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First Patient Transferred To Medical Pavilion, Country Gets 1St Hospitainer

CAY HILL--St. Maarten Medical Center (SMMC) made the first step to free up space at the medical facility over the weekend when the first COVID-19 patient was transferred to the mobile medical pavilion on Saturday, April 18.

Prime Minister (PM) and Chairperson of the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) Silveria Jacobs said in Read more

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Mps Request Urgent Meeting On Mass Illegal Dismissals

PHILIPSBURG--Members of Parliament (MPs) from three factions have jointly requested an urgent public meeting of Parliament with Minister of Public Health, Social Development and Labour VSA Richard Panneflek on the state of affairs as it relates to what they refer to as the mass illegal labour dismissals in connection with coronavirus COVID-19 Read more

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La Polica Muestra Solidaridad Con Los Colegas De S.M.M.C

CAY HILL, Sint Maarten – En la lucha contra el virus Covid-19, miembros de ESF5, realizaron una pequea caravana el lunes 13 de abril del 2020 frente a la entrada principal del SMMC en un esfuerzo por mostrar agradecimiento a todos los trabajadores de primera lnea.

El objetivo del gesto era mostrar solidaridad a los trabajadores de primera lnea, que se ocupan de los pacientes afectados con el Corona Virus los cuales corren el riesgo de contraer el virus ellos mismos. El mensaje de la polica a nuestros colegas en el campo de la medicina es: “Estamos juntos en esta lucha, saldremos juntos de esta lucha”.

La Fuerza de Polica de Sint Maarten quiere agradecer a todos los servicios judiciales que participaron en la caravana ayer por la maana Read more

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Exclusive:--- Finance Minister Challenged On Execution Of Stimulus Plan.

~ Delay anticipated with stimulus as legal battle now on, who is dealing with mass layoffs.~

PHILIPSBURG:--- Attorney at Law Jairo Bloem sent a dashing counter-proposal to the Minister of VSA Richard Panneflek on the execution of the stimulus plan.
SMN News managed to get hold of the letter which can be considered a counter-proposal that the Minister that is responsible for executing the stimulus plan is the Minister of VSA Richard Panneflek.
The letter further questioned where will the money (74,100,000)  will be coming from to execute the stimulus plan that has to be executed by USZV.
Attorney Bloem in his letter suggested that the stimulus plan be executed by the Department of Labor, clearly, with this new counter-proposal a delay in the stimulus payout can be foreseen.
While the Minister of VSA has responsibility for SZV and the Department of labor nothing has been said about the mass-layoffs at Atrium Resort and other businesses throughout the island Read more

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Mp Buncamper Requests Urgent Public Meeting With The Minister Of Public Health, Social Development And Labour (Vsa).

PHILIPSBURG:--- USP MP Claudius Buncamper requested an urgent meeting of Parliament where he is calling the Minister of VSA Richard Panneflek Read more

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PHILIPSBURG:--- Gracita Arrindell former President of Parliament states that it is with deep sorrow we mourn the passing of our former colleague, the late Mr. Louis Duzanson, former head of the department of General affairs Island Territory St. Maarten

Mr. Duzanson was loved and highly respected by all who had the privilege to work and be trained by him for decades Read more

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Usm President Concerned About Collapse In Education.

PHILIPSBURG:--- President of the University of St. Martin (USM) Dr. Antonio Carmona Bez expressed his sincere concern for what he called the collapse of the public education system in Sint Maarten, highlighting the fact that since the outbreak of the COVID-19 many schools have practically closed with no plan for communication between teachers and students.
I am sincerely concerned that the Ministry of Education, Culture, Youth and Sports and the central government is allowing for the collapse of the public education system, affecting all children, parents, and communities Read more

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Prime MinisterS National Covid 19 Address

PRIME MINISTER OF SINT MAARTEN

Minister-President van Sint Maarten

National Address

Date: April 19, 2020

Prime Minister & Chair of the EOC Silveria Jacobs National Address on COVID-19 Developments April 19, 2020

People of Sint Maarten here and abroad, I hereby address you as Prime Minister of St Read more

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Buncamper Urges Govt. Not To Grant Dismissals In Light Of Stimulus Plan

US Party MP Claudius Toontje Buncamper.

PHILIPSBURG--United St. Maarten Party (US Party) Member of Parliament (MP) Claudius Toontje Buncamper has called on Labour Minister Read more

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~ COVID-19 deaths now stand at 10~

PHILIPSBURG:--- The Government of St. Maarten has extended the lockdown for the next three weeks through a national decree which was published on Sunday, April 19th.
The amended National Decree allows supermarkets and other essential services will remain open three days per week. The movement of people will be done in two zones, namely Zone A or Zone B.
Attestations that were previously issued are automatically renewed, however, residents from St Read more

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Solidarity Is A Two-Way Street, Says Mp Van Dam

One of the most beautiful articles in our Charter is article 36 which states that the Netherlands, Aruba, Curaao and St Read more

PHILIPSBURG:--- Member of Parliament Claudius Buncamper has dispatched a letter to the Minister of VSA Richard Panneflek advising him not to sign off on any mass layoffs as the government is still busy working on a stimulus package to assist employers.
Buncamper said hotels and other employers have sent home their workers since mid-March some with pay and some without pay Read more

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Solidarity Is A Two-Way Street, Says Mp Van Dam

THE HAGUE--Solidarity within the Kingdom of the Netherlands is a lovely principle, but it needs to be mutual and equally invested in by all partners, according to Member of the Second Camber of the Dutch Parliament Chris van Dam of the Christian Democratic Party CDA.

One of the most beautiful articles in our Charter is article 36 which states that the Netherlands, Aruba, Curaao and St Read more

Employees That Are Not Being Paid April Salaries Should Contact Government.

~Audit will be conducted on companies that receive stimulus.~

PHILIPSBURG:--- Several employers such as hardware stores, and beauty stores have informed their employees that since they were not allowed to open their stores during the shutdown since the State of Emergency was declared on the Dutch side they will not be paying salaries at the end of April.
Some employees that prefer to stay anonymous said that the owner of Five Star Hardware opened his doors on Friday and was ordered closed by authorities Read more

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Caribbean Covid 19 Update

ST. KITTS & NEVIS

St. Kitts and Nevis Government to Extend 24-Hour Curfew from 6:00am Saturday, April 18, 2020 at 6:00am to Saturday, April 25, 2020 at 6:00am

Basseterre, St. Kitts (April 16, 2020) There are currently 14 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the Federation of St. Kitts & Nevis. A total of 239 persons have been tested, 14 of whom were confirmed positive with 188 persons confirmed negative, 37 test results pending and 0 deaths. 0 persons are quarantined in a government facility while 111 persons are currently being quarantined at home and 14 persons are in isolation Read more

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Smmc Set To Transfer Covid-19 Care To Medical Pavilion, Icu Hospitainer

Prime Minister Silveria Jacobs and Public Health Department Head Fenna Arnell with SMMCs Board of Directors, Dr. Felix Holiday, Dr. Marco Meuleman and other SMMC staff members after inspecting the Mobile Medical Pavilion at St. Maarten Medical Center.

CAY HILL--The Mobile Medical Pavilion (MMP) and the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) hospitainer at St Read more

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State Of Emergency Proposed To Be Extended By Three Weeks

PM Silveria Jacobs

PHILIPSBURG--The state of emergency St. Maarten is currently under to help mitigate the spread of the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic is proposed to be extended by another three weeks.

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PHILIPSBURG:--- The EOC and Prime Minister Silveria Jacobs is satisfied with the reaction of the St. Maarten community who were given the opportunity to shop on Thursday and Friday as the lockdown continues for the next three weeks.
Prime Minister Jacobs in response to a questioned by SMN News said that St. Maarten already spent over NAF2.4 million at CPS that is busy with the testing and monitoring of COVID-19 patients Read more

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Prime Minister Silveria Jacobs Allows Essential Services To Open For Two Days

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten – In an ongoing effort to contain and mitigate the COVID-19 virus on St. Maarten, Prime Minister and Chair of the EOC Silveria Jacobs declared a State of Emergency on St. Maarten on April 4, 2020, during her National Address with immediate effect as of April 5, 2020. This state of emergency
instituted a total lockdown of Dutch St Read more

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Written Request Made To Ministry For More Front-Line Personnel, Ppe

MARIGOT--President Daniel Gibbs says he wrote to Minister of Overseas Territories Annick Girardin on April 13 requesting more specialist human resources and personal protective equipment (PPE) based on a request from Louis-Constant Fleming Hospital to combat the COVID-19 crisis.

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Buncamper: St. Maarten Should Use Crisis To Take A New Direction

US MP Claudius Toontje Buncamper.

PHILIPSBURG--The United St. Maarten Party (US Party) wants to see St. Maarten taking a new direction, creating new revenue streams and making good use of the current COVID-19 health crisis to do so.

Cps Fears Public Underreporting Covid-19 Symptoms Due To Worries Of Repercussions

~ Medical team visits 109 homes Wednesday ~

CAY HILL--The Health Ministrys Collective Prevention Services (CPS) believes that residents with symptoms associated with the coronavirus COVID-19 are underreporting their statuses due to fears of repercussions, Prime Minister and Emergency Operations Center (EOC) Chairperson Silveria JacobsRead more

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PHILIPSBURG:---Prime Minister Silveria Jacobs announced on Thursday evening that six new cases of COVID-19 are now added to the list. Currently, are 89 positive cases since the testing begins some weeks ago. 189 persons have been tested, 108 were negative, 17 cases are pending, there are 41 actives cases on St. Maarten. Jacobs said that it is expected that the positive cases will go up in the coming days, however, she said that CPS visited Cay Hill on Wednesday and Thursday and met with almost 200 persons but only one person was showing signs and symptoms Read more

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PHILIPSBURG:--- In an ongoing effort to contain and mitigate the COVID-19 virus on St. Maarten, Prime Minister and Chair of the EOC Silveria Jacobs declared a State of Emergency on St. Maarten on April 4, 2020, during her National Address, with immediate effect as of April 5, 2020. This state of emergency instituted a total lockdown of Dutch St Read more

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