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Grisha Calls For Urgent Action ToStop The Rapid Rise In Food Prices

PHILIPSBURG — Faction Leader in Parliament for the United People’s UP Party the honorable Grisha Heyliger-Marten is calling for an urgent Public Meeting of Parliament to discuss the alarming rise in food cost on St Maarten and seek ways through legislation to stop what could potentially result in a food crisis.

Her concern comes from the outcry of many within the community and a three-year-old study, which somehow was never brought to the public Read more

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Grisha Calls For Urgent Action ToStop The Rapid Rise In Food Prices

PHILIPSBURG — Faction Leader in Parliament for the United People’s UP Party the honorable Grisha Heyliger-Marten is calling for an urgent Public Meeting of Parliament to discuss the alarming rise in food cost on St Maarten and seek ways through legislation to stop what could potentially result in a food crisis.

Her concern comes from the outcry of many within the community and a three-year-old study, which somehow was never brought to the public Read more

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Mp Heyliger-Marten Clarifies ParliamentS Approach Towards Decolonization

Understanding the process requires extensive reading and understanding of international law

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten — In a statement issued on November 9th, the Faction Leader of the UPP and Second Vice-Chair of Parliament, MP Grisha Heyliger-Marten responded to statements from the opposition parties in Parliament regarding the decolonization process.

In the first place, MP Heyliger-Marten stated, I would like to point out that, to a certain extent, I can understand the confusion that the UD and PFP factions are referring to Read more

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Grisha Says Decolonisation Process Does Not Require Mandate From People For Approval

Grisha Heyliger-Marten

PHILIPSBURG--United Peoples (UP) party faction leader Member of Parliament (MP) Grisha Heyliger-Marten responded on Monday to statements made by Party For Progress (PFP) and United Democrats (UD) regarding the decolonisation process Read more

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Parliament Approves Committee, Passes Motion To Finalise Decolonisation Process

NA MP Solange Ludmila Duncan and UP MP Grisha Heyliger-Marten.

~ Peterson says motion sneaky, attempt to push opinion ~

PHILIPSBURG--Eleven Members of Parliament (MPs) on Thursday approved a motion to have the decolonisation process of the former Netherlands Antilles finalised as soon as possible, with op Read more

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Mp Heyliger-Marten Congratulates EmanuelSays, Screening Process Must Be Screened

Philipsburg, Sint Maarten —The true essence of democracy must include resecting the rights of the people of the Country to elect whom they wish to serve as their leaders and government officials. So says Faction Leader in Parliament for the United People’s Party the honorable Grisha Heyliger-Marten who sang high praise for MP Christopher Emanuel of the National Alliance who was vindicated by the Court of Appeal for being wrongfully detained on October 22, 2019, by the Public Prosecutor’s Office.

Heyliger said on Friday, “It hurts that you have damaged the reputation of a son of the soil without any recourse Read more

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Heyliger Extends Congratulations To St. Eustatius Says: Free And Fair Elections Allow Democracy To Reign.

PHILIPSBURG, – Sint Maarten – Democracy at work, were the words, Member of Parliament, the Honorable Grisha Heyliger-Marten used to describe her sentiments after hearing the results of the Island Council elections on St. Eustatius yesterday October 21, 2020.

She said, Part of self-determination is the ability of a people to participate in free and fair elections where their elected officials can serve without fear of attack from forces within our external forces Read more

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Pm Heyliger-Marten Determined To Make Vitamin Supplements Free For All Seniors

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten – Legislators will soon debate a proposal by Faction Leader for the United People’s Party in Parliament, MP Grisha Heyliger-Marten, to add vitamin supplements to the SZV package for Senior Citizens, fulfilling a campaign promise and pledge to do more for the elderly.

Her goal is for the legislation to contribute to the health of senior citizens in particular, while bringing them much needed financial relief as well.
MP Heyliger-Marten said Wednesday the timing of her proposal coincides with the still ongoing fight against the Corona Virus COVID-19 Read more

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Pm Heyliger-Marten Determined To Make Vitamin Supplements Free For All Seniors

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten — Legislators will soon debate a proposal by Faction Leader for the United People’s Party in Parliament, MP Grisha Heyliger-Marten, to add vitamin supplements to the SZV package for Senior Citizens, fulfilling a campaign promise and pledge to do more for the elderly.

Her goal is for the legislation to contribute to the health of senior citizens in particular, while bringing them much needed financial relief as well.

MP Heyliger-Marten said Wednesday the timing of her proposal coincides with the still ongoing fight against the Corona Virus COVID-19 Read more

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Grisha Sees HatzmannS Statements On Prison Takeover As Racist, Bigoted

~ Requests response from Bar Association ~

PHILIPSBURG--United Peoples (UP) party Member of Parliament (MP) Grisha Heyliger-Marten on Thursday characterised the statements of St. Maarten Bar Association Dean Geert Hatzmann as racist and bigoted. She called on the association to state its formal position on the stateme Read more

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Racism And Bigotry In St. Maarten Are Unacceptable Mp Heyliger-Marten Requests Formal Position Of Bar Association

PHILIPSBURG”The fact that Mr. Hatzmann sees the people of Sint Maarten as little village people proves that he is part of the bigger problem” said United People’s Party Faction Leader in Parliament, the honourable Grisha Heyliger-Marten Wednesday evening.

She urgently calls on the St. Maarten Bar Association to state its formal position on Mr Read more

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Van DamS Plan To Take Over Prison Is Unlawful Knops Gets It Right For Once- Mp Heyliger-Marten

PHILIPSBURGFaction Leader for the United People’s UP Party in Parliament on St. Maarten Grisha Heyliger-Marten says Dutch MP Chris van Dam’s motion to intervene and run the St. Maarten prison at the islands expense is precisely the type of unlawful interference with budgetary processes by the Committee for Financial Supervision (Cft), that has prevented the local Government from structurally addressing urgent local matters.

On June 22, Van Dam submitted a motion to the Dutch Second Chamber requesting that the Dutch Government, at the expense of the Government and people of St Read more

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Gebe In Final Discussions With Local Bank For Funding

PHILIPSBURG--GEBE Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Kenrick Chittick said Wednesday that statements made by Member of Parliament (MP) Grisha Heyliger-Marten claiming that the utility company was unable to secure financing from local lending agencies for its projects are not true.

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Heyliger-Marten: Local Lenders Must Show Confidence In Local Businesses

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten At a time when local and global economies are facing economic hardship and the US stock market is showing instability, Faction Leader for the United People’s Party in Parliament, the
honourable Grisha Heyliger-Marten says, “it is unbelievable to learn that NV GEBE is unable to secure financing from local lending agencies for its projects.”

GEBE is a local Utility company who has shown remarkable resilience through hard times Read more

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Sint Maarten Anti-Poverty Platform / Sint Maarten Consumers Coalition.

Topic 1: June 15 deadline to revoke Cost-cutting conditions and respect workers rights passed.
Topic 2: Why we as Anti-Poverty Platform are supporting the demands of the unions?
Topic 3: United Unions: We cannot breathe! Remove the cost-cutting knee from our neck!!
Topic 4: Prime Ministers protest letter to the Kingdom government
Topic 1: June 15 deadline to revoke Cost-cutting conditions and respect workers rights passed.

On Friday, May 15th the Kingdom Council of Ministers took the decision to impose 18 conditions on the countries of Aruba, Curacao, and St Maarten to get liquidity support from the Netherlands, which have to be implemented before July 1st, 2020 Read more

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Mp Heyliger-Marten Tells Government Put Our Local Heavy Equipment To Work First

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten Faction Leader for the United People’s Party in Parliament of St. Maarten, the honourable Grisha Heyliger-Marten, is demanding that government “put our local contractors and
companies to work first.”
In a press release issued Tuesday by MP Heyliger-Marten she asked whether the mistakes of the past would repeat themselves where foreign contractors are allowed to bring their own heavy equipment to the island despite many local companies owning the same types of machines.

I am calling on the Ministers of Government responsible for these projects to ensure that this time around the people of St Read more

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Mp Urges Govt. To Give Preference To Local Contractors, Companies

MP Grisha Heyliger-Marten at PJIA with the equipment in the background.

PHILIPSBURG--United Peoples (UP) party faction leader Grisha Heyliger-Marten wants Read more

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Ipko: Decision-Taking Process Liquidity Support Not Optimal

THE HAGUE – The decision-taking process in granting the first two tranches of liquidity support for Aruba, Curaao and St. Maarten which was tied to strict conditions was not optimal and should have included more dialogue.

That was one of the conclusions of the first ever virtual Inter-Parliamentary Consultation of the Kingdom (IPKO) which concluded on Thursday. The liquidity support that the Dutch government has provided during the coronavirus pandemic was one of the three main topics that the Parliamentarians of Aruba, Curaao, St Read more

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Heyliger-Marten Repeats Demand For Decolonization Following Ipko

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten Whether the recently held IPKO Meeting with the Kingdom Partners will yield fruit is too early to say but departing Members from The Netherlands are now sure that Member of Parliament and Faction Leader for the United Peoples Party Grisha Heyliger-Martens mission to right the wrongs of the Kingdom Charter are only just beginning.

On Sunday Heyliger-Marten issued a statement in which she confirmed that partners within the Kingdom had, and continue to have unresolved disputes since the inception of the Kingdom Charter (het Statuut) in 1955.
Since then, Holland has been using its size and power to impose its will on its Caribbean partners within the Kingdom Read more

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Mp Heyliger-Marten Calls Pm Jacobs To Parliament On The Subject Of Decolonization

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten Prime Minister, the honourable Silveria Jacobs, will have to say whether the
Government of St. Maarten is prepared for the process of finalizing decolonization and assuming more autonomy to govern when she appears before parliament soon.

She has been requested to answer questions on decolonization by Faction Leader in Parliament for the United People’s Party the Honourable Grisha Heyliger-Marten Read more

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Mp Heyliger-Marten: Round Table Conference (Rtc) In June 2021 To Finalize Decolonization

PHILIPSBURG–Member of Parliament and Faction Leader for the United People’s Party the honorable Grisha Heyliger-Marten is calling on the Dutch Government to finalize the decolonization process that it started almost seventy years ago.

Her position is consistent with the proclamation of the period 2010-2020 as the Third International Decade for the Eradication of Colonialism by the United Nations General Assembly on December 10th, 2010 via resolution 65/119.

In a press release issued on Wednesday June 2, 2020, MP Heyliger-Marten said the Round Table Conference between the Government of the Netherlands and the six Dutch Caribbean islands should be held by June of 2021.

Heyliger-Marten sent shockwaves throughout the Netherlands Kingdom on May 19th when she submitted a Motion to Parliament in St Read more

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Mp Heyliger-Marten: Time To Correct 65 Year Of Wrongs And Revisit 10-10-10 Wants Review Of Kingdom Charter

PHILIPSBURG–Member of Parliament and Faction Leader for the United People’s Party the honourable Grisha Heyliger-Marten slammed the Kingdom Charter for the Netherlands as being flawed. She says, in its present form it “has not been working for the people of St. Maarten.”

The MP brought forward a motion to Parliament urging it to support the Council of Ministers in its quest to secure financial and other assistance to sustainably rebuild and strengthen the economy of St Read more

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Update 2: Theo Gets Five Years For Taking Bribes And Money-Laundering

Former Member of Parliament (MP) Theo Heyliger (right) and his wife current MP Grisha Heyliger-Marten outside the Belair Community Centre during the start of the weeklong hearings in the Larimar investigation on March 9 Read more

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Heyliger-Marten Not Impressed By AirportS Response To Parliament ~ Re-Iterates Areas Of Priority ~

PHILIPSBURGFaction Leader of the United People (UP) party Member of Parliament (MP) Grisha Heyliger-Marten on Tuesday said she was unimpressed with answers given to Parliament by airport CEO Brian Mingo regarding Princess Juliana International Airport’s financial situation, its reconstruction post-Irma, and the resignation of the Airport CFO.

She said Mingos answers to various questions posed by MPs in the Parliament meeting held this past Tuesday, showed a lack of interest and at times no sense of urgency when it came to the agenda point up for discussion Read more

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