Brecks it looms here to. Sign up for it are free of maps for me but for the youngsters that are coming up. Its early in the morning and d. J. Hama one of the winners of most popular journalists is opening up his radio studio today is the day britain was supposed to lead. Good morning good morning is the water short it was a friend radio on d. J. Harbor enemy your company for this lovely morning. Its also reza day breaks the deal of course all eyes and ears of law into the u. K. Of this time oh you know i work this through power to check whats happening here with but some believe you me glass of rum radio will keep your form will keep good for here all the want to show. That many people on the island listen to d. J. Ham as morning show. He likens prexy to hurrican the worst natural catastrophe to hit the tiny caribbean paradise in recent times. It could very well get over because of the obvious i was i was shit a structure that. Works and has the potential to be destructive as well depending on how weird it alters obit within the u. K. And in europe and europe and youre. Rebuilding continues to this day hurrican swept over the Lesser Antilles in september 27th teen with Gail Force Winds raging at almost 300 Kilometers Per Hour it was the strongest storm ever recorded on the open atlantic. Since to many the time after the cataclysmic event marks the beginning of a new age the harken took many anglicans by surprise with it sheer force one of them was Felix Fleming. Opened the door. After the window down. And to see the destruction in his the 1st hurricane and ive been through quite a few that. Actually. The sea had swallowed up his garden where he grew mangoes and other tropical fruit Felix Fleming also sees. It is between breaks it and. I think thats even worse them. You know for us because. People fingers crossed that. Somehow it will cope favor but we dont know you know thats the big question for us. On quilla is a 20 minute boat ride from st martin its nearest neighbor island. While im going to is a british overseas territory since martin belongs half to france and half to the netherlands its almost like a mini e. U. The legacy of colonialism in the area makes this situation unique. Say martin is like an extension of our. Because well over the centuries do have been so many. Into marriages and shearing. You know its only in recent times that the the politics of it game. Divisive instrument. Felix is a retired appetising man tonight hes hosting a reading with family and friends of a new play for that amateur dramatics group. Felix his daughter laura compares breaks it to a shakespearean drama. But with more facile elements. In. The discussion amongst ourselves what we have such a hard splotch know of our family members that live and work and say martin you know any sort of restriction to those relationships would be devastating i mean theres the grandparents that are buried here and there you know with their land then and that. Bank account thing. I mean how what is going to happen to hank well i dont know and i think it is very scary sometimes i can i get my medication here i need said martin they have to go there to get it and if they dont if im not allowed to go there then there will be some problem for people who need medical attention. Or has a population of around 15000. 00 tourism is the islands economic engine but it hinges on a Good Relationship with its neighbors and martin. The large planes that shuttle in the bulk of the tourists cant land in. The runways are too short they land on st maarten where the runways are popular for being so near to the beach 95 percent of the tourists who come to angola 1st arrive in st martin. And well as 33 white beaches are its biggest attraction sun sand and seafood thats all holidaymakers here are looking for. Tourism is the backbone of anglers economy and its chief source of income. The islands most famous musician banky banks can be found here on the beach he used to play with bob marley but it was for them. The bird. Is what you see what you look at. You know big. Big ocean. But still. Great people. People. Real people. Here live on the edge of a legislator like say. The well traveled calypso and reggae singer has a very clear opinion on banks that he says the british are dishonest and should take this opportunity to prove to the world that they are more than just well groomed hypocritical diplomats. British what the other is a small little piece of the earth like this that all the empire. Which is centuries theyve been dealing in diplomacy which is false weve. Never seen the truth about any situation. Said no rex it is the court with. The support and the british have to say the truth about. To themselves and to the work. They have believe them been doing that for years to get a nice a practice in. Banking banks is not the only one seeking clarity in the whole banks it discussion. Is on his way to meet someone who has been making a living from tourism for 50 years alan gums is a hotel and Restaurant Owner and used to be the islands director of tourism. Rich it is a result of what happens perhaps we dont think something is true from the very very beginning. What about their colonies and how to fix their colonies going into the European Union has that been the is that being considered within this brics it now it was not to anybody defend our interests a lot of it. Can lessen whether were didnt side well in a better position with the European Community is more important to us than then this affiliation with Great Britain and what were getting there we want to go independent as a country and then all the things that come from that flow from that that i mentioned earlier where the british said that we cannot take it from china. The way as we say well we. Made it will go independent and then we can take it from china which maybe morning were getting some very good i mean these are these are very these are questions that have not really been the really thought out by the People Living will. Breaks it is a great divider not only on the island itself and glare is dependent on imports almost all goods have to be shipped all flown in. 90 percent of its oil comes from sent him. In politics products are usually paid for in us dollars and gorilla is rather pricey. Around 2 thirds of its tourists come from the us private jets often land at a small International Airport by anglers capital in the valley an extension has been under consideration for years. He head of the Airport Authority has long been dreaming of an airport with direct connections to north america and europe. The travel overseas says see if relatively good we do medical treatment of us here that is not available on the island and so on so theres a lot of war going by residents and of course our tourism which is the economic engine. If you dont have good communication and tons of passengers by and also by sea we have quite cut off. Hot border between angola and some mountain with import tariffs and border controls would be a nightmare Frank Williams and the end of that caribbean many. Of these and. We believe that really. We have a phone with us to survive so even though its a challenge we pretty confident we have it a sub but if we have a special the language and community understand martin committed both on the debt and the french side. Is by and large one community from one. Heritage standpoint. A ferry runs to st martin twice an hour. Each sunday. Time for a family outing. Felix priming and his wife mona a visiting relatives on the neighboring island. They arrive in merry go the capital of the french comforts that mountain. Brother frank and system is saying it is a happy to see them. Since her hit their visits have become less frequent everyone is busy rebuilding felix was born here on the french side and only moved to im going to. Is the only one out of the month actually. He lives an ngo and it wrecks it happens i dont know what will happen to all relationship with a lot and we may not be even a lot of condorcet lot in the regular passport we may need a visa im not sure yet what will happen. Make a decision you know if you had a plebiscite already. If it caught people off guard now Everybody Knows about the remote no one rather you want to group or you want to bring a career of this kind a relationship that should have been at the ready you know before you decide to leave. You know you should know or you want to believe well that is for us. For your peer group to say we are still being governed by england said lightens governed by a friend and alone you know this so close together were proud to be separated for a. Time it would be unthinkable the family wouldnt be able to come together as easily as they do now visiting the cemetery together would no longer be this straight forward. To a less. Than 10 herons grave they praying for a peaceful future. In we are hoping that we will be able to do this and c. E. O. Of families and sheer say martin french and dutch the way we have for centuries. The harder it is you border would make all of that impossible. D. J. Hammer isnt too hopeful about the future after breaks it on the evening of banks a day he meets friends on the strip a small street in the valley popular on the weekends. If you if you look at all be a bit of usable bricks thats up im sure to give you the following developments you know up there what they dont tell it cannot tell us where we stand and let them know with us that because they themselves are really going over to the local grocer has got to be a burger with overburdened with that. Kind of britain because over its future 6000 kilometers away and going until they have been overlooked they talk about Great Britains forgotten border with the e. U. I feel. Disrespected because. Well not even involved in the fort. We are right next door the across all yes they have a bottom but we have she had severed ties between the french and the dutch for years and nobody consulted us. Brits it. Has been done in the last couple of years is that we dont make judgments in facet gulf in our lives. But just accept. D. J. Hammers local barbecue joint teams next door and when is National Dish is chicken usually with rice and peas you can is the fabric you king of the island. A can of the good of the tree are you doing a good good measure you say good evening to you have had a good figure like me what secular government to go back yes to that. Most of the country here is imported too for now its still cheap normally t. J. Hammer would order more to eat as pranks it brewed his appetite regular customers to maggie chick you know what normally its only when we were not happy ones the. Earth. Does good. And cooler is not the place for a bustling nightlife add cans barbecue with a side of chicken and ribs breaks it is the main dish or whatever else you would do kids but theres been a little bit of us if. They were just dont think theyre going to never consulted with those not me to take it its like we dont have a light year it is really important point us to shop the more fruits you know with other see. Thats the issue of it all of the. Former british colony the island still depends on its former colonial rulers and. And the e. U. When. They have the brits the situation ok did you read my garden may not benefit. From the european or retrieve like when i was going to be here actually get some fun with my new phone and from there i heard all that going to affect the island directly after. The us flag their. Heritage cannes barbecue is where everyone comes to me top of canadian farah makita runs an organization which depends on e. U. Subsidies shes been living in angola for 15 years the biologist is head of the National Trust and is in charge of conservation on the island and good as nature and wildlife were heavily hit by hurricane. Farah meets her staff at sunrise theyre building an artificial snorkeling trials for tourists. Quite happened as we stop them and their spaces between each of these layers and the space this is what provides the habitat to the different marine life so the fish fish shrimp good lobsters and then eventually will actually have algae in and hopefully coral growing on these as well so we get this really nice an artificial reef happening. Sustainable eco friendly tourism also interests guests from the u. S. East coast. People are starting to get that there is lots of green. You see turtles and sharon in my house in front of you guys on your opinion on things are on the 3rd floor yeah im going up. Like you. Im. When i received 14000000 euros from the 11th European Development fund it covers over a 3rd of the islands entire Development Budget but the funding will run out in 2020. From arecibo just a bit confused about how its actually going to affect any other from our perspective the National Trust perspective it does mean that were not going to be able to access really important fights for a lot of the work that way down which is quite unfortunate. The u. K. Will hardly take over the subsidies currently coming in from brussels it seems angola is not a high enough priority to the british government. Tourism is and will is livelihood to see its capital. And so the plan for the. Business of the fall is going to snuff a little on the trail this is going to let them look up to the north to break that lead good to see those should go ill be at the bottom of the fall its not. As they come down im going to start putting them together so thats my role for today and then they feel comfortable with the steel and im going to say the full so that the current president. Since november 28th seen there has been a diving and snorkelling trial in the little bay marine park right on the coast it was made with 2 purposes to create a new tourist attraction and to support Sustainable Tourism and underwater biodiversity. Fishing is not allowed here lobsters and turtles have settled very thinks it will take a few more years. As for a real reef to grow with healthy coral. Back on land d. J. Hammer has found an interesting guest for his morning show a blogger from angola who has been living in england with her family for half a year. Well look you see good due to you show used in the u. K. On good do to you are you doing. Well you did yamma. Really good here on a friday afternoon. I want to hear from you for us. You know the. Feedback divide you must be multilingual as in the u. K. A beer or whats the feedback like whats the vibe back there on the growing i am really exhausted by the subject of this and. This is too much of a look at the news you know that lets take the number one story and its all this something new so its just you know i just never know what to expect sands i still dont know what the outcome is just a force for us there in the snow around the world so its pretty pretty scary which are you sure are thank you for your time. Here writes her blog my anguish experience from a cafe in cambridge she normally likes giving restaurant temps but she cant escape the ever present breaks it came. At the end of the day we called british passport just like any other british citizen and i would hope that the cause that be will make sure that all 100 stars are represented as we are not supposed to be any less than any other british does then you know were supposed to be afloat at the very same rates as they are the biggest. She wishes her island would receive the same kind of attention that ireland to Northern Ireland have throughout the breaks in negotiations the harder you border would be just as much of a catastrophe for her and her family and whelans. Husband is studying in cambridge she will be spending 2 years here with him and their son. Hi there im from and i learned called angle that so actually im a blogger. And im just on some research on the fact you know rex it might affect a country like i do have in it but theres been it not even a consideration of the fact that theres a United Kingdom but you have to represent correct that if theres diverse interest of which we were calling for its not certain what in business or if so when you have that arrogance it doesnt surprise me that they wouldnt consider what the Channel Islands feels would guernsey feels what feels right to venice that i think we should have left because apparently trade is going to be way more expensive than most people in england when you go to that to get foreign people out of the country but most the time they say all theyre taking our jobs or whatever but its been this theyre not lazy like most british people and thats who do the work and they i dont know i think is a bad idea we should have left and not people trying to say that we should take them but again. There are too many students in the city for cambridge to reflect the average english view in 2 years when her husband has finished his studies she leaves here and the family will return to angola. Shellys here feels homesick whenever she sees fish at the market. I dont know if there is a week that goes by when i dont think gosh i would love to have lobster or some kong customs now or you know so i definitely miss the people from michael. Whether its asian problems all classic british fish and chips for seafood available here is not much of a consolation. You never know there was a time when fishing was as important as tourism is today. The word angry that means an italian and refers to the shape of the island according to surveys around 90 percent of residents would have voted remain. As a child of the day i consider it but i have a lot of it on children and teach your children your child bad well. You know what the other took from others. When former british Prime MinisterDavid Cameron called the bronx it referendum he spared no thoughts of british caribbean fisherman. If you lose the password you can go to google i guess you have to get a visa. The press would go out of the world. So the past was important to us ok so marking it was important was to and even more so because a photo was a. Situation similar to zohan. Was going to end well you know and if it goes terribly wrong that could be could be impacted negatively. Could go bankrupt without tourism its like the islands life line borders and trade barriers may sound abstract but a passport is something quite real.