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Kingdom Govt Suspends Payment To St. Maarten

St. Maarten Prime Minister Silveria Jacobs (left) and caretaker State Secretary of Home Affairs and Kingdom Relations Raymond Knops at the Binnenhof in The Hague after todays Kingdom Council of Ministers meeting.

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Ottley: Fully Vaccinated Visitors May Be Exempted From Testing

~ Plans to implement QR code system ~

PHILIPSBURG--Minister of Public Health, Social Development and Labor VSA Omar Ottley says in the coming weeks the ministry will allow fully vaccinated persons of two weeks or longer to enter St. Maarten without having to be tested for COVID-19.

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Price Tag For New Prison Set At $39M In Unops Proposal

PHILIPSBURG--The price tag for the new prison is US $39 million in the latest proposal by the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS), Justice Minister Anna Richardson told Members of Parliament (MPs) on Wednesday.

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Homeporting Could Bring In $52 Million In 14 Weeks

PHILIPSBURG--St. Maartens homeporting of cruise ship Celebrity Millenium could net the country as much as US $52 million over a fourteen-week period, Minister of Tourism, Economic Affairs, Transport and Telecommunication (TEATT) Ludmila de Weever told reporters during the live Council of Ministers press briefing on Wednesday.

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Prime Minister Silveria Jacobs Travels To Netherlands To Rectify Non-Payment Of Liquidity Support

Philipsburg Prime Minister Silveria Jacobs and Minister of Finance Ardwell Irion traveled to the Netherlands yesterday, May 25, 2021, to rectify the non-payment of the fifth tranche of liquidity support Read more

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Scdf Endorses Drive To 85% Vaccination Campaign

~ For the love of Carnival, vaccinate! ~

POND ISLAND, Sint Maarten – The St. Maarten Carnival Development Foundation (SCDF) on Wednesday endorsed governments Island-wide vaccination awareness campaign The Drive to 85%, SXM race to normalcy. The initiative of Minister of Public Health Omar Ottley, the objective of the campaign is to encourage at least 85% of the community to go out and get vaccinated, in efforts to achieve herd immunity.

President of the SCDF Alston Lourens and Minister Ottley met briefly on Wednesday at which time Lourens assured the Minister that the foundation will do everything it can and use its entire platform to raise awareness and push the vaccination drive. 

Lourens explained that achieving herd immunity is important for the country and by extension St Read more

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~ For the love of Carnival, vaccinate! ~

PHILIPSBURG:--- The St. Maarten Carnival Development Foundation (SCDF) on Wednesday endorsed the governments Island-wide vaccination awareness campaign The Drive to 85%, SXM race to normalcy. The initiative of Minister of Public Health Omar Ottley, the objective of the campaign is to encourage at least 85% of the community to go out and get vaccinated, in efforts to achieve herd immunity.
President of the SCDF Alston Lourens and Minister Ottley met briefly on Wednesday at which time Lourens assured the Minister that the foundation will do everything it can and use its entire platform to raise awareness and push the vaccination drive Read more

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PHILIPSBURG:--- Minister of Health and Labor Omar Ottley made clear on Wednesday at the Council of Ministers press briefing that employers cannot dismiss employees that have not taken the COVID-19 vaccination. Ottley said that even the government of St. Maarten cannot force the vaccination on any of its civil servants, however, the only thing government and employers could do is to encourage its staff to get vaccinated and those that have questions about the COVID 19 vaccinations should seek out more information from their general practitioner.
The Minister of Health and Labor said that he is fully aware that some businesses have been giving their employees incentives if they take their COVID-19 shots but these employers cannot force or dismiss the employees that have not taken the vaccine.
Businesses he said can arrange for frequent testing at their own expense while they should continue with implementing the guidelines such as wearing masks and sanitizing constantly.
Ottley said since taking office he has enhanced the vaccination drive, right now 38% of the population has taken their vaccinations Read more

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~ Dr. Sharine Daniel to resume helm of company~

PHILIPSBURG: --- The government of St. Maarten has taken a decision on the candidates that will be occupying the seats of the management team of N.V GEBE. Those persons are Chief Internal Auditor Dr. Sharine Daniel that has been appointed Chief Executive Officer (CEO). George Willem as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Merrill Jimmy Timmer as Chief Operations Officer (COO).
The candidates that have been selected are from the initial advice given to the shareholder after the recruitment process was completed Read more

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PHILIPSBURG:--- Prime Minister Silveria Jacobs and Minister of Finance Ardwell Irion traveled to the Netherlands yesterday, May 25, 2021, to rectify the non-payment of the fifth tranche of liquidity support Read more

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Pm, Irion In Netherlands To 'Rectify' Non-Payment Of Liquidity Support

PHILIPSBURG--Prime Minister Silveria Jacobs and Minister of Finance Ardwell Irion traveled to the Netherlands on May 25, 2021, to rectify the non-payment of the fifth tranche of liquidity support Read more

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All French Side Bars, Restaurants To Close At 11:00Pm As Of Tonight

Prfet Serge Gouteyron and President Daniel Gibbs at the press conference Tuesday morning. (Robert Luckock photo)

115 new COVID cases in one week

MARIGOTPrfet Dlgu Serge Gouteyron on Tuesday ordered all bars and restaurants on the French side receiving the public to close at 11:00pm effective tonight due to the deterioration in the COVID-19 situation on both sides of the island Read more

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Richardson Meets With Customs To Discuss Improving Operations

A photo taken during the working visit.

PHILIPSBURG--Justice Minister Anna Richardson recently met with St. Maarten Customs head Anthony Doran and high-ranking Customs officials Franklin Bernadina and Otto de Vries to discuss the agencys operations and finances.

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Scubaqua Upgraded To 3-Star Good Travel Seal Certification

Scubaqua dive centre presenting itself at the Duikvaker fair in the Netherlands.

ST. EUSTATIUS--Scubaqua dive centre in St. Eustatius was recently upgraded to a three-star business certification by Good Travel Seal. Director of Tourism Charles Lindo offered his congratulations to the dive shop, which was the first business in Statia Read more

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Mp Buncamper Requests Committee Meeting To Address The Situation At Nipa

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten — On Friday, Member of Parliament (MP) Claudius Toontje Buncamper, faction leader of the United St. Maarten Party (USP) in parliament submitted a letter to the chairlady of the Committee of Education, Culture, Youth Affairs and Sports (ECYS) in parliament MP Angelique Romou, requesting that a meeting of the committee be convened and that the board of the National Institute for Professional Advancement (NIPA) be invited to attend said meeting.

In his letter to MP Romou, MP Buncamper stated that he believes that it is prudent to hear from the NIPA board and management on how they see their position in the field of education Read more

Emmanuel: Stop Using Pjia Employees As A Political Football, Take Care Of Them

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten — Using airport employees as a political football and for sound-bites is unbecoming, but very typical of the opportunistic method of operations by the governing National Alliance (NA)-United People (UP) coalition. Independent Member of Parliament Christophe Emmanuel over the weekend said he was astonished to hear the Prime Minister and the President of Parliament mention the airport employees in Parliament last Thursday, in what he says was a transparent ploy at playing politics with peoples emotions and lives.

He said during months of outcry by the employees over disrespectful treatment by the CEO of the airport and multiple questions surrounding outstanding money owed to them as well as the working environment at PJIA, not once did members of the coalition come out in support of the employees or offer any kind of explanations to them Read more

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Mp Buncamper Meets With W. Nisbeth Road Vendors.

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten — On Friday morning, Member of Parliament (MP) Claudius Buncamper, faction leader of the United St. Maarten Party (USP) in parliament, together with his faction staff Fernando Clark met with a number of vendors operating on the Ring Road side of the Walter Nisbeth Road.

During the meeting the vendors informed the MP that last April they were invited to a meeting with SG Miguel De Weever and Valya Pantophlet during which they were informed that they will be relocated to the festival Village on the tentative date of July 1st, after which they will no longer be permitted to operate from their present locations.

The vendors, who currently pay a yearly fee of Naf 1.200,= for their vending license, were granted permission to operate and conduct their business on several parcels of land on the Ring Road, which have been granted to individuals or entities Read more

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Grisha Urges Probe Of Claims Mingo Requested Footage Of Her

PHILIPSBURG--United Peoples (UP) party faction leader Grisha Heyliger-Marten has asked Minister of Tourism, Economic Affairs, Transport and Telecommunication (TEATT) Ludmila de Weever to investigate allegations that Princess Juliana International Airport (PJIA) Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Brian Mingo had requested camera footage of the MP as she was departing St Read more

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Enhancements, Minor Repairs To Hurricane Shelters Completed

Minister of Public Health, Social Development and Labor VSA Omar Ottley; Minister of Public Housing, Spatial Planning, Environment and Infrastructure (VROMI) Egbert Doran and NRPB Director Claret Connor look at the newly installed groundwater reservoirs at one of the shelters visited.

PHILIPSBURG--Families seeking refuge at designated hurricane shelters in the country will enjoy a bit more comfort during their stay now that minor repairs and upgrades have been completed as part of the Shelter Repairs Activity of the Netherlands financed St Read more

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Vmt Announces The End Of Mass Vaccination With Pfizer After July 31St.

PHILIPSBURG (DCOMM):---The Vaccination Management Team (VMT) announced on Monday, May 24th, that the mass vaccination with the Pfizer vaccine at the Belair Community Center, and the Ministry of Public Health, Social Development and Labour (Ministry VSA) Collective Prevention Service (CPS) office will stop after July 31st.
The vaccination campaign started on February 22nd, and to date, the VMT has vaccinated 16.410 persons with the Pfizer vaccine, 35% of the set goal. The aim remains to reach 85% of the adult population (herd immunity) to be sufficiently protected against the COVID-19 virus and mutations Read more

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PHILIPSBURG:--- On Friday, Member of Parliament (MP) Claudius Toontje Buncamper, faction leader of the United St. Maarten Party (USP) in parliament submitted a letter to the chair lady of the Committee of Education, Culture, Youth Affairs and Sports (ECYS) in parliament MP Angelique Romou, requesting that a meeting of the committee is convened and that the board of the National Institute for Professional Advancement (NIPA) is invited to attend said meeting Read more

State-Of-The-Art Mri Suite Officially Opened At Smmc

From left: Inspector General Dr. Earl Best, General Surgeon Dr. Luc Mercelina, Radiologist Dr. Brice Watinou, SMMC Medical Director Dr. Felix Holiday, Radiology Department Supervisor Johan Sabajo, cardiologist and Head Medical Staff Board Dr. Emiko Bird-Lake, Supervisory Council Vice Chairman Jim Rosen and radiologist Dr. Sander Bodewitz.< Read more

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Ring Road Vendors To Pay 9 Times More After Relocation

MP Buncamper addressing the Ring Road vendors.

~ Buncamper raises concerns with ministers ~

PHILIPSBURG--On Friday, United St. Maarten Party (US Party) faction leader Member of Parliament (MP) Claudius Toontje Buncamper and his faction staffer Read more

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From left: Sergeant Major J.G. De Bruin of the Royal Netherlands Marine Corps and Asha Stevens-Mohabier outside the Hillside gym.

Cu7bCAY HILL--Ahead of the upcoming hurricane season, the Royal Netherlands Marine Corps and the Royal Dutch Army will set up headquarters at the Asha Stevens Hillside Christian School campus in Cay Hill for the annual hurricane exercise HUREX.

  Between May 25 and June 6, the marines and military, as per new operational orders, will simulate different scenarios before, during and after a category three storm or higher Read more