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PFP Member of Parliament Melissa Gumbs’ Remarks – Constitution Day 2020
Good morning Mr. Chairman, Griffiers, my colleagues in Parliament, and those joining us online and via radio, both here and abroad. Mr. Chairman, like my colleagues before me, I do believe that this is a time for More...
Clifford Illis: Businesses and the middle class will be the hardest hit
PHILIPSBURG — When it comes to crisis analysis in post-disaster situations, Clifford Illis is our go-to expert. After hurricane Irma in 2017, Illis’ analysis of the subsequent insurance crisis that unfolded More...
EU funds special facility to support the Caribbean OCTs facing COVID-19 crisis challenges
PHILIPSBURG — The Delegation of the European Union (EU) in Guyana, for Suriname and with responsibility for Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao, Saba, Saint-Barthélemy, St. Eustatius and St. Maarten is announcing a More...
‘Identify the challenges shared by the whole island’
~ Saint Martin advocates joint approach ~ Philipsburg – Whereas St. Maarten has done little to secure funding from the European Union, the State and Collectivité of Saint Martin successfully applied for grants, More...
EU faces challenge of funding water treatment plant
PHILIPSBURG –- The European Commission expects the 10th EDF planned for St Maarten from 2008-2013 to be finalized before the end of 2019. According to EU’s Interact, “following the blocking of diplomatic More...
Occam’s razor
By Hilbert Haar On August 29, 2017, I wrote an opinion about Parlatino for the Today newspaper that contains the following paragraphs. “The ties between the island – via the former Netherlands Antilles – and More...
Students injured by car driven by drunk driver
CUL-DE-SAC — The Traffic Department and Police Patrol were dispatched to the L.B. Scott Road early Wednesday morning around 7 am for a traffic accident where two minors were struck by a car. According to More...
Action needed to secure EDF-funding
PHILIPSBURG — St. Maarten is lagging far behind other Caribbean nations in terms of EU-support. The government has failed to take the steps necessary to establish, with the European Community, the cooperation More...
100 MEN register for the Man Up Check UP Prostate Cancer drive at KOOYMAN
CAYHILL — The St. Maarten Medical Center, Positive and Elektralyets Foundation eagerly hosted the second registration drive at Kooyman for Prostate Cancer Awareness on Saturday September 21st from 10am to More...
Governor’s Address for the opening of the Parliamentary Year 2019-2020
THE GOVERNOR’S ADDRESS 2019 DELIVERED ON THE OCCASION OF THE OPENING OF THE PARLIAMENTARY YEAR 2019-2020 BY THE GOVERNOR OF SINT MAARTEN HIS EXCELLENCY DRS. EUGENE B. HOLIDAY Madame Chairlady, Members of Parliament, Today More...
