Nature Policy Plan implementation lags: Minister Doran admits lack of measures to halt unsustainable development
PHILIPSBURG — In a stark revelation, Minister of Public Housing, Spatial Planning, Environment, and Infrastructure, Egbert Doran, admitted on Wednesday that the St. Maarten government lacks sufficient measures More...
MP Peterson criticizes process for public tenders
PHILIPSBURG — Public tenders falling under the authority of the Ministry of Public Housing, Urban Planning, Environment and Infrastructure (VROMI) have once again become a bone of contention. In 2022 the More...
PFP suspects fraud with district cleaning contracts
PHILIPSBURG -- The Party for Progress (PFP) faction in Parliament has reasons to believe that fraud and/or corruption took place with the awarding of district cleaning-contracts for the period 2022-2025. The Council More...
Minister Doran: “There is a systematic approach to keep me busy and to prevent progress”
PHILIPSBURG — “If it were up to me, I would fix all infrastructure. But it is all about the money and about prioritizing. Financing is one of our major issues,” Minister of Public Housing, Urban Planning, More...
MPs flee Parliament meeting to frustrate motion of no confidence
PHILIPSBURG — MPs Rolando Brison (UP) and Hyacinth Richardson (NA) fled a meeting of Parliament on Wednesday to prevent the handling of a motion of no confidence against Minister Egbert Doran (Public Housing, More...
PFP: Ombudsman’s report is the final straw in a long list of poor governance
~ Calls on Minister Doran to resign; requests Urgent Public Meeting ~ PHILIPSBURG – Following Monday’s publication of the Ombudsman’s report on the tendering and awarding process of the garbage collection More...
MP Gumbs Requests Question Hour to Receive Answers about GEBE’s ongoing cyber-attack woes
PHILIPSBURG — With the public demanding answers about the cyber-attack at NV GEBE, Party for Progress (PFP) Member of Parliament (MP) Melissa Gumbs has called on Minister of Public Housing, Spatial Planning, More...
PFP demands explanations about “political games” with GEBE
PHILIPSBURG — Party for Progress Members of Parliament Melissa Gumbs and Raeyhon Peterson have expressed their concerns about developments at utilities company GEBE in a series of questions to prime Minister More...
Sarah Insists on Answers from Minister Doran Regarding Mullet Bay
~ Also Inquires Regarding the Mullet Bay Inquiry to “Give Mullet Bay Back to the People” ~ Philipsburg – With the Mullet Bay beach very much in the news lately, MP Sarah Wescot-Williams is attempting More...
Sarah on the Vineyard Heights/Over the Bank land: “Let’s see if Parliament’s motions have any teeth”
PHILIPSBURG — In the view of MP Wescot, “The coalition might have breathed a sigh of relief, following the contentious meetings of parliament on the long lease land policies of government, but this saga More...
