Government covers salaries for post office employees
PHILIPSBURG – The Council of Ministers agreed on Tuesday to make money available to cover the salaries of the post office employees for November and December, Minister of General Affairs Rafael Boasman said on Wednesday. The post office is unable to pay this month’s salaries. On Monday disgruntled postal services employees marched to the government More...
MPs question roof repair program
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MP Samuel calls on Ministry VSA to publish criteria for help from government
GREAT BAY — Member of Parliament, Rodolphe Samuel, in a press release issued on Tuesday, November 28th, called on the Minister of VSA (Health, Social Welfare and Labor), Minister Emile Lee, to publish in the More...
State Secretary Knops meets with Council on Ministers
PHILIPSBURG — A brief meeting between the Council of Ministers and Dutch State Secretary, Mr. Raymond Knops, was held on Monday, November 27, 2017. Parties discussed the steps that will be taken to actualize More...
Interview State Secretary Raymond Knops about reconstruction fund
PHILIPSBURG – St. Maarten will get around €40 million ($47.6 million at the current rate of exchange) financial support from the Netherlands for its 2017 budget, State Secretary Raymond Knops (Kingdom Relations) More...
Post Office workers marched to Government Administration Building
PHILIPSBURG – Employees of the Post Office marched to the government administration building on Monday morning in an attempt to get government support for the payment of their November salaries. The chairman More...
Constitutional expert Hoogers: “Marlin acted correctly”
THE HAGUE – What happened on Friday in the Kingdom Council of Ministers to remove St. Maarten’s Prime Minister William Marlin from office is “at least close to the limits of what is legally admissible in our More...
Prime Minister Marlin steps down
PHILIPSBURG- Prime Minister William Marlin stepped down on Friday afternoon, shortly after the Kingdom Council of Ministers had issued an instruction to Governor Holiday “to promote that the Prime Minister of More...
St. Maarten presides at 11th EDF Caribbean OCT Regional Meeting
~ European commission suggests redirecting monies to disaster fund ~ Great Bay – St. Maarten is among Caribbean overseas countries and territories attending the 11th EDF (European Development Fund) Caribbean More...
University’s financial management under fire
PHILIPSBURG – Minister Silveria Jacobs (Education) expressed doubts about the University of St. Martin’s (USM) financial management at yesterday’s Council of Ministers press briefing. She has asked SOAB, the More...
