MP-status Frans Richardson called into question
By Hilbert Haar ~ PHILIPSBURG - There are strong indications that Frans Richardson, leader of the United St. Maarten party (USp) has been wrongfully admitted to the parliamentary elections on February 26 and that his election as a MP is invalid.
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Dear Reader
Yet another example of St. Maarten as a growing country with the unique situation of having two nations on a small island with open borders and their citizens freely crossing the borders not only to work but also to live.
We famously had the privilege of having a prime minister who lives on the French side. Now we have a member of Parliament who also lives on the French side of Saint Martin. Though technically they both are registered on the Dutch side.
How the Main Voting Bureau will solve this bit of a predicament, typical of the growing pains of a small island country in development, is a matter not only for the chairman of the MVB but also for the chairlady of Parliament of Sint Maarten to fix this little bit of legislation. Luckily, the chairman of the MVB is a legal mind and we can expect a sound decision in this case.
Nevertheless, there is now a legislative task for Parliament to tackle immediately while the formation of the next governing cabinet is still ongoing. Good luck!
Have a great day citizens of Sint Maarten/Saint Martin.
Terrance Rey
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Divided by a common language
by Chris Morvan ~ This island is a complex place. Almost bewildering in some respects - not least as regards language. The guide books and online information don't prepare you for this. I was expecting to find a community where everybody spoke...
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Riders Benitez, Maidwell, Rogers and Starreveld winners...
Great Bay - The just concluded Post Irma Survivor Road Race which took place Sunday morning, March 25th, 2018, was not intended to serve as a reminder of the bad experiences of the devastation caused by hurricane Irma. Instead it was a way of...
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Crisis-levy not part of the discussion, Ferrier says
PHILIPSBURG - Finance Minister Mike Ferrier is not considering the introduction of a crisis-levy as sister-island Aruba had done by increasing the turnover tax by 2.5 percent to 6 percent. "That has not come up in my discussions yet," he said at...
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Another cyber attack: government building closed down
PHILIPSBURG - The government organization has been hit by another cyber-attack, Prime Minister Leona Marlin-Romeo said on Wednesday. The attack took place on Monday. As a result of the attack, the complete ICT-system in the government building...
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Theft, violence and prostitution marred safety in shelter
PHILIPSBURG - More than half of the people who lived sheltered in the Festival Village and the Little League Ball Park after Hurricane Irma have been moved to a transition-shelter in Sucker Garden, Minister Emil Lee (Public Health, social...
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Children's rights films at Belair Community Center
PHILIPSBURG - Friday at 7.30 p.m. five mini-movies will be featured at the Belair Community Center as part of Unicef's Children's Rights Film Festival. Minister Jorien Wuite (Education, Culture, Youth and Sport) said on Wednesday that the...
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StMaartenNews.com Business News
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Handmade Genuine Leather Bifold Wallet with Coin Pocket
Handmade RFID Blocking Genuine Leather Bifold Wallets with Coin Pocket Designer Engraved Fashion with Card Pockets for Billfolds Cash (Dark Brown) By Rustic Town ~ Great Gift for Men ~ Available for $70 US Dollars. Whatsapp 588-0800 to order.
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PWR 'Tech' Hour A Huge Success
SINT MAARTEN (GREAT BAY) - On Wednesday, March 28, 2018, more than 70 entrepreneurs and innovators came together to learn about the affordable tools a...
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CC1 St. Maarten raffling Carnival Season Passes
SINT MAARTEN (CAY HILL) - CC1 St. Maarten, with whom would you like to go Carnival with? Ever year Carnival comes around and every year Coca-Cola raff...
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Hurricane damage scope measurement
SINT MAARTEN (PHILIPSBURG) - "Benjamin & Parker Corporation in its duty to inform the SXM (Ed Sint Maarten) business community on how to manage the 2017 financial statements and the extraordinary calculations necessary to allocate the precise...
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StMaartenNews.com Police News
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Victims of looting can reclaim goods by validating ownership
PHILIPSBURG - The Public Prosecutors Office Sint Maarten and the Sint Maarten Police Force (KPSM) are reminding owners of items stolen during and in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma to visit the police station in Philipsburg this Friday, April...
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Traffic improvement measures for trench works
PHILIPSBURG - The Police Department in consultation with the Ministry of VROMI and Independent Consulting Engineers N.V., is making the following known to the public, a police report said on Tuesday. "In connection with the ongoing project of the ...
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StMaartenNews.com Environment
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Volunteers and Donors Support Amuseum Naturalis Relaunch
ST. MARTIN (GRAND CASE) - This year, non-profit association Les Fruits de Mer is working on an ambitious project to relaunch their free museum, Amuseum Naturalis. The Amuseum's new home is the site of the former Old House museum between French...
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EPIC Campaigns for Protected Areas
SINT MAARTEN (PHILIPSBURG) - To this day St. Maarten has no land-based protected areas. On a small island like St. Maarten, marine and terrestrial eco...
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Editorial The Daily Herald "No-brainer"
The initiative by EPIC to have formally established land-based protected areas deserves support. While terrain suitable for building development is at a premium, what little remains of St. Maarten’s basically unspoilt nature should not be sacrificed.
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StMaartenNews.com Tourism News
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MSC Seaside Next Generation Ship makes Inaugural Call
PORT ST. MAARTEN - MSC Cruises next generation cruise ship Seaside will be making its inaugural call on Wednesday, April 4 th to destination St. Maarten. MSC Seaside, which is part of the new Seaside Class described by MSC as a game changer,...
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Orient Beach is slowly coming back to life
ORIENT BAY - The scars Hurricane Irma inflicted back in September of last year on Orient Beach, once the island's prime tourist destination, are still visible but the place is slowly coming back to life. Tourists are returning and small...
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StMaartenNews.com Aviation News
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The Netherlands gives away lucrative Curaçao route to Qatar
SCHIPHOL - KLM and Schiphol will soon receive a formidable competitor on the route to Curaçao. With a new aviation treaty, Qatar Airways will be allowed to fly unlimited to the island. As a result, Asian passengers can choose the Middle East...
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InselAir gets new Chairman
Jan Heppener: "Let's make it happen together!" WILLEMSTAD - Mr. Jan Heppener has been appointed as the new Chairman of the Managing Board of InselAir International B.V. He will succeed Gilles Filiatreault, who held the post for over a year, in...
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Spirit Airlines to commence weekly flights May 5
POND ISLAND - Acting Minister of Tourism, Economic Affairs, Transportation and Telecommunications (Ministry TEATT) Cornelius de Weever, recently led a delegation that met with officials from Spirit Airlines regarding airlift into the country...
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Winair, Liat and Air Antilles working on CaribSKY
25 Philipsburg- Three important regional carriers, Air Antilles, Liat and Winair are working on an initative to make interregional traffic more efficient. Under the name 'Caribsky' the three carriers want to provide better connections to...
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Schedule and Activities Known for 2018 Statia Carnival
3 Oranjestad- The calendar with all dates and activities for the 2018 Carnival season has been published. The activities will start off with the opening called T-shirt Madness on July 17, followed by the King of the Kings show, Sr. Road Show and...
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Two dentists from April 6th for 4 months on Saba
4 The Health Care Insurance Office Caribbean Netherlands (ZVK) is pleased to announce that as of April 6th, two dentists - Thomas Kleijn and Mona Maru - will settle on Saba for a period of 4 months. They will be operational from the 10th of April ...
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Dutch Army to Train in Bonaire
4 Kralendijk- In the context of maintaining the operational readiness of the 27th Army company placed in the West, The Dutch Army will be holding an exercise will be held on the island between April 10 and April 17, 2018. The aim of the exercise...
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Successful fourth trade mission to Curaçao
WILLEMSTAD - Last week, the fourth trade mission of International Ambitious took place in Curaçao. This was once again dominated by a connection between local entrepreneurs and entrepreneurs from the Netherlands, Suriname and Bonaire. The trade...
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PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS
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Yellow Fever: PAHO urges unvaccinated travellers to get...
GREAT BAY, (DCOMM) - The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)/World Health Organization (WHO) in its recent epidemiological report about yellow fever in the Americas, says between January 2016 and 13 March 2018, seven countries and territories ...
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CPS calls on community to adhere to hand hygiene and...
GREAT BAY, (DCOMM) - The Collective Prevention Services (CPS), a department of the Ministry of Public Health, Social Development and Labour, is calling on the community to practice hand hygiene and cough etiquette in order to prevent the spread...
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Seven-day hurricane forecast and new satellite for 2018...
SINT MAARTEN/CARIBBEAN - The National Hurricane Center (NHC) in Miami, Florida, will start to experiment in-house during the 2018 Atlantic Hurricane season with a seven-day model forecast. Current forecasts covers a five-day period. 24-hour...
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SZV ASKING EMPLOYERS TO DECLARE AND PAY PREMIUMS ONLINE
PHILIPSBURG - Social & Health Insurances SZV has introduced several online services in 2017, including the Employer Portal where companies can submit their ZV/OV declarations digitally. Employers are obligated by law to submit and pay their ZV/OV ...
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SSSD hosts free workshop entitled "Looking Beyond:...
PHILIPSBURG - The Student Support Services Division (SSSD) of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Youth and Sport is hosting a workshop entitled Looking Beyond: Helping Your Child with Career Choices ". This workshop will be held on April 19,...
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FOUR SEASONS RESORT ANNOUNCES CARIBBEAN RESIDENTS RATE
SINT MAARTEN/NEVIS - Four Seasons Resort Nevis, the Caribbean's iconic AAA Five Diamond Resort, is welcoming fellow Caribbean residents to enjoy the Resort's legendary luxury with an exclusive $265 USD nightly rate for accommodations in a Nevis...
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2.5 million people in NL can't read or write properly,...
SINT MAARTEN/THE NETHERLANDS - Not being able to read or write properly is costing society over a billion euros a year, according to report by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). The report, commissioned by literacy foundation Lezen & Schrijven, says...
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Tourist numbers above 42 million, not counting AirBnb crowd
SINT MAARTEN/THE NETHERLANDS - The number of foreign and domestic tourists in the Netherlands rose above 42 million in 2017, an increase of 9% and the sharpest growth rate since 2006, the national statistics office CBS reported on Wednesday. The...
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Weather Forecast: Thursday to Saturday
DATE ISSUED: Wednesday April 04, 2018 @ 18:00 LST (22:00 UTC) VALID UNTIL: Thursday evening (18:00 LST) April 05, 2018 WEATHER: Tonight through Thursday evening: Partly cloudy with isolated showers possible. Forecast High: 29°C / 84°F Forecast...
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90,000 people in the Netherlands caught up in Facebook...
Some 90,000 people in the Netherlands may have been hit by the data scandal surrounding Facebook and Cambridge Analytica, the social media platform has told broadcaster NOS. The amount of information per person varies, but includes names,...
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MPs call for new rules to stamp out revenge porn...
People who are the victims of sexting, revenge porn and hidden cameras should get better protection in law and super-fast legal proceedings should be introduced to remove footage from websites, according to VVD parliamentarian Sven Koopmans.
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Dutch primary school kids need more cycling practice
Many primary school children in the Netherlands are not cycling enough and this is turning them into clumsy, unsafe cyclists, road safety experts said on Thursday. Traffic safety organisation Veilig Verkeer Nederland (VVN) says many parents...
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SXM Daily News - 4 Apr 2018
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With the high season upon us and more and more airlines are resuming flights to and from St. Maarten, we are also open to take your flight bookings to and from St. Maarten as well.
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