PHILIPSBURG:--- The members of the supervisory board of GEBE dispatched a letter on March 10th, 2014 informing government and the company that they want to have the latest iPhones on the market while they also want Sony brand computers.
Minister of VROMI Maurice Lake placed three members on the board since he took office, they are Zylena Barry, Veronica Webster Jensen, and Kenneth Bloyden. According to reliable information reaching SMN News, Minister Lake increased the compensation for the board members since they were appointed. Well placed sources state that in the past the chairman of the board would receive $2,500 per month but that amount has now been increased to $4,000.00. Members of the former board were given $1,500 monthly but Minister Lake increased the board member's compensation to $2,000.00. While the Minister has been making the increases for the supervisory board members, GEBE consumers are still awaiting the cut they were promised in their electricity bills.
SMN News learned that GEBE's policy for phones for their board members is the same as their policy for managers who each got either a BBZ-10 or BBQ-10. The current board members requested three iPhones, one Samsung Galaxy Note 3 and one Samsung Galaxy S4. The computer policy (laptops) for GEBE managers is a standard HP, however, at least one of the board members requested a Sony laptop which is by far more expensive.
Another concern raised by some of the workers of GEBE is that the Minister of VROMI Maurice Lake appointed Veronica Webster Jensen to the supervisory board of the government owned company while Jensen is currently working in the Minister's cabinet as his policy advisor. They said the current board is working in a micro-management style or better yet micro-supervision since they meet almost on a daily basis with the managers and give them directives on the day to day operation of the company.
According to one source, the three supervisory board members that were appointed by Minister Lake recently walked out of the opening ceremony of the water-plant because their presence were mistakenly not acknowledged. Another source said that whenever, the new chairman Kenneth Bloyden is congratulated for his appointment as chairman of the supervisory board he would react by saying that he signed his "death warrant" and instead the workers should begin extending condolences to him.