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THE DAILY HERALD, Thursday, March 16, 2017 Islands 5

MARIGOT--Direction de La election materials have been came back to work she had
Poste Guadeloupe indicated delivered to mail boxes and eight boxes to distribute.”
last night by press release will continue through Satur- A further elucidation in-
that the indefinite post office day, March 18. From today dicated that the vacancies
strike that started Monday in Thursday, voter cards will be were partly caused by the
St. Martin is now over after distributed normally to mail retirement of two employees
management signed a proto- boxes by the postmen. who were not replaced. High
col agreement with the union La Poste apologised for the turnover of employees is
Sud PTT GWA. inconvenience. also caused by some who are
Both parties agreed to work Employees at the post office transferred to St. Martin but
together to ameliorate a sorting centre in Concordia do not wish to stay long as
number of grievances in ad- indicated one of the reasons they wait for an opportunity Festival-goers arrive on the island Wednesday and visit the on-site box office to pick up
dition to filling employment for the current strike was in Guadeloupe, and again their passes to the SXM Festival.
vacancies and promoting over six working positions when they leave they are not
within. that remained unfilled for replaced.
La Poste pointed out that several months. The employees said they
a national agreement is “This caused an extra bur- had been requesting for sev-
in place to improve work- den on the other employ- eral years a replacement pool ~ 3,000 tickets sold internationally ~
ing conditions in response ees and if one gets sick it to minimise staff shortages.
AIRPORT--Princess Juliana the airport box office, some the first 1,000 people should
to complaints and this was causes a major problem,” “Fifty five per cent of the
signed on February 7, 2017. explained one of the em- youth are unemployed. International Airport SXM chose to go on to their hotels have arrived,” said Julian
It noted due to the block- ployees. “When this happens They could be trained and saw the first wave of music and get their passes later at Prince, Director of the Fes-
festival lovers hyped and ex- Happy Bay or other venues, tival and President of Two
ade of the sorting centre the the mail does not get deliv- we could call on them when
alternative plan for the voter ered. It happened in Sandy needed but it has never been cited for the second annual although the gesture of be- Bunch Palms Foundation
cards could not be imple- Ground in December where done,” the employee added. SXM Music Festival present- ing able to get their passes as that organises the event,
mented. the district didn’t get mail for The strikers failed to under- ly going on until this Sunday. soon they came off the plane The Festival features the
The organisation announced was very much appreciated. crème of international dee-
However, 50 per cent of a week. When the employee stand why La Poste does not
fill these positions since La that it had sold just over “This is the first festival I’ve jays and electronic music
Poste Group benefits each 3,000 tickets internationally. ever been to where I was able talent, and prides itself on
In collaboration with the to get my pass right off the drawing the most discern-
year from the competitive-
Airport, the organisers of the plane. That’s pretty cool,” ing crowd of music-lovers.
ness and employment tax
credit CICE. event were able to set up an said Ivan, a Festival-goer The name “SXM Festival” is
The indefinite strike began on-site box office where the from San Francisco who ar- derived from St. Maarten’s
PHILIPSBURG--The St. Maarten Police Force Human hundreds of Festival-goers rived on Wednesday. three-letter airport code
on Tuesday, March 14, after
Trafficking and Human Smuggling Unit arrested another meetings with management are able to check in for the “Many more are expected SXM. Locals are welcome
Border Protection Service (BPS) employee on Wednesday on March 10 failed to re- event and pick up their pass- to arrive between today to party also and can find the
morning. solve the grievances. Seventy es. Due to the large number [Wednesday – Ed.] and Sat- schedule online or on the or-
B.M.B. (44) born in Aruba has been detained in the seven per cent of the 31 em- of attendees who were at urday, but we think by today ganisation’s Facebook page.
Ostrich investigation. She is suspected of bribery and ployees at the sorting centre
human-smuggling and is the sixth BPS employee to be ar- supported the strike action
rested in this investigation carried out by the Unit into instigated by the union SUD
illegal admittance of Jamaicans, Haitians and Guyanese, PTT GWA.
amongst others. A fifth BPS employee was detained last The regional head office La
week. Poste Guadeloupe yesterday
As the investigation continues, The Daily Herald con- advised voters to pick up PHILIPSBURG--The Police cording to police. plained of pain in his left side
tacted police spokesman chief Inspector Ricardo Henson their own voter cards for this Traffic Department is pres- The youngster crossed the and left foot.
Sunday’s Territorial Council
about the shortage of Border Protection Service employ- ently investigating a traffic street without paying atten- He was treated by the para-
ees. Henson said the department is facing some challeng- election from their own dis- accident involving a ten-year- tion and the approaching medics on scene and taken
trict councils, but with the
es, but police are dealing with the shortage by assigning old boy who was struck by a vehicle knocked the child to to the St. Maarten Medical
strike over this is no longer
others to the position in the meantime. necessary. motor vehicle on the Sucker the ground. As a result of the Center for further treatment.
The Prosecutor’s Office stated that the investigation Garden Road on Tuesday at accident, the boy suffered
continues. approximately 3:00pm, ac- bruises to his body and com-