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PPA
Source: SMN-News
06 Mar 2017 06:58 PM

PHILIPSBURG:---- On Friday, March 3, 2017, the civil servants of the secretariat of Parliament took an oath or pledge of office before the President of Parliament, MP Sarah Wescot Williams, during Parliament’s first ever oath and pledge ceremony for its staff members. Also in attendance for this occasion were Vice President MP drs Read more


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SMCP
Source: SMN-News
22 Feb 2017 03:54 PM

PHILIPSBURG:--- Today, two months after the new Council of Ministers was sworn in, we still do not have a Minister of Tourism, Economic Affairs, Traffic and Telecommunication (TEATT). The blame for this has been placed on the vetting or screening process. However, in truth and in fact, the blame lies squarely on the shoulders of our parliament.

Now, the USP will have to present another candidate minister and the screening process will start all over again Read more


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Source: SMN-News
21 Feb 2017 03:32 PM

Plenary Session Of Parliament About Draft Initiative National Ordinances Concerning Timeshare On Wednesday.

PHILIPSBURG:--- The House of Parliament will sit in a plenary public session on February 22, 2017. The initiative taken of these two drafts, Member of Parliament Sarah A. Wescot-Williams will be answering and queries from Members of Parliament on these two drafts.
The plenary public meeting has been set for Wednesday at 2.00 pm in the General Assembly Chamber of the House at Wilhelminastraat #1 in Philipsburg.
The agenda points are:

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Source: 721 News
21 Feb 2017 12:25 PM

Plenary Session Of Parliament About Draft Initiative National Ordinances Concerning Timeshare On Wednesday

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten – The House of Parliament will sit in a plenary public session on February 22, 2017. The initiative taker of these two drafts, Member of Parliament Sarah A. Wescot-Williams will be answering and queries from Members of Parliament on these two drafts.

The plenary public meeting has been set for Wednesday at 2.00 pm in the General Assembly Chamber of the House at Wilhelminastraat #1 in Philipsburg.

The agenda points are:

1.  Incoming documents

2.  Draft initiative national ordinance to revise the rules pertaining timeshare

3.  Draft initiative national ordinance to establish a Timeshare Authority

Members of the public are invited to the House of Parliament to attend parliamentary deliberations.

The House of Parliament is located across from the Court House in Philipsburg.

The parliamentary session will be carried live on St Read more


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SMCP
Source: 721 News
16 Feb 2017 01:45 AM

The First 100 Days Of Parliament?

On February 7, 2017, Parliament celebrated one hundred days in office. It is customary to evaluate a government’s performance, after they have been in office for one hundred days.

Parliaments, however, are generally overlooked when it comes to such an exercise. Seeing that St. Maarten got a most “unusual” parliament after the September 2016 elections, I became interested in wanting to know how effective this parliament has been during its first one hundred days, from October 31, 2016 to February 7, 2017 Read more


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Source: 721 News
16 Feb 2017 01:25 AM

Committees Of Parliament To Tackle Outstanding Matters

PHILIPSBURG – The chairpersons and vice-chairpersons of the parliamentary committees were recently elected to guide the work of these committees on behalf of the Parliament of St. Maarten.

Chairlady of Parliament Sarah Wescot-Williams has facilitated the work of these committees by providing all the committee chairpersons with the matters, which have been referred to the committees Read more


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Source: 721 News
14 Feb 2017 02:14 AM

Minister Jacobs Attends “Shing Din” For Special Needs Citizens

ST. LOUIS, Saint Martin – On Saturday, February 11, Minister of Education, Culture, Youth and Sport Affairs, Silveria Jacobs attended the first annual “Shing Din” at the cultural site of St. Louis.

The “Shing Din” was an event put together by the Rambaud-St. Louis Fete Association and hosted the special needs citizens of both the French and Dutch side Read more


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Source: SMN-News
13 Feb 2017 08:44 PM

Minister Jacobs Attends “Shing Din” For Special Needs Citizens.

St. Louis:--- On Saturday, February 11th, 2017, Minister of Education, Culture, Youth, and Sports Affairs, Silveria Jacobs attended the first annual “Shing Din” at the cultural site of St. Louis. The “Shing Din” was an event put together by the Rambaud-St. Louis Fete Association and hosted the special needs citizens of both the French and Dutch side Read more


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Source: 721 News
11 Feb 2017 11:08 AM

Chairlady Of Parliament Sets The Stage For Handling Draft Laws

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten — From the outset of the Central Committee meeting of Parliament on Friday, February 10, dealing with the draft law “Rules for Administrative Enforcement,” Chairlady Sarah Wescot-Williams made it clear that Members of Parliament will be given the time and opportunity to delve into the depth and width of this necessary, but very technical piece of draft law.

The handling will not be delayed, but neither will Parliament rush through this draft law Read more


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Source: SMN-News
10 Feb 2017 07:13 PM

Chairlady Of Parliament Sets The Stage For Handling Draft Laws.

From the outset of the Central Committee meeting of Parliament on Friday, dealing with the draft law "Rules for Administrative Enforcement", the Chairlady Mrs. Wescot-Williams made it clear that members of Parliament will be given the time and opportunity to delve into the depth and width of this necessary, but very technical piece of draft law.
The handling will not be delayed, but neither will Parliament rush through this draft law.
Already the Chairlady has pointed out that she will break down the law in main parts, making the deliberations more manageable and constructive.
The meetings, in the Chair's view, should, in addition to providing the MPs the opportunity to apply debate draft laws and topics, also serve as informational exchanges for the public at large.
During today's initial deliberations on the "Rules for Administrative Enforcement", the Chairlady explained the gist of the law as follows:
How does the government administration enforce compliance with existing laws? Who makes up the reports of such? How are persons notified that they are or that they have acted in contravention of a law or rule? How far can the government go with sanctions against citizens?
A plus point in this respect, she pointed out, is that the draft eliminates bias in handling such cases.
Secondly, where such is possible, infringements will be dealt with administratively (by the government) rather than criminally.
The draft law was initiated by the government, hence the presentation of such by the Minister of Justice, Mr Read more


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Source: 721 News
03 Feb 2017 01:28 AM

Wescot-Williams: Acu Can Strengthen The Socio-Economic Fabric Of Society

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten — President of the Parliament of St. Maarten Hon. Sarah Wescot-Williams in attendance at the opening of the ACU’s office on St. Maarten. Several members of this credit union reside on St. Maarten and were quite pleased now that the services are brought to St. Maarten.

Credit unions are organizations of persons (members) who save at the institution and also are able to borrow Read more


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Source: 721 News
03 Feb 2017 01:14 AM

President Of The Parliament Wescott-Williams: Mr. York’S Life Story Is Indeed One Worth Recording.

Seen here with the President of Parliament during the celebration on Saturday.

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten — I was privileged and honored to celebrate with family and friends, St. Maarten’s illustrious centenarian, Mr. Freddy York. Fittingly so, the family of Mr. York celebrated this milestone with him in grand style, and in true St. Maarten tradition kicked off the celebrations with a church service in his honor on Friday.

“I was thankful for the opportunity to offer words of congratulations on both occasions and stressed the need for the lives of St Read more


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SMCP
Source: SMN-News
01 Feb 2017 07:07 PM

PHILIPSBURG:--- Recently, Parliament held a meeting to discuss the appointment of a quartermaster for the Integrity Chamber by the Dutch Government. Most Parliamentarians, however, overlooked the fact that the discussion had to be focused on the process, the procedure, the legality and the validity of said appointment. With the exception of MP Sarah Wescot-Williams, parliamentarians and members of government spoke more about the Integrity Chamber Read more


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HOPE
Source: 721 News
30 Jan 2017 12:38 AM

Sxm In The Whirlwind Of Dutch Politics

A lot of indignation reigned during the discussions on the appointment of a quartermaster by the Dutch government and rightfully so. The Dutch minister (Plasterk) has, however, remained undeterred and firm: “The quarter master will come, it was an agreement and SXM procrastinated.”

Did we?

The govt. of SXM learned of the appointment via the press, evoking a caution from the Finance Minister Gibson that newspapers can be wrong. True, in this world of “false news,” even newspapers can be tricked.

However, in the Netherlands, this news was an orchestrated part of simultaneous and official publications Read more


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SMCP
Source: 721 News
27 Jan 2017 04:29 PM

Let Us Not Blame The Dutch

The appointment of Quartermaster Hans Leijtens, last week, came as a shock to our politicians. The Honorable Prime Minister said he was flabbergasted. The Honorable President of Parliament called the appointment provocative and Member of Parliament, Theo Heyliger, described it as vindictive.

And of course, the Dutch Minister of Home Affairs and Kingdom Relations Ronald Plasterk, gets the blame Read more


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SMCP
Source: SMN-News
25 Jan 2017 04:55 PM

PHILIPSBURG:--- The appointment of Quartermaster Hans Leijtens, last week, came as a shock to our politicians. The Honorable Prime Minister said he was flabbergasted. The Honorable President of Parliament called the appointment provocative and Member of Parliament, Theo Heyliger, described it as vindictive. And of course, the Dutch Minister of Home Affairs and Kingdom Relations, Ronald Plasterk, gets the blame Read more


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Source: The Daily Herald
24 Jan 2017 06:47 AM

Sarah: St. Maarten Should Revisit Its Relationship In Dutch Kingdom

~ Parliament meets on quartermaster Thursday ~

PHILIPSBURG--Chairperson of Parliament Sarah Wescot-Williams said on Monday that St. Maarten should seriously re-examine its relationship within the Dutch Kingdom.

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DP
Source: The Daily Herald
16 Jan 2017 07:30 AM

Sarah: Sudden Appointment Of Quartermaster Is ‘Provocative’

PHILIPSBURG--“Provocative” is how Democratic Party (DP) leader Member of Parliament Sarah Wescot-Williams has described the appointment by the Dutch Government of a quartermaster for St. Maarten’s “non-existing Integr Read more


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SMCP
Source: 721 News
12 Jan 2017 10:03 PM

Parliament Should Take The People’S Business Seriously

The entire top brass of Parliament has flown off to Curaçao, for the entire week of January 9, to attend the Tripartite meetings and the Interparliamentary Kingdom Consultations (IPKO).

While the President of Parliament, MP Sarah Wescot-Williams, and First and Second Vice Presidents, MP drs. Rudolphe Samuel and MP Frans Richardson, respectively, are off island, the Parliament of St Read more


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Source: SMN-News
11 Jan 2017 08:51 PM

PHILIPSBURG:--- The entire top brass of Parliament has flown off to Curaçao, for the entire week of January 9th, to attend the Tripartite meetings and the Interparliamentary Kingdom Consultations (IPKO).
While the President of Parliament, MP Sarah Wescot-Williams, and First and Second Vice Presidents, MP drs. Rudolphe Samuel and MP Frans Richardson, respectively, are off island, the Parliament of Sint Maarten is left without a leader Read more


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Source: 721 News
07 Jan 2017 11:02 PM

Delegation Leaves For Ipko In Curaçao

PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten – From January 10-13, 2017 delegations from the Parliaments of the Netherlands, Curaçao, Aruba and St. Maarten will be meeting in Curaçao for the Interparliamentary Kingdom Consultations (IPKO).

The four parliamentary delegations will be discussing a number of issues that include economic opportunities, energy and climate change, the vision for the ideal Kingdom in 2040, youth, issues with pension (AOV/AWW) of students, double language test, right of initiative for Kingdom laws for the Parliaments of Curaçao, Aruba and St Read more


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Source: SMN-News
07 Jan 2017 03:28 PM

Delegation Leaves For Tripartite And Interparliamentary Kingdom Consultations (Ipko) In Curaçao.

From January 10-13, 2017 delegations from the Parliaments of the Netherlands, Curaçao, Aruba and Sint Maarten will be meeting in Curaçao for the Interparliamentary Kingdom Consultations (IPKO).
The four parliamentary delegations will be discussing a number of issues that include economic opportunities, energy and climate change, the vision for the ideal Kingdom in 2040, youth, issues with pension (AOV/AWW) of students, double language test, right of initiative for Kingdom laws for the Parliaments of Curaçao, Aruba and Sint Maarten, status of the Kingdom law on Dispute regulation, integrity, Constitutional Court and health care Read more


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DP
Source: The Daily Herald
07 Jan 2017 05:50 AM

Council Of Advice Not Positive On Expansion Of Constitutional Court

PHILIPSBURG--There is no need to expand the scope of the Constitutional Court to tackle disputes between Parliament and the Council of Ministers, because there are sufficient existing institutions to handle such, the Council of Advice said in a response to an initiative draft law submitted by Democratic Party (DP) Member of Parliament Sarah Read more


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DP
Source: 721 News
06 Jan 2017 10:10 PM

Wescot-Williams: 2017 – A Year Of Challenges And Opportunities

Video Press Conference: Chairperson of Parliament Sarah Wescot-Williams

PHILIPSBURG – During her first press conference for 2017, on Thursday, January 5, Chairperson of Parliament Sarah Wescot-Williams wished all a prosperous, Happy New Year.

She deemed 2017, “a year that’s really facing challenges, but also a year of opportunities and it behooves all of us to look for and seize those opportunities.”

She reflected on the elections of September 26, 2016 Read more


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