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United St. Maarten Party: Democratic Deficit Is A Slippery Slope To Authoritarianism

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten — The Board of the United St. Maarten Party expressed concern over the newly developed culture of the NA/UP Coalition to casually, but consistently systematically maneuver around the core principles of democracy. They seem to be taking the country and its people down the shadowy pathway to an authoritative state, said President Cecil Nicholas.

Nicholas in an invited comment said, democratic principles such as equality, political tolerance, accountability, and transparency are currently being clouded by polarized political rhetoric and decisions that place individualistic idealism above the greater good of the country Read more

Minister Miklos Giterson Meets With Nv Gebe Management

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten — The Minister of Public Housing, Spatial Planning, Environment and Infrastructure, Mr. Miklos Giterson, accompanied by his cabinet members, conducted an initial visit to NV GEBE yesterday. Minister Giterson met Wednesday with the members of the Managing Board of the utility company, Mr. Kenrick Chittick, Chief Executive Officer, Ms. Veronica Jansen-Webster, Chief Operations Officer and Ms Read more

Gebe Distribute Gifts To Children

PHILIPSBURG – NV GEBE celebrated its yearly “Santa Comes to GEBE,” where children from the I Can Foundation, Hope Outreach Foster Care, and students of the public schools received an early Christmas gift at GEBE’s Christmas Village located on the Ring Road.

Over 300 gifts were distributed this year to children ages of 2-12. Children within the public schools were selected by the teachers. The children were joyful and enjoyed the day GEBE hosted in their honor.

GEBE started this event 4 years ago for the children of the employees and friends Read more

Council Of Ministers Meet With Representatives Of Sol, Us Laundry And Nv Gebe

PHILIPSBURG – On Thursday, November 24, the Council of Ministers met with management of the three major industries operating in the Cay Bay area: SOL, US Laundry and NV GEBE, to discuss the environmental and health situation at hand.

While Minister of Education Silveria Jacobs, has been addressing the situation in the Cay Bay area for the past couple of weeks, the complaints of residents in that area as well as of the Miss Lalie Center have increased.  For this reason, the Council, upon request of Minister Jacobs, called for the urgent meetings.

SOL, represented by the Operations Manager Robert James and Bernard Cumberbatch, Senior Engineer from SOL Corporate office, explained to the Council that the company is the distributor of end products to their users Read more

Video Image Of Gebe Engine Wartsila Been Transported To Cape Bay Power Plant

Here is a bird view of the transportation. (721news Drone)

721news Team was Live:

Source: The Daily Herald

Relocation GEBE’s new generator incident-free

CAY BAY–The relocation of utilities company GEBE’s new diesel generator (Engine 20) from the Port in Pointe Blanche to its final location at the production plant in Cay Bay on Sunday morning was successful and incident-free.

“The move of the engine went pretty smoothly,” GEBE Interim General Manager and designated Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Kenrick Chittick told The Daily Herald on Sunday.

The entire process took several hours – from around 12:00 midnight to about 4:00am Sunday Read more

Managing Board Of Nv Gebe Announces The Arrival Of Its Brand New 11.2 Mw Wartsila Engine.

Philipsburg, Sint Maarten — The engine was off loaded yesterday September 15, 2016, at the harbor under the supervision of Wartsila Technicians and NV GEBE Interim Managing Board Ms. Iris Arrindell and Mr. Kenrick Chittick.

The engine which has to be coupled with the generator (that was off loaded last week) will both be tra Read more

Nv Gebe Presents Led Energy Saving Light Bulbs To Seniors

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten — NV GEBE on Thursday presented LED (Light Emitting Diodes) energy saving light bulbs to five senior citizens at its Pondfill office.  Also present was Home Away from Home President Patsy Flanders. Member of Parliament (MP) Maurice Lake, was also scheduled to be present for the presentation, however, he had to be present at the House of Parliament for a meeting.  MP Lake has been a staunch supporter of the senior citizen relief program that NV GEBE initiated.

LED bulbs are one of today’s most energy-efficient and rapidly-developing technologies.  They use only 20-25 of the energy and last up to 25 times longer than the traditional incandescent bulbs.  NV GEBE will be giving out 800 LED energy saving light bulbs to 160 senior citizens who received a voucher that was given out at its December 20th event that took place at the Dr Read more