PHILIPSBURG — “Their message is fair and it is clear,” said Member of Parliament Claudius Buncamper about the protest by employees that took to the streets on Monday morning to air their dissatisfaction about what was deemed unfair. He understands that there is a crisis and as a result sacrifices must be made, said MP Buncamper. “In my opinion, the biggest mistake the Dutch Government made was to set the requirements in such a way, where it is impossible.” Buncamper alluded to the case regarding the verdict by the judge in the Court of First Instance where he ruled that…
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PHILIPSBURG – Air Belgium wil in de loop van volgend jaar op de voormalige Nederlandse Antillen gaan vliegen. Dat heeft de Belgische luchtvaartmaatschappij gisteren bekendgemaakt tijdens een perspresentatie. Air Belgium is klaar om uit te breiden en plant nieuwe routes. Gisteren kondigde CEO Niky Terzakis de lancering aan van een nieuwe bestemming, Mauritius, medio december 2020, vanaf Brussels Airport met twee wekelijkse vluchten. Het bedrijf kijkt ook naar vluchten naar één bestemming op de Nederlandse Antillen en naar verschillende luchthavens in de Verenigde Staten, vluchten die gepland staan in 2021. Als Air Belgium naar het Caribisch deel van het Nederlandse…
PHILIPSBURG — Air Belgium intends to fly to the former Netherlands Antilles in the course of next year. The Belgian airline announced this yesterday during a press presentation. Air Belgium is ready to expand and plans new routes. Yesterday CEO Niky Terzakis announced the launch of a new destination, Mauritius, in mid-December 2020, from Brussels Airport with two weekly flights. The company is also eyeing flights to one destination in the Dutch Antilles and to several airports in the United States, flights that are scheduled to start in 2021. If Air Belgium flies to the Caribbean part of the Dutch…
PHILIPSBURG — The attorneys representing thirty inmates of the Pointe Blanche prison have put the feet of Justice Minister Anna Richardson to the fire with a demand to improve the conditions in the detention center within seven days. If the minister does not honor the request, the attorneys will take the matter to court. Sjamira Roseburg, the attorney for the Inmates Association and her colleagues Shaira Bommel and Geert Hatzmann (the Dean of the Bar Association) do not mince their words in their letter to the minister. They emphatically state that her predecessor Egbert Doran made promises but did nothing…
CAY HILL — With a raspy, hoarse voice, WIHCUA leader, Brunilda Illidge, told StMaartenNews.com tonight that the support of the SMMC workers today was overwhelming. She did not expect that. Illidge was afraid that due to the ongoing intimidation and pressure, people would not come out. But with over a hundred people turning out, Illidge said, “the staff of the St. Maarten Medical Center went full force today.” Illidge was referring to the turnout of union members of WIHCUA at the manifestation that Windward Islands Chamber of Labor Unions held at the WIFOL building on the Longwall Road. The unified…
CAY HILL — Protest action at SMMC escalates. Watch video here. https://news.sx/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/WhatsApp-Video-2020-06-22-at-4.10.33-PM.mp4 https://news.sx/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/WhatsApp-Video-2020-06-22-at-4.10.35-PM.mp4 View the photo reportage of the SMMC workers during the peaceful march with their union on Monday, June 22, 2020: Read the backstory online here: https://stmaartennews.com/labor/silent-protest-going-smmc-staff-wants-cfo-go/
THE HAGUE –- State Secretary Raymond Knops (Kingdom Relations) advises against the motion tabled by CDA-MP Chris van Dam that asks the government to let the Kingdom Council of Ministers control the Pointe Blanche prison for the next five years. The Dutch Parliament votes next week Tuesday on the motion. Knops noted that the motion connects with the ambition to provide solutions for the situation at the prison, but that it is “untimely.” Letting the Kingdom Council of Ministers take decisions about the prison while St. Maarten will have to bear the costs, as the motion proposes, infringes on the…
PHILIPSBURG — Today, Monday, June 22, 2020, the unified unions, members of the Windward Island Chamber of Labor Unions (WICLU), are holding a formal manifestation. The unions and their members convened at the WIFOL building on the Long Wall Road at 9 am this morning. From there, they marched peacefully in Philipsburg up to the courthouse. See video below. The march will continue through Front Street and Back Street to Pond Island via the Clem Labega Square, where at the Little League Ball Park the unions will conclude the manifestation with speeches. The purpose of the march is to show…
PHILIPSBURG – Major cruise lines voluntarily extend a suspension of operations out of U.S. ports until Sept. 15, the Cruise Lines International Association announced Friday. The decision followed the news earlier this week that Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings will suspend its voyages through at least Sept. 30. Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) said in a statement that the extended suspension is due to the ongoing situation within the U.S. related to COVID-19. ”…it is increasingly clear that more time will be needed to resolve barriers to resumption in the United States.” Shares of Carnival Corp., Royal Caribbean and Norwegian Cruise…
Dear Editor, On Monday, June 22, 2020, at 7:00 am, Sint Maarten time, Chris van Dam, Member of the Dutch Second Chamber, will be presenting a motion to the Second Chamber in which he is requesting the Dutch Government to establish that the prison system of Sint Maarten be taken over completely by the Kingdom Council of Ministers for a period of five (5) years at the expense of Country Sint Maarten. Mr. Van Dam sent a copy of this motion to our Members of Parliament with a letter explaining his reasons for submitting it. He ends his letter by…
