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Govt. Working On Proposal To Temporarily Cut Fuel Duties

From left: Justice Minister Anna Richardson; TEATT Minister Roger Lawrence and Finance Minister Ardwell Irion.

~ Lawrences proposal to offer relief to residents at pumps ~

PHILIPSBURG--Government is working on a proposal to temporarily lower the duties on fuel in an effort to provide relief to consumers at the pumps Read more

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PHILIPSBURG:---: President of the Windward Islands Teachers Union (WITU) Stuart Johnson expressed his profound appreciation to everyone that attended the first WITU Zumba event hosted for its members and the community.

The WITU Zumba Event was held on the Boardwalk on Saturday Morning.

"I wish to thank everyone that showed up Read more

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Ser Publishes Cost Of Living Advice

HARBOURVIEW On the request of the Honorable Prime Minister Silveria E. Jacobs, the Social Economic Council (SER) researched the cost of living on St. Maarten. The advice request listed the following categories for study: the cost of living of two, three, and four family households, monthly expenses, monthly income, basic needs, living wage versus the minimum wage, and the possibility of establishing a living wage threshold.

On Friday, April 1, 2022, the secretariat of the SER held a meeting with the Honorable Prime Minister S Read more

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Cps World Health Day 2022 Our Planet Our Health. Clean Our Air, Water, And Food

GREAT BAY, Sint Maarten (DCOMM) The world is observing World Health Day 2022 on Thursday, April 7thunder the theme Our Planet Our Health. Clean our air, water, and food,

The World Health Organization (WHO) says in the midst of a pandemic, a polluted planet, increasing diseases like cancer, asthma, heart disease, on World Health Day (WHD) 2022, WHO will focus global attention on urgent actions needed to keep humans and the planet healthy and foster a movement to create societies focused on well-being.

WHO estimates that more than 13 million deaths around the world each year are due to avoidable environmental causes Read more

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La Ministra Richardson Rompe El Ciclo Negativo De Incumplimiento De Las Recomendaciones Del Law Enforcement Council

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten – El Consejo para el Cumplimiento de la Ley (Raad voor de Rechtshandhave, en adelante: el Consejo) est a cargo de la inspeccin general de las organizaciones dentro de la cadena de justicia en Curaao, St. Maarten y las islas BES. El Consejo tambin est encargado de la inspeccin general de la calidad y eficacia de la cooperacin judicial entre los pases.

Desde su establecimiento el 7 de julio de 2010, el Consejo ha estado desempeando diligentemente sus funciones y ha publicado una gran cantidad de informes de inspeccin Read more

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CountryS Liquidity Position Is Decent

Prime Minister Silveria Jacobs

PHILIPSBURG--St. Maartens current liquidity position is decent, but the country needs to continually assess and once it collects whatever outstanding is owed, St. Maarten will be able to make it through this quarter, says Prime Minister Read more

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Cps Da Mundial De La Salud 2022 Nuestro Planeta Nuestra Salud. Limpiar Nuestro Aire, Agua Y Alimentos

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten – El jueves 7 de abril el mundo est celebrando el Da Mundial de la Salud 2022 bajo el lema “Nuestro planeta, nuestra salud”. Limpiar nuestro aire, agua y alimentos, La Organizacin Mundial de la Salud (OMS) dice que en medio de una pandemia, un planeta contaminado y un aumento de enfermedades como el cncer, el asma y las enfermedades cardacas, en el Da Mundial de la Salud (WHD) de 2022, la OMS centrar la atencin mundial en las medidas urgentes necesarias para mantener a los seres humanos y el planeta saludables y fomentar un movimiento para crear sociedades enfocadas en el bienestar.

La OMS estima que ms de 13 millones de muertes en todo el mundo cada ao se deben a causas ambientales evitables Read more

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Ser Publica Consejos Del Costo De Vida

HARBOUR VIEW, Sint Maarten A pedido de la Honorable Primera Ministra Silveria E. Jacobs, el Consejo Econmico Social (SER) investig el costo de vida en St. Maarten. La solicitud de asesoramiento enumer las siguientes categoras para el estudio: el costo de vida de los hogares de dos, tres y cuatro familias, gastos mensuales, ingresos mensuales, necesidades bsicas, vivienda salario versus salario mnimo, y la posibilidad de establecer un umbral de salario digno. El viernes 1 de abril de 2022, la secretara de la SER sostuvo una reunin con La Honorable Primera Ministra Silveria Jacobs para discutir el contenido de los consejos sobre el costo de vida Read more

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PHILIPSBURG:--- The Law Enforcement Council (Raad voor de Rechtshandhaving, hereafter: the Council) is charged with the general inspection of organizations within the justice chain on Curaao, St. Maarten, and the BES islands. The Council is also charged with the general inspection of the quality and effectiveness of the judicial cooperation between the countries.

Since its establishment on July 7, 2010, the Council has been diligently carrying out its duties and published a large number of inspection reports Read more

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PHILIPSBURG (DCOMM):---  The world is observing World Health Day 2022 on Thursday, April 7th under the theme Our Planet Our Health. Clean our air, water, and food,

The World Health Organization (WHO) says in the midst of a pandemic, a polluted planet, increasing diseases like cancer, asthma, heart disease, on World Health Day (WHD) 2022, WHO will focus global attention on urgent actions needed to keep humans and the planet healthy and foster a movement to create societies focused on well-being Read more

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HARBOURVIEW:--- On the request of the Honorable Prime Minister Silveria E. Jacobs, the Social Economic Council (SER) researched the cost of living on St. Maarten. The advice request listed the following categories for study: the cost of living of two, three, and four family households, monthly expenses, monthly income, basic needs, living wage versus the minimum wage, and the possibility of establishing a living wage threshold. On Friday, April 1, 2022, the secretariat of the SER held a meeting with the Honorable Prime Minister S Read more

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MARIGOT:--- President Louis Mussington wishes to support President-candidate Emmanuel Macron, in the context of the 2022 presidential elections, the first round of which is taking place this Saturday, April 9, 2022, in Saint-Martin.
We are all once again called to the polls, Saturday, April 9, 2022, for the 1st round of the national presidential election Read more

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PHILIPSBURG:--- Minister of Labor Omar Ottley seemed very furious about statements made on a radio program that said the current government is busy with a political stunt when they said they did a study in order to increase the minimum wage.
Ottley said that the indexation for the year 2020 was 1 cent and this was done by the Minister of VSA who was in office at the time Read more

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St. Maarten Will Not Be Receiving Liquidity Support For Second Quarter.

PHILIPSBURG: --- The Minister of Health and Labor Omar Ottley announced on Wednesday that St. Maarten will not be receiving any liquidity support for the second quarter of 2022.
The Minister made the statements when he indicated that St. Maarten and its people would have to live with the COVID-19 virus which is in its endemic phase.
The Minister was asked if everything is in place for carnival 2022 where falsified vaccination cards and QR codes can be detected Read more

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Szv Submits 2023 Draft Budget

PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten The 2023 draft budget of Social & Health Insurances SZV was submitted to Minister of VSA, Mr. Omar Ottley on March 31st, 2022, before the deadline of April 1, as stipulated in the law. Director of SZV, Mr. Glen A. Carty presented the budget to the Minister, which sets an important tone on the future of SZV and the sustainability of the health care funds.

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Pm: Govt. To Make Provisions To Implement Code Of Conduct

PHILIPSBURG--Government will make the required provisions to implement the already ratified Code of Conduct, Prime Minister (PM) Silveria Jacobs assured in a letter to the Integrity Chamber dated October 29, 2021.

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Szv Presenta El Proyecto De Presupuesto 2023

PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten El proyecto de presupuesto de 2023 del Seguro Social de Salud SZV fue presentado al Ministro de VSA, Sr. Omar Ottley el 31 de marzo de 2022, antes de la fecha lmite del 1 de abril, segn lo estipulado en la ley. El Director de SZV, el Sr. Glen A. Carty present el presupuesto al Ministro, que establece un tono importante sobre el futuro de SZV y la sostenibilidad de los fondos de atencin mdica.

Dado el hecho de que las reservas de atencin mdica se encuentran en un estado desesperado, es evidente el estancamiento econmico, las necesidades de atencin mdica aseguradas y el entorno de atencin mdica, de lo cal se busc un enfoque ms directo para mejorar Read more

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PHILIPSBURG:--- Independent Member of Parliament (MP) Chanel Brownbill congratulated organizers of the first Mid-Term Parliamentary debate hosted by IslandGalTing and the Sint Maarten Youth Parliament on March 25th via its various social media platforms. The debate focused on important topics related to parliament since 2020. The debate showcased various factions in parliament giving their take on questions prepared by the youth organizations Read more

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Pro Soualiga Summons The Prime Minister Of St. Maarten To Screen Coho Law: Coho Might Be In Violation Of International Law.

PHILIPSBURG:--- On Monday, April 4th, 2022, Pro Soualiga summoned the Prime Minister of St. Maarten to screen the COHO Law. According to the Kingdom Government, all laws must be screened for compliance with international treaties. In addition, Parliament has to screen against international law as to whether consent to the Consensus Kingdom Law was given by genuine free will. In 2018, The International Court of Justice laid down very clear rules to determine when or whether an agreement was made of genuine free will in the Chagos Islands dispute Read more

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If Only Everybody Could Have Done His Or Her Share, We All Would Be Better Off.

Let start with the public roads. Some people think that the public roads are for their personal use and think that they can park their car wrecks on the road. Therefore, when driving around one can see different car wrecks parked on the side of the road. The Department of VROMI does keep clean-up campaign but does not go with all the wrecks. I do not know what the criteria is, but there are wrecks parked for years in the same (Maracas drive, Cay bay) spot.

There are 2-way roads that became inaccessible because there is a line-up of car wrecks and so the road became a narrow passage where as only one car can pass at a time Read more

President Of Parliament, Grisha S. Heyliger-Marten Finalizes Courtesy Visits

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten In her capacity as President of the Parliament of Sint Maarten, Member of Parliament Mrs. Grisha S. Heyliger-Marten scheduled several courtesy visits to various entities on Sint Maarten.
The courtesy visits which commenced during the week of March 7-11, 2022, continued throughout the weeks of March 21-25, 2022, and March 28- April 1, 2022.

Upon her election as President of Parliament on November 26, 2021, the Hon. Mrs. Grisha S. Heyliger-Marten deemed it necessary to meet with various entities in the island for an introductory visit.

On Monday, March 28, 2022, the Chairlady of Parliament met with Public Prosecutor, Ms Read more

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Gordon-Carty: Governing Should Reflect The Constitutional Rights Of The People.

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten — Leader of the United St. Maarten Party Mrs. Pamela Gordon Carty reiterated her position that the rights of the people of country St. Maarten are not being upheld, promoted, nor defended by the current NA/UP coalition.

Good corporate governance practices are conveniently ignored depending on who is involved, while the fundamental rights of the people rooted in the constitution of country St Read more

Fire Fighters Week Walk For Health Walkathon Saturday 9Th April.

Collaboration with Positive, Elektralytes Foundations and St. Maarten Lions Club

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten — Fire Fighters Week is quickly approaching and the St. Maarten Fire Fighters Foundation (SXMFFF) in collaboration with the Positive, Elektralytes Foundation and the St. Maarten Lions Club will be hosting a walk-a-thon under the theme: Walk for Health, scheduled for Saturday, April 9th, starting at 5 am. The aim of this initiative is to promote and further encourage the population of St Read more

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Government Of St. Maarten Congratulates Newly Sworn In Government Of Saint-Martin

Philipsburg, Sint Maarten — On behalf of the Government and the People of St. Maarten, the Council of Ministers hereby extends congratulations to newly appointed President of the Collectivit of Saint-Martin Louis Mussington, the Executive Council including the four Vice-Presidents and the elected members of the new Territorial Council on Sunday, April 3, 2022.

As we continue to navigate these challenging times, particularly for our small island, I wish the new Government steadfast resolve as they take on this new role as leader of the government and people of Saint-Martin Read more

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