Marigot: -- While this may sound strange it seems as if there are people working or loitering in the Collectivity to steal from reporters. Just this week two reporters had their bags picked while covering an assignment at the Collectivity. One of the reporters told SMN News that while covering the assignment they left their Iphone in their bag which was placed next to them and someone stole the apparatus.
The reporter in question went back to the COM to see if she can retrieve her Iphone but was told that the COM does not have insurances for such incidents. The reporter who was anxious to find her iphone borrowed a phone to dial her phone but the culprit who stole it had already turned it off.
About a year ago another journalist told us that while she was at the COM covering an assignment she lost her camera and voice recorder. The reporter it is understood made endless attempts to see if she could recover her electronics but to date nothing was found. Once we at SMN News was told by one of the employees of the COM that they are the ones who are sending the thieves to kill and rob us, of course we did not take this serious but after having our home broken into five times, and the thieves targeting computers and cameras with other electronics we made the statement known to law enforcement and those managing the Collectivity.
With the recent development among our colleagues we are calling on President Frantz Gumbs to take stock of on those he has working for him and to see who these thieves are. Already you indicated the COM does not have insurance, our advice is for you to have some security cameras installed in the Collectivity so these bandits who may not be in delinquents can be caught and prosecuted.