PHILIPSBURG — State Secretary Raymond Knops (Kingdom Relations) makes an effort to send the draft kingdom law COHO (Caribbean Development and Reform Organization) this month to the parliaments of the Netherlands, St. Maarten, Curacao and Aruba, his spokesman Emile Vaessen says. Given the time frame and the days resting in the month of December, it is likely that the parliaments of the countries will debate the draft law in January of next year. After the Council of State expressed some serious concerns about the original draft, Knops went back to the drawing board and engaged in negotiations with the governments…
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By Terrance Rey Whoever doesn’t bother to pick up a dime on the street is certainly doing well in life. But it can also turn out differently. If you leave money on the street, you also miss out on many opportunities in life. It is the same with Sint Maarten. Because there are a lot of opportunities that Sint Maarten misses out on.. Such as subsidies and funds from Europe. Millions are often available to the island to fund projects. All one has to do is do some paperwork and submit it. That rarely happens. That’s why I’ve been saying…
MIAMI/WILLEMSTAD — Curaçao based CX Pay B.V. announced that the FinTech company has selected the payment and anti-fraud platform CyberSource, a Visa solution, to broaden its service offering, while further increasing its application’s compatibility to serve a progressively wider market. CX Pay first offered online payment services in 2016 and has grown its partner and client base across the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region. CX Pay has provided solutions to merchants in 28 markets throughout the PanCaribbean area and beyond with some special integrations. During the past five years, the e-commerce facilitator’s merchant base has experienced a compounded annual…
PERIDOT FOUNDATION STATES: “GOOD CORPORATE CITIZENSHIP, ENSURES LIGHTS AT THE CHURCHILL-ROUNDABIUT ARE ON FOR THE HOLIDAYS” Philipsburg — Peridot Foundation expresses immense gratitude towards Sol Antilles and its local General Manager Mr. Robert-Jan James for making a critical contribution towards Peridot Foundation in their yearly endeavor to decorate the Church-Hill roundabout in Cay-Hill. The Foundation’s symbol, the statue of a woman protecting a child is anchored at the center of the roundabout. The yearly decorations are not only meant to be decorative. They are more-so a reminder to keep attention on the issue of awareness of Elimination of violence against…
By Hilbert Haar I honestly cannot remember a moment when there was no trouble at all at utilities company GEBE and I have followed the developments in energy-land closely for more than ten years. Being the managing director at GEBE seems to be asking for trouble. This does not only appear from the recent dismissal of Mauricio Dembrook, but also from the experiences several of his predecessors (like the late William Brooks) had to undergo. The supervisory board has flexed its muscle with the dismissal of temporary manager Mauricio Dembrook and it seems to be hell-bent on bringing the very…
PHILIPSBURG — Working at utilities company GEBE remains a minefield. That much is clear after the recent court case against Sharine Daniel and the even more recent dismissal of temporary manager Mauricio Dembrook. The forces behind the scene that want to keep Daniel on board are diametrically opposed to those (like Dembrook) who want to bring integrity within the company to a higher level and to put Daniel – if it has to be – in a position where management has more control over her activities. GEBE’s new supervisory board’s Audit Committee, chaired by Dimar Labega, candidate #9 on the…
~ Police officers score decisive victory against justice ministry ~ UPDATED version of the previously published article online at: Police officer scores decisive victory against justice ministry PHILIPSBURG — Twelve police officers with more than ten years of service to their names scored a decisive victory against the Ministry of Justice after a long battle about their promotion, first to police officer and then to sergeant. The court that handles civil servants affairs ordered the ministry to take a decision within four weeks about the promotion. For non-compliance it imposed a penalty of 400 guilders ($223) per day with a…
~ Deeply concerned about the shortage of qualified psychiatrists on the island ~ PHILIPSBURG — The COVID 19 has resulted in devastating consequences to our country and our economy that was still recovering from Hurricane Irma. Although this has a major negative effect on the socio-economic wellbeing of the people of Sint Maarten, it also has an enormous negative impact on psychological and emotional wellbeing of the people as well. Studies have shown that the pandemic lead to a substantial increase in different mental health problems, psychiatric disorders and suicides in which Sint Maarten has been plagued with before and…
PHILIPSBURG — A police officer with more than ten years of service to his name scored a decisive victory against the Ministry of Justice after a long battle about his promotion, first to police officer and then to sergeant. The court that handles civil servants affairs ordered the ministry to take a decision within four weeks about the promotion. For non-compliance it imposed a penalty of 400 guilders ($223) per day with a maximum of 30,000 guilders ($16,760). The plaintiff, represented in court by attorney Cor Merx, entered the service of the justice ministry on July 25, 2011, as a…
Putting our house in order of proper priorities of first things first. The fact that mrs.Pamela Gordon Carty has now assumed leadership of the USP, the first and foremost action we are looking forward to is: Putting our house in order of proper priorities. First things first in adressing: 1) the pleas and plights, 2) the perils, predicaments and problems facing our people in Country ST.Maarten. With a cool, calm and collective approach we expect her to place, pile oops put pressure on government to ease or eradicate the long sufferings of our people in Country ST.Maarten. At the same…
