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Gumbs Questions Pm Jacobs About Gebe, Climate Change Mou

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten — Party for Progress member of Parliament Melissa Gumbs submitted a letter to Prime Minister Silveria Jacobs on Monday, requesting an update on the status of NV GEBE 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

Pfp Faction Suspects Procurement Fraud In Awarding Of District Cleaning Contracts

PHILIPSBURGThe Party for Progress (PFP) faction in Parliament is requesting information from Minister of Public Housing, Spatial Planning, Environment and Infrastructure VROMI Egbert Doran regarding the 2022-2025 District Cleaning Tendering and Awarding Process. PFP believes there is reason to suspect fraud being committed.

A March 31, 2023, letter to the minister, signed by Members of Parliament (MPs) Melissa Gumbs and Raeyhon Peterson said there are valid concerns of fraud and/or corruption related to this tendering process, similar to the concerns expressed in the Ombudsmans 2022 Systemic Investigation Report into the garbage collection tendering process Read more

Mps Want The Diamond Estate Ruins Rebuilt At Offenders Expense, Rubble On Monument List

MPs preparing to vote on the motion during Thursdays meeting.

~ Pass motion to this effect ~

PHILIPSBURG--Taking legal action against the persons who demolished the Diamond Estate ruins, rebuilding the historical site at the offenders expense and having government expedite efforts for the area and the remaining rubble to be placed on the protected monument list were among the actions Members of Parliament (MPs) want to see executed in a motion passed on Thursday.

  The motion, which was tabled by United Peoples (UP) party MP Rolando Brison, was passed by 10 MPs voting in favour and none against Read more

Mp De Weever Finds New Political Home With Pfp

From left: PFP MP Raeyhon Peterson, independent MP Ludmila de Weever and PFP MP Read more

Pfp Submits Draft Lb-Ham To Prime Minister

MP Peterson: Parliament changing Election Ordinance would be rats minding the cheese

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten Via a letter penned by Member of Parliament Melissa Gumbs, the Party for Progress faction in Parliament submitted a draft LB-HAM (national decree containing general measures) to Prime Minister Silveria Jacobs on Thursday, 23 February 2023, prior to leaving for the IPKO session Read more

Duncan, Gumbs And Heyliger-Marten Call For Urgent Public Meeting On Heritage Preservation

Philipsburg, Sint Maarten — On Wednesday, January 25, 2023, Independent Members of Parliament S. Ludmila Duncan and Grisha Heyliger-Marten, as well as Party for Progress (PFP) Member of Parliament Melissa Gumbs submitted a request for an urgent public meeting on the matter of heritage protection.

Following the recent demolition of the ruins at Diamond Estate in Cole Bay and the outrage by persons in community, the Members have moved quickly to request a public meeting to discuss the incident but more importantly the regulations that would prevent such from occurring again in the future.

The Minister of ECYS and the Minister of VROMI have been requested to come to Parliament to debate the current legislation and policies regarding the preservation and management of heritage as well as to provide updates on the current work of the Monument Council and the long-awaited Monument Fund.

What is extremely disappointing is that this year marks the 160th Anniversary of the Proclamation of Emancipation Read more

Duncan, Gumbs, Grisha Seek Urgent Meeting On Heritage Preservation

PHILIPSBURG--Independent Members of Parliament (MPs) Solange Ludmila Duncan and Grisha Heyliger-Marten, as well as Party for Progress (PFP) MP Read more

Duncan, Gumbs And Heyliger-Marten Call For Urgent Public Meeting On Heritage Preservation.

PHILIPSBURG:--- On Wednesday, January 25, 2023, Independent Members of Parliament S. Ludmila Duncan and Grisha Heyliger-Marten, as well as Party for Progress (PFP) Member of Parliament Melissa Gumbs submitted a request for an urgent public meeting on the matter of heritage protection.

Following the recent demolition of the ruins at Diamond Estate in Cole Bay and the outrage by persons in the community, the Members have moved quickly to request a public meeting to discuss the incident but more importantly the regulations that would prevent such from occurring again in the future.

The Minister of ECYS and the Minister of VROMI have been requested to come to Parliament to debate the current legislation and policies regarding the preservation and management of heritage as well as to provide updates on the current work of the Monument Council and the long-awaited Monument Fund.

What is extremely disappointing is that this year marks the 160th Anniversary of the Proclamation of Emancipation Read more

Pfp: La Prioridad De Ampliacin Del Puente Del Nuevo Min Teatt Puede Entrar En Conflicto Con Los Objetivos Ambientales

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten Los miembros del Parlamento del Party for Progress, Melissa Gumbs y Raeyhon Peterson, compartieron sus preocupaciones sobre el plan de 100 das en el cargo que el recientemente juramentado Ministro del TEATT, el Sr Read more

Mp Gumbs Pleased With Prime Minister Response To Electoral Resolution Request

Requests Meeting of Ad-hoc Committee for Electoral Reform

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten — Party for Progress Member of Parliament Melissa Gumbs expressed her satisfaction with the response received from Prime Minister Silveria Jacobs regarding the MPs request to consider amending the countrys Kiesbesluit (Electoral Resolution).

Gumbs had submitted a letter to the Prime Minister on 13 September 2022 to request that the Prime Minister, and by extension the Government, consider amending article 12 of the Kiesbesluit Read more

Revitalize The Lagoon, Do Not Place Further Environmental Stress On It, Says Pfp Faction

The Simpson Bay Bridge.

PHILIPSBURG--The newly appointed Minister of Tourism, Economic Affairs, Transportation & Telecommunication (TEATT) Leo Lambriex priority of widening the Simpson Bay Bridge raised concerns with the Party for Progress (PFP) Read more

Pfp: Bridge Widening Priority Of New Minteatt May Conflict With Environmental Goals

PHILIPSBURG Party for Progress members of Parliament Melissa Gumbs and Raeyhon Peterson shared concerns about the 100 days in office plan that the recently sworn in Minister of TEATT, Mr Read more

Pfp, Duncan Request Meeting To Continue Process To Adopt ParliamentS Code Of Conduct

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten — Party for Progress (PFP) Members of Parliament (MPs) Melissa Gumbs and Raeyhon Peterson and independent MP Solange Duncan have requested a Central Committee meeting of Parliament to continue the process to adopt a Code of Conduct that MPs will be required to adhere.

There is a draft Code of Conduct already on the table Read more

Tres Parlamentarios Solicitan Reunin Urgente Sobre Estado De Telem

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten – Los miembros del Parlamento (MP) Solange L. Duncan (Faccin Duncan), Melissa Gumbs (PFP) y Grisha Heyliger-Marten (Faccin Heyliger-Marten) enviaron recientemente una solicitud al segundo Vicepresidente del Parlamento William Marlin para una consulta pblica urgente Read more

Three MpS Request Urgent Meeting On Status Of Telem

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten — Members of Parliament Solange L. Duncan (Faction Duncan), Melissa Gumbs (PFP), and Grisha Heyliger-Marten (Faction Heyliger-Marten) recently sent a request to the second Vice-Chair of Parliament William Marlin for an urgent public meeting on the status of TELEM.

The meeting request includes three main agenda points, which are:

The original SOAB report of 2021 on TELEM Update on the financial status and overall fiber to the home project. The state of affairs related to the concerns about the working environment at TELEM as expressed by the Telecommunications Union.

Since the previous update, over one year ago, there has been little to no update or movement on Telem’s fttH project Read more

Opposition Mps Boycott Unity Flag Meeting.

PHILIPSBURG:--- The presentation on the Unity Flag was scheduled for 10 am. I am told your Honorable Members of Parliament were present but a number of them did not SIGN INTO the meeting (lack of quorum) resulting in the meeting not going ahead publicly.
Do remember your favorite MPs that decide to play politics with the topic of the UNITY FLAG, days before St. Martin Day.
It seems the presenters will give the presentation to the MPs present but it will not be broadcasted to the public.

 MPs that boycott Unity Flag meeting
Grisha Heyliger, Ludmilla Duncan, Melissa Gumbs, Emmanuel, and Wescot Williams Read more

St. Maarten Drunk Driver Saga Part 1

On Saturday the 15th of October I was on my way to cheer for the St. Maarten ladies volleyball team in the ECVA competition. Unfortunately, I never made it to the game as I was struck by what would later turn out to be a drunk driver. Without diving into too much details, the police were on the scene quite promptly and all required information was taken from both parties. During the interaction with the Police the intoxicated driver was not allowed to operate his vehicle any further. This was reassuring to me as I was under the impression that once intoxicated, i.e Read more

La Parlamentara Grisha Heyliger-Marten Es Despedida Como Presidenta Del Parlamento

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten – El Parlamento de Sint Maarten se reuni en una reunin pblica urgente el jueves 27 de octubre.

El propsito de la reunin fue agradecer a la Presidenta del Parlamento por sus servicios y relevarla de sus funciones.

Este punto de la agenda fue solicitado por los miembros del Parlamento, a saber, William Mar Read more

Pop Job On The Line Again Next Week Thursday.

PHILIPSBURG:--- It seems that the current President of Parliament United Peoples(UP) Grisha Heyliger-Marten will have to deal with her job being on the line on Thursday, October 27. According to a schedule sent out by parliament on Friday, a public meeting will handle the agenda points, Incoming documents, Ratification of the decision list of the Interparliamentary Kingdom Consultations (IPKO) held from September 27-30, 2022 in the Hague, the Netherlands (IS/048/2022-2023 dated September 30, 2022) and Thank the Chair for her services thus far and relieve her from her duties (IS/026/2022-2023 dated September 20, 2022)
The latter agenda point was requested by MP W.V Read more

Mp Gumbs: La Discusin De Ipko Sobre El Dficit Democrtico, El Colonialismo Y La Esclavitud

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten La miembro del Parlamento y lder de Party for Progress, Melissa Gumbs, comparti sus experiencias en la sesin IPKO de otoo de 2022. IPKO es la reunin de los cuatro parlamentos en el Reino de los Pases Bajos para discutir una variedad de temas que afectan a cada pas o al Reino en su conjunto Read more

Ipko Talks About Democratic Deficit, Kingdom Without Tensions Unfeasible

St. Maarten MPs Melissa Gumbs (left) and Sarah Wescot-Williams during Wednesdays IPKO meeting. (Otti Thomas photo)

THE HAGUE--There will always be tensions wi Read more

Mps Buscan Respuestas Sobre Acusaciones De Mala Conducta En La Escuela Secundaria

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten – Los miembros del Parlamento (MP) plantearon docenas de preguntas al Ministro de Educacin, Cultura, Juventud y Deporte (ECYS) Rodolphe Samuel con respecto a las denuncias de conducta sexual inapropiada que ocurrieron entre el exdirector de la escuela secundaria St. Dominic y un estudiante, y qu ha sido el enfoque del ministerio para manejar el asunto.

Samuel abri la reunin pblica del jueves con una presentacin sobre el proceso del ministerio de informar incidentes que involucran a figuras de autoridad escolar y estudiantes al ministerio Read more

La Primera Ministra Espera Brindar Claridad Sobre N.V. Gebe. El Gobierno Y Representantes De N.V. Gebe Escuchan La Primera Ronda De Preguntas De Los Parlamentarios

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten La Primera Ministra y Ministra de Asuntos Generales, Silveria Jacobs, estuvo presente en la Reunin Pblica del Parlamento #21, que se llev a cabo el mircoles 24 de agosto. La reunin en cuestin fue para abordar los acontecimientos recientes que afectan la liquidez de la empresa de servicios pblicos y la capacidad de N.V Read more