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Dp Feels That A Local Solution To The Oyster Pond Dispute Is Possible

OYSTERPOND, Sint Maarten — The Democratic Party feels that before damaging the cooperation between the Northern and Southern halves of the island, all efforts to find a speedy resolution locally should have been exhausted before escalating the conflict by boycotting the St. Maarten/St. Martin Day celebration, a celebration of unity and friendship by the people and for the people.

Nobody in Paris or The Hague is impacted by the boycott of a local event; the only people impacted are the very people we have sworn to protect Read more

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Prime Minister Requests Urgent Meeting Of Parliament

PHILIPSBURG – Prime Minister William Marlin in his capacity also as Member of Parliament (MP) said on Sunday afternoon, November 6, that he will be requesting that Chairman of Parliament MP Claret Connor convene an urgent meeting of Parliament to discuss the ongoing problems at Captain Oliver’s Marina.

Prime Minister Marlin said that up to Sunday evening no response was received from the Préfet Deleguee of St Read more

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St. Maarten Hosts 3Rd Annual Quadripartite Meeting

PHILIPSBURG– On Wednesday, April 6, the Government of St. Maarten hosted the 3rd annual quadripartite meeting.

The meeting was formulated in 2014 as a forum for representatives of the governments of The French Republic (led by Ambassador for Regional Cooperation for the Antilles-Guyana Veronique Bertile), The Kingdom of the Netherlands (led by Director of the Western Hemisphere Department in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Joost Reintjes), St. Martin (led by President of the Collectivity Aline Hanson), and St Read more

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St. Martiner At Memorial Acte: “An Expression Of Pain And Pride”

MARIGOT/GREAT BAY – “An expression of pain and pride is the best way to describe the Memorial ACTe,” said Shujah Reiph on his recent return from visiting the state-of-the-art museum in Guadeloupe.

The Memorial ACTe museum was built on the seaside grounds of the former Darboussier sugarcane refinery, said Reiph, president of St. Martin’s Conscious Lyrics Foundation (CLF).

The museum’s black box façade and silvery mesh crown houses a permanent exhibition that “explores slavery and the European slave trade of African peoples in the Caribbean and the Americas,” said Reiph.

“I see my visit to the museum as a pilgrimage of memory, which was necessary to do as part of the 25th anniversary of the Black History Celebration in St Read more

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Compensation Des Transferts De Compétences De 2007 : La Question Prioritaire De Constitutionnalité Posée Par La Présidente Franchit Une Étape Importante

MARIGOT, Saint Martin — Soucieuse de défendre efficacement les intérêts du territoire et donc de la population, Madame Aline Hanson, Présidente du conseil territorial, a décidé de faire réexaminer entièrement le contentieux engagé par la première mandature au sujet de la juste compensation financière des transferts de compétences intervenus le 15 juillet 2007, lors du changement statutaire de Saint-Martin.

Ce réexamen l’a conduite à poser, devant le Tribunal administratif de Paris, une question prioritaire de constitutionnalité (QPC) visant à faire déclarer non conformes à la Constitution les dispositions législatives régissant les modalités de calcul de la dotation globale de compensation censée garantir la neutralité financière de ces transferts de compétences Read more

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