Unbiased look at the Sint Maarten Elections
Sarah Attends Intl. Mp Conference In Norway
Participants in a session facilitated by St. Maarten MP Wescot-Williams pause for a photo.
PHILIPSBURG--President of Parliament Sarah Wescot-Williams recently returned to the island from Oslo, Norway, where she attended the 8th International Parliamentarians Conference on the Implementation of the ICPD Programme of Action (IP Read more
Outgoing State Secretary At Parliament
Caretaker State Secretary for Kingdom Relations and Digitization Alexandra Van Huffelen, accompanied by a delegation of support staff and head of the Dutch Representation Office in Philipsburg VNP Chris Johnson, visited the House of Parliament and met with the President of Parliament Sarah Wescot-Williams and faction leaders on Mon Read more
Unanimous Vote For Sarah As Chairperson Of Parliament
From left: First Vice Chairperson of Parliament Christophe Emmanuel, Chairperson of Parliament Sarah Wescot-Williams and second Vice Chair of Parliament Melissa Gumbs.
~ Emmanuel First Vice Chair, Gumbs Second Vice Chair ~
PHILIPSBURG--Democratic Party (DP) leader Member of Parliament (MP) Sarah Wescot-Williams made history on Saturday when she became the first person to be unanimously elected to serve as Chairperson of the Parliament of St Read more
Ursm, Dp, Pfp, Now Ink Coalition Agreement To Form New Govt.
From left: NOW leader Christophe Emmanuel, DP leader Sarah Wescot-Williams, URSM leader Dr. Luc Mercelina and PFP leader Melissa Gumbs.
PHILIPSBURG--The Unified Resilient St Read more Candidates in this article:
Dp Leader Votes
Democratic Party President Achken Roberto Richardson, along with a delegation of two dozen DP members, demonstrated their unwavering support for party leader Sarah Wescot Williams as she exercised her civic duty by casting her Read more
Parliament Approves 2023 Budget Amendment, 2 Motions
PHILIPSBURG--Parliament on Thursday unanimously approved the 2023 budget amendment as well as passed two motions tabled by United Peoples (UP) party Member of Parliament (MP) Rolando Brison.
Only eight of the 15 MPs were present for Thursdays public meeting of Parliament in which the budget amendment was voted upon. Present were United Peoples (UP) party MPs Brison and Sidharth Cookie Bijlani, Party for Progress (PFP) MP Melissa Gumbs, National Alliance (NA) MPs George Pantophlet, Angelique Romou, Hyacinth Richardson and William Marlin and independent MP Ludmila de Weever Read more
ItS Been Long Enough Sarah Wants Ottley To Take Urgent Action On Vaping
MP Sarah Wescot-Williams
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Democratic Party Registers To Run In 2024 General Election
Democratic Party leadership at the Electoral Council on October 6, with party leader Sarah Wescot Williams (right) signing the registration for the 2024 general election
PHILIPSBURG--The Democratic Party is registered for the upcoming elections. DP president Achken Roberto Richardson and leader Sarah Wescot-Williams received the partys official registration at the Electoral Council of St Read more
Sarah: Pm Sends Knee-Jerk Reaction Letter On Hiring Locals At Govt-Owned Companies
PHILIPSBURG--Democratic Party (DP) leader Member of Parliament (MP) Sarah Wescot-Williams says she has been reliably informed that government has sent a letter to all government-owned entities regarding their employment policie Read more
Dp: Govt. Weighing When ItS Politically Favourable For Them To Give Election Date
DP Leader Sarah Wescot-Williams.
PHILIPSBURG--Although no rocket science is needed to determine when the 2024 parliamentary election will be, the government of St. Maarten seems to be weighing the scales to determine when Read more
Dp Lashes Back At BrisonS Disgraceful Assault On Senior Politician, Former Pm
DP leader MP Sarah Wescot-Williams.
PHILIPSBURG--A disgraceful assault on one of St. Maartens senior politicians and former prime minister was one of ways the Democratic Party (DP) described what it ca Read more
Sarah Wants To Know Status Of CountryS Bid For Caricom Assoc. Membership
MP Sarah Wescot-Williams.
~ Given that Curaao, Martinique approved ~
PHILIPSBURG--United Democrats (UD) Member of Parliament (MP) Sarah Wescot-Williams wants to know the status of St Read more
Sarah Wants Meeting On Plans To Build New Parliament Building
Sarah: Removal, Restoration Of IconS Statue Should Be Thoughtful, Respectful
File photo of the statue of the late Dr. Claude Wathey in front of the old Government Administration Building (file photo).
~ Questions govt.s intentions with Watheys statue ~
PHILIPSBURG--Democratic Party (DP) Leader Member of Parliament (MP) Sarah Wescot-Williams on Sunday questioned statements made by Minister of Public Housing, Environment, Spatial Planning, and Infrastructure VROMI Egbert Doran regarding the demolition of the old government administration building and the imminent fate of the statue of the late Dr Read more
No Meeting To Approve Ipko Delegation Due To No Quorum
MP Ludmila de Wever, standing, about to sign in for the meeting, which could not be held due to no quorum, on Thursday morning.
PHILIPSBURG--Thursdays scheduled meeting of Parliament to approve the composition of the delegation to participate in the Inter-Parliamentary Kingdom Consultations IPKO and Tripartite, did not take place due to a lack of quorum.
IPKO Is scheduled to be held in The Hague, Netherlands from May 31 to June 5.
Chairperson of Parliament Sidharth Cookie Bijlani opened a gathering of Parliament, and told MPs present that the meeting was not able to start as there had been no quorum Read more
Sarah: 2023 Budget Dressed Up To Look Balanced, Full Of Holes
PHILIPSBURG--Full of holes and dressed up to look balanced were some of the descriptions used by United Democrats (UD) Member of Parliament (MP) Read more Candidates in this article:
Minister Irion Mentions A New Yearly Fee For Lotteries
PHILIPSBURG--Minister of Finance Ardwell Irion is consulting with the Ministry of Tourism, Economic Affairs, Transport and Telecommunication (TEATT) on a regulatory framework with a new fee for lotteries on the island, he said on Thursday in response to questions from Member of Parliament (MP) Read more Candidates in this article:
Sarah Wants Govt. Pressured For Info On Talk Of Early Elections
UD MP Sarah Wescot-Williams in Parliament on Tuesday.
Sarah Disappointed Government Still To Decide On Date To Enforce Plastic Ban
A Science Fair project from a local school depicting the consequences of plastic on the environment.
PHILIPSBURG--United Democrats (UD) Member of Parliament (MP) Sarah Wescot-Williams said she is disappointed that g Read more
Sarah Says Irion Seems Hesitant To Table Tax Reform In Parliament
PHILIPSBURG--United Democrats (UD) Member of Parliament (MP) Sarah Wescot-Williams said at a press conference on Thursday that Finance Minister Read more Candidates in this article:
Sarah Gives Insight Into DpS Priorities At Meeting
DP leader Sarah Wescot-Williams at the regeneration membership meeting on Sunday evening.
CAY HILL--Member of Parliament (MP) Sarah Wescot-Williams, in her c Read more
Grisha Says Justice Minister Allowing Lingering Situation At Prison To Fester
MP Grisha Heyliger-Marten.
PHILIPSBURG--Members of Parliament (MPs) Grisha Heyliger-Marten, < Read more Candidates in this article:
Cay Hill Roundabout Spruced Up By Mp Wescot And Team
The Cay Hill roundabout before (left photo), during clean-up (centre photo) and after.
PHILIPSBURG--Member of Parliament Sarah Wescot-Williams rolled up her sleeves on Saturday to help clean up the roundabout in Cay Hill. With the able hands of Mr. Webster, we managed to clean the roundabout and make it worthy of the One-Tete Read more
Democratic Party Is Back, Announces Party Congress
PHILIPSBURG--St. Maarten Democratic Partys congress is set for Paradise Event Hall in Cay Hill on January 22. Consider it a regeneration meeting, during which we will explain the immediate and longer-term approaches of the Democratic Party, said party leader Read more Candidates in this article: