Ombudsman rules complaint of the marketplace vendors against the removal of kiosks founded
Philipsburg — In the case filed by a group of thirty marketplace vendors, the Ombudsman considered the complaint founded, and ruled that the standards of Reason, Active and Adequate Information Provision, and Reasonableness and Proportionality have been violated. On 12 October 2017 thirty (30) marketplace vendors, represented by Mrs. Ingrid Grell-Davis More...
Integrity Chamber draft law on its way to Parliament
PHILIPSBURG – The Council of Ministers sent the draft law Integrity Chamber on Tuesday to the office of Governor Holiday for forwarding to Parliament. Prime Minister, Rafael Boasman, said at Wednesday’s Council More...
Stakeholders to receive hard copies of St. Maarten MDG report
Great Bay – The Secretary General for the Ministry of General Affairs, Mr. Hensley Plantijn, recently became the first recipient of a hard copy of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) report. Within short the More...
Government forgives Friday’s My Lucky Day 2.1 million debt
PHILIPSBURG – The Council of Ministers wrote off a debt of 2.1 million guilders ($1.17 million) of a debt lottery company My Lucky Day N.V. owed in license fee arrears. Two sources have independently from each More...
Marlin says he never gave permission to Minister Lee to use MR plate
~ Press Release from Former Prime Minister William Marlin ~ PHILIPSBURG — Former Prime Minister William Marlin who is presently off island said on Friday morning that he had never given permission to Minister More...
Minister Doncher proud to have been able to establish Qredits microfinancing
~ Local entrepreneurs already getting help ~ PHILIPSBURG — Minister of Economic Affairs Mellissa Arrindell-Doncher has called the establishing of Qredits Microfinancing on St. Maarten as one of the accomplishments More...
Minister Jacobs outlines terms of MOU with USM
~ Minister Jacobs presents proposal to USM to provide financial injection to prevent closure ~ Awaits decision of the Board ~ PHILIPSBURG — On Tuesday November 28th, the Council of Ministers (CoM) gave the More...
Glen Carty about damaged government building
~ “Contractor could have done a better job” ~ PHILIPSBURG – The government building on Pond Island sustained quite some damages during Hurricane Irma, but the Government had one thing going for it: it does More...
Minister Jacobs: “No one wants the university to close”
PHILIPSBURG – ‘On Tuesday we agreed in the Council of Ministers that we must do something for the University of St. Martin (USM),” Minister Silveria Jacobs (Education) said on Wednesday, adding that the university More...
More than 1,800 applications for food vouchers
PHILIPSBURG – The Ministry of Public Health, Social Development and Labor has so far received more than 1,800 applications for basic needs food vouchers, minister Emil Lee said on Wednesday. More applications More...
