Hurricanes brought out the best & worst in some- Hon Maduro-Caines
“These hurricanes have brought out the best and worst in some of us,” Honourable Maduro-Caines stated in her address to the Eleventh Sitting of the Second Session of the Third House of Assembly (HoA).
She noted that while there are some who are “opening their homes to persons who lost their homes, feeding the community and giving what they could to others,” there are others who are taking advantage of the situation and making life difficult for residents.
Hon Maduro-Caines made mention of unreasonable landlords, who are exploiting tenants. “Some charging full rent for apartments without doors and without windows. Thanks to those who gave their tenants a break.”
Though many legislators and residents have been calling for the Tenant/Landlord Act to be put in place to correct these occurrences, there has been no mention of it being on the books as yet.
Businesses using disaster to lay off longstanding employees
Counted too in the worst set are the businesses that laid off employees only to publish vacancies or hiring notices. “Most of these companies in my opinion have no valid reason for imposing these actions against our people. I call it evil and bad minded. That’s what you call kicking our people when they are down.”
The second term legislator said after setting up shop here for so many years, and "what I call raping a country", some businesses have "kick us when we are down." She added that’s not something she is taking lightly.
"Some of these same companies I see now are placing ads that they are now hiring, after sending home so many of us. Clearly, they were targeting the long-standing employees.
"I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, there need to be some kind of law to protect our people from this kind of, what I call, evil and bad-minded treatment."
Insurance companies acting like the mafia
Turning to the insurance companies, to which many residents have levelled complaints against, Hon Maduro-Caines likened the insurance companies to the mafia.
"After paying on your insurance for twenty, thirty, thirty odd years, when time to claim and you’re under insured? How come they never say you are over insured?" Hon Maduro-Caines asked, stating also that insurance companies have not been telling customers the truth about their coverage from the onset.
"Now you have to make a claim and all of a sudden you are under insured. This is like mafia style. This has to stop."
Not a quick fix
Adding that there is much work to be done, not just in her district but in the entire country, Hon Maduro-Caines said the Virgin Islands getting back to a state of normalcy is not a quick fix.
"We know what needs to be done but getting it done is very challenging and at times it seems to be moving in slow motion. Nevertheless, I know that our economy and infrastructure will get back to where it was and even better."
She said she hoped too that during the reconstructing of the Territory minds will also be reconstructed or reformed.
"I feel as the government we need to cut some of the red tape and get help for our people in a faster manner than is going on right now," Hon Maduro-Caines concluded.
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