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PM and Ferrier to Brussels soon to seek dump funding. Are they serious???
Dear Editor, I read in astonishment that the current Prime Minister Leona Romeo-Marlin and the Finance Minister Michael Ferrier will be travelling to Brussels to seek funding for a joint Dutch-side/French-side solution More...
Pride sends letter to Governor and Dutch Rep about dump fires
GREAT BAY — Sint Maarten Pride foundation board members Jadira Veen (president) and Barbara Cannegieter (secretary) sends a letter to his Excellency Eugene Holiday, Governor of Sint Maarten, and to the Dutch More...
Continuation Urgent Central Committee meeting of Parliament about the current situation at the dump including possible solutions
PHILIPSBURG – The House of Parliament will sit in an urgent Central Committee meeting on February 9, 2018. The minister of General Affairs as well as the minister of Public Health, Social Development and Labor More...
Giterson about dump: “We need immediate action”
PHILIPSBURG – “We need real solutions and we need immediate action,” VROMI-Minister Miklos Giterson said on Wednesday during the central committee meeting about the dump fires, whereby he once more referred More...
VIDEO: Old landfill dump site now on fire as well
POND ISLAND — Video footage received by StMaartenNews.com this evening at 6pm shows the old landfill dump site – aka Mount Dump – now on fire as well. Once we have more confirmed details, we will More...
Dump fires are the new norm on St. Maarten
Dear Editor, On the night of Sunday February 4, the people of St. Maarten were again reminded of the deadly, living giant which has now become more of a landmark than our salt pond or any of the other national monuments. More...
Fire on the new dumpsite/ hurricane Irma debris (updated)
Philipsburg — All streets leading to Pond Island are closed off by police due to the massive fire that started at the new dumpsite (hurricane Irma debris) on Sunday afternoon February 4th. The Fire department More...
Minister Giterson: “Dump is a giant murderer”
PHILIPSBURG – “The dump is my biggest problem. It is a monster. I consider it a giant murderer,” VROMI-Minister Miklos Giterson said at his first appearance at a Council of Ministers press briefing on Wednesday. But More...
Sint Maarten Nature Foundation Concerned About Waste Water, Garbage and Possible Sewage Being Dumped at Kim Sha Beach
Simpson Bay — The Sint Maarten Nature Foundation has expressed its grave concerns regarding the unrestricted flow of waste water being entered into an area of Kim Sha Beach. During inspections carried out More...
Again a stalemate between the Government and one of its companies with the dump caught in the middle
Philipsburg -- The statement by the VROMI Minister, Honorable Christopher Emmanuel, regarding the landfill and his solution for this public hazard, has done nothing to convince the public that all is well with the More...
