CSMA's last day of training week focus was on the youth
PHILIPSBURG - Friday, December 1st, was the last day of the 1st Annual St. Maarten Customer Service Week organized by the Customer Service Mobile Academy (CSMA), an affiliate of Training Professionals international Firm (TPI).The week's...
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Dear Reader
Whichever side prevails, we believe Minister Lee will continue to sweat bullets for a while as he continues to remain in the hot seat of the Ministry of VSA and the opposition continues to keep him in their firing sights.
There is however another side of this story we are curious about and that concerns the validity and the legality of the personalized SXM, MR and PAR plates.
We often assume - without just cause - that something that is a
common practice here on St. Maarten has a legal basis for it. Clearly that is not always the
case. We would assume that the Governor's cabinet did their homework in regards to the SXM-1 license plates. It might be a stretch, but we also assume that that is the case where the Council of Minister's MR-plates are concerned as well.
However, we are betting a Yearly Subscription to our StMaartenNews.com newsletter that Parliament's PAR-1 vanity plates have no place in the traffic ordinance of Sint Maarten. Why do we think that? We simply look at Parliament's track record in passing laws and amendments over the past 7 years.
For that assessment we will use Hilbert Haar's rock solid formula I+A=R, which signifies Intention plus Action equals Result. Parliament always have the Intention to do something but most often lacks the Action to do what needs to be done and therefore we all know the Result all too well.
So we would love to see in black and white the legal basis for the use of the personalized SXM, MR and PAR plates. Maybe a LBHAM Nummerbordengebruik or amended Wegenverkeersverordening Sint Maarten?
To our legal minds among our readers, if you have any idea, please do let us know. We will be glad to inform the rest of our readership what the truth is.
Enjoy the newsletter and have a great weekend!
The Publisher,
StMaartenNews.com
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Marlin never gave permission to Minister Lee to use MR plate
Press Release from Former Prime Minister William Marlin ~ PHILIPSBURG - Former Prime Minister William Marlin who is presently off island said on Friday morning that he had never given permission to Minister Lee to put the MR-4 number plate on his ...
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StMaartenNews.com Feature Stories
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Will Johnson presented with bust on Saba Day
Photos of the Day taken from Will Johnson's Facebook page.
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La Prensa newspaper company in Curacao files for bankruptcy
WILLEMSTAD - La Prensa started in 1957 as a Papiamento newspaper. 60 years later, the newspaper files for bankruptcy. This news does not come as a surprise. In the beginning of November, editor-in-chief, Mariano Heyden, said in an interview that...
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StMaartenNews.com Opinion
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Future of PSS in the hands of Government
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The workers of the post office, their union and their management team got the government to agree to cover their November and December salaries. However, during a recent press briefing, Boasman, who is the interim Prime Minister in the present caretaker cabinet for the National Alliance-led government, mentioned that the option for the post office of the BES-islands of Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba, operated by the concession-holder Flamingo Express, to take over the postal services on St. Maarten was being considered.
Click here to read the rest of our opinion piece...
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Do you think the personalized vanity plates of government have a legal basis?
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StMaartenNews.com Feature News
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No parking in front of Court House as of Monday
GREAT BAY - The Inspectorate of TEATT (Tourism, Economic Affairs, Transport & Telecommunications) by way of executing the minister's vision of eliminating the often chaotic situations of taxis parked in front of the Court House at Captain Hodge...
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StMaartenNews.com News Stories
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Port St. Maarten Senior Management meets with Knops
PORT ST. MAARTEN - Port St. Maarten Interim Directors T. van Kooten and R. van der Mark hosted Dutch State Secretary for Interior and Kingdom Relations Raymond Knops and his delegation of 11 at the Dr. A.C Wathey Cruise and Cargo Facilities this...
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Inspectorate to carry out routine control of vendors
GREAT BAY - On November 14, 2017, Minister of TEATT Melissa-Arrindell Doncher via press release detailed her three-part vision to revamp and enhance the cruise visitor experience in Philipsburg while giving St. Maarten's capitol a much needed...
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Unclear how many people are in need of a home at St. Maarten
PHILIPSBURG - Many people are still looking for homes on St. Maarten, after hurricane Irma struck the island in September. But how many, is not clear. Ministry of Public Health, Social Development and Labor (VSA) and the ministry of Public...
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Chief Public Prosecutor Maan to be replaced by Steenbrink
POND ISLAND - On Wednesday, November 29 th Minister of Justice Rafael Boasman received a visit from outgoing Chief Prosecutor Ton Maan and his replacement incoming Chief Prosecutor Mr. Jeroen Steenbrink. Effective January 1 st 2018 Ton Maan will...
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State Secretary Knops and Statia hold frank and open talks
ST. EUSTATIUS - On Thursday November 29th during his inaugural visit to St. Eustatius State, Secretary of the Ministry of Interior of Kingdom Relations, Raymond Knops, held talks with act. Island Governor Julian Woodley, Commissioner Derrick...
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Ministry VROMI: All emergency contractors has been paid
POND ISLAND - The Ministry of VROMI would like to officially announce that all September invoices submitted by contractors who have worked along with the Ministry after the hurricanes Irma and Maria in the emergency clean-up have been paid....
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Mid Isle Making a Difference in the Sint Maarten community
SIMPSON BAY - Since the passing of Hurricanes Irma and Maria, the Rotary Club of St. Maarten-Mid Isle have been working in the community to make a difference, a press release from the civic club said on Friday. "In September, Mid Isle along with...
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COCI celebrates the Christmas Season with 5th edition...
PHILIPSBURG - The St. Maarten Chamber of Commerce & Industry (COCI) is once again holding its annual Christmas Street Fair. This is the prime time to visit the Philipsburg area right before the Christmas shopping rush to get some shopping done,...
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PJL receives collection of "Childhood Cultures Series
PHILIPSBURG - November 20 th, 2017, was the United Nations convention on the Rights of the Child. In commemoration of the UN observance the Secretary General of Sint Maarten National Commission for UNESCO, Ms. Marcellia Henry presented to the...
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StMaartenNews.com Dutch News
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King Willem-Alexander praises resilience of Saba
THE BOTTOM - Even though Saba received minimum damages from the hurricane season in comparison to St.Maarten, this island still faces it's challenges, making the royal visit this week also an economic boost. The 5 square mile, 'Unspoiled Queen',...
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Book launch 'Chella and the Weird woman' on Dec. 8th
Beyond Kultura Events Foundation is inviting the general public to the book launch of 'Chella and the Weird woman' on December 8th at OBA OBA in Palapa Centre in Simpson Bay. Time 6:00-7:30pm. Come...
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With the resumption of flights on Tuesday, October 10th, 2017, we are also open to take your flight bookings to and from St. Maarten via SXM Airport.
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