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Contractor Threatens Judicial Action Over Unpaid Disaster Response Works

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Source: The Daily Herald 01 Jun 2026 10:48 AM

Before aND after pictures of the Ebenezer Road location, showing (above) a collapsed hillside with missing septic tank aND cistern, aND (below) the completed emergency stabilisation works.

PHILIPSBURG--A contractor hired in 2025 by the Ministry of Public Housing, SPAtial Planning, Environment aND Infrastructure VROMI for emergency stabilisation works on Ebenezer Road has threatened legal action against the Government of St. Maarten over more than EUR 135,000 in outstaNDing payments, despite written approvals aND repeated assurances from VROMI Minister NDidate' href='/newspolitician/757/patrice-gumbs'>Patrice Gumbs that payments would be expedited.

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