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Prime Minister Accuses Former Vromi Minister Of Signing Over Land To Chamber Of Commerce

PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten - Prime Minister with the responsibility for General Affairs, the Honorable William Marlin is accusing the former Minister of VROMI, Claret Corner of illegally signing over the land in the vicinity of Lekebek and the LB Scot Sports Auditorium over the Chamber of Commerce.

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Pm Hopes To Begin Debate In Parliament Ship Jumping, Overseas Students Voting

PHILIPSBURG – Prime Minister William Marlin has disclosed that amendments to the draft law to change the constitution pertaining to “ship jumping,” and whether or not St. Maarten students overseas should vote, will appear before Parliament for debate and subsequent approval.

However, he admitted that even if Parliament approved these changes in time for the September 26 elections, there is no certainty it will take effect, as it still has to be approved by the Kingdom Council of Ministers Read more

PHILIPSBURG:--- Prime Minister William Marlin announced on Wednesday that the amendments that have to be made to St. Maarten’s constitution were sent to the parliament of St. Maarten for the house to schedule a meeting to debate it. The amendment is aimed at curtailing ship-jumping.
Marlin said he does not know if the Parliament of St Read more

La Compañía Inso Seleccionada Para Las Negociaciones De Construcción Del Nuevo Hospital

Traducida por Máximo Castro

Philipsburg, St. Maarten.- El proceso de licitación para la construcción del nuevo Centro Médico en el que tres empresas presentaron sus ofertas culminó con la elección de la empresa INSO que tiene su sede en Italia.

Un equipo “tripartita”, integrado por SMMC SZV y el Ministerio de VSA y que está encargado de la construcción del nuevo hospital anunció el domingo que la empresa INSO había sido seleccionada para las negociaciones del contrato luego de que las ofertas fueran revisadas por cinco equipos de evaluación independientes.

La compañía presentó una oferta de U $ S 59.578.655 y obtuvo una puntuación de clasificación de 165.4 de 200.

El equipo “tripartita estuvo representada por el ministro de VSA, Emile Lee, Glen Carty de SZV y Kees Klarenbeek de SMMC Read more

Ombudsman Presents List Of Civil Servant Bottlenecks

PHILIPSBURG--Ombudsman Nilda Arduin recently presented Prime Minister William Marlin with a summary of bottlenecks identified by civil servants during workshops hosted by the Ombudsmen of the kingdom held June 27 and 28.

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National Alliance Leader Places Spotlight On List Makeup Of Opposing Partiy

PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten - Leader of the National Alliance, Prime Minister the Honorable William Marlin accused one of their opposing parties on Monday of supporting the so called "ship jumpers" and thus supporting the instability that the government of St Read more

PHILIPSBURG:--- Contract negotiations for the design, build, and maintenance contract of the new General Hospital of Sint Maarten will commence this month with the nominated bidder, INSO. The construction of the new General Hospital is still on schedule to start in the third quarter of this year. The new General Hospital will improve and expand the quality of healthcare that is available on Sint Maarten. The new facility will be able to accommodate additional services which are now not available locally, attracting more medical specialists and create new jobs Read more

Hope leader became emotional as she made a statement.

PHILIPSBURG:--- Of the nine political parties that submitted their list to the voting bureau on Monday, only three of them handed in a list with a full slate of 23 candidates. They are the United Peoples Party (UPP), United St. Maarten’s People Party (USP), and the National Alliance (NA).
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National Alliance Wants 10 Seats For Stable Govt.

SUCKER GARDEN--The white party, National Alliance (NA), presented 23 candidates to its supporters at the new party headquarters in Sucker Garden on Sunday afternoon. The party will present its list on Monday, led by veteran politician and sitting Prime Minister Read more

National Alliance Wants 10 Seats For Stable Govt.

SUCKER GARDEN–The white party, National Alliance (NA), presented 23 candidates to its supporters at the new party headquarters in Sucker Garden on Sunday afternoon. The party will present its list on Monday, led by veteran politician and sitting Prime Minister William Marlin.

  The inclusion of younger candidates shows the party’s vision for the future, according to Marlin, who presented the candidates Read more

Inso Selected For Contract Negotiations To Build New Hospital

PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten – The bidding process for the new Medical Center in which three companies placed bids is now over.

The “tripartite”, a team consisting of the SZV, SMMC and the Ministry of VSA and who is charged with the development of the new hospital announced on Sunday that the Italian based company INSO has been selected for contract negotiations after the bids were reviewed by five independent evaluation teams.

The company placed a bid of USD 59,578,655 and had a ranking score of 165.4 out of 200.

The “tripartite which was represented by Minister Emile Lee of VSA, Glen Carty of SZV and Kees Klarenbeek of the SMMC, Sunday expressed great satisfaction that the project has reached thus far in an environment of openness, transparency, collaboration and partnership.

Prime Minister William Marlin was also on hand Sunday and stated that reaching this mile stone is a great achievement.

Minister Emile Lee of the VSA addressed the bidding process during Sunday’s press conference as well as the thought process behind the reversal of the prior agreement to build the new hospital.

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CAY HILL - Contract negotiations for the design, build and maintenance contract of the new General Hospital of Sint Maarten will commence this month with the nominated bidder, INSO. The construction of the new General Hospital is still on schedule to start in the third quarter of this year.

The new General Hospital will improve and expand the quality of healthcare that is available on Sint Maarten. The new facility will be able to accommodate additional services which are now not available locally, attracting more medical specialists and create new jobs Read more

Backstreet Repairs To Start Soon Says Prime Minister

PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten - Repairs to Back Street can be expected to start within short, stated Prime Minister with the responsibility for General Affairs, the Honorable William Marlin.

Speaking at the Council Ministers press briefing last week, the Prime Minister noted that the Council of Ministers has taken a decision that will Read more

Na To Announce Full List Of Candidates Sunday

PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten - One of the political parties vying for seats in the September 26th parliamentary elections is the National Alliance (NA) under the leadership of Prime Minister, the Honorable William Marlin.

As a result, the party will officially be introducing its list of 23 candidates during a ceremony this weekend.

The ceremonial event is set to take place at the party’s headquarters on Sunday August 7th at the former Patricia’s Bar on the Sucker Garden Road and will start at 6 pm Read more

Appointment At Telem Still Awaiting Approval Of Corporate Governance Council

PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten - The appointment of a Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at the island’s telephone company, TelEm is still pending.

Speaking at the Council of Ministers press briefing on Wednesday, Prime Minister in charge of General Affairs the Honorable William Marlin blamed the Corporate Governance Council for the hold u Read more

Road Work And Upgrading Of Back Street Soon To Start.

PHILIPSBURG:--- The Prime Minister of St. Maarten William Marlin announced on Wednesday that the Council of Ministers decided on Tuesday that the road work (phase 1) which is Back Street will soon begin. Marlin said that Front Street was done just prior to carnival and that government saw it fit to start the much-needed road work on Back Street since that street is in bad shape Read more

PHILIPSBURG:--- The Minister of Health Emil Lee and Prime Minister William Marlin confirmed on Wednesday that some of the fires that occur on the dump are deliberately set by persons who are either looking for copper at the dump Read more

PHILIPSBURG:--- As a follow-up to Prime Minister’s William Marlin’s promise in last Wednesday’s Council of Minister’s Live Press Briefing, a tour of the New Government Building was conducted on Monday, August 1st, for various media houses.

Media representatives were able to have a first-hand view of the new grounds includin Read more

Discussion About Joint Sewage Plant Continues

COLE BAY--Prime Minister William Marlin and a delegation of Government officials met with Préfète Déléguée Anne Laubies, representatives of the Collectivité of St. Martin and Louis Fleming to discuss the Territorial Cooperation Programme for St Read more

Children’S Camp At New Cultural Venue, “A Blessing” And “A Blast”

Betty’s estate, St. Martin (August 1, 2016)—The annual children camp organized by teacher Shanna Cornet-de Riggs was “a blessing of children’s laughter and activities at our new venue at Betty’s Estate,” said educator Rhoda Arrindell.

The cultural facility at Alamanda Drive 1 and LB Scot Road is called Source of Inspiration and Learning (SoIL), and was opened by Arrindell on July 1 Read more

Children’S Camp At New Cultural Venue, “A Blessing” And “A Blast”

Betty’s estate, St. Martin —The annual children camp organized by teacher Shanna Cornet-de Riggs was “a blessing of children’s laughter and activities at our new venue at Betty’s Estate,” said educator Rhoda Arrindell.

The cultural facility at Alamanda Drive 1 and LB Scot Road is called Source of Inspiration and Learning (SoIL), and was opened by Arrindell on July 1 Read more

PHILIPSBURG:--- At the Government Administration Building, Prime Minister William Marlin welcomed a field trip group of children on Wednesday, July 28, from Teacher Shanna's Annual Summer Camp 2016.

The camp attendees as well as their leaders were all special guests of The Department of Communication Council of Minister’s Live Pr Read more

PHILIPSBURG:--- Prime Minister William Marlin on Wednesday told reporters at the Council of Minister's press briefing that after reading the newspapers especially a letter to the editor regarding the government administration building he is obliged to set the record straight.
Marlin said he aware that its election year and there are some politicians that are in full campaign mode but to circulate erroneous information is not something that can be ignored.
He said while browsing through the newspapers he read a letter to the editor that states that some sort of deal was made involing NAF Read more

PHILIPSBURG:--- Honorable Minister Plenipotentiary of Sint Maarten Henrietta Doran-York, stationed in The Netherlands, recently paid a working visit to Sint Maarten, where she had several informative visits with among others the Prime Minister William Marlin and various Government Ministers on Sint Maarten.
In the meetings with Prime Minister Marlin, Minister Doran-York updated the Prime Minister on the state of affairs of her Cabinet Read more