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Integrity Chamber Provides Integrity Sessions To Political Parties

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten — In light of the upcoming elections, the Integrity Chamber provided integrity sessions to political parties as part of its public awareness campaign. Invitations were sent to all active political parties that are known to be contesting the upcoming elections. The sessions took place in June and July of 2023 with candidates and board members of the Democratic Party (DP), Party for Progress (PFP), National Alliance (NA), and United St Maarten Party (USP) Read more

Integrity Chamber Provides Integrity Sessions To Political Parties.

PHILIPSBURG:--- In light of the upcoming elections, the Integrity Chamber provided integrity sessions to political parties as part of its public awareness campaign. Invitations were sent to all active political parties that are known to be contesting the upcoming elections. The sessions took place in June and July of 2023 with candidates and board members of the Democratic Party (DP), Party for Progress (PFP), National Alliance (NA), and United St Maarten Party (USP) Read more

A Promise Made Is A Promise Kept

Speaking about promises, lets talk about the hospital. It has been not one, not two but three years since promises have been made to ensure that the hospital is realized. Do we need to make promises to paint the building green and orange to ensure that we have enough rooms for our people who are now being shipped overseas?

They dont even have the option of passing away in the country of their loved ones because we do not have the capacity to take care of them here. Some of you are well aware of how emotionally challenging it is, after learning about the passing of a loved one, to try to bring them back to St Read more

Gordon-Carty: Yet Another Financial Burden On Our Books

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten — It is with deep displeasure that we of the US Party have taken note of yet another added troublesome component to the already existing burden on the people of St. Maarten. Why is St. Maarten’s government delving into new projects rather than attending to the existing infrastructural necessities that are in dire need of repair when there is no clear pathway regarding the government’s plans to navigate our nation into fiscal prosperity?

Just last week, Bearing Point Consultancy won a court case for 1 million guilders while there are a plethora of other court cases and litigations that are still pending against the Government of St Read more

Usp Leader Mrs. Gordon Carty: Unfair Employment Practices

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten — Lately, I have noticed that a lot of our employment vacancies are being advertised via online Dutch mediums rather than in our local newspapers and other media outlets as stipulated by law.

Some of the online Dutch outlets include:
www.jobnet.nl,
www.simplyhired.nl,
https://www.nationalevacaturebank.nl, https://www.uitzendbureau.nl/vacatures/sint-maarten, and
https://bkv.jobs/nl/zorgprofessional/werken-in-het-buitenland/sint-maarten Read more

Fire safety exercise.

BONAIRE--After passing the Boatmaster three training courses in Bonaire, agents of the Royal Netherlands Marechaussee KMar and the Dutch Caribbean Police Force KPCN can work as skippers of the new patrol vessel that is expected to be launched in October.

During the eight-day training course, participants learned to operate the vessel, how to fight fires and general theory Read more

Gebe Hacking Scandal: A Wake-Up Call For Change

By David Salomon

In March 2022, St. Maarten’s utility company GEBE fell victim to a devastating cyberattack that resulted in the loss of all its billing information. The consequences of this breach have been far-reaching, exposing a web of nepotism and favoritism within the company, which has left us, the citizens, grappling with confusion and soaring bills.

The graph below illustrates the alarming trend in electricity bills since January 2021, with the red trend line showing a steep increase over the years Read more

New Us Party Leadership: Educating Its New Candidates

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten — Leader of the US Party, Mrs Pamela Gordon Carty, recently declared that she was content to see that a valiant attempt is being made by the other political parties to educate their incoming potential candidates. On the other hand, she remains skeptical as it appears to be a copycat phenomenon that seems to have been initiated as of late. The USP has been providing informative sessions to the citizens of St. Maarten under its new leadership team since November of 2021 Read more

PHILIPSBURG:--- In March 2022, St. Maarten's utility company GEBE fell victim to a devastating cyberattack that resulted in the loss of all its billing information. The consequences of this breach have been far-reaching, exposing a web of nepotism and favoritism within the company, which has left us, the citizens, grappling with confusion and soaring bills.
The graph illustrates the alarming trend in electricity bills since January 2021, with the red trend line showing a steep increase over the years Read more

Emmanuel Wants Guarantees From Govt. On Student Housing In Holland

~ Not exploring solutions is unacceptable ~

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten — Leader of the NOW party (Nation, Opportunity, Wealth) MP Christophe Emmanuel is calling on the Minister of Education Rodolphe Samuel to assure and guarantee parents that their children travelling to the Netherlands to further their studies this year will have adequate, stable student housing once they arrive in the country in a few weeks.

The MP said he is very concerned about the status and mental health of St Read more

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To Parents Of Students That Will Immigrate To Further Studies

On Sunday, July 9 th , 2023 during my livestream Sunday Chat I interviewed a young
man named Elisha Jones, who is currently a student in The Netherlands. He gave us
an idea of real life in The Netherlands, and shared his experiences from when he left
St. Maarten to when he arrived in The Netherlands.

From registration at the Gemeente to finding an apartment, he elaborated on the
expectations and the actual realities; the hard facts and how at times ones faith is
tested.

I have been preaching to all parents to put your faith in God, and keep praying for
your children Read more