Resources - Update - 22nd June 2008
Letter - GEBE outages - 20th June 2008
4 generators experience problems - 20th June 2008
Fuel leak starts fire at GEBE - 20th June 2008
Frans asks about fuel and energy - 19th June 2008
Roy Marlin resigns from GEBE board - 18th June 2008
Today O & C - Gas Tax - 13th June 2008
Exco to send Gas Tax reduction proposal - 12th June 2008
French side wants 50% renewable power - 12th June 2008
Today O & C - Green GEBE - 11th June 2008
Saba close to launching geothermal project - 11th June 2008
GEBE explores all options, committed to diesel - 11th June 2008
Cay Bay Water Plant upgrade in full swing - 11th June 2008
Geo thermal energy company wants to supply SXM - 9th June 2008
SXM must invest in solar and wind - 9th June 2008
Today O & C - Doomsday - 9th June 2008
Nevis Geo Thermal well is commercially viable - 5th June May 2008
Editorial: Break it down - 3rd June 2008
Today O and C - Gas prices - 26th May 2008
Editorial: It stinks - 21st May 2008
Editorial: Tighten your belt - 15th May 2008
Today Editorial - Gas - 15th May 2008
EXCO wants lower Gas excise - 15th May 2008
Consumers powerless about gas prices - 15th May 2008
Gas goes up 30 cents per litre as of Friday - 15th May 2008
GEBE online utility bills service grows in popularity - 12th May 2008
75 GEBE employees receive ICT training - 23th April 2008
Anguilla to buy Nevis geothermal power - 18th April 2008
St. Kitts to buy Nevis geothermal - 18th April 2008
Roy chides opposition as new water plant opens - 10th April 2008
Major water plant upgrades not expected to hamper supply - 9th April 2008
Roy: Businesses need to conserve energy - 8th April 2008
Gas prices to increase soon - 4th April 2008
Roy - Businesses should conserve energy - 4th April 2008
Today Editorial - Energy saving - 4th April 2008
GIS - Health and Climate Change - 3rd April 2008
GIS - Climate Change and Health - 3rd April 2008
Airfin explains shortages - 3rd April 2008
GEBE and Ecofest - 2nd April 2008
Dry taps in some districts caused by technical issues - 1st April 2008
Multiple power cuts - 1st April 2008
Water shortages due to tech problems - 1st April 2008
GEBE shareholders get tour - 13th March 2008
GEBE General Assembly - 11th March 2008
GEBE general assembly focuses on 'Change' - 10th March 2008
GEBE shareholders reps tour facilities - 8th March 2008
Curacao to use windmills to desalinate - 6th March 2008
Water plant transfer - 21st February 2008
SXM PE Blog Post - Running Water, Lousy Reporter - 16th February 2008
Air-Fin finalising plans to take over water plant - 14th February 2008
Suriname joins water Platform - 15th February 2008
Sol simulates oil spill to check readiness - 14th February 2008
Contractors warned: ‘Contact GEBE before digging’ - 19th January 2008
Water supply to be boosted this week - 7th January 2008
Sol Antilles fixing oil pipeline in Cay Bay - 4th January 2008
Water plant on line, testing ends Friday - 3rd January 2008
Residents and Westin without electricity since Christmas Eve - 28th December 2007
Water woes still plague residents - 17th December 2007
Aqua Design water plant to be used as a standby - 14th December 2007
Air Fin plant on stream by year end, says Barendsen - 8th December 2007
Technical problems cause disruption in water supply - 4th December 2007
Water shortage still possible, residents urged to save water - 2nd December 2007
Water woes to lessen today with French side assistance - 29th November 2007
Water woes to lessen today with French side assistance - 29th November 2007
Daily Herald Editorial - Short sighted - 29th November 2007
Gas prices to go up soon - 16th November 2007
Lambert Sticking to the rules pays off - 2nd November 2007
GEBE to draft fuel clause reduction plan - 1st November 2007
Lambert comments on GEBE- 31st October 2007
Today - Electricity and Water problems - 29th October 2007
Heyliger: A St. Maarten electric company needed - 26th October 2007
Electricity prices to go even higher - 24th October 2007
SXM PE Blog Post - Mentality Changes - Look in the mirror - 27th September 2007
UFA blames GEBE’s supervisor for outage - 20th September 2007
GEBE employeee claims cuts could be avoided - 20th September 2007
New water tank for Madame Estate - 13th September 2007
More hydrants needed - 11th September 2007
Today Editorial - Hydrants and planning - 11th September 2007
Firedept recommends cisterns - 8th September 2007
Chocolate maker suffers from GEBE outages - 1st September 2007
Enerserve production unit functioning again - 9th Aug 2007
Water woes worsen as Enerserve it by snag - 8th Aug 2007
Water woes hit residents, GEBE says its hands ties - 7th Aug 2007
Water Pump blamed for water shortages - 27th July 2007
Taps trickle for 16 hours - 27th July 2007
Marlin - I can get Air Fin's license in two days - 19th July 2007
Roy tells GEBE to teach water conservation more - 19th July 2007
GEBE increases purchase of water from French side - 19th July 2007
Marlin: ‘Air-Fin can start without business licence’ - 19th July 2007
Air Fin no licence? - George Says Government Sets Wrong Precedent - 18th July 2007
Pantophlet: ‘IC never saw final draft water agreement signed with Air-Fin’ - 18th July 2007
Pantophlet: ‘IC never saw final draft water agreement signed with Air-Fin’ - 17th July 2007
Unions want a date for GEBE negotiations - 16th July 2007
Fortuno and GEBE - 6th July 2007
Brooks reprimands Lambert, Lambert responds - 6th July 2007
GEBE and Fortuno - 6th July 2007
Queing in the rain at GEBE- 5th July 2007
New 10-year deal for water supply signed - 28th June 2007
Worker saws through high voltage cable - 6th June 2007
Man causes power outage by hacksawing high power cable - 5th June 2007
Majority approves new water supply contract - 1st June 2007
Water contract awarded to Air-Fin - 1st June 2007
Air-Fin awarded water contract - 31st May 2007
Barendson explains - 30th May 2007
Dutch side affected by another power outage - 30th May 2007
Roy - No need for inspection of water plant - 29th May 2007
SXM PE Blog Post - No Hanky Panky? - 28th May 2007
GEBE wants new deal on distribution - 26th May 2007
NA demand impartial Enerserve inspection - 26th May 2007
GEBE maintains stance on water contracts - 26th May
GEBE no show at yesterday's Central Committee meeting - 25th May 2007
Central committee to discuss water contract today - 23rd May 2007
Roy - GEBE need $30 million in extra generating capacity - 22nd May 2007
Roy - Govt debt to GEBE down to 8.2 million Nafs - 22nd May 2007
Water contract sent to Central Committee - 22nd May 2007
Marlin sinks Enerserve - 22nd May 2007
No 'hanky panky' involved in water contract, says Roy - 22nd May 2007
Audio IC Meeting - 21st May 2007
Willem Barendsen refutes statements about Air-Fin - 21st May 2007
Barendson calls Harless a liar - 21st May 2007
Today Editorial - Water Saga - 21st May 2007
Water Contract Meeting today - 21st May 2007
Letter - Air- Fin and why we are in trouble - 21st May 2007
Willem Barendsen refutes statements about Air-Fin - 21st May 2007
SXM PE Blog Post - Buy Royfresh, for all bad odours - 20th May 2007
Judge gets his nose full at Dollison's apartments - 16th May 2007
Possible Air-Fin internet gambling link - 15th May 2007
Roy claims he was misquoted - 15th May 2007
Haize Tells Roy Marlin to Leave GEBE Alone - 14th May 2007
Roy unhappy that GEBE has an opinion - 14th May 2007
SXM PE Blog Post - The Water Works Deal - Contract - 14th May 2007
Early end of water contract will cost Govt NAf. 9M bill - 10th May 2007
Respect Enerserve contract, transfer water plant to GEBE - 10th May 2007
SXM PE Blog Post - Pinocchio Roy and The Water Works Deal - 9th May 2007
Respect Enerserve contract, transfer water plant to GEBE - 9th May 2007
IC to get info on water contract today - 8 May 2007
NA chide Exco over water deal - 8 May2007
IC meeting on water contract adjourned - 5th May 2007
NA - New water plant a DP rush job - 5th May 2007
Water meeting adjourned - 5th May 2007
The Daily Herald Editorial - Water is life - 4th May 2007
ExCo proposes new 10-year contract with Air-Fin for water production - 4th May 2007
Pantophlet worries about gas and consumer prices - 4th May 2007
Pantophlet blames govt for rising gas prices - 3rd May 2007
Letter - Cocopeli - Missleading the people aboug gas prices - 3rd May 2007
Gas Prices up - 28th April 2007
Fuel Prices up May 1st - 28th April 2007
Fired SOL employee calls Willy Haize conceited - 26th April 2007
Regulations regarding new Drinking Water Ordinance - 11th April 2007
Several electricity outages in 10 days - 13th March 2007
SXM PE Blog Post - The 'Fresh Pond' cess pit. - 7th March 2007
Roy and sewerage plant - 1st March 2007
SXM PE Blog Post - For You St Maarten - 1st March 2007
SMNN - Marlin Confirms Malfunction at Ilidge Road Sewerage Plant - 1st March 2007
Roy: Trucks allowed to dump only oil and grease on landfill - 1st March 2007
Exco to handle water production increase next week - 22nd February 2007
Water contracts up for approval March 3rd - 22nd February 2007
Fresh Pond water turning greener and smellier daily - 20th February 2007
Fresh pond stinks photo - 20th February 2007
Sol anniversary - 6th February 2007
Letter - Leopold to Roy Marlin - Get your facts straight - 9th February 2007
Exco in discussions with another water producer - 9th February 2007
Island to ask for exemption from drinking water testing - 8th February 2007
St. Maarten selected by UNESCO-IHE for case study in academic programme - 26th January 2007
New lowlands water plant - 25th January 2007
Water suppliers to be discussed in IC meeting - 25th January 2007
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2006 & 2005
French supplying water to Cole Bay - 9th December 2006
Rat causes three-hour Dutch side blackout - 5th December 2006
GEBE Hill problem - 14th November 2006
GEBE sign agreement on water control - 14th November 2006
Gas prices down again - 10th November 2006
Fuel prices to go down Monday - 14th October 2006
Aruban consultant to help with waste to energy plant - 29th September 2006
GEBE to purchase new generator next year - 6th October 2006
Correction to Roy blaming the Dutch story - 6th October 2006
Money for water system dried up - 6th October 2006
Roy - Energy sufficient, new generator bext year - 5th October 2005
Roy - Broken committment from Dutch reason for sewerage woes - 5th October 2006
GEBE issues newsletter - 18th September 2006
Letter - When will GEBE start to perform? - 9th September 2006
GEBE to host Caribbean electric utilities conference - 6th September 2006
GEBE yielding positive results - 1st September 2006
Light costs going down - 1st September 2006
GEBE announces a 10 per cent reduction - 1st August 2006
GEBE fuel clause down - 31st August 2006
Daily Herald Editorial - In the same boat - 31st August 2006
Today Editorial - Trying to beat fuel costs - 29th August 2006
Water Ordinance coming soon - 29th August 2006
New GEBE Manager chosen - 16th August 2006
Cable TV power units fried by GEBE outage - 16th August 2006
Immigration systems damaged by power outage - 16th August 2006
Internal short circuit, causes power outage - 15th August 2006
Executive Council Meets Incoming Managing Director of G.E.B.E. - 15th August 2006
Water contracts up for bidding - 26th July 2006
Letter - Another open letter to Roy Marlin - 24th July 2006
Lambert - No water supply issues - 22nd July 2006
GEBE halfway through underground cable project - 21st July 2006
Cay Hill residents get bills but no water - 20th July 2006
Daily Herald Editorial - Water Worries - 19th July 2006
Residents threaten protest after 3 days without water - 18th July 2006
Letter - Cay Hill resident - Open letter to Roy Marlin - 18th July 2006
Empty water tanks leaves Cay Hill residents dry - 17th July 2006
Cable fault blamed for outage - 15th July 2006
GEBE cable stolen - 13th July 2006
Theo - Car pooling worth a try to concerve energy - 8th July 2006
Solgas now in St. Maarten 18th May 2006
GEBE opens new building Thursday - 8th May 2006
Cause of GEBE fire still unknown - 27th April 2006
Fire destroys pipes by fuel delivery station - 26th April 2006
Funding for sewerage and water system being worked out - 27th March 2006
GEBE consumers get 10 per cent reduction
Court rejects Lynch’s complaint about Intaquin Letter of Intent - 20th March 2006
Roy - New GEBE package sent to Gracita - 24th February 2006
Roy lied say's Gractia - 18th February 2006
Gracita - Roy is a lair - 17th February 2006
Three vying for GEBE MD post - 17th February 2006
Roy - All documents on GEBE sent to IC members - 15th February 2006
GEBE documents go to Island Council - 2nd February 2006
1.4M Nafs for new GEBE parking lot - 2nd February 2006
GEBE shares transfered - 26th January 2006
GEBE shares now belong to the Windward Islands ~ Foundation established - 26th January 2006
Gas prices down - 24th January 2006
Sewage system planning will start in February - 20th January 2006
GEBE transfer on 25th Jan - 19th January 2006
Cabinet signs off on GEBE transfer - 11th January 2006
‘Slight decrease’ in electricity rate soon - 6th January 2006
Roy accuses Rudolph of sparking political charade over GEBE postition - 22nd December 2005
GEBE shares should be divided by August 2006 - 22nd December 2005
Three bids in for water increase - 22nd December 2005
Funding sought for sewage project in ‘crucial districts’ - 22nd December 2005
NA pushes local engineer for GEBE post - 20th December 2005
Protocol signed on GEBE shares - 20th December 2005
Energy discussed at expo - 5th December 2005
GEBE shares to be held in a foundation - 1st December 2005
GEBE transfer - 1st December 2005
Roy, Sarah chide PLKP - 1st December 2005
Islands reach consensus on GEBE - 30th November 2005
Locals apply for GEBE MD position - 26th November 2005
Water companies sought to increase supply - 26th November 2005
Meeting today on GEBE transfer - 25th November 2005
GEBE Union not happy with MD criteria - 23rd November 2005
Letter - GEBE Union to Minister Gibson - 23rd November 2005
UTS, GEBE sign $211,000 accord - 22nd November 2005
GEBE/Intaquin UN report available online - 9th November 2005
Today Editorial - Time to seek alternatives - 4th November 2005
New generators installed - 4th November 2005
GEBE expansion - 4th November 2005
Islands to finalise agreement on GEBE transfer on Nov 25 - 3rd November 2005
GEBE negotiations on the upswing - 3rd November 2005
Intaquin - Did the ExCo commit a crime - 29th October 2005
GEBE researching wind power - 25th October 2005
Rough seas continue to affect power plant - 18th October 2005
GEBE to build fuel storage and negotiate fuel supplies - 13th October 2005
Today - Lynch mulls appeal in Intaquin case - 30th September 2005
Skyrocketing fuel price of concern to cruise industry - 30th September 2005
GEBE Seeking Managing Director - Seeking applicants - 28th September 2005
Insufficient evidence to probe Intaquin matter - 28th September 2005
GEBE talks going well says Marlin - 28th September 2005
Gas price hike as of tomorrow - 26th September 2005
Daily Herald Editorial - Make Sure - 22nd September 2005
GEBE – not Intaquin – gets nod for major sewage, water project - 22nd September 2005
Exco approves final UNESCO-IHE Evaluation report, conclusions - 22nd September 2005
Islands attempt to solve GEBE transfer stalemate - 22nd September 2005
Caribbean should explore alternative energy says Jan Bouchon at GEBE celebration - 20 September 2005
GEBE to the next level - 19th September 2005
Shell and Texaco request gas increase - 16th September 2005
Gasoline prices likely to top NAf. 2 per litre - 16th September 2005
Pantophlet questions effects of gas hikes - 12th September 2005
Future of GEBE discussed in Statia - 10th September 2005
Today Editorial - PetroCaribe and Us - 9th September 2005
Gas increase expected in 14 days - 6th September 2005
New generators, diesel engines arrive, transported to GEBE - 29th August 2005
Condemn US for harboring a terrorist says Will - 26th August 2005
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