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Fire reported at the G.E.B.E. power plant
CAY HILL –This evening, residents of Cay Hill reported to this newspaper that fire trucks were seen rushing from the Fire Deparment over the hill to Cole Bay. According to a press statement issued by police More...
Minister Emil Lee: “Our drinking water is safe”
GREAT BAY – “Our drinking water is safe,” Minister Emil lee assured the population at yesterday’s Council of Ministers press briefing. Late on Tuesday evening Inspector-General Dr. Earl best sent out a More...
CSMA CONFIRMS ST. MAARTEN CUSTOMER SERVICE WEEK 2017 IS FOR THE WHOLE ISLAND & SURROUNDING ISLANDS
Simpson Bay, St. Maarten, Customer Service Mobile Academy, CSMA opened its doors on Wednesday, May 31, 2017 with their immersed, highly anticipated partnership with the Holland House. CSMA is a new, affiliate company More...
Government violated pre-contractual obligations towards Windward Roads
GREAT BAY – The government violated its pre-contractual obligations towards contractor Windward Roads when it unilaterally terminated negotiations on December 19, 2011 about the construction of a waste to energy More...
Blatant unwillingness
The court ruling about the dispute between contractor Windward Roads and the country about the construction of a waste-to-energy facility on Pond Island leaves one important question unanswered: why? The ruling More...
Government priorities remain opaque
GREAT BAY – The Council of Ministers began yesterday morning with the presentation of its governing program 2016-2020 to the Central Committee of Parliament. Today reported extensively about the contents of the More...
New deadline for pension and healthcare reform
GREAT BAY – Financial supervisor Cft is cautiously optimistic about the way things are going with the country’s finances, it appeared from a press conference the Cft hosted yesterday afternoon at the Convent More...
Minister Christophe Emmanuel: “Dump fires will soon be a thing of the past”
GREAT BAY – The dump on Pond Island took center stage during yesterday’s Council of Ministers press briefing. Minister Christophe Emmanuel emphasized that the dump is a priority. “We are working on it,’ More...
Trickling of transparency
Dear Editor, When a government carefully and consciously decides to withhold information from the people or selectively inform them of what and how much they should know democracy suffers. It is also extremely dangerous More...
One month on the job
Dear Editor, By the end of November our Members of Parliament would have been on the job for one month and it is good to take a look at how well they have represented us during their first month in office. In the More...