POND ISLAND — The PPA has garnered 170 signatures. With that endorsement, which was achieved around 12pm today, the party is now qualified to participate in the upcoming February 26th, 2018, elections. Photo caption: PPA leader, Gracita R. Arrindell, here seen at the entrance of the Census Office building on Pond Island, being congratulated by the chairman of the Main Voting Bureau, Jason Rogers.
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Chairperson of Parliament, Members of Parliament Prime-Minister, Ministers, Préfète déléguée of Saint Martin and St. Barths President of the Collectivity of Saint Martin Distinguished Guests, Good Morning, On November 2, 2017, a shift in the majority in Parliament took place creating the basis for the transfer of governing responsibility to a new team of Ministers. Today, almost two and half months later we have before us a council of ministers supported by the new majority in Parliament. During the formation period for this interim cabinet, I consulted with various persons and named Mr. Franklin Meyers and subsequently Mrs. Sarah Wescot-Williams…
We have been asked by one of our readers why no one is posing questions to the COO of PJIA airport about the status and progress of the airport’s insurance claim. The reader writes that he thinks everyone is eager to know this information, but we have yet to receive any updates on the airport situation. He is surprised how they can keep the public in the dark for so long. Another reader informed us that the insurance company has only paid out an advance of 5 million guilders. We at StMaartenNews.com know from our research into insurance claims handling…
PHILIPSBURG — The honourable minister of Education, Culture, Youth and Sports gave an address to the gathering at the National Day of Prayer event on Sunday, January 14th, 2018, at the Government Administration Building on Pond Island. The following is the text of her address: The theme of this National Day of Prayer “Repentance will result in the Glory of God in the Land” and I daresay St. Maarten is so fitting for the time we are in. This morning in service I was blessed by this word by the boys and l again to recognize the power of God…
Philipsburg — Minister Lee on Friday afternoon, January 12th, met with the Sint Maarten Consumer Coalition coordinators to address their concerns with the Sint Maarten Medical Center (SMMC) tariff increase of 41.8% per January 1st, 2018, and the quality of the services of the institution. Minister Lee informed the coordinators that the precarious financial situation of the Medical Center had his attention since he became Minister of Public Health, Social Development and Labor. The deficits of the SMMC were increasing annually and the annual costs of health care also were going up each year. To guarantee financial stability for SMMC…
Simpson Bay — The Sint Maarten Nature Foundation has expressed its grave concerns regarding the unrestricted flow of waste water being entered into an area of Kim Sha Beach. During inspections carried out at various times at the area waste and possibly sewage water was clearly seen being pumped from the wall of the Atrium Hotel parking area directly unto a section of Kim Sha Beach, close to the ruins of the Old Simpson Bay Bridge, which is listed as a historical monument. Building construction material was also found to be illegally dumped at the site. “We responded to several…
Pond Island — Gracita Arrindell is making a passionate plea to the electorate to come out today, Monday, January 15th, to the former Census Office located on Pond Island from 9am to 4pm to endorse the PPA slate in order for the party to secure the 142 signatures to participate in the upcoming elections. Gracita says that the endorsement of the PPA slate is a firm step in the direction towards securing a strong, stable and pro-active Parliament of, for and by the people of Sint Maarten. Gracita states: “Monday January 15, is D Day for the P.P.A party in…
by Cdr. Bud Slabbaert Wow, why, what? Is there an upcoming baby-boom? Is it related to this year’s carnival? Why don’t they distribute contraceptives? Those are questions that I don’t have answers for. But I had something else in mind anyway. I believe that the Caribbean needs Business Incubators. Unemployment rates in the region are too high; especially among young persons. There is no such a thing as opening up a can of jobs. The problem does not get enough attention. Well, attention maybe, if one considers ‘talk-talk’ to be attention. In some cases, measures are taken, like providing extended…
GREAT BAY, Sint Maarten (DCOMM) – The United Nations (UN) health agency, the World Health Organization (WHO), has embarked on a campaign to make antibiotic resistance a globally recognized health issue and to raise awareness of the need to protect antibiotics through appropriate use. The WHO/Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) in their efforts to address growing global resistance to antimicrobial medicines, has increased awareness and stimulated AMR (Antimicrobial Resistance) stewardship by publishing a list of antibiotic-resistant “priority pathogens” – a catalogue of 12 families of bacteria that pose the greatest threat to human health. The list was drawn up in…
Willemstad/Philipsburg — On Tuesday, January 9th, Julian Lopez Ramirez was sworn in by the Governor of Sint Maarten as a new board member of the Central Bank of Curaçao and Sint Maarten (the “CBCS”). Lopez Ramirez is the seventh member of the Supervisory Board of the CBCS (the “RvC”), as a result of which a full Supervisory Board now exists. The swearing in of Lopez Ramirez was attended by the Supervisory Board and by Mrs. Matroos-Lasten and Mr. Jose Jardim, as the Board of Directors of the CBCS (the “Executive Board”). The visit to Sint Maarten was gratefully accepted by…
