![](https://stmaartennews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Member-of-Parliament-Sarah-A.-Wescot-Williams-1-205x120.jpg)
Chairlady of Parliament cancels meeting with State Secretary Knops
~ Chairlady of Parliament cancels meeting with State Secretary Knops due to confirmed none attendance of a majority of factions ~ PHILIPSBURG — “In order to avoid any embarrassment in front of the State More...
![](https://stmaartennews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Minister-of-Finance-Perry-Geerlings-19-March-2019-205x120.jpg)
Minister Geerlings: “Time for drastic measures”
PHILIPSBURG - “We are close to one billion guilders in debt without having a good idea about how to pay it back if we look at our budget over the past almost ten years,” Finance Minister Perry Geerlings told More...
![](https://stmaartennews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Minister-Cornelius-De-Weever-6-Mar-2019-205x120.jpg)
Minister De Weever: “We don’t need pressure from the Netherlands”
PHILIPSBURG — The debate in the Central Committee on Wednesday about the situation at the Pointe Blanche Prison and the Police Force turned into a frontal attack on the Dutch government, the Progress Committee More...
![](https://stmaartennews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Silent-March-Parliament-20180829-DAR-205x120.jpg)
Central Committee meeting of Parliament about the “Stand for SXM Petition” from citizens
PHILIPSBURG – The House of Parliament will sit in a Central Committee meeting on Monday, September 24, 2018, to debate the “Stand for SXM” petition submitted by a group of citizens led by activists, More...
![](https://stmaartennews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/MP-Egbert-Doran-205x120.jpg)
MP Doran: Unacceptable that Ministers keep postponing meetings
~ “The people need answers now” says MP Doran ~ Philipsburg – A continuation of Central Committee meeting of the Princess Julianna International Airport scheduled on Friday 3, August, 2018, to More...
![](https://stmaartennews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/St.-Maarten-landfill-dump-on-fire-smoking-205x120.jpg)
Dump back on Central Committee-agenda
PHILIPSBURG – The parliament begins next Monday with a series of central committee meetings. On Monday from 10 a.m. the committee handles the draft law administrative appeals and the establishment of the ad hoc More...
![](https://stmaartennews.com/wp-content/themes/newspapertimes-codebase/images/noimg.png)
Kingdom puts pressure on deadline for 2018 budget
PHILIPSBURG – The Central Committee meeting about the 2018 budget continues on Thursday morning at 10 a.m. under pressure of a deadline set by State Secretary Raymond Knops who demanded on Wednesday morning an More...