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~ Official transfer from INSO to FINSO only finalized two months ago~

PHILIPSBURG:--- Minister of Health Omar Ottley said on Wednesday that he conducted some investigations to see what exactly was the problem with FINSO and the banks on St. Maarten. Ottley said that the transfer from INSO to FINSO was only completed two months ago. He said that the company has been trying to open a bank account on St Read more

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PHILIPSBURG:--- Minister of Health and Labor Omar Ottley did not mince with words on Wednesday when he called out the nightclubs and bars for not following protocols and set guidelines when the country reopened its business sector late last year. The Minister said that these establishments signed agreements and agreed to test and other guidelines but they simply did not follow through Read more

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A Realistic Decision.

PHILIPSBURG:--- Member of Parliament George Pantophlet disagrees with MP Sarah Wescot-Williams' remarks in her article Stop the cat and mouse game. MP Pantophlet insists that this is not a game Read more

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Richardson Signs Contract With New Provider Of Electronic Monitoring

PHILIPSBURG--Minister of Justice Anna Richardson signed a three-year contract with a new electronic monitoring (EM) provider company, Buddi Ltd., on Monday, January 10.

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El Horario Comercial De La Vida Nocturna Se Reduce A Las 11:00 Pm

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten  El Ministro de Salud Pblica, Social Desarrollo y Trabajo, Omar Ottley informa al pblico, que en de acuerdo con su enfoque gradual COVID-19 para la vida nocturna; el horario comercial se reducir a las 11:00 p.m.

El enfoque por etapas se basa en la tasa de ocupacin y capacidad del hospital, para evitar un posible colapso de nuestro sistema de salud, manteniendo el equilibrio en nuestra actividad econmica en la isla.

Para mayor claridad, el Reglamento Ministerial entra en vigor el mircoles 12 de enero, para todos los establecimientos de vida nocturna los cuales deben estar cerrados a las 11:00pm.

Fase 1: 4 – 7 hospitalizaciones (20%), escala a las 1:00 am Read more

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Nightlife Business Hours To Be Scaled Back To 11 Pm.

PHILIPSBURG--The Minister of Public Health, Social Development and Labor, Omar Ottley informed the public on Tuesday evening that in accordance with his COVID-19 phased approach for the night life; business hours will be scaled back to 11 pm starting Wednesday.

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Nightlife Business Hours To Scale Back To 11 Pm.

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten  The Minister of Public Health, Social Development and Labor, Omar Ottley informs the public, that in accordance with his COVID-19 phased approach for the night life; business hours will be scaled back to 11 pm.

The phased approach is based on the hospital’s occupancy rate and capacity, to avoid a possible collapse of our health care system, while maintaining a balance in our economic activity on the island Read more

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PHILIPSBURG:---The Minister of Public Health, Social Development and Labor, Omar Ottley informs the public, that in accordance with his COVID-19 phased approach for the nightlife; business hours will be scaled back to 11 pm.

The phased approach is based on the hospital's occupancy rate and capacity, to avoid a possible collapse of our health care system, while maintaining a balance in our economic activity on the island.

For clarity, the Ministerial Regulation goes into effect on Wednesday, January 12th, with the understanding that all nightlife establishments must be closed by 11 pm.

Phase 1:
4 - 7 hospitalizations (20%), scale back to 1 am Read more

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Las Escuelas De Svobe Imparten Todas Las Clases En Lnea

EBENEZER, Sint Maarten – La Junta Escolar de Educacin Secundaria SVOBE ha pasado a clases en lnea a partir de hoy, lunes 10 de enero, dado el aumento de casos positivos de coronavirus COVID-19 en sus campus.

Debido al aumento exponencial de los casos de COVID en nuestras escuelas, Milton Peters College (MPC) y Sundial School, lamentablemente la gerencia tuvo que tomar la decisin de volver a las clases en lnea a partir del lunes 10 de enero, por al menos un perodo de dos semanas Read more

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PHILIPSBURG:---  President of the Windward Islands Teachers Union (WITU), Stuart Johnson has expressed deep concern about the current state of St. Maartens educational system and the quality of learning for students.
He said the country has over 1500 Covid-19 active cases and it seems ad hoc decisions are the order of the day.
Johnson revealed that WITU has made two attempts via written correspondence to have a meeting with the Honorable Minister of Education drs Read more

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PHILIPSBURG:--- Ever since its beginnings, envisioned by a nurse in 1997, The Helping Hands Foundation (HHF) was born out of care for the Elderly and the Disabled. According to Ms. Lucille Jacqueline James (Founder), her inspiration grew out of the work she did, and the Elderly always weighed heavy on her heart. Too often, they would come to see the doctor and were left stranded and she started taking them home in her lunchtime and after work. Lucille Jacky James engaged with them and the rides home led to drives around the island, where they shared stories of their lonely lives, and not having much to do Read more

Witu Deeply Concerned About State Of St. MaartenS Education

Philipsburg President of the Windward Islands Teachers Union (WITU), Stuart Johnson has expressed deep concern about the current state of St. Maartens educational system and the quality of learning for students.He said the country has over 1500 Covid-19 active cases and it seems ad hoc decisions are the order of the day.

Johnson revealed that WITU has made two attempts via written correspondence to have a meeting with the Honorable Minister of Education drs Read more

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Emmanuel Asks Again What Is Happening With The Money For New Hospital Project

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten — Independent Member of Parliament Christophe Emmanuel on Monday said that almost a month has gone by since he raised the alarm about ongoing construction of the St. Maarten General Hospital (SMGH) and to date, there remains no clarity just more questions.

What is happening with the money for this project thats meant to pay stakeholders and finish the project? the MP asked after he personally visited the site on Monday and observed little to no work ongoing at the project site.

In December 2021 Emmanuel said it had been brought to his attention that something is amiss with the ongoing construction/expansion of the St Read more

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Prime Minister Jacobs Sends Formal Congratulatory Message To Mark Rutte

SINT MAARTEN, PHILIPSBURG The Prime Minister of Sint Maarten Hon. Silveria Jacobs sent a formal congratulatory message to Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte who was sworn in on Monday, January 10 along with members of his cabinet.

The new cabinet of the Dutch Government is the fourth to be led by Prime Minister and Minister of General Affairs Mark Rutte Read more

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PHILIPSBURG:---The Prime Minister of Sint Maarten Hon. Silveria Jacobs sent a formal congratulatory message to Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte who was sworn in on Monday, January 10 along with members of his cabinet.

The new cabinet of the Dutch Government is the fourth to be led by Prime Minister and Minister of General Affairs Mark Rutte Read more

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Prime Minister Jacobs Sends Formal Congratulatory Message To Mark Rutte

PHILIPSBURG, SInt Maarten The Prime Minister of Sint Maarten Hon. Silveria Jacobs sent a formal congratulatory message to Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte who was sworn in on Monday, January 10 along with members of his cabinet.

The new cabinet of the Dutch Government is the fourth to be led by Prime Minister and Minister of General Affairs Mark Rutte Read more

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Emmanuel Asks Again What Is Happening With The Money For New Hospital Project

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten – Independent Member of Parliament Christophe Emmanuel on Monday said thatalmost a month has gone by since he raised the alarm about ongoing construction of the St. Maarten General Hospital (SMGH) and to date, there remains no clarity just more questions.

What is happening with the money for this project thats meant to pay stakeholders and finish the project? the MP asked after he personally visited the site on Monday and observed little to no work ongoing at the project site. 

In December 2021 Emmanuel said it had been brought to his attention that something is amiss with the ongoing construction/expansion of the St Read more

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~ Contractors received small payment end of December. SBOD not fully updated on hold ups~

PHILIPSBURG:--- The New General Hospital Project that was awarded to INSO now (FINSO) is having major financial issues therefore not being able to get workers. Last month when several contractors complained about the lack of payments the Minister of Health and Labor Omar Ottley said he was assured that the company would pay its debts before the Christmas Holidays, but when these contractors were contacted by SMN News on Monday they said that they did receive a small amount of money at the end of December but not close to what is owed to them Read more

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Pss Donates Food Voucher To New Start For Children

PHILIPSBURG--Postal Services St. Maarten (PSS) recently donated a food voucher worth NAf. 1,800 to the New Start for Children Foundation. The money was collected by members of the Supervisory Board, management and staff through an End-of-year Community Give-back Initiative.

  With the donation, the New Start Foundation for Children that operates a foster home with a maximum capacity of 20 children ranging from zero to 18 years of age can spend NAf. 1,800 on groceries at Prime Distributors.

  Interim Director Marinka Gumbs explained that the project is an annual initiative by the staff Read more

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Knops Disappointed Not To Be In New Government

THE HAGUE--Caretaker State Secretary of Home Affairs and Kingdom Relations Raymond Knops said on Friday that he was disappointed to a certain extent to not be reappointed in the new Dutch Rutte IV government which will be sworn in today, Monday.

  Knops (50) would have liked to stay on, and in the corridors during the formation period he was mentioned as a possible candidate to become the next minister of defence. However, that portfolio is going to current caretaker Minister of Home Affairs and Kingdom Relations Kajsa Ollongren.

  I would have loved to continue with a whole lot of energy, he told the media just before the last Council of Ministers meeting of the caretaker Rutte III government on Friday Read more

Prime Minister Silveria Jacobs delivering her remarks during Sundays service.

PHILIPSBURG--The government of St. Maarten in collaboration with St. Maarten Christian Council, St. Maarten United Ministerial Foundation and the Seventh-Day Adventist Church hosted the seventeenth annual National Day of Prayer at the Government Administration Building on Sunday.

  This years theme was Almighty God, Let Your Culture of Divine Unity Rule.

  The service opened with praise and worship led by the Victory Temple praise team, followed by the opening prayer delivered by Joan Berkel and a rendition of the St Read more

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Fast Spreading Covid-19 Will Place A Dent On Economy And Szv Medical Funds.

~CPS delays detrimental to the economy and SZV~

PHILIPSBURG:--- The drastic increase in active COVID-19 virus mainly the Omicron variant will place a dent on St. Maartens economy and the medical funds of USZV.
There are close to 2000 persons that are currently active with the coronavirus, the last update distributed on Saturday states the active cases were 1477. This does not include the persons that did their self-testing and did not report it to CPS or any of the laboratories on St Read more

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Sarah Objects To The Postponement Of Meeting With The Prime Minister To Update Parliament.

Expects the COHO Trajectory to Backfire Big Time.

Philipsburg, St. Maarten, Member of Parliament, Sarah A. Wescot-Williams expounded on her objection to the postponement of the Central Committee meeting on Thursday January 6th regarding the recent meeting of the Kingdom Council of Ministers. I objected to putting off the meeting, because I believe there is some explaining to be done by the Prime Minister regarding the meeting of the Kingdom Council of Ministers (KCOM) of December 17th last Read more

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Us Party To Meet With Brownbill This Week

PHILIPSBURG--The board and the leader of United St. Maarten Party (US Party) are scheduled to meet with its candidate Chanel Brownbill this week.

  With 221 votes in the 2020 Parliamentary elections, Brownbill is the next highest vote-getter after suspended Member of Parliament (MP) Claudius Toontje Buncamper, who recently received a custodial sentence for committing a crime as referred to in article 50, first paragraph, of the Constitution of St Read more

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