Philipsburg — Walmart Market 109 Associates and management south Florida pull together during the busy Christmas Holidays and purchased toys/games for children at the Sister Borgia School in St. Maarten. The children were surprised after getting back from the holidays the special gifts presented to them. Special thanks to the store managers, Kevin Perry, Market Manager and Connie Beauperthuy (St. Maarten own) store manager for teaming up with their associates of Market 109 to have a gift drive and make some children even happier. Also thanking Mr. Lloyd Rougier of KFC for aiding with the shipment down to St. Maarten.
Author: The Publisher
PORT ST. MAARTEN – Representatives from Port St. Maarten will leave the island on Friday to attend the Florida-Caribbean Cruise Association (FCCA) Platinum Associate Membership Advisory Council Cruise Summit (PAMAC) that will take place from January 13-18 on board Royal Caribbean International Independence of the Seas cruise ship. Port St. Maarten will be represented by Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Directors Fernando William, Alexander Gumbs, Business Development Officer, and Lela Simmonds (see photo), from the Cruise Business Unit. Gumbs will be participating in the destinations presentations related to recovery interventions at the Dr. A.C. Wathey Cruise & Cargo Facility…
PHILIPSBURG – Vromi-Minister Christophe Emmanuel continued his relentless attack on the media – the Daily Herald in particular – during Wednesday’s Council of Ministers press briefing. “If you don’t read the newspaper, you are uninformed, but if you read the newspaper you are misinformed,” the minister said – and he was not joking. “I ask people to seek out what is truth, what is baseless and what are simply baseless lies.” On Tuesday he had already denied that he had ever filed a complaint against fellow minister Emil Lee, even though the Daily Herald had quoted him verbatim from a…
PHILIPSBURG – The Court in First Instance handled several looting-trials on Wednesday. The heaviest sentence was for a man who had made his truck available to transport stolen goods for a neighbor. The court sentenced the man to 4 months of imprisonment and confiscated his truck. The defendant, 54-year old Balisario Garcia, told the court that his neighbor Radamel had asked him to use his truck to pick up some items. Because the truck was new, Garcia said that he would drive it himself, with dire consequences. The public prosecutor accused Garcia and four other defendants of having goods at…
PHILIPSBURG – Unicef Netherlands will make a child protection specialist and an education specialist available to St. Maarten for a period of six months, Minister Silveria Jacobs (education) said at Wednesday’s Council of Ministers press briefing. The Unicef Netherlands representative Latoya Charles returned to the island on Wednesday for a follow up to Unicef’s recovery support in education and child support. “Charles helped the ministry to identify areas where Unicef would be able to assist,” the minister said. Student Support Services, the Youth Department and the Court of Guardianship will coordinate activities with key stakeholders. A second project is the…
In general a Motion is a question or issue put to a vote in Parliament expressing its position on a particular topic or issue, its feelings or view, a desire or an instruction of Parliament on any particular subject. A Motion must be submitted in writing, signed by the presenter and must be seconded by at least 2 other members, before it can be debated and voted on. Some motions are accepted or rejected by a majority vote in Parliament. The motion can relate to any subject and is oftentimes directed towards the Government. The subject of this article, the…
On February 26, 2018, a “snap” election will take place. Voters are called to cast their vote to elect 15 Parliamentarians. According to the Constitution of St. Maarten, Parliament has the task to approve concept laws of the Council of Ministers (ARTICLE 83); can also propose laws (ARTICLE 85); amend laws; pose questions to government (Council of Ministers) (ARTICLE 62); and can start inquiries (ARTICLE 64). A member of Parliament cannot be in Parliament and be a Minister at the same time. Article 33 of the Constitution of St. Maarten states that ministers are appointed and dismissed by National Decree.…
Philipsburg — The Sint Maarten Nature Foundation has made 100 facemasks available to the Charlotte Brookson Academy this week. The facemasks were donated on two separate occasions by Nature Foundation Project Manager Melanie Meijer ze Schlochtern and Manager Tadzio Bervoets in order to provide some protection to the students of the school. “The staff and students of the CBA are in a direct downwind location from the fumes caused by the landfill and therefore we decided to provide these facemasks to the staff and students”, commented Bervoets. During previous studies in air quality and soil composition at the Philipsburg landfill…
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Philipsburg — “Building back better with good governance is key for progress,” writes Loekie Morales in a press release issued yesterday. The author and politician describes how “Sint Maarten has been hit by the devastating hurricane Irma and still we can see around us lots of damages to houses, commercial buildings and our infrastructure. But we have resilience people, who know the dynamics of fighting back to get there, where we want to be: A recovered Sint Maarten, not only physically but also mentally. The Recovery plan with its principle of ‘Building Back Better’, tackles great part of the physical…
