PHILIPSBURG — Governor Drs. Eugène Holiday started on Friday with consultations “to explore the formation of a new interim cabinet,” his office stated in a press release. This seemingly indicates that the governor intends to sign the decree to dissolve the Parliament and to call for elections, even though there is a new majority of eight in Parliament prepared to form a new government. The collation of eight sent the William Marlin government home on Thursday with a motion of no confidence. The factions of the United People’s party, Democratic Party and MP Chanel Brownbill intended to take over, but…
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Pond Island — Prime Minister Marlin sends letter to Dominica’s Prime Minister Honourable Roosevelt Skerrit on the occasion of 39 years independence the Commonwealth of Dominica is celebrating. Photo caption: Letter above and file photo when Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit visited St. Maarten and paid a courtesy visit to Prime Minister William Marlin shortly after the passing of hurricane Irma. Photo contributed.
PHILIPSBURG — Leader of the United St. Maarten (US) party MP Frans Richardson on Friday said that his party will not utilize the customary roadside billboards in the run-up to the January Parliamentary elections. Richardson said that he believes the work put in by the USP in 9 months in office and the clear message that the party will have for the people of St. Maarten will speak volumes as his candidates makes contact with people. “People in St. Maarten are hurting and going through tough times. Building material is already scarce and should be left for people who are…
Reality set in yesterday for the Marlin-government. Parliament voted 8 to 6 on a no-confidence motion. The Marlin-cabinet subsequently resigned and used their trump card and submitted a national decree to the Governor to call for new elections and dissolve Parliament in January 2018. These are the facts. However, the coming days as we await the decision of the Governor, political and constitutional pundits will be debating the merits of this situation. Arjen van Rijn is the first to outline the positions in a comprehensive Antilliaans Dagblad opinion piece we have published under the title ” The risks of the…
Press Release from the Governor’s Cabinet Date: November 2nd, 2017 Resignation of cabinet Marlin II Harbour View – On November 2nd, 2017, His Excellency the Governor of Sint Maarten, drs. E.B. Holiday, received a letter from Prime Minister, Mr. W. Marlin, making the portfolios of the Ministers and the Minister Plenipotentiary available and tendering the resignation of his entire cabinet. This resignation takes place as a result of the vote of no confidence, passed by Parliament on November 2nd, 2017. The Governor informed the Prime Minister that he will take the resignation request into consideration pending the formation and installation…
HARBOUR VIEW — Prime Minister William Marlin tendered the resignation of his cabinet to Governor Eugene Holiday on Thursday afternoon following the motion of no confidence against himself and the other ministers. Marlin also presented a draft National Decree to the Governor to dissolve Parliament. Once signed, the Parliament of Sint Maarten will be dissolved on January 31, 2018. To make this possible, elections for a new Parliament will have to be held. Marlin says that the voters of Sint Maarten will now have to decide how to move forward. A one seat majority government is not good for the…
Philipburg — During recent house searches that were done in the “looting investigation” in the aftermath of hurricane Irma investigators found and confiscated several pieces of jewelry that probably came from a store that sells this specific type of jewelry. The investigators are asking the owner who recognizes this jewelry as theirs to come forward to collect their property and to file an official complaint with the department or they can call 54-22222 ext. 213 and 215 to make an appointment. See photos of jewelry items below.
Cul-de-Sac — On Wednesday, October 1st at approximately 8.50pm the 911 Emergency Dispatch Center received a call of an ongoing armed robbery at Le Grand March in Cul de Sac. According to reports a group of six masked men armed with guns and dressed in dark clothing forced themselves into the establishment. The security guards that were on duty were pistol-whipped to the back of head and threatened with their guns. The culprits then went on to rob the establishment of an unknown amount of cash. During the robbery a shot was fired by one of the robbers however, no-one…
PHILIPSBURG – Gross neglect by the Prime Minister in his capacity of Chief of Disaster Management and a confrontational attitude are two of the arguments in the motion of no confidence the Parliament of St. Maarten passed with an 8 to 6 vote on Thursday afternoon, thereby sending the William Marlin-led government home. The motion nor its result were a surprise to anybody. The new majority in Parliament of eight – United People’s party, Democratic Party and MP Chanel Brownbill – signed the motion and the vote on it was therefore a mere formality. Already before the vote DP-Minister Emil…
By Hilbert Haar So now what? The factions of the United People’s party (UP), Democratic Party (DP) and USp-MP Chanel Brownbill sent the William Marlin government home with a motion of no confidence. No surprise there, but the question is now whether this change of the guard is going to do the people who live in St. Maarten any good. For sure, UP, DP and Brownbill – together good for eight seats, or a slim one-seat majority in the 15-seat Parliament – have taken away the obstacles that stood in the way of obtaining financial aid for the country’s reconstruction…
