Dear Editor,
We read with great interest the front page article in Saturday’s The Daily Herald regarding Prime Minister Leona Romeo-Marlin’s reminder of the importance of preparation for the 2019 hurricane season. As residents and business owners in the Cupecoy area, we first enlisted her help to assist with the clean-up of what was once Ocean Club.
Dear Editor,
FACT: The St. Maarten Shipyard NV (SSY) and 3 local families in 2006 were issued a 12-year short-term “Long Lease” ending on September 21, 2018, for 8 parcels of land and 1 parcel of water. The 3 local families were given explicit authority to sublet their parcels to the SSY.
We, the local employees of the Consulate of Venezuela in Curaçao, make public the violent treatment and threats received by a consulate official, who has the full support of consul Marisol Gutiérrez to intimidate, insult, physically and verbally attack the local employees.
Dear Editor,
Well. Just when you think you’ve seen it all in St. Maarten politics you learn something new every day. And every day there is somebody from the old guard getting exposed about how they built their wealth on the backs of the people of St. Maarten. Years and years of self-enrichment allowed by people who kept voting them back into office over and over again.
The public meeting organized
At the cite scolaire this evening
Was another FIASCO
Inspite of the fact
That it was held in the most
Appropriate place a schools
Very large meeting room
Well prepare introduction
By Madame La prefete
Herself in person
Explanation tracts
In English and in French
Distributed at the entrance
Plus an official translator
In the hall
That provided excellent
Silmiltanious translation
From the language of VOLTAIRE
To the language of SHAKESPEARE
All this was not sufficient
To deter the anger of some members
Of the collectif unitaire
Who it seems came
With one thing in mind
Break up the meeting
And the lack of tackfullness
And the absence of diplomacy
Cauz the meeting to end
No sooner than it begin
Te was like presenting
A nice glass ah milk
With bread n butter
Then for the lack of
Diplomacy
Turn around and kick it
To hell down
Pastor eugene hodge
Wisely said
"Diplomacy is telling you to go to
Hell in such a nice way
That you look forward to the trip"
I find it unfortunate
With such a large and attentive crowd
That DIPLOMACY was missing
Mme la prefete better luck
Next time if there is one
Car malheureusement
Dans la vie on
A Seulement une premiere
Chance
Pour faire bonne impression
Tout le reste c’est pressions
Ou repressions
Raymond Helligar aka “Big Ray”
