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Pfp Intends To Submit Motion Of No Confidence Against Minister Of Vromi. (Updated)

PHILIPSBURG:--- Leader of the Party for Progress (PFP) leader Mellissa Gumbs in her address to parliament indicated that her faction intends to submit a motion of no confidence against the Minister of VROMI Egbert Jurendy Doran Read more

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Pfp Intends To Submit Motion Of No Confidence Against Minister Of Vromi.

PHILIPSBURG:--- Leader of the Party for Progress (PFP) leader Mellissa Gumbs in her address to parliament indicated that her faction intends to submit a motion of no confidence against the Minister of VROMI Egbert Jurendy Doran Read more

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PHILIPSBURG:--- Member of Parliament Solange Ludmilla Duncan declared herself an Independent member of Parliament on Wednesday afternoon and has resigned from the National Alliance Political party that is led by Prime Minister Silveria Jacobs.
Duncan said that the party on which her father served no longer shares her core values since she has been a civil servant for a number of years.
It was anticipated that MP Duncan would have left the national alliance since they seemed to have drifted apart.
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~ Parliament must approve the law in order for the country to move forward.~

PHILIPSBURG: --- Prime Minister Silveria Jacobs announced on Wednesday that the conditions to remove the 12.5% cuts from the salaries of civil servants and workers from semi-public sectors have now been reduced to 4.
The Dutch government had proposed 8 new conditions which were not accepted by the Caribbean countries Read more

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~ Report was sent on Friday, Shareholder calls an urgent meeting with SBOD and management on Thursday.~

PHILIPSBURG:--- Prime Minister Silveria Jacobs in responding to questions posed by SMN News regarding the report submitted to the government on the Freya investigation said that the government received the report on Friday.
Jacobs said that it was uncanny to her that the prosecutor's Office and KPSM find it fitting to publish a report or parts of the report in the press before giving the government the opportunity to even follow up Read more

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St. Maarten And Curaao Collaborate For Registry Of Medical Professionals

Curaao Minister of Public Health Dorothy Pietersz-Janga and St. Maarten Minister of Public Health, Social Development and Labor Omar Ottley.

PHILIPSBURG--Minister of Public Health, Social Development and Labor VSA Read more

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Broad Participation Of Islands At Meeting On Dutch Slavery Past

The Statia delegation, Island Council Member Adelka Spanner (left), Government Commissioner Alida Francis (second right) and DP Island Council assistant Ernie Simmons (right) with Member of the Second Chamber Jorien Wuite (second left) at Mondays round table consultation in the Second Chamber Read more

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Witu Meets Urgently With Subsidised School Boards

President of WITU Stuart Johnson.

PHILIPSBURG--Government-subsidised school boards sat in an urgent virtual meeting with President of Windward Islands Teachers Union (WITU) Stuart JohnsonRead more

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Urgent Public Meeting Of Parliament Regarding The Tendering And Awarding Process Of The Garbage Collection Contracts.

PHILIPSBURG:---  The House of Parliament will sit in an urgent Public meeting on Wednesday, June 29, 2022.

The Public meeting is scheduled for 15.30 hrs. in the General Assembly Chamber of the House at Wilhelminastraat #1 in Philipsburg. The Minister of Public Housing, Spatial Planning, Environment, and Infrastructure (VROMI) is requested to be present.
The agenda point is:
The Final Report of the Ombudsman regarding tendering and awarding process of the garbage collection contracts 2021-2026 (IS/1103/2021-2022 dated June 28, 2022)
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PHILIPSBURG:--- President of the Windward Islands Teachers Union (WITU) Stuart Johnson held an urgent virtual meeting with the Government subsidized school boards.

"The payment of the vacation allowance throughout all schools on St.Maarten has my full attention and I will not stop until everyone receives what is rightfully due to them," Johnson stated.

Present in the meeting was representatives of the SVOBE, SKOS, MAC, CBA, SPCOBE, and NIPA School boards.

The meeting was held on ZOOM on Tuesday, June 28th, 2022 at 1:00 p.m.

One of the main concerns coming out of the meeting was that school boards feel they are being held hostage with no communication forthcoming from Government, Johnson said.

Why is the Government not responding to the school boards or even to the WITU? Johnson questioned.

You write letters and receive no response which is totally unacceptable, he added.

The 12.5% cut to the annual subsidy of the Government subsidized school boards is having a severe effect on the quality of education and the working morale of staff members.

Government should be leading by example! Johnson stated.

"One of the concerns expressed by School Boards is that they received several letters of instruction from the Government of St Read more

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PHILIPSBURG:--- On the eve of Emancipation Day, July 1, 2022, the One SXM Association reiterates its call to the Parliament of St. Maarten to hold a referendum post haste, consulting the people on independence for the territory, said One SXM member Dr. Rhoda Arrindell.
According to One SXM, Emancipation was not a gift from any paternalistic monarch who suddenly experienced a change of heart and had a Saul moment Read more

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Exclusive: Up Board Sets Congress Date For October 4Th.

~ MPs cannot call for congress based on party by-laws, no room for the founder's wife to call congress.~

PHILIPSBURG:--- The much anticipated United Peoples Party congress that was expected to take place on July 3rd, 2022, will not take place since the UP board was not involved in organizing the much-needed congress.
A letter sent to the party supporters by the President of the Board Alfred Harley outlines the democratic principles of the United Peoples Party that were set in stone by its founders.
Harley in his letter said that the purpose of a congress is to combine the needs of the community to arrive at a fair, open, and equal dialogue, this he indicated can only be achieved if it is pursued peacefully, professionally, and ethically since the partys goal is to form part of the government both at the legislative and executive levels.
Harley indicated that the UP Party should be busy executing long-term development plans for the people of St Read more

Committee Of Public Housing, Spatial Planning, Environment, And Infrastructure Of Parliament To Meet With Nature Foundation St. Maarten.

PHILIPSBURG:--- The Committee of Public Housing, Spatial Planning, Environment, and Infrastructure will meet on June 28, 2022.

The Committee meeting is scheduled for Tuesday at 9:30 hrs. in the General Assembly Chamber of the House at Wilhelminastraat #1 in Philipsburg. Representatives of Nature Foundation St. Maarten will be present.

The agenda point is:
Discussion with the Nature Foundation regarding the plans in connection with the recently signed agreement with Government and plans to tackle the ever-increasing invasive species presence on the island (IS/924/2021-2022 dated May 23, 2022)
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New Agreement To Improve Dutch Caribbean Healthcare

From left: State Secretary of Public Health Maarten van Ooijen of the Netherlands, Ministers of Public Health Dangui Oduber of Aruba, Dorothy Pietersz-Janga of Curaao and Omar Ottley of St. Maarten. (Aruba government photo)

ORANJESTAD/THE HAGUE--Aruba, Curaao, St. Maarten and the Netherlands during the four-country consultation o Read more

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Wilson Says Prime Minister Jacobs Must Be Held Accountable For Her Illegal Actions.

Urges Parliament & the Integrity Chamber to hold them accountable

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten — On Sunday June 26, 2022, Gromyko Wilson made use of his Social Media platform to denounce the illegal and discriminatory actions taken by Prime Minister (PM) Silveria Jacobs on June 15, 2022, when the PM, Minister Ardwell Irion, Minister Anna Richardson and Minister Rudolph Samuel went against the ordinance passed in Parliament (and ratified by the Constitutional court) containing temporary covid-19 measures for civil servants and the likes (Tijdelijke Landsverordening Covid-19 bezuinigingen arbeidsvoorwaarden overheidsdienaren).

This ordinance specifically regulates the percentage of vacation allowance civil servants were entitled to receive between July 2019 and July 2021 Read more

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Chris Tells Government To Stop Using Suffering And Parliament As A Crutch

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten — Independent Member of Parliament Christophe Emmanuel on Sunday told the government to stop using the suffering of the people as a political tool and conveniently using Parliament as a crutch in its discussions with the Dutch. “Especially since it was this government and its Minister Plenipotentiary that accepted the 12.5% cuts and other conditions without so much of a negotiation,” the MP said.

The MP was specifically referring to a comment of Minister Plenipotentiary of the National Alliance Rene Violenus last Friday after the Kingdom Council of Ministers RMR on Friday decided that St Read more

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~10 experts from around the world focus on the future of islands at Islandpreneur Live~

PHILIPSBURG:---  Islandpreneur Live 2022 commences on June 27 and will continue with a week of activities through to July 1. These activities include in-person masterclasses (June 27 -29) with experts covering topics such as tourism, public relations, resilience, innovation, and adaptive strategies to thrive. Masterclasses include Lela Simmonds, Business Development Manager at Port of St. Maarten Group of Companies, Haddy Folivi, a global public relations specialist based in the United Kingdom, and Elly Moesquit, Supervision Specialist of the Centrale Bank van Curaao en Sint Maarten Read more

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Excluisve: Will The Prime Minister Step In At Gebe To Ensure Full Investigation Takes Place?

PHILIPSBURG: --- Now that the Prosecutors Office and KPSM indicated to the Government of St. Maarten that the management of NV GEBE did not cooperate with their investigation as such they were unable to sufficiently establish what the actual danger to Sint Maarten has been due to the hack.

  The prosecutors office in its press release and report said that due to NV GEBE's non-cooperative attitude, Freya investigation could not establish what were the exact risks for the country and clients of GEBE and who was behind the attack, and the dangers for the future Read more

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Exclusive: Will The Prime Minister Step In At Gebe To Ensure Full Investigation Takes Place?

PHILIPSBURG: --- Now that the Prosecutors Office and KPSM indicated to the Government of St. Maarten that the management of NV GEBE did not cooperate with their investigation as such they were unable to sufficiently establish what the actual danger to Sint Maarten has been due to the hack.

  The prosecutors office in its press release and report said that due to NV GEBE's non-cooperative attitude, Freya investigation could not establish what were the exact risks for the country and clients of GEBE and who was behind the attack, and the dangers for the future Read more

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~ I did not know the Prosecutor or Police were busy with any investigation on the hack and I still dont know today.~

 PHILIPSBURG:--- On Sunday the Prosecutors Office and KPSM said in a joint press release that the Prosecutors Office has submitted a report to the Government of St. Maarten regarding the Black Byte hack that took place on March 17th, 2022.  The release states that the report stems from the Freya investigation which includes interviews with staff members of NV GEBE and the RST.

On June 1st SMN News asked the Minister of VROMI Egbert Jurendy Doran at the weekly press briefings for an update on the findings of the prosecutors office on the hack and NV GEBE and if anyone would be held responsible for putting the company at risk.

Minister Doran said then that he hadnt met with the Prosecutors office, and he was not aware of any criminal investigations taking place Read more

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Aruba May Phase Out 12.6%, Curaao, St. Maarten Not Yet

Dutch State Secretary of Kingdom Relations and Digitisation Alexandra van Huffelen speaks with the media after Fridays RMR with next to her Ministers Plenipotentiary Carlton Manuel of Curaao (left), Guillfred Besaril of Aruba (second from left) and Rene Violenus of St. Maarten. (Suzanne Koelega photo)  

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Revan Presents Draft Law Proposal To Make Election Day A National Holiday

US Party board member Khalil Revan (second left) presenting the proposal to President of Parliament Read more

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Apap, Ottley Discuss Issues With Mental Healthcare On St. Maarten

VSA Minister Omar Ottley (centre) with APAP members (from left) Lisa Wilson-Gittens, Islaya Streefkerk, Miranda Veltman and Alexandra van Luijken Halley.

PHILIPSBURG--Association for Psychologists and Allied Professionals St. Maarten (APAP SXM) recently met with Minister of Public Health, Social Development and Labor VSA Omar Ottley and his team regarding the state of mental health needs and licensed services available in St Read more

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Qu Pas Con El Proyecto De Alcantarillado De Philipsburg?

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten – El empresario de Philipsburg, Don Hughes, ha planteado preguntas sobre qu ha sido del principal proyecto para conectar los hogares y las empresas de Philipsburg al sistema de alcantarillado que comenz hace casi dos dcadas.

“Se han gastado millones de dlares para sentar las bases de este proyecto con tuberas, etc Read more

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