Marigot: --- The director of the Tourist Office Corrine Picaut walked off her job some two to three weeks ago SMN News has been reliably informed. The source said while the director is skillful and had potential to improve tourism on St. Martin she allegedly did not set her priorities right.It is understood that Picaut and the President of the EPIC Ida Zin Ka Ieu could not see eye to eye because the director it is alleged was looking at her own interest rather than that of St. Martin.
SMN News further learnt that Picaut's contract will be up in August and she was aware that the EPIC board would not have renewed the contract.
The source said that Zin Ka Ieu confronted the director on several occasions regarding her performance on the job but nothing changed. It is further understood that when other employees of the tourist office submits projects to the director it is thrown out of the window if there is nothing in it for her. Efforts made to contact Picaut and Zin Ka Ieu for a comment proved futile up to press time.
While some are speculating that there might be some sort of court procedures SMN News learnt that the director would receive her salary for the next three months and would be given the necessary documents to seek unemployment benefits at the end of her contract.
