On the eleventh anniversary of St. Maarten’s new Status in the Kingdom of the Netherlands, often refer to as 10-10-10, Dr. Luc Mercelina announced the birth of a movement which he heads, called the Unified Resilient St. Maarten Movement (URSM). Dr. Mercelina himself served two years as an MP and at one point was instrumental […]
On Thursday November 28th two incoming Ministers took the oath of office at the Governor’s mansion and was sworn in as ministers in the Silveria Jacobs cabinet by his Excellency drs. Eugene B. Holiday. The two minister taking the oath were: Pamella Gordon-Lake as Minister of public Health Labor and Social Affairs (VSA), and Mellissa […]
PHILIPSBURG -The ability of the Fire Department’s to better communicate during a disaster, was boosted with the handing over of critical communication equipment purchased through the Sint Maarten Trust Fund by the National Recovery Program Bureau (NRPB). The new communication equipment is one element of support being offered to the Fire Department under the Trust […]
Residents and commuters wake up to an ugly scene near the Bus stop on L.B. Scott Road in Cul- De – Sac leading into St. Peters Wednesday Aug. 21st, when someone either living in the area or close by, felt it is was OK to dump their unwanted bed and furniture to the Side of […]
The UD leader Theodore Heyliger was picked up early Tuesday morning by the Anti-Corruption Taskforce (TBO) as a suspect in the Larimar investigation. He is said to have been the one behind an offer of bribe money to a member of parliament MP Romaine Laville for him to break ranks with the governing coalition at […]
WASHINGTON- December 14, 2018 – A baseline screening of smoke from subsurface fires at the Pond Island municipal and hurricane waste disposal sites was released today by the World Bank. The screening showed that several air pollutants emitted from subsurface fires exceeded international occupational exposure limits within the perimeter of the dumpsite. These results were […]
The Algemeen Pensioenfonds Sint Maarten (APS) surprised APS member Mrs. Dirkje van den Heuvel-de Jonge when she recieved a congratulatory bouquet of flowers and a card in honor of her 100th birthday on November 6th 2018. “These moments are beautiful reminders of how important our responsibility to our members are. We are happy to see […]
He is calling out our Members of Parliament to let’s have that referendum to see what the people will decide whether to stay in the Kingdom or go independent. Van Raak said the following in his article: Sometimes, as a Member of Parliament, you get strange messages, such as the letter of the St. Maarten […]
Minister of VSA Emil Lee said on Wednesday that he experienced ‘gross non-compliance’ during his recent field visit with the Labor inspectors of VSA. Lee says that the inspectors were even denied access to conduct their inspections of a Government owned entity. Lee says he finds it unfortunate that something like this is happening and […]
The nullifying of the Political crisis/dilemma written by Julio R. Romney/Political Analyst Knowledge is understanding – with the swearing in of the Council of Ministers on June 25, 2018, the ruling United Democrats/Sint Maarten Christian Party (UD/SMCP) coalition government found itself in a political dilemma with not having enough sitting MP’s in the Parliament to […]
