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~ Food prices are soaring worldwide, and the minimum wage must be increased. ~

PHILIPSBURG:--- Acting Minister of TEATT Omar Ottley said that the Prime Minister of St. Maarten and his person are busy discussing with Suriname and other Caribbean countries to secure leased land for agriculture. Ottley said this is one way the government of St Read more

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~ Third Quarter of liquidity support approved by CFT.~

PHILIPSBURG:--- Minister of Finance Ardwell Irion confirmed that the CFT has approved the payment of vacation allowances to civil servants as long as the government of St. Maarten does not use the liquidity support they are receiving from the Netherlands to pay it.
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Cay Hill:---  For the 7th time, the Asha Stevens Hillside Christian School in Cay Hill is honored to assist the Netherlands Marine Corps by providing them with a command center for yet another annual hurricane exercise HUREX. Between September 14 28, approximately 80 Marines from Sint Maarten, Aruba, and Curacao will practice and simulate different hurricane scenarios at multiple locations on Dutch Sint Maarten Read more

Government Mum On Current Majority In Parliament.

PHILIPSBURG:--- Prime Minister Silveria Jacobs remains mum on the majority her government has in the Parliament of St. Maarten. The Prime Minister was asked on Wednesday about the possible fall of her government since former Minister and now Member of Parliament Ludmilla de Weever declared herself as an Independent Member of Parliament last week.

Jacobs said that the weekly press conference is not for political topics but said that her government does have a majority in parliament.
During the recess Leader of the United Peoples Party, Rolando Brison went ahead and seek the support of the two independent members of parliament Akeem Arrindell and Chanel Brownbill Read more

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 Legal and technical advice being sought says, PM Jacobs. , Aurora InfoTech report below.~

PHILIPSBURG:--- Prime Minister Silveria Jacobs confirmed on Wednesday at the weekly press conference that the government intends to move ahead with its plans to have an Independent Temporary Manager installed AT NV GEBE with a crisis management team pending an independent investigation.

Prime Minister Jacobs said that the Aurora InfoTech report was submitted the day before she attended the public meeting of parliament Read more

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Jacobs Congratulates The Launch Of Sedp

Prime Minister and Minister of General Affairs Silveria Jacobs.

PHILIPSBURG--Prime Minister and Minister of General Affairs Silveria Jacobs congratulated the launch of t Read more

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Press Conference Of MpS Gumbs Peterson Duncan Wescot-Williams And Emmanuel

Member of Parliament: Mellissa D. Gumbs, * Raeyhon A. Peterson, * Solange L. Duncan, * Sarah . Wescot-Williams and Christophe E. Emmanuel

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Pm Jacobs Commends St. Maarten For Being Sturdy And Always Progressing

Prime Minister Silveria Jacobs

PHILIPSBURG--This week is one wrought with memories in the history books of St. Maarten, Prime Minister Silveria Jacobs said on Tuesday, September 6, five years after Hurricane Irma pummeled St Read more

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PHILIPSBURG:--- Wheeling and dealing among politicians and civil servants continue as the government of St. Maarten struggles to stay afloat.
SMN News received some internal information on the Alegria scandal that we believe the people of St. Maarten should know.
Didnt MP Raeyhon Peterson say publicly that he always rendered Read more

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Application Open For First Youth Pitch Competition

Finance Minister Ardwell Irion

PHILIPSBURG--Student entrepreneurs in secondary schools can now apply to participate in the first-ever National Youth Pitch Competition.

  Students must work in teams of no more than four students from the same school. Applications close on September 30. Thereafter, a committee will sco Read more

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Theo: Up Has Become Stepchild Of The Na

~ Against removal of Grisha ~

PHILIPSBURG--The United Peoples (UP) party has become a stepchild of the National Alliance (NA), says UP founder and former leader Theo Heyliger.

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Kpsm Cadets Learn About Mental Health From Mhf

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten — Cadets of the Police Force of Sint Maarten KPSM received a presentation on Friday, September 2, about the operations and healthcare resources of the Mental Health Foundation (MHF), the countrys mental health status, and collaborating with stakeholders to mitigate stigma of Mental health.

Clinical Psychologist and MHF Clinic Coordinator Tameka Lambert, registered nurse and case manager Dione Trustfull, and psychologist and education and prevention officer Emmalexis Velasquez made the presentation to the cadets.

To keep the session interactive, there were role-playing scenarios that allowed the cadets to put the information they received into practice Read more

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~Secondary School Students can Win up to ANG 10 000 and an entrepreneurial exchange at #NYP22~

PHILIPSBURG:--- Student entrepreneurs in secondary schools can now apply to participate in the first-ever National Youth Pitch Competition. Students must work in teams of no more than four (4) students of the same school. Applications close on September 30. Thereafter a committee will score the applications and the five (5) highest scoring teams will move on to a six (6) week accelerator with experts who will coach them and help prepare them for the finals on November 20, 2022 Read more

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PHILIPSBURG: ---- Its been five years since Hurricane Irma and Maria impacted St. Maarten/ St. Martin in September 2017, Irma was the largest hurricane that struck the island after Luis in 1995. However, five years later and the destruction caused by Irma is still visible. Many people are still unable to repair their homes, some people are still lodging with friends and families since they lost everything in the monster storm. Life has not been the same since the passing of Irma and Maria while the pandemic kicked off in March 2020 has added more fire to the fury Read more

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Exclusive: Vice Chairman And Member Resigns From Nv Gebe Board.

PHILIPSBURG: --- The Vice Chairman of  NV GEBE board Dimar Labega and board member Vanesa Fraser submitted their resignation to the shareholder representatives on Sunday. So far 4 members of the board have submitted their resignations. They are Chairman Anastasio Baker, Lela Simmons, Dimar Labega, and Vanesa Fraser Read more

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~ Part 1~: Remembering The Devastation Of September 6, 2017

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten — The early morning of September 6, 2017, is a morning that none of us residing on St. Maarten/St. Martin and Anguilla will ever forget. That morning, the strongest Hurricane ever recorded on the Saffir-Simpson scale struck our island Read more

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Pm: Sufficient Info Not Provided To Shareholder On Billing Of Clients

PHILIPSBURG--Utilities company GEBE has not provided sufficient information to its shareholder (government) regarding the billing of clients since reopening after its March 17 ransomware attack, for the shareholder to give an accurate account on how many persons have actually been billed, Prime Minister Silveria Jacobs told Mem Read more

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Gordon- Carty: Lack Of Responsible Leadership Eroding CountryS Moral Code

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten — Mrs. Pamela Gordon-Carty, Leader of the United St. Maarten Party on Sunday expressed grave concern with the manner in which issues of public concern are handled in the country.

We seem to enjoy the demise and slander of our fellow citizens depending on who they are and what the accusations are against them. Disappointment and compassion have been replaced by social media slander and gossip; we no longer consider the impact of our actions on the families of the accused before they have had their day in court Read more

Ebenezer. The Forgotten Neighborhood

EBENEZER, Sint Maarten — According to Gromyko Wilson, since the passage of hurricane Irma in 2017 there are a number of neighborhoods that has been neglected.
These include areas such as Dutch Quarter, Fort Willem and most outstanding is the Ebenezer Estate.

During a tour of this area following the recent tropical system which is now tropical storm Earl there are several streets without street lightening and some roads the street poles are still turn since the passing of Hurricane Irma back in 2017.

Surprisingly, some of the main streets doesn’t have LED lightening while some of the cross streets have no lights at all Read more

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Legislation Regulating Short-Term Contracts To Take Effect October 1

PHILIPSBURG--Minister of Public Health, Social Development and Labor VSA Omar Ottley told Members of Parliament (MPs) in the continuation of the Committee of Public Health, Social Development, and Labor of Parliament meeting on Friday that the legislation regulating short-term contracts is expected to go into effect October 1.

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Doran Saved By Just One Vote, Continues As Minister Of Vromi

Minister of VROMI Egbert Doran hurries out of Parliament building after surviving a Vote of No Confidence thanks to votes in his favour from amongst others Independent MP Akeem Arrindell (bottom left) and National Alliance MP William Marlin (bottom right), who both came to the Public Meeting of Parliament in support of Doran.

PHILIPSBURGMinister of Public Housing, Urban Planning, Environment and Infrastructure VROMI Egbert Doran (National Alliance) survived a Motion of No Confidence against him on Friday thanks to a decisive vote in his favour Read more

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Gebe Saga Fueled By Mixed Messaging And Lack Of Proper Planning

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten — The Board of the United St. Maarten Party stated on Friday that customer confidence in GEBE is none existent because statements being made by the Prime Minister and the Temporary Manager of GEBE are not in-sync.

“GEBE was hit by a cyber-attack on March 17th, 2022 and as of today September 2nd, 2022 there has been no clear explanation as to what steps have been taken or will be taken to ensure that the citizens of country St Read more

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Beyond Kultura Busca Un Candidato De Lectura En Voz Alta Para El Libro De Cuentos En Video Storm

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten – Beyond Kultura Events Foundation (BKEF), TVCARIB y Divergences (Tashira Richardson) estn trabajando juntos para la produccin del libro de cuentos en video animado STORM, basado en el libro infantil de la autora Loekie Morales sobre dos nios experimentando el paso del huracn Irma en Sint Maarten. El prximo martes 6 de septiembre se cumple el quinto ao que conmemoramos estos devastadores hechos provocados por el huracn Irma.

BKEF est buscando candidatos locales de MEN con la voz perfecta para leer esta historia de huracanes en el estudio de TV CARIB Read more

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De Weever Withdraws Support From Up, Goes Independent

PHILIPSBURG--Member of Parliament (MP) Ludmila de Weever has withdrawn her support from the United Peoples (UP) party and has declared herself Independent. 

 Things are no longer aligned and with that I will have to declare my independence, de Wever said during the notification segment of the continuation of the urgent Read more

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