Harbour View – On May 21, 2012, His Excellency, and Governor E.B. Holiday, officiated the appointment and administered the oath of office of minister to Mr. Omar Ottley, Mr. Ottley has met the regulatory requirements and has been appointed as Minister of Public Health, Social Development and Labour. During the official ceremony, which took place […]
The government and Parliament of St. Maarten are handling the affairs of its people in a way that suggest everyone is allowed to do whatever they want without any consequences and respect for the laws of the country. This is evident on a daily basis when you experience living life on St. Maarten. The dysfunctional […]
Former MP and leader of the US (United St. Maarten Party) Frans Richardson and former leader and founder of the UP (United People’s Party) Theodore Heyliger are presently before the court having been charged with criminal conduct involving Millions of dollars either stolen or having accepted bribes at the expense of Government and tax payers […]
This is the full text of the statement from the World Bank issued on their website regarding their rights to provide information to any country receiving financing under their administration, about issues that may impact the successful implementation of the project: As a global development institution, the World Bank works in partnership and through dialogue […]
In a press statement issued Wednesday, Prime Minister Silveria Jacobs and Minister of Finance Ardwell Irion presented the three publicly debated legislative amendments to the Parliament of Sint Maarten on the cost cutting measures. The first being the Temporary National Ordinance to standardize the top incomes and reduce the employment benefits by 12.5% per July […]
The Ministry of TEATT announced at the weekend that it would step up general controls to ensure that businesses are adhering to St. Maarten’s economic rules and regulations. Many of these controls are in response to public complaints received for various infractions. TEATT has diligently worked to restore economic activities during the crisis, but in […]
For this coming New Year I would like the government of St. Maarten to start governing by the laws of the country. Start by making everyone be more Law abiding citizens, starting with our elected officials, who are supposed to lead by example. The main priority of government is to make sure that the health […]
Mr. Prefect Serge Gouteyron is the new delegate prefect installed for Saint Barthelemy and Saint Martin in a ceremony held on Friday. The New State representative takes over from Madam Sylvie Feucher whose term expires and was not granted an extension. After laying a wreath of flowers in tribute to the fallen St. Martin soldiers […]
But while she remains hopeful Dutch State Secretary for Home Affairs and Kingdom Relations, Raymond Knops is reporting to the Dutch Parliament in the Netherlands that St. Maarten economy will greatly suffer and even collapse if they don’t get the necessary liquidity support that they are so dependent on to survive. St. Maarten at first […]
How much noise is too much? Michael Ferrier has a point in his letter to the editor, the noise about decolonization is pointless at this time when there are so much simpler things to get done for the country. Here is his letter in its full text: Endorsing the comments and observations by Sarah Wescot […]
