Part 2 in a multi-part series about US Pre-Clearance for St. Maarten and the SXM Airport. Read what exactly is pre-clearance and what it involves in this second installment. A review.
Author: The Publisher
PHILIPSBURG — “World Bank/EIB financing for the reconstruction of the Princess Juliana International Airport can not be revoked – despite attempts to thwart the process and put our livelihood at risk.” says MP Sarah Wescot-Williams in a statement issued on Saturday. The present majority coalition in parliament does not want to hear anything regarding the Princess Juliana International Airport. That is the contention of MP Wescot-Williams. “How else can they explain the embarrassment created in Thursday’s parliament meeting about the very airport?” Wescot-Williams asked. According to Wescot-Williams, the Deputy Prime Minister, who is totally unfamiliar with the topic, went out…
GREAT BAY – The Minister Plenipotentiary of Sint Maarten in The Hague, Jorien Wuite, together with the support of her Cabinet, have over the past couple of months explored various avenues to contribute to building sustainable capacity on Sint Maarten, for instance, in the field of legislative writing, a field in which there is an immense scarcity on the labor market. Under the coordination of the Cabinet of the Minister Plenipotentiary and in collaboration with the Ministry of Interior and Kingdom Affairs, cooperation was sought with the Academy of Legislation in The Hague Netherlands. The law academy was established in…
PHILIPSBURG – The Cupecoy shadow government raises its ugly head in the national decree that invokes article 59 to dissolve parliament and in the address State Secretary Raymond Knops would have delivered to the central committee if parliamentarians had taken the trouble to show up and allow this meeting to continue. Prime Minister Leona Romeo-Marlin also referred to outside influences. The speech Knops did not get to deliver contains the following line. “The fact that the reconstruction has taken so long to finally start is for one simple reason: it has been the counteracting and undermining of certain influential powers…
CAYHILL — The St. Maarten Medical Center, Positive and Elektralyets Foundation eagerly hosted the second registration drive at Kooyman for Prostate Cancer Awareness on Saturday September 21st from 10am to 2pm. Kooyman is pleased to have been part of second round of prostate cancer registration drives on St. Maarten. A hardware store is typically a man’s domain, therefore we are happy to participate in the Prostate Cancer Registration Drive and offer our male customers, the opportunity and convenience of registering to “Man Up” and “Checked Up “all the while continuing to run their daily errands, said Marketing Officer, Evencia Carty-Seabrookes.…
PHILIPSBURG — Below is a copy of the integral speech the Dutch State Secretary of Home Affairs and Kingdom Relations, Raymond Knops, had intended to give to the Parliament of Sint Maarten on Wednesday, September 25, 2019. This meeting was at the request of Member of Parliament, Claude ‘Chacho’ Peterson (SMCP) and seconded by members of parliament Franklin Meyers and Dr. Luc Mercelina, both then of the United Democrats (UD) party. The meeting was however cancelled by then chairperson of Parliament, MP Sarah Wescot-Williams, citing the lack of interest of the majority of factions in Parliament to attend the meeting,…
PHILIPSBURG — In the very first meeting chaired by MP Marlin on Wednesday, September 25th, a motion was allowed to be tabled and passed, the motion having nothing to do with the agenda points on education, explains MP Sarah Wescot-Williams in a press release. Wescot-Williams: “The rhetoric against the former chair, started by some MPs, who now form the majority, regarding the Rules of Order of parliament, is swiftly coming back to haunt them.” According to Wescot-Williams, article 45 of the Rules of Order of Parliament states: “A member who has the floor may submit motions CONCERNING THE SUBJECT BEING DELIBERATED.…
PHILIPSBURG — Valya Pantophlet, who contested the 2018 elections as a candidate on the United Sint Maarten Party (USP) slate, has submitted her resignation to the Board of the US party ahead of the upcoming Parliamentary elections. In her letter, Pantophlet explains that she has also decided to exit the political arena for the time being, while she focuses on obtaining a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in law. A quest she set out to achieve, when she enrolled in law school in August 2018. Now a second year law student, Pantophlet wishes to reassure her supporters and well-wishers that she…
Philipsburg — The Electoral Council hereby informs prospective political parties desirous of participating in the upcoming elections that: In view of the postulation date of October 2, 2019, parties requesting to be registered at the Electoral Council, cannot postulate themselves on October 2, 2019, since their application for registration should have been submitted more than 6 weeks prior to postulation date in accordance with Article 16, paragraph 2 of the National Ordinance on Registration and Finances of Political Parties. Equally, any party that lost its reference and wishes to request it at this point, are also be excluded from participation…
Part 1 in a multi-part series about US Pre-Clearance for St. Maarten and the SXM Airport. Read how it all started in this first installment. A review.
