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Hope leader became emotional as she made a statement.

PHILIPSBURG:--- Of the nine political parties that submitted their list to the voting bureau on Monday, only three of them handed in a list with a full slate of 23 candidates. They are the United Peoples Party (UPP), United St. Maarten’s People Party (USP), and the National Alliance (NA).
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National Alliance Wants 10 Seats For Stable Govt.

SUCKER GARDEN--The white party, National Alliance (NA), presented 23 candidates to its supporters at the new party headquarters in Sucker Garden on Sunday afternoon. The party will present its list on Monday, led by veteran politician and sitting Prime Minister Read more

Ppa 14 Committed To 'Strong Stable, Secure St. Maarten'

PHILIPSBURG--People’s Progressive Alliance (PPA) will contest the September 26 Parliamentary Elections with a slate of 14 candidates, who are committed to getting elected and working to make St. Maarten “strong, stable and secure.

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Hope Puts Forward 3 Candidates For Election

PHILIPSBURG--A list of three persons, representing the three parties now part of Helping Our People Excel (HOPE), will be candidates on HOPE’s slate for the September 26 Parliamentary Elections.

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National Alliance Wants 10 Seats For Stable Govt.

SUCKER GARDEN–The white party, National Alliance (NA), presented 23 candidates to its supporters at the new party headquarters in Sucker Garden on Sunday afternoon. The party will present its list on Monday, led by veteran politician and sitting Prime Minister William Marlin.

  The inclusion of younger candidates shows the party’s vision for the future, according to Marlin, who presented the candidates Read more

Inso Selected For Contract Negotiations To Build New Hospital

PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten – The bidding process for the new Medical Center in which three companies placed bids is now over.

The “tripartite”, a team consisting of the SZV, SMMC and the Ministry of VSA and who is charged with the development of the new hospital announced on Sunday that the Italian based company INSO has been selected for contract negotiations after the bids were reviewed by five independent evaluation teams.

The company placed a bid of USD 59,578,655 and had a ranking score of 165.4 out of 200.

The “tripartite which was represented by Minister Emile Lee of VSA, Glen Carty of SZV and Kees Klarenbeek of the SMMC, Sunday expressed great satisfaction that the project has reached thus far in an environment of openness, transparency, collaboration and partnership.

Prime Minister William Marlin was also on hand Sunday and stated that reaching this mile stone is a great achievement.

Minister Emile Lee of the VSA addressed the bidding process during Sunday’s press conference as well as the thought process behind the reversal of the prior agreement to build the new hospital.

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Ppa Launch List Of 14 Candidates Sunday

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PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten – The Peoples Progressive Alliance Sunday presented their slate of 14 candidates to the general public of St. Maarten at the John Larmonie Center in Philipsburg.

Leader and number one candidate drs.

Gracita Arrindell told those present for the presentation on Sunday that this is the year for the people of St Read more

Lpg Gas Prices Out Of Control

Taken from Claude “Chacho” Peterson Facebook LIKE page… click here !!!!

Well here are the facts for Sxm people. Today after an attempt was made to say I was full of fluff because a particular MP took offence to my post on the gas issue, I went out to see what really was the price at resellers. You all can view my results below:

Claude chacho Peterson

Middle Region $13.20
Sucker Garden Gas King $13.20
Mingo gas station $13.25
Victory Market Madame Estate $13.50
Sol Madame Estate $13.25
Texaco Bush road $13.75
Petro Plus bush road $23.33
Tackling Colebay $24.00

Now what is very clear to me is that this NA led government in their rush to gain political mileage have totally messed up this industry and it is a free for all by resellers on a commodity which is price regulated by government.
In the process the people, including myself are the ones being BAMBOOZLED, including ME.
Now what is important for me now seeing that none of these prices were the same is what is the official regulated price at this moment.

This MP championed this cause from the benches of opposition but now that NA is in power it is ok Read more

Mp Maurice Lake Commends Meyers On Sewage Connection And Trench Work

St Peters, Sint Maarten — Independent Member of Parliament Maurice Lake commends Minister of Public Housing, Spatial Planning, Environment and Infrastructure Angel Meyers for executing the very important project of connecting the homes on St. Peters Road to the sewage line and for upgrading the trench behind St. Maarten Academy School. Sewage has been a big issue in St Read more

Usp Unveils Three More New Candidates, Public Event Booked For Next Weekend

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten — Leader of the United St. Maarten party (US) MP Frans Richardson on Sunday introduced three additional new candidates who will contest the September 26 Parliamentary Elections. The US has made an effort to introduce the new candidates in its camp prior to submitting the full list of candidates on Monday, August 8 Read more

Lewis Resign From Abvo In Preparation To Run With Usp

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten — Police Inspector Lyndon Lewis on Sunday, August 7, tendered his resignation from the ABVO-SXM union which clears the way for his venture into the political arena. Lewis will be contesting the September 26 elections as part of the United St. Maarten party (US) list. It will be the first time he will be contesting a political election.

Lewis informed ABVO-SXM President Sharlon Cathalina and ABVO board members that he is moving on to serve the people of St Read more

CAY HILL - Contract negotiations for the design, build and maintenance contract of the new General Hospital of Sint Maarten will commence this month with the nominated bidder, INSO. The construction of the new General Hospital is still on schedule to start in the third quarter of this year.

The new General Hospital will improve and expand the quality of healthcare that is available on Sint Maarten. The new facility will be able to accommodate additional services which are now not available locally, attracting more medical specialists and create new jobs Read more

Usp Board: Police Deserve More Respect Than That

A recent letter by an MP in your Saturday publication drew our interest.

The board of the United St. Maarten Party (USP) has a simple message it would like to share with the people of St. Maarten as it pertains to leadership and the role of Members of Parliament. It is noteworthy that a political party has included MP’s on their list who only underscore the party’s lack of leadership by clearly demonstrating that they too do not understand the expectations of their constituents.

Every MP, we are sure, understand the importance of the so-called “arms-length” approach when it comes to Ministers being given the space to execute their tasks Read more

NA can accomplish

PHILIPSBURG:--- All 23 candidates that postulated on the National Alliance slate for the September 26th, 2016 parliamentary elections called on the voters of St. Maarten to give them a majority in parliament and full mandate in order for them to bring about stability in St. Maarten. Most of the candidates, when presented to the sizeable gathering at the National Alliance headquarters in Sucker Garden, pleaded with the people of St Read more

Usp Unveils Three More New Candidates, Public Event Booked For Next Weekend

PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten - Leader of the United St. Maarten party (US) MP Frans Richardson on Sunday introduced three additional new candidates who will contest the September 26 Parliamentary Elections.

The US has made an effort to introduce the new candidates in its camp prior to submitting the full list of candidates on Monday, August 8 Read more

Mp Maurice Lake Commends Meyers On Sewage Connection And Trench Work

PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten - Independent Member of Parliament the Honorable Maurice Lake commends Minister of Public Housing, Spatial Planning, Environment and Infrastructure the Honorable Angel Meyers for executing the very important project of connecting the homes on St. Peters Road to the sewage line and for upgrading the trench behind St Read more

PHILIPSBURG:---Leader of the United St. Maarten party (US) MP Frans Richardson on Sunday introduced three additional new candidates who will contest the September 26 Parliamentary Elections. The US has made an effort to introduce the new candidates in its camp prior to submitting the full list of candidates on Monday, August 8. The entire team of candidates will be introduced on Sunday, August 14 to the public as a special event planned at party headquarters on L.B Read more

THE HAGUE:--- Minister Plenipotentiary of Sint Maarten Henrietta Doran-York welcomed the 31 newly arrived students of Sint Maarten to her Cabinet on Friday August 5th 2016, where the spent the entire day receiving information on the various ways that the Cabinet can be of assistance to them, being introduced to the various Sint Maarten established organizations in The Netherlands, receiving information on housing and insurances among other things Read more

Mp Maurice Lake Commends Meyers On Sewage Connection And Trench Work.

PHILIPSBURG:---Independent Member of Parliament Maurice Lake commends Minister of Public Housing, Spatial Planning, Environment and Infrastructure Angel Meyers for executing the very important project of connecting the homes on St. Peters Road to the sewage line and for upgrading the trench behind St. Maarten Academy School.
Sewage has been a big issue in St Read more

PHILIPSBURG - Police Inspector Lyndon Lewis on Sunday, August 7, tendered his resignation from the ABVO-SXM union which clears the way for his venture into the political arena. Lewis will be contesting the September 26 elections as part of the United St. Maarten party (US) list. It will be the first time he will be contesting a political election.

Lewis informed ABVO-SXM President Sharlon Cathalina and ABVO board members that he is moving on to serve the people of St Read more

PHILIPSBURG:--- Police Inspector Lyndon Lewis on Sunday, August 7, tendered his resignation from the ABVO-SXM union which clears the way for his venture into the political arena. Lewis will be contesting the September 26 elections as part of the United St. Maarten party (US) list. It will be the first time he will be contesting a political election.
Lewis informed ABVO-SXM President Sharlon Cathalina and ABVO board members that he is moving on to serve the people of St Read more

Backstreet Repairs To Start Soon Says Prime Minister

PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten - Repairs to Back Street can be expected to start within short, stated Prime Minister with the responsibility for General Affairs, the Honorable William Marlin.

Speaking at the Council Ministers press briefing last week, the Prime Minister noted that the Council of Ministers has taken a decision that will Read more

Regional Media Group Urges St Vincent To Rethink Cybercrime Legislation

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – The regional umbrella media group — the Association of Caribbean Media Workers (ACM) — yesterday expressed concern about a push by St Vincent and the Grenadines to address legitimate issues associated with harmful online content through legislation.

The ACM said that such a move “tramples on important principles associated with freedom of expression and freedom of the press”.

It noted that some of its international partners, including the International Press Institute (IPI), Reporters Without Borders, and the Centre for Law and Democracy (CLD), have recently addressed in fair detail offending sections of the Cybercrime Bill of St Vincent and the Grenadines.

“We endorse their positions on such matters Read more

Candidates “Endorsement Of Hope “

PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten - As a new Party we need 146 signatures 1% of the last election total votes cast from persons to help support our list.

The endorsement is very important for new political parties that would like to have a fair opportunity to contest the elections to try to convey their message as a political association.

Without the support of the community we wont be able to contest the elections and have a chance to bring a new perspective to the political scene on the island that has been very turbulent over the last few years and are now dealing with the consequences there of in all the senses of the word.

The 3 candidates that will be postulating themselves on the HOPE list will be Lucrecia “Loekie” Morales, a new comer to the political scene Mr Read more