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PHILIPSBURG:--- The Minister of VSA Emil Lee needs to save his excuses for the Federal Detectives when they knock on his door for explanations about the over NAF200M that is scheduled to be spent from the AOV funds and possibly other accounts managed by USZV, while proper legislation is not in place Read more

Up Parliamentarians Hold Talks With Florida Adventist Hospital

SINT MAARTEN/FLORIDA – Preliminary talks were concluded recently with top brass of Florida Adventist Hospital by United People’s (UP) party Members of Parliament (MPs) Theo Heyliger (leader), Dr. Lloyd Richardson,  and Cornelius de Weever Read more

Dan A Heyliger Y A Meyers 72 Horas Para Retractarse Públicamente De Declaraciones Consideradas Falsas

Traducido por Máximo Castro

Philipsburg, Sint Maarten.- El director de la compañía  Robelto & Sons NV, señor Flanders, dio anoche mediante un comunicado de prensa, un plazo de 72 horas al líder principal y al líder adjunto del Partido del Pueblo Unido (UP, por sus siglas en inglés), Theo  Heyliger y Franklyn Meyers, respectivamente, para que se retracten de la acusación publicada por estos en los medios locales en lA que afirmaron que la compañía Robelto & Sons BV, ha facturado al gobierno 19 veces la suma de 148,500.00 florines, equivalente a unos 2,82 millones de florines.

Flanders expresa en su comunicado de prensa que esta afirmación es una mentira descarada y que no va a aceptar este tipo de declaraciones de personas cuyo objetivo es engañar a la población de San Martín y desacreditar a una empresa local Read more

Contractor Issues Ultimatum To Mps Heyliger And Meyers

SUCKER GARDEN--Contractor Robelto and Sons BV issued a 72-hour ultimatum on Friday morning to United People’s (UP) party Members of Parliament (MPs) Theo Heyliger and Read more

Heyliger And Meyers Has 72 Hours To Publicly Retract Their False Statements Or Consider Legal Action

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten — In a press release issued late Wednesday (August 25) night by Robelto & Sons NV the director Mr. Flanders broke his silence by saying;

In the week of August 15 both the leader and the deputy leader  of the United People’s Party went in the media and boldly made the statement that Robelto & Sons BV has collected or at least has billed government for a total amount of 19 times 148,500.00 guilders or 2.82 Million Guilders.

This statement is a blatant lie and we will not accept these types of statements from persons whose goal it is to fool the people of St Read more

Said INSO’s Bid should have been disqualified --- No Dialysis, Oncology Center, and Special Wing will be included if INSO constructs Hospital.

PHILIPSBURG:---KPMG and USZV has one more hurdle to cross before the finalization of the contract for the new hospital is realized and they may well have to face court litigations if the contract is awarded to INSO. Two of the three companies that bid on the project has submitted their objections to the project manager at KPMG. According to information and documentation, SMN News obtained the objections were filed on August 12th, 2016.
Some of the arguments used by VAMED, the Austria company that worked on a concept for USZV invested a significant amount of time and also incurred significant costs in order to participate in the tender for the new hospital on St Read more

Upp Launch ‘Up Party Sxm’ App For Apple & Android Smartphones

PHILIPSBURG—The United People’s Party UPP made political history on St. Maarten today, Monday launching its “powerful interactive APP, named UP Party SXM.” It is by far one of the most aggressive marketing strategy for a political campaign to date for this or any election on St. Maarten or the Caribbean region.

UP Party app named “UP Party SXM” shows a photo of the party’s 23 candidates along with eight of the services you can access once you download the app.

Before the app was officially launched, buzz news about its imminent arrival on the election scene as an innovative use of technology had already started to boost voter interest in the UP Party, as many rushed to their App stores to download before the launch date.

The free app, now offers easy access to the party’s political platform rather than having to surf through dozens of websites before getting the correct information and updates Read more

Up Show Unity At Team Building Event

PHILIPSBURG – As part of the United People’s (UP) Party’s groundwork to deliver a stable government to the people of St. Maarten, after more than five years of instability, 23 UP candidates contesting the September 26 Parliamentary elections held a team building session in Simpson Bay, Sunday, August 14.

The party issued a press release following the event, stating that the team building event was a huge success. It was a “common purpose” exercise geared towards improved productivity, motivation and establishing a closer bond, especially with the new members of the UP family.

Member of Parliament (MP) Leona Marlin-Romeo said after Sunday’s event “today was one of the best political team activity I ever had.” She encouraged her colleague candidates on the UP slate to continue this momentum Read more

Parliamentary Meeting With Justice Minister Postponed

PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten – The Parliamentary plenary public meeting that was scheduled to deliberate on the Ministry of Justice and its relationship within the Kingdom did not take place on Monday.

The meeting was to have been held at 2.00 pm and was at the request of Members of Parliament (MPs) MP Leona Marlin-Romeo, MP Read more

Up Board And Heyliger Call For A Productive 2016-2017 School Year

PHILIPSBURG – The United People’s Party (UP) Board Leader of the UP Theodore Heyliger would like to wish all students, parents, teachers, support staff, and school boards a productive and happy New School Year 2016-2017 as thousands go back to school on Monday.

Education is a right and it prepares the nation’s youth for the future prosperity of country Sint Maarten.

“The new school year is not only about marks and grades, but also about preparing the nation’s youth with the skills and values that one is required for the challenges that country Sint Maarten would face tomorrow.

“Our schools are institutions of learning that presents opportunities to grow academically and become in the end productive citizens of our communities.  In order for our young people to excel, as a nation and as a community we need to adopt a long-term view of education.

“When we look at learning today, we need to embrace the ‘skillset’ of a future Sint Maarten taking into consideration a changing world with changing demands and skills and knowledge.  We are an open economy that provides services to visitors who will have a certain level of expectation.

“As a country, 21st century learning for Sint Maarten is about fostering a culture of lifelong learning amongst our people.  It’s about redefining and transitioning from examinations, grades to learning for mastery, learning throughout life, thereby creating innovators for prosperity.

“The new school year will also be demanding for parents and teachers as well as school boards in order to ensure quality education and to move the system to the next level to the benefit of all those who attend school.  Parents have to remain as partners in education.

“In order for our young learners to continue to excel, they will need the support of the entire community, and as the African saying goes: ‘It takes a village to raise a child,’ therefore we need all hands on deck Read more

Hope leader became emotional as she made a statement.

PHILIPSBURG:--- Of the nine political parties that submitted their list to the voting bureau on Monday, only three of them handed in a list with a full slate of 23 candidates. They are the United Peoples Party (UPP), United St. Maarten’s People Party (USP), and the National Alliance (NA).
St Read more

Up Leader Promises To Solve Dump Problem Within Six Months Of Being Elected To Office

PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten - Leader of the UP MP the Honorable Theo Heyliger Wednesday evening spoke about their ten month period in office before being removed from government by a National Alliance led coalition.

The UP leader stated that his party was never given the opportunity to fulfill the plans that they had for the island of St Read more