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Letter To The Editor 12/15/20: For The Record
I just read a letter sent to His Excellency Governor Eugene B. Holiday by Renate Brison, Secretary of the Pro Soualiga Foundation that starts with: Pro Soualiga, on behalf of the population of St. Maarten, etc., etc.
Just to be clear and for the record:
Pro Soualiga Foundation, nor Renate Brison represent me, Michael J. Ferrier, a member in good standing of the population of St Read more
Mp Emmanuel To Residents: ExpectAttack On Standard Of Living
~ Civil servants should reject years of salary cuts ~
PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten — Independent Member of Parliament Christopher Emmanuel on Tuesday said that residents of St. Maarten should be prepared for an attack on their way of life and civil servants should not accept having their salaries cut across the board 12.5% for six or seven years to please State Secretary Knops who lives across the Atlantic and has an election to win in 2021.
MP Emmanuel minced no words in telling the public that their government is about to place a burden of suffering upon them the likes of which they have never known and make them dependent residents Read more
Rotary Sunset Donates School Benches To Mgdw
Philipsburg, St. Maarten With a high rise in COVID-19 cases on the island and in effort to promote physical distancing in schools, the students at Marie Genevieve de Weever Primary School are proud recipients of twenty new school benches. The Rotary Club of St. Martin Sunset donated the school benches earlier this month in a brief ceremony held at the school.
The hard-working volunteers dedicated two weekends to complete and paint the benches. The school benches were constructed by Canizus Design NV, while over twenty Rotarians and prospective members primed the benches and painted them blue, which is the schools official color Read more
Emmanuel: Civil Servants Should Reject Salary Cuts
MP Christophe Emmanuel
PHILIPSBURG--Independent Member of Parliament (MP) Christopher Emmanuel said on Tuesday that civil servants should not accept having their salaries cut by 12.5 per cent as outlined in the Dutch governments conditions for the second tranche of liquidity support.
Independent Member of Parliament Christopher Emmanuel on Tuesday said that residents of St. Maarten should be prepared for an attack on their way of life and civil servants should not accept having their salaries cut across the board 12.5% for six or seven years to please State Secretary Knops who lives across the Atlantic and has an election to win in 2021.
PHILIPSBURG:--- With a high rise in COVID-19 cases on the island and in an effort to promote physical distancing in schools, the students at Marie Genevieve de Weever Primary School are proud recipients of twenty new school benches. The Rotary Club of St. Martin Sunset donated the school benches earlier this month in a brief ceremony held at the school.
Emmanuel: Government Of Weakness Paves Way For Complete Dutch Takeover
GREAT BAY, Sint Maarten – Independent Member of Parliament Christophe Emmanuel on Monday said he would not support the establishment of the so-called COHO (Caribbean Organization for Development and Reform) dubbing Prime Minister Silveria Jacobs as leader of a government of weakness that has set St. Maarten up for a complete Dutch takeover that will attack the very way of life on the island Read more
Prime Minister Silveria Jacobs Updates Parliament On 3Rd Tranche Of Liquidity Support Agreements With Bzk
~ Receives support from the majority of Parliament ~
Philipsburg Today, Prime Minister Silveria Jacobs updated the Parliament of St. Maarten on the outcome of the negotiations with the Ministry of Interior and Kingdom Relations (BZK) surrounding the third tranche of liquidity support to gain the level of support needed to be able to proceed. Over the past six weeks, St. Maartens negotiation team has been in discussions with BZK in order to come to agreements on the third tranche of liquidity support Read more
Philipsburg, St. Maarten With a high rise in COVID-19 cases on the island and in effort to promote physical distancing in schools, the students at Marie Genevieve de Weever Primary School are proud recipients of twenty new school benches. The Rotary Club of St. Martin Sunset donated the school benches earlier this month in a brief ceremony held at the school.The hard-working volunteers dedicated two weekends to complete and paint the benches. The school benches were constructed by Canizus Design NV, while over twenty Rotarians and prospective members primed the benches and painted them blue, which is the schools official color Read more
Pm Jacobs Updates Parliament On 3Rd Tranche Of Liquidity Support Agreements With Bzk
Philipsburg, Sint Maarten — On Monday December 14, 2020, Prime Minister Silveria Jacobs updated the Parliament of St. Maarten on the outcome of the negotiations with the Ministry of Interior and Kingdom Relations (BZK) surrounding the third tranche of liquidity support to gain the level of support needed to be able to proceed. Over the past six weeks, St. Maartens negotiation team has been in discussions with BZK in order to come to agreements on the third tranche of liquidity support Read more
Emmanuel: Government Of WeaknessPaves Way For Complete Dutch Takeover
PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten — Independent Member of Parliament Christophe Emmanuel on Monday said he would not support the establishment of the so-called COHO (Caribbean Organization for Development and Reform) dubbing Prime Minister Silveria Jacobs as leader of a government of weakness that has set St. Maarten up for a complete Dutch takeover that will attack the very way of life on the island Read more
Reform Entity Does Not Trample On Local Powers, Says Pm Jacobs
Prime Minister Silveria Jacobs
PHILIPSBURG--The authority of the proposed Caribbean Entity for Reform and Development COHO does not trample on the powers of government or Parliament, Prime Minister Read more Candidates in this article:
Majority Of Mps Lend Support To Dutch Financing Agreement
PHILIPSBURG--Despite several harsh statements, a majority of Members of Parliament (MPs) on Monday threw their support behind Prime Minister Silveria Jacobs to accept the Netherlands proposal for further financial assistance and the creation of the Caribbean Entity for Reform and Development COHO.
PHILIPSBURG:---Today, Prime Minister Silveria Jacobs updated the Parliament of St. Maarten on the outcome of the negotiations with the Ministry of Interior and Kingdom Relations (BZK) surrounding the third tranche of liquidity support to gain the level of support needed to be able to proceed. Over the past six weeks, St. Maartens negotiation team has been in discussions with BZK in order to come to agreements on the third tranche of liquidity support Read more
PHILIPSBURG:--- Independent Member of Parliament Christophe Emmanuel on Monday said he would not support the establishment of the so-called COHO (Caribbean Organization for Development and Reform) dubbing Prime Minister Silveria Jacobs as leader of a government of weakness that has set St. Maarten up for a complete Dutch takeover that will attack the very way of life on the island Read more
Pond Island:--- A personal message from CEO, Mr. Kendall Dupersoy, highly professional photography shoots, and some festive Christmas season deals are the highlights of TelEm Groups Christmas Wishbook Catalog out this week.The Christmas Wishbook is packed with Specials for the season with super gift ideas for everyone. Its the result of months of work by TelEm Groups Marketing & Sales Department, who also drafted in several members of staff to bring home the special deals in the pages of the colorful and bright publication.Congratulations to the team for the launch of the Christmas Wishbook, which took a lot of coordination so that our customers can get the latest deals in time for Christmas, says Chief Commercial Officer (CCO), Mr Read more
~UPP, PFP, and NA supports the signing of agreement and COHO
PHILIPSBURG: --- The coalition partners that are supporting the government of St. Maarten give the Prime Minister of St. Maarten its blessings in the form of a verbal declaration to go ahead and sign the COHO law. The leader of the UPP faction was the first to give the Prime Minister the declaration State Secretary Raymond Knops wants when he demanded that she gets such prior to the December 18th meeting.
UPP supports the signing of COHO Law.
After making her position known, the UPP MP and Faction Leader Grisha Heyliger Marten gave the declaration that the State Secretary Raymond Knops is looking for, thereby Heyliger Martin then said I am sure of our Prime Minister of St Read more
Pfp Criticises Pro SoualigaS Letter To Governor Holiday
PHILIPSBURG--Party for Progress (PFP) Members of Parliament (MPs) Melissa Gumbs and Raeyhon Peterson on Sunday criticised Pro Soualiga Foundations recent letter to Governor Eugene Holiday for being disrespectful, adding that the foundation cannot speak on behalf of the St Read more
Parliament Approval Needed Before Dutch Sign Agreement On Liquidity Support, Reform Entity
Knops letter to Prime Minister Silveria Jacobs on Sunday. This followed her response to his letter on Thursday, December 10.
PHILIPSBURG/THE HAGUE--Before an agreement can be signed between the governments in The Hague and Philipsburg about the third tranche of liquidity support and the Caribbean Entity for Reform and Development COHO, the Dutch Cabinet requires explicit approval of the deal by St Read more
PHILIPSBURG:--- Minister of Public Health, Social Development and Labor (VSA), Richard Panneflek hereby informs the public that over the last week, CPS has identified around 15 new COVID-19 cases per day. The long-term average was 5 new cases per day.
The EPI curve shows the number of new cases by date of symptom onset. While there were previous increases in numbers that could be explained by specific clusters, this increase in number of infections per day is most likely due to increased transmission in the community Read more
State Secretary Knops (Bzk) Proposes Sint Maarten Ultimatum; Otherwise No Agreement On December 18.
The HAGUE/PHILIPSBURG:--- The negotiations between the Netherlands and Sint Maarten about an agreement on a multi-year aid and recovery program under Dutch supervision have progressed to such an extent that signing on December 18 is possible.But then the government and Parliament of Sint Maarten must give 'The Hague' the confidence in black and white that they will comply with earlier agreements and the conditions attached to new loans. This is evident from the letter that State Secretary Knops (BZK) sent to Prime Minister Jacobs Read more
Irion Counters Cft Letter That Govt.S Financial Management Is Inadequate
PHILIPSBURG--Finance Minister Ardwell Irion said on Wednesday that his ministry has made several improvements in a relatively short period of time, countering statements by the Committee for Financial Supervision CFT that governments financial management is severely inadequate.
PHILIPSBURG:--- The Sint Maarten Lions Club was chartered on December 12th, 1970, and will celebrate 50 years this coming Saturday. The idea for starting a Lions Club on Sint Maarten was initiated by the late Lion Donny Bakhuis, who was a government auditor and visited the island for work from the Federal Government in Curacao. The Club was eventually chartered by the Bonaire Lions Club with Lion Ben Vlaun serving as its first Lion President with 22 Charter members.
Since this was the first service club on the island in 1970 it took some time for the community to understand and accept this service club concept, because it was not a religious, fraternal, or political organization Read more
~ Official declaration still to be made, as discussions with Dutch Government still ongoing, MP Grisha Heyliger Marten to be President of Parliament.~
PHILIPSBURG:--- MP Rolando Brison has passed the screening process to become the next Minister of VSA Read more