Progress Committee Chairman Nico Schoof: “... some progress”
PHILIPSBURG - "The preparedness of St. Maarten to do something with the recommendations of the Progress Committee depends since 2010 heavily on the minister of justice and the government that is in office," says Progress Committee chairman Nico...
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Politicians and civil servant must contribute to pension ...
PHILIPSBURG - St. Maarten ought to amend legislation as soon as possible so that civil servants and politicians start paying a 10 percent contribution towards healthcare costs, financial supervisor Cft writes in its advice about the second draft...
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Audit Chamber has its financial management under control
PHILIPSBURG - The General Audit Chamber shows in its 2020 annual report that its financial management is in good shape and that the organization lives up to promise to deliver its annual report to parliament and the office of the governor before...
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Cft urges SXM to implement revenue-increasing measures
PHILIPSBURG - St. Maarten has to speed up the implementation of revenue-increasing and cost-cutting measures if it wants to return to structural budget-surpluses in the near future. "Without additional measures, the International Monetary Fund...
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Celebrity homeporting now a reality for Port St. Maarten
PORT ST. MAARTEN - Mega cruise ships homeporting in St. Maarten is now a reality. On Saturday, June 5, 2021, cruise lines can opt to start their cruise voyages around the Caribbean from the island of St. Maarten. The first major cruise line to do ...
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Two things...
One... Banco di Caribe is up for sale. Soon it will be the Mullet Bay property. Once a definite appraisal of the property's actual worth is determined. In the past, we have written that St. Maarten people should come together with government and government-owned entities and invest together to buy back Mullet Bay.
So, here is a great opportunity that can lead up to that realization...
Let's come together as a people, pool our resources, and buy Banco di Caribe together with government and government-owned entities.
Later we can use Banco di Caribe as a development bank to raise the funding needed to buy back the Mullet Bay property from ENNIA.
We have to think long term, and we have to think strategically. With funding from APS, SZV, and Central Bank-issued bonds, a Banco di Caribe-backed local investment consortium can eventually raise enough funding to buy back Mullet Bay.
There is hope yet for a MBBBI. A Mullet Bay Buy Back Initiative.
Two....
We must be donkeys!
How long will we continue to butt our feet against the same stone?
Once again, N.V. GEBE is plagued by power outages, damaged engines and overloaded machines leading to constant load-shedding. And the heart of the summer is not even yet upon us. Or should we say, the heat of the summer is not yet upon us. So yes, imagine when we will have airco's on full blast in July? Are we going to ask the hotels to ration their power usage by going off the grid and powering up their generators?
It is time N.V. GEBE starts considering alternative energy sources.
We don't care what!
Anything that would lead to no power outages and no load-shedding.
It is not like we don't have a choice. Yes, we do! There are more enough alternative energy sources in abundance. What are we waiting on?
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MP Emmanuel calls on Irion to inform civil servants...
SINT MAARTEN (PHILIPSBURG) Independent Member of Parliament Christophe Emmanuel on Tuesday in a press statement called on Minister of Finance Ardwell Irion to let civil servants know if they will get the 50% vacation pay owed to them from 2020...
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Knops: Curaçao still does not meet the conditions ...
THE HAGUE - Outgoing Undersecretary Raymond Knops of Kingdom Relations says that Curaçao still does not meet the conditions for eligibility for liquidity support. A 25 percent cut on the employment conditions of ministers and members of...
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Office of the Governor: Final report on the formation ...
WILLEMSTAD - The Governor of Curaçao, Mrs L.A. George-Wout, has discussed the final report of the formation with the formateur, Mr C.A. Peterson. The Governor has taken note of the formateur's findings with regard to the formation of a new cabinet.
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VBC wants a qualified minister of economic development
WILLEMSTAD - The Curaçao Business Association (VBC) is disappointed that after more than three months there is still no new government or prospect of a new Minister of Economic Development (MEO). In view of the current economic crisis, VBC...
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Emergency law extended for 90 days
WILLEMSTAD - The state of emergency is extended by 90 days. This was announced by outgoing Prime Minister of Curaçao Eugene Rhuggenaath. The new law on exceptional situations allows the Curaçao government to declare a state of emergency. During...
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The Netherlands has stopped liquidity support to Curaçao
THE HAGUE - The Netherlands has stopped liquidity support to Curaçao. Although the 25 percent cut on the employment conditions of ministers and members of parliament has been implemented, the legislation for this has not yet been approved by...
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Rectification of press release concerning stabbing...
SINT MAARTEN (PHILIPSBURG) - The Police of Sint Maarten (KPSM) would like to issue a correction to a press release dated 17 May 2021, where it was stated that the tenant of a complex was the victim of a stabbing incident at the Dr. Tjong Sie Fat...
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Robbery suspect ill-treated in house of detention
On Monday, June 07, 2021 at approximately 8:30 a.m., a suspect with initials K.M.R for whom an arrest warrant was issued was detained by police patrol in St. Johns. A search was conducted in the yard where the suspect was arrested and several...
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Man severely injured from gunshot during robbery
On Tuesday evening, June 08, 2021 at approximately 10:00 pm, Police Central Dispatch received several calls about a robbery during which a victims was shot. Police patrols and Forensic Department along with the Ambulance Department were sent to...
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Woman dies of natural causes
On Sunday morning, June 6th 2021, at about 08.30 am the central dispatch received a call from the CupeCoy area, concerning a female found in her apartment not showing any signs of life. At the location the patrol and ambulance personnel...
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Ombudsman requests public sector workers to complete survey
SINT MAARTEN (PHILIPSBURG) - With reference to the three national ordinances regarding cuts to the employment benefits of all (semi) public sector workers that were submitted to the Constitutional Court for review, the Ombudsman has prepared a...
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Tzu Chi giving 3,500 food packages to mark triple event
SINT MAARTEN (CUL DE SAC) - The St. Maarten Tzu Chi Foundation is assisting more families in their times of need by distributing 3,500 food packages in commemoration of its annual triple celebration of Mother's Day, Buddha Day and Tzu Chi's 55th...
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R4CR Quick-Win Round 1 end on high note
SINT MAARTEN (PHILIPSBURG) - The Resources For Community Resilience (R4CR) program officially closed off Quick-Win round 1 with a learning benchmark training on Saturday June 5. The R4CR program includes a grant scheme as funding mechanism for...
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27 Island NGOs thank Dutch Disaster Fund for Two million ...
SINT MAARTEN (PHILIPSBURG) - Last week twenty-seven Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) in Saba, St. Eustatius and St. Maarten showed their appreciation to the Dutch Disaster Fund (Nationaal Rampenfonds - NRF) by preparing a suitcase of gifts...
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Selection round for new Coast Guard officers
SINT MAARTEN (SIMPSON BAY) - Under the watchful eye and supervision of the instructors of the Coast Guard officers training (BOK), the selection rounds for the aspiring Coast Guard officers started on the islands of Aruba, Curaçao and St....
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Voortgangscommissie Sint Maarten ziet weinig voortgang
Philipsburg - De Voortgangscommissie Sint Maarten is vermoedelijk de tel kwijt hoe vaak zij haar zorgen al heeft uitgesproken over de situatie van het politiekorps en de gevangenis zonder dat dit bij haar opdrachtgevers - de regeringen van Sint...
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Verzekeren huis op Sint Maarten onbetaalbaar
Den Haag - Het verzekeren van woningen op Sint Maarten wordt onbetaalbaar voor de eigenaren. Dat antwoordt staatssecretaris Knops (BZK) op vragen van de Tweede Kamercommissie voor Koninkrijksrelaties. "Volgens een analyse van de Wereldbank uit...
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Knops: In oktober overleg over aflossingen
Nieuwe tranches steun onzeker tot aannemen wetten Van onze correspondent Den Haag - Uiterlijk in oktober gaat Nederland in overleg met Curaçao, Aruba en Sint Maarten (CAS) over het aflossen of herfinancieren van de leningen van de...
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Schotte moet gaan dokken
Advies AG aan Hoge Raad: geen vernietiging uitspraak Hof Van een onzer verslaggeefsters Willemstad - Oud-premier Gerrit Schotte, die is veroordeeld voor ambtelijke corruptie en hier een gevangenisstraf voor heeft uitgezeten, zal naar alle...
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Lichtpuntje bij gevangeniswezen Sint Maarten
Van onze correspondent Den Haag - De voortgangscommissie Sint Maarten heeft in het eerste kwartaal van 2021 kleine lichtpuntjes gezien in de detentieorganisatie. Dat staat in de veertigste voortgangsrapportage die staatssecretaris Raymond Knops...
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OPINIE - Antilliaanse wraak zal zoet kunnen zijn
Door Aart G. Broek Schaamte is het pijnlijke gevoel dat we krijgen wanneer we worden vernederd en dreigen opnieuw te worden vernederd. Dit zorgt voor een samenballen van angst, verdriet en woede. Verlangens naar wraak komen boven. Al naar gelang...
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Eight New Positive COVID-19 cases on Wednesday
SINT MAARTEN (POND ISLAND) - As of June 9th, there were eight (8) persons who tested positive for COVID-19; however, twelve (12) persons have recovered; bringing the total active cases to seventy-one (71). The total number of confirmed cases is...
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Myles Turner of the Indiana Pacers donates facemasks
SINT MAARTEN (POND ISLAND) - The Minister of Public Health, Social Development and Labor, Omar Ottley met with Myles Christian Turner of the Indiana Pacers Basketball team and discussed ways of promoting and increasing safe tourism on the Island. ...
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PRE-TRAVEL COVID-19 TESTING LAB IN PHILIPSBURG NOW OPEN
SINT MAARTEN (PHILIPSBURG) - On June 6th, 2021, Health Care Laboratory Services St. Maarten N.V. officially opened its new COVID-19 testing facility in Philipsburg to provide residents, businesses, and tourists a centrally located test facility...
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SZV AND PHARMACY ASSOCIATION TEAM UP ...
SINT MAARTEN (PHILIPSBURG) - Social & Health Insurances SZV and the Pharmacy Association of St. Maarten (PAS) have signed a letter of intent agreement that will facilitate constructive cooperation towards a well-functioning and cost-effective...
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AirSXM.com now offering shared charters to St. Kitts & Nevis
Shared charter rates from $260 US Dollars per one-way and up for groups of up to seven (7) passengers + one piece of checked luggage and one carry-on each. Submit a reservation request online at http://www.airsxm.com/request.php.
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Fewer than 2,000 coronavirus cases for fourth day running
SINT MAARTEN/THE NETHERLANDS - The number of coronavirus patients in hospital fell by more than 100 on Wednesday morning, while fewer than 2,000 new cases were reported for the fourth day in a row. There are currently 834 people being treated for ...
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Is it time for NV GEBE to consider alternative energy sources?
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Teenagers in vulnerable health will get coronavirus...
Teenagers who fall into medical at-risk groups because they have heart problems or are obese for example, will be invited to get vaccinated against coronavirus, health minister Hugo de Jonge said on Wednesday. The national health council...
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Changing the living environment cuts obesity in children
A programme to combat and prevent weight gain in children by making changes to their living environment has been successful, particularly in disadvantaged areas, research by Groningen University has shown. Between 2013 and 2018 the number of...
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Big fines for big coronavirus claims about food supplements
Shop owners who posted false health claims for food supplements, claiming they could help or prevent coronavirus infection, have been hit with fines of up to €150,000. A team of government inspectors spent four months checking for online...
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Groningen province to take legal action over salt mining
The province of Groningen is appealing to the highest Dutch company court in an effort to have a permit for mining salt rejected. The economic affairs ministry has given a licence to Veendam based salt company Nedmag to mine for salt under the...
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AirStMaarten now offering shared charters to Aruba, Bonaire and Curacao starting at $2000 USD per seat.
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