Millions in subsidies available for sustainable projects
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PHILIPSBURG — State Secretary Alexandra van Huffelen has made more than $23 million in subsidies available to St. Maarten for projects that strengthen the country’s sustainable ability to generate income. The objective of the subsidy-regulation is to contribute sustainably to the economic development of the country with a system of guarantee-regulations More...
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Voting for European elections in St. Maarten opens on June 3
PHILIPSBURG — Beginning on Monday June 3, eligible voters in St. Maarten will be able to cast their vote in the elections for the European parliament. The possibility to cast a vote ends on Thursday, June More...
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Island Council Bonaire grabs almost half a million with controversial decision
KRALENDIJK — The Island Council of Bonaire approved on October 3 a dramatic increase of $480,000 for its five factions but not everybody is happy with the 255 percent increase. State Secretary Alexandra van More...
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Een grondwettelijke dilemma
Met de naderende verkiezingen heeft een prominente politieke partij een voorstel naar voren gebracht in haar manifesto dat aandacht behoeft. Het voorstel pleit voor voorkeursbehandeling bij baantoewijzingen, met More...
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Minister Pietersz-Janga steps down
WILLEMSTAD — Dorothy Pietersz-Janga is no longer minister of Public Health, Nature and Environment in Curacao. She made her position available at the request of Prime Minister Gilmar Pisas in a letter dated More...
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Ansary puts ownership Mullet Bay into question
PHILIPSBURG — Who owns Sun Resorts and, by extension, Mullet Bay? That question was the cornerstone of a dispute in court between Hushang Ansary and the Central Bank of Curacao and St. Maarten. Mullet Bay More...
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René Zwart marks first website anniversary with Kadushi-book
PHILIPSBURG — René Zwart is of course not really a former journalist, as he describes himself in Kadushi’s Prikkeljaar 2021, a collection of 45 columns he wrote for his creation dossierkoninkrijksrelaties.nl More...
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Knops niet tevreden over de manier waarop St. Maarten de luchthaven bestuurt
~ Politieke overeenstemming geen garantie voor soepele samenwerking ~ DEN HAAG – Staatssecretaris Rayomond Knops is niet tevreden over de manier waarop St. Maarten de luchthaven bestuurt. Dit blijkt uit More...
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Knops: “St. Maarten heeft te weinig vooruitgang geboekt”
DEN HAAG — Staatssecretaris Rayond Knops (Koninkrijksrelaties) en Minister Sander Dekker (Rechtsbescherming) delen de zorg over de beroerde omstandigheden in St. Maartens gevangeniswezen en vinden dat verbeteringen More...
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Detentiesysteem vereist verhoogd toezicht
PHILIPSBURG – Verhoogd toezicht door de Europese Ministerraad is “van vitaal belang om de structurele verbetering van het detentiesysteem in St. Maarten te verzekeren in lijn met internationale standaards More...