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Urgent Central Committee Meeting About Status Of Police Officers Insurance Coverage Scheduled For Tuesday.
PHILIPSBURG:--- The Central Committee will meet in an urgent session on April 5. The Minister of Justice will be present for the sitting of the House.The Central Committee meeting has been set for Tuesday at 2.00pm in the General Assembly Chamber of the House at Wilhelmina Straat #1 in Philipsburg.The agenda point is the status of insurance coverage for Police Officers and their families and other related and affected issues.This urgent meeting was called by the United People’s (UP) party faction Members of Parliament (MP) Tamara Leonard, (MP) Franklin Meyers, and Independent (MP) Leona Marlin-Romeo.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
School Teachers Want Public Education Director Removed
PHILIPSBURG--A majority of public school teachers seem to have an issue with Director of Public Education Glenderline Davis-Holiday, according to information gathered at an urgent gathering of educators in the sector on Thursday morning. Leading the charge is Member of Parliament (MP) Tamara Leonard, who was approached by some teachers.< Read more
Little Opposition To 2016 Draft Budget
MP Tamara Leonard: “I feel like we have to take a hit too.†Photo Today / Milton Pieters
St. Maarten News – The parliament seemed to be going in record tempo through the debate about the draft 2016 budget yesterday. By 6.35 p.m. all speakers had put in their two cents in the first round; only nine MPs used their right to address the issue Read more
Mps Pepper Ministers With Questions In Budget Debate
Independent MP Leona Marlin-Romeo (standing) speaks in the budget debate on Monday.
PHILIPSBURG--The 2016 draft budget was tabled in Parliament by Finance Minister Richard Gibson on Monday morning in Parliament House. Members of Parliament (MPs), who had up to 90 minutes to speak, peppered the Council of Ministers with a barrage of questions spanning from the budget and Government policies to general topics of interest.
The seven Ministers, who all made presentations about the working of their Ministries on Monday, will be back in Parliament today, Tuesday, starting at 2:00pm to deliver answers to the questions from MPs Read more