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The Optimal Functioning Of The Cadaster Not A Priority Of This Na Government.

PHILIPSBURG:---- The General public of St. Maarten has been complaining about the long delays that exist now at the office of land measurements and registration of mortgages. The Cadaster Office at one point was a department of the Central Government of the former Netherlands Antilles and became a foundation. The Cadaster became an operation that you could depend on as certificate of admeasurements and other services were flowing smoothly.
Over the last year we are seeing these services of this prestigious foundation deteriorates to the point where the general public is suffering Read more

Culture Ministry Honours Carnival Village Pioneers

PHILIPSBURG--The persons responsible for starting the Carnival Village some 46 years ago were honoured by Government during a ceremony on Friday.

Minister of Culture Silveria Jacobs gave inspiring words to family members about eight persons who opened the first booths in the Carnival Village. The man who spearheaded a fact-finding mission to St Read more

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Minister Jacobs Extends Condolences To Family Of Zahir Edwards

The Ministry of Education, Culture, Youth Affairs and Sports Hon. Minister Ms Silveria Jacobs

PHILIPSBURG – The Minister of Education, Culture, Youth and Sports Silveria Jacobs extended condolences to the family, friends, teammates and loved ones of Zahir Edwards, who passed away on Wednesday, May 11, after collapsing while playing basketball, his lifelong dream, at the L.B Read more

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Iconos Del Carnaval De St. Maarten Serán Homenajeados Este Viernes

Traducido por Máximo Castro

Philipsburg, Sint Maarten – La Ministro de Cultura, Silveria Jacobs ha revelado la realización de una ceremonia para mañana viernes en honor a los iconos de Carnaval San Martín. Los “honraremos a ellos el viernes próximos, aquí en el Salón Legislativo Claude Wathey por ser los iniciadores (de carnaval),” dijo la ministra Jacobs Read more

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Heyliger: ‘La Pérdida  De Competitividad En El Mercado De Cruceros Es Consecuencia Directa De La Inestabilidad Gubernamental.

Traducido por Máximo Castro

PHILIPSBURG.- Ningún inversionista del área de turismo podría estar interesado en establecer relaciones con un destino afectado por un cambio constante de gobierno, y ningún país puede desarrollarse adecuadamente si las políticas y los planes son cambiadas constantemente dependiendo de hacia donde cambia el viento político, manifestó el martes el parlamentario Theo Heyliger, líder del Partido del Pueblo Unido, UP por sus siglas en inglés.

El líder del UP Party, dijo que el reporte de calificaciones del país, entregado al Parlamento por representantes de la Asociación de Cruceros de Florida y el Caribe (FCCA) el lunes, debe servir como una llamada a todos los sectores de San Martín que expresa la gravedad de la situación Read more

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GEBE Supervisory Board claims in court that MPs working behind scenes to control the Supervisory Board.

PHILIPSBURG:--- The Court of First Instance in its ruling on Wednesday ordered that Shareholder representative of GEBE to come to a proper agreement as to when they will hold the meeting to dismiss the remaining three members of the Supervisory Board of Directors. That meeting will be held on May 26th 2016. However, the Shareholder and the Supervisory Board will be meeting on May 19th 2016 to appoint the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) William Brooks Read more

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Icons Of St. Maarten Carnival To Be Honored This Friday

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten — Minister of Culture Silveria Jacobs has disclosed that a ceremony will be held on Friday to honor the icons of St. Maarten Carnival. “We will be honoring them on Friday upcoming, right here in the Claude Wathey Legislative Hall for being the initiators (of carnival),” Minister Jacobs said. “It all started with the former, late Lt Read more

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PHILIPSBURG:--- Five members of The Rotary Club of St. Maarten Mid Isle recently returned from the Annual District 7020 Conference and President's Elect Training which was held in the Atlantis Resort in Nassau, Bahamas.

Attendance at this event offered the incoming president and secretaries of all Rotary clubs in the district an opportunity to learn more about Rotary and to prepare for the upcoming Rotary year which starts on July 1, 2016. Incoming president Veronica Jansen-Webster and incoming secretary Kishor Mirchandani attended the conference with Assistant District Governor Louis Wever, President David Antrobus and Rotarian Denise Antrobus.

The highlight of the conference was the awards ceremony in which the District Governor awarded the clubs for the work they have done in their respective communities Read more

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"I will not waste time with critics but instead work with people that can bring solutions to the country’s problems”

PHILIPSBURG:--- Minister of VROMI Angel Meyers who just returned from the United States told members of the media that the delegation he travelled with which was headed by Prime Minister William Marlin visited a waste to energy plant in New York in order have such a facility constructed on St Read more

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Parliament Debating No Confidence Motion In Government

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The leader of the main opposition Barbados Labour Party, (BLP), Mia Mottley, Tuesday described the Freundel Stuart government as being “incompetent,” accusing it also of running the country by “stealth” and bringing the island to its knees economically and otherwise.

Mottley, piloting a motion of no confidence in the government, said that the circumstances in which Barbados has found itself cannot be borne for much longer.

“We cannot have a gover Read more

Dutch & French Side Hospital Cooperation Steadily Increasing

PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten - The recent fire at the French side hospital which caused four wards to be evacuated , is a validation that the French and Dutch side hospitals need to work together, and increase their level of cooperation in healthcare.

Minister of Public health, Social Development & Labor Emil Lee stated: “The recent fire at the Louis Constant Fleming Hospital in Marigot has made a number of beds unavailable Read more

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Leadercast 2016: Inspirational And Transformational

GREAT BAY, St. Martin - Local leaders and aspiring leaders left the Belair Community Center inspired, invigorated and recharged after Leadercast, the world’s largest one-day leadership conference, broadcast LIVE from Atlanta and simulcast to hundreds of locations around the world on May 6th, 2016.

            Leadercast was hosted by Victorious Living Foundation (VLF) which empowers, enlightens and reconciles individuals, couples, families, organizations and communities, for the fourth consecutive year Read more

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Hirsch Ballin Defends Kingdom Parliament

~ Former Minister at first George Maduro lecture ~

LEIDSCHENDAM--Former Dutch Minister of Antillean and Aruban Affairs for the Christian Democratic Party CDA Professor Ernst Hirsch Ballin made a case on Tuesday for the introduction of a Kingdom Parliament in which the Dutch Caribbean countries are duly represented, as well as a Dispute Regulation (“geschillenregeling”). “Havi Read more

Heyliger: ‘Loss Of Cruise Competitive Edge Direct Result Of Govt. Instability’

PHILIPSBURG--No investor wants to have ties with any destination with a constant change of the people in charge and no country can properly develop if policies and plans are changed constantly with the political wind, said United People’s (UP) leader Member of Parliament Read more

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Dutch & French Side Hospital Cooperation Steadily Increasing

Dr. Felix Holiday (general surgeon), Drs. Fenna Arnell( head of the Dept. of Public Health), Mr. Antonio Pantophlet (Manager of patient care, SMMC),Emil Lee (Minister of VSA), Kees Klarenbeek (Director of SMMC), Read more

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PHILIPSBURG:--- The recent fire at the French side hospital which caused four wards to be evacuated , is a validation that the French and Dutch side hospitals need to work together, and increase their level of cooperation in healthcare.
Minister of Public health, Social Development & Labor Emil Lee stated: “The recent fire at the Louis Constant Fleming Hospital in Marigot has made a number of beds unavailable Read more

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Sarah Concerned About Shrinking Middle Class

PHILIPSBURG--The country’s “shrinking middle class” is cause for concern, says Democratic Party (DP) leader Member of Parliament Sarah Wescot-Williams.

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Brooks, Jansen-Webster Get Green Light For Posts At Gebe

PHILIPSBURG--The Corporate Governance Council (CGC) has reacted positively to the nominations of William Brooks and Veronica Jansen-Webster for the two top positions at utilities company GEBE.

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Dominican Election Campaign Enters Countdown

~ Political parties have only five days of campaigning left ~

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic – Monday, May 9, began the last week of waiting for elections in which Dominicans will select 4,106 public positions. With just five days left, politicians must finish their promotion and electoral offers.

This is a decisive week for the fate of the country for the next four years, with a renewal of all political power, which in turn holds in its hands the appointment of those who manage other state institutions.

Dominicans have eight presidential options to choose from: Danilo Medina of the Dominican Liberation Party (PLD); Luis Abinader, the Revolutionary Modern Party (PRM); Guillermo Moreno of Country Alliance Party; Minou Tavarez, Alliance for Democracy Party (APD); Soraya Aquino, the National Unity Party (PUN); Hatuey de Camps, Revolutionary Social Democratic Party (PRSD); Elias Wessin Chavez, the PQDC, Christian Democracy Quisqueyano Party; and Pelegrin Castillo of the National Progressive Force.

This will be the week for campaign closures of the candidates and their parties in a last attempt to win the favor of the citizenship for the electoral process, which will take place Sunday, May 15 Read more

Minister Lee Encourage Children To Come For Free Eye Exams

PHILIPSBURG – Minister of Public Health, Social Development and Labour Emil Lee encouraged parents to take their children for free eye testing and glasses at the White & Yellow Cross located in St. Johns Estate.

In support of the Volunteer Optometric Service to Humanity (VOSH), the Rotary club of St. Maarten organized an eye examination program to support their initiative in St Read more

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Minister Lee Encourages Kids To Come For Free Eye Exams And Glasses

Minister Emil Lee, the VOSH Team, Rotarians, and members from the white & yellow cross

Press Release-Minister of Public Health, Social Development & Labor Emil Lee, would like to encourage parents to take their kids for free eye testing and glasses at the white & Yellow cross located in St Read more

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Caribbean Mosquito Awareness Week Launched To Raise Awareness On Preventing Zika

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago - Eliminating mosquito breeding sites, avoiding mosquito bites, and protecting pregnant women from Zika virus are the key messages of the inaugural Caribbean Mosquito Awareness Week, launched today by the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and the CARICOM Secretariat.

With the slogan “Fight the bite, destroy mosquito breeding sites”, this first Mosquito Awareness Week, 9-15 May, will focus on Zika and the risks associated with the disease, especially for pregnant women.  The annual week was declared at the 17th meeting of the CARICOM Heads of Government in November 2014.

This is the first year that Caribbean countries will engage in this campaign, a joint initiative between member states and the three organisations, that aims to raise awareness of the need to eliminate mosquito breeding sites and use personal protection to prevent mosquito borne diseases.

On 1 February 2016, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced a Public Health Emergency of International Concern, following the increase in neonatal malformations and neurological disorders associated with the circulation of the Zika virus. Local Zika virus transmission has been reported in 37 countries and territories of the Americas.

Cases of Zika virus were first seen in the Caribbean in November of 2015 Read more

Minister Lee Encourages Kids To Come For Free Eye Exams And Glasses

PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten - Minister of Public Health, Social Development & Labor Emil Lee, would like to encourage parents to take their kids for free eye testing and glasses at the white & Yellow cross located in St. Johns Estate.

In support of the Volunteer Optometric Service to Humanity (VOSH),the Rotary club of St.Maarten organized an eye examination program to support their initiative on Sint Maarten which Is to provide free eye exams and eyeglasses to those who cannot afford it Read more

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Mp Marlin-Romeo To Attend Nvvb Annual Conference

PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten – Member of Parliament (MP) Leona Marlin-Romeo has been invited by Nederlands Vereniging voor Burgerzaken (NVVB) to its annual conference.

The association is the “contact point" for the themes of personal information management, identity management, elections & services and innovation.

The NVVB think and act towards the future, guarantees quality and is a popular and reliable partner for other (government) organizations.

The Member of Parliament will be lobbying about the concerns of the protection of source documents in the Caribbean based on years of experience of Civil Registry matters on Sint Maarten.   

During the MPs tenure at the Civil Registry there were many challenges with documents from neighboring islands Read more

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