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PHILIPSBURG--Actual pension reforms in St. Maarten are one step closer to being implemented following the signing of an agreement between the general pension fund administrator APS and St. Maarten’s Finance Minister Richard Gibson, Sr.

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PHILIPSBURG--Members of Parliament (MPs) started their discussion on Thursday, with Finance Minister Richard Gibson Sr. on the draft law aimed at harmonizing supervision of financial institutions on Curaçao and St. Maarten by the Central Bank.

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Prime Minister William Marlin (fourth from right) and Founder and Board Member of the Carib China People Foundation Cengiz Kucuk (third from right) attended the One Belt, One Road Forum for International Cooperation held on May 14-15 in Beijing, China. The officials also met with the developers of the planned Pearl of China project for Belair beachfront Read more

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PHILIPSBURG--The United People’s (UP) party will not have a representative at the upcoming Inter-Parliamentary Kingdom Consultation set for the Netherlands in mid-June. This announcement came on Wednesday from UP fraction leader Member of Parliament Read more

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PHILIPSBURG--With the retention of the Dutch passport weighing heavily in debates about St. Maarten going independent, National Alliance (NA) Member of Parliament (MP) George Pantophlet has come up with a proposal to satisfy both sides of the fence – independence from the Netherlands, but an agreement for the newly independent country to continue using the Dutch passport for 150 years Read more

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PHILIPSBURG--Minister of Culture Silveria Jacobs paid tribute to the late Culture Department head Neville York, who was laid to rest on Tuesday. She said in her address that York had been a cultural icon, accomplished musician, scholar, policy developer, heritage specialist, businessman, teacher and St. Maarten legend.

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A United States Air Force Boeing C-17 military transport aircraft caused a stir in and around Princess Juliana International Airport on Sunday, after its pilots did at least three touch-and-go landings. These were said to be part of a training exercise, similar to one’s carried out in the past. (Photo courtesy Gracita Arrindell)

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President of the Collectivité Daniel Gibbs has wrapped up a string of protocol visits to his closest neighbours with a courtesy visit to the President of the Collectivité of St. Barths, Bruno Magras, on Friday, May 5.

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Henry Ostiana Foundation To Help Alzheimer’S Patients

By Suzanne Koelega

GOUDA--When Mireya Ostiana-Wijman and Henry “Boy” Ostiana moved to the Netherlands last year in search of medical care, Mireya knew that besides helping her husband who suffers from vascular dementia she wanted to do something for Alzheimer’s patients in St. Maarten.

“We want to turn our experiences with this disease and the care that we are receiving into something positive, an effort that Alzheimer’s and dementia patients in St Read more

MARIGOT--President of the Collectivité Daniel Gibbs was received by President of Parliament Sarah Wescot-Williams on Thursday, May 4, 2017 in the morning and then by Prime Minister (PM) of St Read more

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MARIGOT--President of the Collectivité of St. Martin Daniel Gibbs said despite fishing, agriculture, and livestock breeding being small contributors to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), he fully believes in the potential of the local fishing sector in St Read more

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Gibbs Denounces ‘Extremism’ Of Le Pen, Supports Macron

MARIGOT--President of the Collectivité Daniel Gibbs urged French-side voters to make a major effort to turn up at the polls on Saturday for the second round of the Presidential election, to make amends for the shockingly-low turnout in the first round two weeks ago.

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Update: Court Of Appeal Quashes Acquittals, Sentences Three ‘Masbangu’ Suspects

PHILIPSBURG--The Court of Appeals, on Wednesday, sentenced three of the four suspects in the so-called “Masbangu case” concerning the buying and selling of votes on behalf of United People’s (UP) party during the September 17, 2010, parliamentary election.

  Defendants Robert C.H. James (65), C.J.L.C. (48) and Ashwin R.W. Martina (46) were suspected by the Prosecutor’s Office of selling their votes Read more

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CARNIVAL VILLAGE--The 2017 Carnival season came to an end on Wednesday evening with the St. Maarten Carnival Development Foundation (SCDF) Last Lap Jump-Up that started in Cay Hill and ended at Carnival Village.

SCDF President Alston Lourens introduced TelEm Group CEO Kendall Dupersoy who announced winners of the TelEm I Am Carnival Promotion.

Vibert Richards won a 2017 Hyundai i20, Hyundai L575 Smart Phone, Hyundai Pulse Watch and 6 months of free gas from Texaco Read more

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Marlin To Attend Belt, Road Forum In China

POND ISLAND--Prime Minister William Marlin will join Russian President Vladimir Putin, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, among others, at the One Belt, One Road Forum for International Cooperation May 14-15 in Beijing, China.

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