Invoking Article 59 is PM Jacobs' final option
PHILIPSBURG - Government and Parliament are at a crossroads due to the continued dispute about the insistence by State Secretary Raymond Knops that the Parliament denounces the petition it submitted to the United Nations that demands a stop to...
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PFP Calls on coalition to withdraw petition to UN
Personal agendas and lack of strategy at center of current crisis ~ PHILIPSBURG - PFP faction members Melissa Gumbs and Raeyhon Peterson called on the current coalition to withdraw the petition submitted on March 9th to UN Special Rapporteur on...
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Adjusted COHO-proposal before the summer to Parliament
THE HAGUE / PHILIPSBURG - The adjusted draft consensus kingdom law Caribbean Reform and Development Entity (COHO) will reach the parliaments of the Netherlands, St. Maarten, Aruba and Curacao before the summer break of the Dutch Parliament. State ...
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The Hague freezes liquidity support for St. Maarten
THE HAGUE / PHILIPSBURG - St. Maarten needs 39 million guilders ($21.8 million) in liquidity support for the second quarter of this year but the Kingdom Council of Ministers is not going to provide these funds until there is unequivocal support...
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Now we're in the dog house
By Hilbert Haar ~ Is anybody surprised about the decision by the Kingdom Council of Ministers to freeze liquidity support for St. Maarten? I saw this coming along time ago. The inevitable you-know-what has hit the fan and the responsibility for...
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COHO draft law triggers questions about compatibility...
THE HAGUE - An earlier report on dossierkoninkrijksrelaties.nl about the advice concerning the draft kingdom law Caribbean Reform and Development Entity (COHO) stated incorrectly that the Kingdom Council of State considers the proposal to be a...
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Council of State criticizes COHO draft law, but supports it
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Review of the Raad van State advice (in Dutch)
Dinsdag berichtte Dossier Koninkrijksrelaties dat de Raad van State een vernietigend oordeel heeft geveld over de ontwerp-Rijkswet voor de oprichting van het Caribisch orgaan voor hervorming en ontwikkeling (COHO) dat de regie moet voeren over en ...
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Raad van State: Rijkswet COHO strijdig met Statuut
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Dead or alive
By Hilbert Haar ~ Reactions in St. Maarten to the negative Council of State-advice about the draft kingdom law COHO were jubilant and that is understandable. But the COHO, the Caribbean Reform and Development Entity, is far from dead, and therefore..
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USP: Reactionary, lack of principled leadership ...
SINT MAARTEN (PHILIPSBURG) - The board of the United St. Maarten Party (US) said on Monday that their sentiment with regards to the confusing manner in which the country is being governed has been echoed and confirmed by State Secretary Knops...
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MP Emmanuel: Liquidity freeze is result of lies
SINT MAARTEN (POND ISLAND) - Independent Member of Parliament (MP) Christophe Emmanuel on Sunday said that the freezing of liquidity support to St. Maarten by the Dutch is a result of failed deception and childlike governing by the Prime Minister ...
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Government Launches Multi-Purpose Shelters Project ...
SINT MAARTEN (POND ISLAND) - On Friday, March 26, 2021, the Government of Sint Maarten achieved a large milestone for the country as it pertains to disaster preparedness and resilience building. In the presence of the Director of the Pan American ...
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Government to establish inter-ministerial covenant
On Friday 27th, 2021, the Ministries of Justice, VSA and TEATT met to lay the foundation of establishing a working agreement or covenant to tackle the various loopholes used to defraud the system to acquire certain things like residency permits....
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Former Minister of VSA employment policy goes into effect
The National Employment Service Center (NESC) plans to implement modified work procedures, in close collaboration with Section Employment Permits in 2021, based on the ?Policy on the issuance of labor permits? of the former Minister of Public...
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MP Buncamper questions Minister of Finance on taxes...
SINT MAARTEN (PHILIPSBURG) - Pensioners being taxed on their pension income is a great concern to Member of Parliament (MP) Claudius "Toontje" Buncamper, leader of the United St. Maarten Party (USP) faction in parliament, who on Monday sent a...
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Quality Sweepers questions result solid waste tender
PHILIPSBURG - Cleaning company Quality Sweepers and Maintenance (QSM) has filed a complaint with the Ombudsman against the result of the public Solid Waste tender 2021-2026, claiming that the Ministry of VROMI secretly changed the rules and that...
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OM SXM: Fights around schools unacceptable and punishable
SINT MAARTEN (PHILIPSBURG) - Fights involving minors outside of school premises are unacceptable and punishable by the Court as a recent verdict by the Court of First Instance highlighted, the Public Prosecution Service (OM SXM) said in a...
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Introducing St. Maarten's new dental hygienist: Esmee Bakker
By Terrance Rey ~ Esmee Bakker is an oral hygienist or what is known as a dental hygienist. She is 41 years of age, married and has two sons, 6 and 9 years old. Esmee is a new dental hygienist on the island of St. Maarten.
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Eerste Kamer in afwachting antwoord Knops op vragen over ...
Den Haag - De Eerste Kamercommissie voor Koninkrijksrelaties is in afwachting van de beantwoording van de vragen die zij ruim een jaar geleden aan staatssecretaris Knops (BZK) heeft gesteld over diens ontwerp-Rijkswet Koninkrijksverschillen. Op...
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Is Coho-wet nu wel of niet in strijd met het Statuut
Is de ontwerprijkswet voor de oprichting van het Caribisch orgaan voor hervorming en ontwikkeling nu wel of niet in strijd met het Statuut van het Koninkrijk? Velen komen na bestudering van het advies van de Raad van State tot de conclusie dat de ...
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'Geen nieuwe besluiten nemen'
MFK en PNP in brief aan demissionair kabinet: Nieuwe regering niet binden Van een onzer verslaggeefsters Willemstad - In een brief aan demissionair premier Eugene Rhuggenaath, die tevens naar gouverneur Lucille George-Wout is gestuurd, dringen de ...
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Intensive care CMC loopt vol
Opnieuw drie coronadoden; aantal fatale slachtoffers nu op 33 Van een onzer verslaggevers Willemstad - Terwijl het Curaçao Medical Center (CMC) in het weekeinde de ic-capaciteit voor covidpatiënten nog heeft uitgebreid naar dertig bedden, waren...
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Ministers actief in Coho
RvA waarschuwt dat Coho anders té autonoom functioneert Van een onzer verslaggevers Willemstad - Om zo veel mogelijk de controle te blijven houden op de taken van het Caribisch Orgaan voor Hervorming en Ontwikkeling (Coho) moeten de ministers zo...
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RMR speelt 'hardball'
Sint Maarten hoeft (echt) niet te rekenen op aanvullende Nederlandse financiële steun, zolang opheldering over enerzijds de petitie bij de Verenigde Naties (lees: aanklacht tegen Nederland) en anderzijds het al of niet bestaan van politieke steun ...
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Captain arrested on suspicion of human smuggling
On Saturday March 27th 2021, officers of the Immigration and Border Protection Services together with the assistance of the Dutch Caribbean Coast Guard and the Prosecutors Office arrested the captain of a vessel by the name of "Anansi". Officers...
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AirSXM.com now offering shared charters to St. Kitts & Nevis
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Saba Legal Desk starts back
The Bottom, Saba - The Saba Legal Desk has started back per March 1, 2021. Initially, the Legal Desk will function mostly digital, but when policy to enter Saba changes per May 1, Nathalie Tackling will again come to the island for...
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Do we have a rogue Parliament ?
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What is a rogue parliament?
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Yes, we have a minority-led government
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Ever Given sails for R'dam after 6 days in stuck in canal
The giant container ship Ever Given is on its way to Rotterdam after being refloated in the Suez canal, Dutch salvage company Boskalis confirmed on Monday. The bow of the 224,000 tonne vessel was freed at around 3pm CET, ending a six-day blockade ...
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Scouts accept Omtzigt memo was their fault
Former parliamentary scouts Kajsa Ollongren and Annemarie Jorritsma have said they take full responsibility for the leaked notes which led to them stepping down and causing the coalition talks to be abandoned. Ollongren was photographed as she...
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Amsterdam blue chip AEX index breaks 700 point barrier
Amsterdam's blue chip AEX index broke the 700 point barrier on Monday morning for the first time since the internet bubble burst in September 2000. The AEX has risen steadily since a sharp drop at the beginning of the coronavirus crisis,...
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Housing rents fall in Amsterdam
Rents outside the social housing sector fell in some cities in the fourth quarter of last year, according to figures from real estate agents' organisation NVM. Although nationwide, non-rent controlled sector rents rose 4%, in Amsterdam and...
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