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Journalism is being Compromised by The Daily Herald's Political Reporter --- Affiliated with UP Party and is paid $6000.00 by Harbor Group of Companies.

Philipsburg:--- It has been years now that the people of St. Maarten have been complaining about a particular reporter who works for The Daily Herald while working for a particular politician and a government owned institution. The reporter in question was seen sporting the UP Party colors when the United Peoples Party signed the political agreement with the National Alliance in 2009 at the Emilio Wilson Park and she was also very active in the launching of the UP political party prior to the September 2010 elections and ever since then she has been writing for the candidates and those that were elected on the UP list.

The Daily Herald's political writer Alita Singh has been writing all press releases that were issued during the past months. SMN News will prove to our readers that the island's main newspaper has lost its objectivity while other media houses on St. Maarten are being used by this particular reporter to gain mileage for the UP party. SMN News learnt that Alita Singh even worked on the manifesto of the UP Party. Some political pundits have said that what Singh is doing is not illegal but certainly it is not ethical and it is clear that the articles written by her that are published by The Daily Herald are not objective. An activist on St. Maarten said to SMN News that corruption on St. Maarten is so widespread that what Singh is doing right now might seem normal but there is a huge conflict of interest since she is the one that holds the political portfolio at the Daily Herald.

Just recently SMN News learned that Alita Singh is on the payroll of the Harbour Group of Companies and she is earning a whopping $6000.00 per month salary. A source close to the United People Party leader Theo Heyliger told SMN News that Heyliger made the arrangements since 2009 when he was a commissioner for Singh to be paid through the Harbour Group of Companies. The source said that Singh has to write all articles relating to the Harbour Group of Companies for the newspaper she works for while she also writes for various magazines on behalf of the harbor. Alita Singh works as the public relations officer for the Harbor Group of Companies.

A source within the UP Party said that Singh travels at the expense of the harbor whenever there is a new cruise line coming to St. Maarten while other media houses were being left out on purpose. According to a member of the United Peoples Party, "Singh recently bought several apartments while she also bought the home at which she resides in Pointe Blanche, while there are professional writers who are St. Maarteners and are not able to pay their rent at the end of the month." SMN News learnt that the Minister and shareholder representative Romeo Pantophlet and Member of Parliament Frans Richardson have been trying to get their hands on the contract Singh has with the Harbour Group of Companies but to date it has not surfaced. Member of Parliament Frans Richardson said in an invited comment that the CEO of Harbour Group of Companies confirmed to him that Singh does get paid from the Harbour for each story she writes for them whether it was printed locally or abroad. Richardson said that the CEO told him that he is not aware of any contract between Singh and the Harbour Holding Company, the CEO did not disclose the salary Singh has been receiving from the Harbor Group of Companies.

Shareholder representative, Minister of Economic Affairs and Transportation Romeo Pantophlet confirmed to SMN News on three occasions the latest being Sunday November 11th, 2012 that Singh is indeed on the Harbour payroll. The Minister said he informed the CEO of the Harbor Group of Companies Mark Mingo that it is not ethical for a reporter to be on a government owned company payroll and this person should be dismissed. SMN News made several phone calls to the Daily Herald on Sunday evening to obtain a comment from the Publisher Paul de Windt and Managing Editor Gordon Snow but they could not be reached by phone.

Click here to view the press releases written by Daily Herald reporter Alita Singh for the Leader of the UP Party and UP MPs currently in Parliament.

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