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“Politics used harbor as sugar daddy”
PHILIPSBURG – The Public Prosecutor’s Office has dropped its demand that the supervisory board of the harbor group of companies be sent home but it maintains that Chief Executive Officer Mark Mingo remains More...
Minister Ferrier proposes freeze on hiring consultants
PHILIPSBURG – The list of cost cutting measures Minister of Finance Mike Ferrier released on Tuesday to Members of Parliament contains six proposals that could save the country annually 20.9 million guilders ($11.7 More...
Budget 2018: A patchwork of little known facts
PHILIPSBURG – The second day of the 2018 budget debate went through the motions on Tuesday morning and continued into the afternoon until the meeting was adjourned until 6.30 p.m. to give ministers the time to More...
MP Smith takes parliament to task
PHILIPSBURG – “This budget will not win any stellar awards,” MP Wycliffe Smith (St. Maarten Christian Party) said on Monday during the first day of the 2018 budget debate. “It shows a deficit, it is not More...
URGENCY PRISON SITUATION BROUGHT TO THE ATTENTION OF THE FORMATEUR
Progress Committee discussed risk for public safety with Theo Heyliger PHILIPSBURG – “If action is not taken soon, the prison situation can turn into a serious risk for the public safety.” Chairman of the More...
No new initiatives in draft budget
PHILIPSBURG – The accumulated deficits on the national budget increase to a total of 486.2 million guilders in 2020. The government projects that 2021 will be the first year when the budget shows a slim surplus More...
Dispute regulation put on ice
THE HAGUE – The Dutch government has put the establishment of a dispute regulation on ice, John Samson reports on Caribisch Netwerk. It is the umpteenth disappointment for the autonomous countries St. Maarten, More...
Consumer coalition says higher hospital tariffs are illegal
By Hilbert Haar PHILIPSBURG – The St. Maarten Consumer Coalition, led by Drs. Raymond Jessurun, Claire Elshot and Alberto Bute is accusing Minister Emil Lee (Public Health) of breaking the law by giving the St. More...
Theft, violence and prostitution marred safety in Festival Village shelter
PHILIPSBURG – More than half of the people who lived sheltered in the Festival Village and the Little League Ball Park after Hurricane Irma have been moved to a transition-shelter in Sucker Garden, Minister Emil More...
Man sentenced for possessing semi-automatic weapon
PHILIPSBURG – On December 21, unknown gunmen fired shots at Erno Labega jr. when he came back home. His car was riddled with bullet holes and Labega sustained serious injuries, but he survived. When police arrived More...
