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Minister Lee Met With Delegation From Ministry Of Kingdom Affairs

PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten - Cooperation between the Netherlands and St Maarten in the area of healthcare is a top priority for Minister of Health, Emil Lee.

Representatives of the Ministry of Public Health, Social Development & Labor (VSA) led by Minister Emil Lee recently met with a delegation from the Ministry of Kingdom Affairs led by its Secretary General Mr Read more

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Minister Lee Cautions The Public On Informal Sex Industry

PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten - The Minister of Public Health, Social Development, and Labor Emil Lee, would like to bring to the attention of the public, that there is a growing informal sex industry outside of the clubs, where women in nightclubs and bars are offering their services outside of the club environment.

“From a health perspective this is concerning, as it is an unregulated market Read more

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Minister Lee Announces Interim Work Permit Policy For Adult Entertainers

PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten - During Wednesdays Press Briefing, Minister of Public Health, Social Development, and Labor Emil Lee stated that “Adjustments to the old work permit policy for adult entertainers, were made in order to prevent any abuse, and to ensure that Government doesn’t facilitate human trafficking”.

He also mentioned that “the policy will serve until the Ministry of Justice, and the Ministry of Tourism, Economic Affairs, and Transportation develops their permanent policy/solution for the adult entertainers”.

Due to a memo received from the prosecutor’s office earlier this year, the Council of Ministers agreed that the Ministry of Justice, and the Ministry of Tourism, Economic Affairs, and Transportation would develop and present a new policy for Commercial sex workers.

In the interim, the court ruled that Ministry VSA needed to accept requests for adult entertainers and process within 2-3 weeks Read more

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Ministry Vsa Receives 3 Bids For The Construction Of The New Smmc

PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten - St.Maarten is one step closer towards the realization for the construction of the New St.Maarten Hospital. “As the Ministry of VSA, we continue working towards providing a high quality medical system that is affordable and easily accessible for the people” said Minister of VSA Emil Lee.

During Wednesdays Council Of Ministers Press briefing, Minister Lee stated that the Ministry of VSA, along with SZV , and SMMC received 3 completed bids for the New St.Maarten Medical Center on Monday July 18 by 2 PM.

12 original interested bidders were narrowed down by preselection criteria to a total of 5 bidders and of those 5, 3 submitted their bids by the cut off time.

In order to guarantee transparency, the bids were received at the Tjon A Jong Civil Law Notary office located on Frontstreet, and was received in the presence of the awarding team consisting of representatives of the Ministry of VSA, SZV, SMMC, KPMG (projectleader), and Royal HaskoningDHV who is an engineering consultant Read more

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Minister Lee Brings Clarity On Generic Drugs

PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten - Minister of Public Health, Social Development & Labor Emil Lee stated that during a recent radio interview, an impression was created by the host that the use of Generic drugs are less effective, and he wanted to bring clarity on that topic.

During Wednesday’s Council of Ministers Press briefing, he stated that by creating the impression that Generic drugs are less effective, it is doing a disservice to our community Read more

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