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Terms Of Reference Of Landfill Should Be Improved

PHILIPSBURG – Minister of Public Health, Social Development, and Labour Emil Lee has asked the Health Inspector General’s Office, and the Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO) to give him an initial opinion on the Terms of Reference for the landfill.

“Their initial feedback is that the Terms of Reference for the landfill could use more specification and detailing Read more

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Minister Lee: St. Maarten Needs To Develop Ophthalmology Care

PHILIPSBURG – “The results of the Rotary/VOSH clearly demonstrates that St. Maarten needs to have its own ophthalmology department. While the statistics are impressive, the stories about how people’s lives are being changed with small simple gestures is just amazing,” said Health Minister Emil Lee during the press briefing on Wednesday, May 18.

The Minister was referring to the free eye examination that took place last week at the White & Yellow cross located in St Read more

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Minister Lee: Care Contracts With Szv Being Finalized

PHILIPSBURG – In keeping with the Health Minister’s vision to improve the quality of health care provided, Minister Emil Lee is working with SZV to establish a care agreement with the hospitals and patient service companies that patients are referred to abroad.

Thus far, a care agreement has been finalized with Curaçao, one with the Dominican Republic is being finalized, and by the end of June, an agreement with Colombia should be complete Read more

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PHILIPSBURG:--- The results of the Rotary/VOSH clearly demonstrates that St. Maarten needs to have its own ophthalmology department. While the statistics are impressive, the stories about how people’s lives are being changed with small simple gestures is just amazing” said Minister Lee during the press briefing on Wednesday. The Minister was referring to the free eye examination that took place last week at the white & Yellow cross located in St.Johns estate. This event was an initiative of the Volunteer Optometric Service to Humanity ( VOSH) and hosted by the Rotary club of St Read more

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Marlin-Romeo Wants Plans For Ventilation Of Sports Facilities

PHILIPSBURG--Independent Member of Parliament (MP) Leona Marlin-Romeo has raised her concerns with Minister of Sports and Health Silveria Jacobs about the plan of approach on e Read more

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Freedom Fighters Want Referendum Organised On Cannabis Legalisation

PHILIPSBURG--Freedom Fighters Foundation finally had its day in Parliament on Tuesday to discuss the legalisation of cannabis for St. Maarten.

Foundation representatives President Roland “Ras Bushman” Joe, Dr. Jay Haviser, Dr. Dan Johnson and businessman Arun Jagtiani presented their plans to Parliament’s Justice Committee. They requested that Parliament organise a referendum and combine it with the elections scheduled in September Read more

Pep Presents Minister Jacobs With Certificate Of Thanks

PHILIPSBURG – Minister of Education Silveria Jacobs was presented with a certificate of thanks by the Patrol Eradicating Pedophilia (PEP) representative Jackmaurice Montas.

The initiative taken by PEP during Carnival was to challenge participating students of Youth Extravaganza to send a message about bringing awareness and empowerment to the youth about pedophilia and ways to combat it.

“Not only in other countries, but on St Read more

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Mp Tamara Leonard Questions Why Mot Session Is Closed-Door

PHILIPSBURG – Member of Parliament (MP) Tamara Leonard is questioning why the scheduled session with the Financial Intelligence Unit MOT on Friday, May 20, is behind closed door.

MP Leonard wrote to MP Sarah Wescot-Williams, in her capacity as Chairwoman of Parliament, asking why the meeting scheduled was a closed-door session Read more

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Fabian Badejo To Present Paper At Anguilla Literary Festival 

GREAT BAY – St. Maarten author Fabian Adekunle Badejo will join Trinidad’s storyteller Paul Keens-Douglas, and fresh back from London, England, novelist Montague Kobbe to open Anguilla’s Literary Festival on the morning of May 20, according to Badejo’s publisher HNP.

Badejo will present a paper addressing the early bird topic, “Writing Local Culture for Global Readers.”

The annual “Rise and Shine Breakfast Presentation” is intended to stir the festival’s registered participants for the five-day event Read more

Up Party Board Refutes Mp Lake Statement On Payment Of Dues

Philipsburg, Sint Maarten – The Board of the United People’s Party (UP) has taken note of a statement made by Member of Parliament (MP) Maurice Lake on Sunday at a press conference concerning the payment of party dues.

UP candidates who ran in the 2014 parliamentary elections were asked to make a monthly contribution to the party in the form of dues in order to cover the costs of campaign material for the candidates.

Each candidate signed the automatic bank transfer authorization, but if MP Lake had looked carefully at his bank statements, he would have noticed that nothing was deducted from his bank account.

MP Maurice Lake also has not officially resigned from the UP Party as we have nothing officially on file.

The UP Board emphatically states that the Party has not received any dues paid in cash or by cheque or via bank transfer into the UP Party bank account since Lake has been an MP.

The UP Board finds it very strange that MP Lake would make such a public statement when he knows that it is baseless Read more

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Mp Marlin-Romeo Queries Minister Of Sports On Plans Of Approach For Proper Ventilation At Sports Facilities

PHILIPSBURG – On Monday, May 15th Member of Parliament (MP) Leona Marlin Romeo, queried the Minister of Sports and Health on the plan of approach on ensuring proper ventilation be in place at all sports auditoriums.

Concerns from residents of Sucker Garden who frequents the Melford Hazel Sports auditorium complained about the heat in the facility.

The Member of Parliament also questioned Read more

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PHILIPSBURG:---  On Monday, May 15th Member of Parliament (MP) Leona Marlin Romeo, queried the Minister of Sports and Health on the plan of approach on ensuring proper ventilation be in place at all sports auditoriums.

Concerns from residents of Sucker Garden who frequents the Melford Hazel Sports auditorium complained about the heat in the facility.

The Member of Parliament also questioned whether there will be some sort of awareness campaign done to inform athletes and parents about the importance of pre-participation physical examinations Read more

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Plenary Session Of Parliament About The Sale Of The New Government Administration Building Reconvenes On Wednesday.

PHILIPSBURG:--- The House of Parliament will sit in a plenary public session on May 18. The Minister of General Affairs will be present for the session.
The plenary public meeting reconvenes on Wednesday at 3.00 pm in the General Assembly Chamber of the House at Wilhelminastraat #1 in Philipsburg.
The agenda point is the sale of the new government administration building.
This plenary session of the House was requested by Members of Parliament (MPs) MP Franklin Meyers, MP Leona Marlin-Romeo and MP Van Hugh Cornelius de Weever.
Members of the public are invited to the House of Parliament to attend parliamentary deliberations.

The House of Parliament is located across from the Court House in Philipsburg.

The parliamentary session will be carried live on St Read more

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PHILIPSBURG:--- Member of Parliament Christopher Emmanuel raises concerns over quality of service provided by SZV to pensioners and other clients.

“Over the past several months, I have received several visits and calls from AOV pensioners regarding the inconsistent payment dates of their monthly pension. The inconsistency in the date pensioners receive their monthly AOV pension has been a concern of pensioners for some time now.”

In addition to pensioners other SZV clients have approached the Member of Parliament regarding the diminishing quality of customer service provided by SZV, especially communication and follow-up as it pertains to medical referrals overseas.

Member of parliament Emmanuel through the chairlady of parliament has submitted a formal request to the Management of SZV, requesting that the concerns of the pensioners and clients be addressed and provide clarification regarding the following:

• Is there a set date for pensioners to receive their AOV pension payments
• Is SZV’s liquidity position a cause for the inconsistency of the payment date of pensions
• Are their policies and procedures in place to ensure excellent quality of service
• Is there an awareness campaign informing clients, how to officially submit complaints to
SZV regarding inadequate service

MP Emmanuel noted, “I am perplexed at the fact that SZV, is to date unable to ensure that our pensioners are able to receive their pension consistently on a fixed date and that I continue to receive many complaints about the service clients receive from SZV Read more

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Ambulance Dept. Staffers Undergo Intense Training

PHILIPSBURG--Dutch nurse practitioners Ruud Verhalle, and Rogier Evenhuis delivered an intense training in basic life support and advanced life support to ambulance staffers last week.

Verhalle and Evnhuis are nurse practitioners in emergency care at the Regional Ambulance Service (RAV) located in Brabant Middle-West, North Holland.

The training was done in collaboration with RAV as part of a three-and-a-half year cooperation agreement between the two ambulance services that was signed in 2015.

“The staff was very receptive to the training Read more

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Gibson Seeks Naf. 20 Million Loan For Tax Office Upgrades

PHILIPSBURG--Finance Minister Richard Gibson Sr. told Parliament on Monday that he is seeking the approval of the Committee for Financial Supervision CFT to acquire a NAf. 20 million loan to fund upgrades for the Tax Office and its infrastructure.

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Minister Lee Briefed On Ambulance Staff Training

CAYHILL, Sint Maarten —  – An intense training in basic life support, and advance life support was given to ambulance staff last week by Ruud Verhalle, and Rogier Evenhuis, who are both nurse practitioners in emergency care from the Regional Ambulance Service (RAV) located in Brabant Middle- West-North Holland.

Discussions about the upgrading of the ambulance equipment, trainings, ways to improve the comfort of the patient, and expansion of medications, were some topics discussed with the Minister of Public Health, Social Development and Labor Emil Lee on Friday, May 13, during a briefing about the staff training.

Minister Lee stated, “I am delighted to see that the Ambulance Department is continuing with training efforts to maintain their proficiency Read more

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St. Maarten Police Report: 11 Scooters Controlled And Confiscated

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten — On Sunday, May 15, during the afternoon to evening hours, numerous calls came into the Police Central Dispatch complaining of a large group of motorcycles and scooters driving recklessly, causing a great deal of unnecessary noise, disrupting the peace, and causing public disorder in Philipsburg and surrounding areas.

The riders also were not wearing proper safety gear such as helmets. Police patrols were dispatched in search of the riders. The patrols involved in this control succeeded in stopping a large number of these riders at the top of Cole Bay Hill (Harold Jack) while the others, when they noticed that they were being stopped by police, turned and sped away Read more

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Maurice Lake Será Candidato Del Usp

Traducido por Máximo Castro

Maurice Lake, miembro independiente del Parlamento

PHILIPSBURG.- Maurice Lake, miembro independiente del Parlamento anunció el domingo su candidatura con el Partido Unido St Read more

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Interval Int Celebrates 40 On St. Maarten, Says Caribbean Biggest Attraction For American Time Share Owners

PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten - Vacation service provider Interval international is currently celebrating their 40th anniversary.

Officials of Interval as well as the American Resort Development Association are currently on the island to celebrate this mile stone.

On Sunday evening an awards ceremony was held in which the Prime Minister of St. Maarten the Honorable William Marlin was in attendance Read more

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Minister Lee Briefed On Ambulance Staff Training

PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten - An intense training in basic life support, and advance life support was given to the ambulance staff last week by Ruud Verhalle, and Rogier Evenhuis who are both nurse practitioners emergency care from the Regional Ambulance Service (RAV) located in Brabant Middle- West-North Holland.

Discussions about the upgrading of the ambulance equipment, trainings, ways to improve the comfort of the patient, and the expansion of medications were some topics discussed with the Minister of public health, social development and Labor Emil Lee on Friday during a briefing about the staff training Read more

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11 Scooters Controlled And Confiscated By Police

PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten - On Sunday May 15th in the afternoon to evening hours numerous calls came into the Police Central Dispatch of a large group of motorcycles and scooters were riding recklessly and causing a great deal of unnecessary noise and in doing so disrupting the peace and causing public disorder in Philipsburg and surrounding areas.

These riders were also not wearing proper safety gear such as a helmet. Police patrols were informed of what was going on and immediately went on the search for the riders.

Several police patrols involved in this control succeeded in stopping a large number of these riders at the lookout point at the top of Cole Bay hill (Harold Jack) while the rest of them, when they noticed that they were being stopped by police, turned around and sped away Read more

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PHILPSBURG:--- An intense training in basic life support, and advance life support was given to the ambulance staff last week by Ruud Verhalle, and Rogier Evenhuis who are both nurse practitioners emergency care from the Regional Ambulance Service (RAV) located in Brabant Middle- West-North Holland. Discussions about the upgrading of the ambulance equipment, trainings, ways to improve the comfort of the patient, and the expansion of medications were some topics discussed with the Minister of public health, social development and Labor Emil Lee on Friday during a briefing about the staff training.

Minister Lee stated, “I am delighted to see that the Ambulance department is continuing with training efforts to maintain their proficiency Read more

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PHILIPSBURG:--- On Sunday May 15th in the afternoon to evening hours numerous calls came into the Police Central Dispatch of a large group of motorcycles and scooters were riding recklessly and causing a great deal of unnecessary noise and in doing so disrupting the peace and causing public disorder in Philipsburg and surrounding areas. These riders were also not wearing proper safety gear such as a helmet. Police patrols were informed of what was going on and they immediately went in the search for the riders Read more

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