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CEO of Harbour Holding Companies Confirms that Daily Herald Reporter Works for Company’s Commercial Department --- Just Recently made handbook for the Harbour.

markmingo14112012Philipsburg:--- The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Harbour Holding Company Mark Mingo confirmed to SMN News on Wednesday that the reporter of the Daily Herald Alita Singh does work for the commercial department of the Harbour Holding Company. Mingo who spoke to SMN News casually on Wednesday in his office said he has nothing to hide because the reporter in question does work for the harbor and when he was asked by the Minister of Tourism and shareholder representative Romeo Pantophlet during a meeting he did tell the Minister that Singh is on the payroll of the St. Maarten Harbour Holding Company. Mark Mingo who was reluctant to go on the record prior to meeting with the Minister of Tourism Affairs which was scheduled for Wednesday afternoon said Singh just recently produced a handbook for the harbor, while she writes and edits all articles including their advertisements and condolence messages for the Harbour. Mingo said he was somewhat shocked when he saw that SMN News managed to obtain the figure Singh receives for services. He said Singh does not have a fixed salary at the harbor, he said some months its more and some months it's less, her salary depends on the amount of work she does for the government owned company. SMN News previously reported that Singh is earning $6000.00 per month at the harbour some days ago, according to Mingo, some months it is that amount and some months it is less.

When he was asked how many years Singh has been working for the Harbour Holding Company, Mingo said he could not remember the exact amount of years she has been working for the Harbour Holding Company but promised to release the information to SMN News later.

Mingo said that Singh does not have a contract with the harbour because she does not have a company ,he said the harbour does work with other people such as Roddy Heyliger but recently most of the work is done by Singh because he is satisfied with her work. "It is easier to work with people who don't have a company, and for me I know Singh personally since she approached me several times for articles relating to the Habour. I also have to be discreet when it comes to releasing figures."

When asked if he did not realize that Singh is a permanent employee of the Daily Herald on St. Maarten and she is the one that has the harbour portfolios and that in itself creates a conflict of interest because the reporter in question can no longer remain objective in her writings neither is she loyal to her employers who have signed for her work and residency permits. Mingo said he does not think that he is responsible for the work Singh produces for The Daily Herald because it is the newspaper's responsibility to ensure they have workers that are working in their interest. "For me I do not have to check on how the Daily Herald runs its operations." When SMN News reminded Mingo that as an employer he should know that the company she is working for has to have solid proof to dismiss or even discipline an employee. In this case the harbour did not give this reporter a contract therefore there is no black and white trace.

SMN News also reported that Alita Singh has been writing press releases for the United Peoples Party leader and UP Members of Parliament. The press releases which were sent via email in a Microsoft document which was attached to emails showed that Singh is the author of about 25 press releases from the UP Party. Leader of the United Peoples Party Theodore Heyliger told SMN News on Tuesday that no one writes his press releases and in fact he normally sends his messages to Roddy Heyliger for mailing out to the various media houses. Heyliger said when he saw the proof SMN News posted on its website he immediately contacted Roddy Heyliger for an explanation and he was told that Singh had sent some type of template file to Roddy Heyliger and apparently Roddy Heyliger saved the template on his computer and that is how Singh's name shows up as the author of the articles issued by the United Peoples Party. SMN News had three IT technicians one of whom is working for Microsoft in the United States verify if the Microsoft document was written through a template file and we were told that the 'template story that the UP leader is giving is bogus and holds no ground since the documents sent to them for verification were written from a computer that is registered to "Alita" and they are simple Microsoft documents." In a follow up email SMN News sent to the UP leader on Wednesday to inform him of our findings regarding the "template" explanation, Heyliger said Singh does not write for him and he has shown that he is capable of speaking and writing for himself. When he was asked if Alita Singh writes on behalf of the UP Party, Heyliger said he suggests that SMN News talk to the Members of Parliament directly. SMN News also pointed out to Heyliger that we are in possession of several press releases that were written by MP Gracita Arrindell and the writing style of this particular MP has changed dramatically.

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