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Prison Director Rohan drops Bombshell accuses Prison Guards of Corruption!

In a devastating acknowledgment of internal corruption, Prison Director Rohan (himself the subject of a criminal investigation), accused the guards at Point Blanche prison of corruption. Something that I have indicated ad Infinium in numerous post’s on this Blog. Last week police found a firearm, numerous phones and makeshift weapons at the Point Blanche detention center. Rohan claimed that the contraband items were being brought into the facility, by nightshift guards “ against payment ”.  Rohan vehemently refuted statements that contraband was being trafficked by visitors to the facility: “ During the past two years we haven’t caught a single visitor in an attempt to things inside. Visitors do not want to miss the opportunity to see their loved ones. If we catch them for smuggling items they will be immediately and permanently denied access. We are controlling very well”. Natasha Gibbs however shattered the illusion of “ we are controlling very well”, when not more than...

Sint Martin’s vulnerable tourism infrastructure under threat of annhilation!

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Figure: A police forensics investigator in the Ama jewelry store after it was robbed. On Thursday November 3, 2016, at approximately 1:40 PM, three armed and masked men entered the Ama jewelry store, after having subdued the security guard, they proceeded to rob the store of an undisclosed quantity of jewelry. According to the owner and employees, the store was filled with customers (15 persons), who were mostly tourist’s. Arun Biljani the owner said in a statement that two of the armed men entered further into the establishment while another armed man held the security guard at gunpoint. One of the men wielding a sledgehammer smashed eight of the jewelry display cases, while his accomplice proceeded to empty them of their contents. Figure: At least two persons received injuries as they were, smashed over their heads with the butts of pistol’s, by the robbers.  Ambulance personnel were on the scene treating the injured. A week later   four armed...