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Application Open For First Youth Pitch Competition

Finance Minister Ardwell Irion

PHILIPSBURG--Student entrepreneurs in secondary schools can now apply to participate in the first-ever National Youth Pitch Competition.

  Students must work in teams of no more than four students from the same school. Applications close on September 30. Thereafter, a committee will sco Read more

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Theo: Up Has Become Stepchild Of The Na

~ Against removal of Grisha ~

PHILIPSBURG--The United Peoples (UP) party has become a stepchild of the National Alliance (NA), says UP founder and former leader Theo Heyliger.

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Kpsm Cadets Learn About Mental Health From Mhf

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten — Cadets of the Police Force of Sint Maarten KPSM received a presentation on Friday, September 2, about the operations and healthcare resources of the Mental Health Foundation (MHF), the countrys mental health status, and collaborating with stakeholders to mitigate stigma of Mental health.

Clinical Psychologist and MHF Clinic Coordinator Tameka Lambert, registered nurse and case manager Dione Trustfull, and psychologist and education and prevention officer Emmalexis Velasquez made the presentation to the cadets.

To keep the session interactive, there were role-playing scenarios that allowed the cadets to put the information they received into practice Read more

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~Secondary School Students can Win up to ANG 10 000 and an entrepreneurial exchange at #NYP22~

PHILIPSBURG:--- Student entrepreneurs in secondary schools can now apply to participate in the first-ever National Youth Pitch Competition. Students must work in teams of no more than four (4) students of the same school. Applications close on September 30. Thereafter a committee will score the applications and the five (5) highest scoring teams will move on to a six (6) week accelerator with experts who will coach them and help prepare them for the finals on November 20, 2022 Read more

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PHILIPSBURG: ---- Its been five years since Hurricane Irma and Maria impacted St. Maarten/ St. Martin in September 2017, Irma was the largest hurricane that struck the island after Luis in 1995. However, five years later and the destruction caused by Irma is still visible. Many people are still unable to repair their homes, some people are still lodging with friends and families since they lost everything in the monster storm. Life has not been the same since the passing of Irma and Maria while the pandemic kicked off in March 2020 has added more fire to the fury Read more

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Exclusive: Vice Chairman And Member Resigns From Nv Gebe Board.

PHILIPSBURG: --- The Vice Chairman of  NV GEBE board Dimar Labega and board member Vanesa Fraser submitted their resignation to the shareholder representatives on Sunday. So far 4 members of the board have submitted their resignations. They are Chairman Anastasio Baker, Lela Simmons, Dimar Labega, and Vanesa Fraser Read more

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~ Part 1~: Remembering The Devastation Of September 6, 2017

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten — The early morning of September 6, 2017, is a morning that none of us residing on St. Maarten/St. Martin and Anguilla will ever forget. That morning, the strongest Hurricane ever recorded on the Saffir-Simpson scale struck our island Read more

Pm: Sufficient Info Not Provided To Shareholder On Billing Of Clients

PHILIPSBURG--Utilities company GEBE has not provided sufficient information to its shareholder (government) regarding the billing of clients since reopening after its March 17 ransomware attack, for the shareholder to give an accurate account on how many persons have actually been billed, Prime Minister Silveria Jacobs told Mem Read more

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Gordon- Carty: Lack Of Responsible Leadership Eroding CountryS Moral Code

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten — Mrs. Pamela Gordon-Carty, Leader of the United St. Maarten Party on Sunday expressed grave concern with the manner in which issues of public concern are handled in the country.

We seem to enjoy the demise and slander of our fellow citizens depending on who they are and what the accusations are against them. Disappointment and compassion have been replaced by social media slander and gossip; we no longer consider the impact of our actions on the families of the accused before they have had their day in court Read more

Ebenezer. The Forgotten Neighborhood

EBENEZER, Sint Maarten — According to Gromyko Wilson, since the passage of hurricane Irma in 2017 there are a number of neighborhoods that has been neglected.
These include areas such as Dutch Quarter, Fort Willem and most outstanding is the Ebenezer Estate.

During a tour of this area following the recent tropical system which is now tropical storm Earl there are several streets without street lightening and some roads the street poles are still turn since the passing of Hurricane Irma back in 2017.

Surprisingly, some of the main streets doesn’t have LED lightening while some of the cross streets have no lights at all Read more

Legislation Regulating Short-Term Contracts To Take Effect October 1

PHILIPSBURG--Minister of Public Health, Social Development and Labor VSA Omar Ottley told Members of Parliament (MPs) in the continuation of the Committee of Public Health, Social Development, and Labor of Parliament meeting on Friday that the legislation regulating short-term contracts is expected to go into effect October 1.

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Doran Saved By Just One Vote, Continues As Minister Of Vromi

Minister of VROMI Egbert Doran hurries out of Parliament building after surviving a Vote of No Confidence thanks to votes in his favour from amongst others Independent MP Akeem Arrindell (bottom left) and National Alliance MP William Marlin (bottom right), who both came to the Public Meeting of Parliament in support of Doran.

PHILIPSBURGMinister of Public Housing, Urban Planning, Environment and Infrastructure VROMI Egbert Doran (National Alliance) survived a Motion of No Confidence against him on Friday thanks to a decisive vote in his favour Read more

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Gebe Saga Fueled By Mixed Messaging And Lack Of Proper Planning

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten — The Board of the United St. Maarten Party stated on Friday that customer confidence in GEBE is none existent because statements being made by the Prime Minister and the Temporary Manager of GEBE are not in-sync.

“GEBE was hit by a cyber-attack on March 17th, 2022 and as of today September 2nd, 2022 there has been no clear explanation as to what steps have been taken or will be taken to ensure that the citizens of country St Read more

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Beyond Kultura Busca Un Candidato De Lectura En Voz Alta Para El Libro De Cuentos En Video Storm

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten – Beyond Kultura Events Foundation (BKEF), TVCARIB y Divergences (Tashira Richardson) estn trabajando juntos para la produccin del libro de cuentos en video animado STORM, basado en el libro infantil de la autora Loekie Morales sobre dos nios experimentando el paso del huracn Irma en Sint Maarten. El prximo martes 6 de septiembre se cumple el quinto ao que conmemoramos estos devastadores hechos provocados por el huracn Irma.

BKEF est buscando candidatos locales de MEN con la voz perfecta para leer esta historia de huracanes en el estudio de TV CARIB Read more

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De Weever Withdraws Support From Up, Goes Independent

PHILIPSBURG--Member of Parliament (MP) Ludmila de Weever has withdrawn her support from the United Peoples (UP) party and has declared herself Independent. 

 Things are no longer aligned and with that I will have to declare my independence, de Wever said during the notification segment of the continuation of the urgent Read more

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~ All 15 MPs graced the floor of parliament on Friday.~

PHILIPSBURG:--- The motion presented by the Party for Progress against the Minister of VROMI Egbert Jurendy Doran was rejected by 8 members of parliament that support the coalition.
Members of Parliament that voted in favor of the motion felt the Minister did not provide evidence that he did not purposely withhold documents from the Ombudsman Read more

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PHILIPSBURG:--- As the motion on no confidence facing the Minister of VROMI Egbert Jurendy Doran and the return of Member of Parliament William Marlin for the continuation of the meeting of parliament Read more

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Gebe Recovered Data Not Usable, Two Companies Hired Post Ransomware Attack.

~ Information is too sensitive for public debate. ~

PHILIPSBURG:--- Prime Minister Silveria Jacobs told parliament on Friday that many of their questions could not be answered on the floor of parliament since the information is too sensitive.
Jacobs said that based on the information the shareholder received it showed that the management of NV GEBE hired two companies after the March 16th, 2022, ransomware attack Read more

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Mp Arrindel Busca Respuestas Relacionadas Con Los Desarrollos En Nv Gebe

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten – El miembro del parlamento Akeem Arrindell expres sus preocupaciones al Honorable Ministro de VROMI Egbert Doran con respecto a los ltimos desarrollos y los problemas actuales en general en NV Gebe, dijo el jueves un comunicado de prensa del MP Arrindell.

Los planes de la compaa para avanzar en la prevencin de ataques como los recientes ataques cibernticos, si se han realizado actualizaciones hasta el momento para evitar que vuelvan a ocurrir, as como qu tan segura es la red en este momento, fueron algunas de las preguntas planteadas durante la sesin parlamentaria Read more

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Lanzamiento Integral De Visin Nacional De Desarrollo Construir Una Nacin Sin Dejar A Nadie Atrs

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten El Departamento del Interior y Relaciones del Reino (BAK) ha formado un comit organizador para preparar un lanzamiento integral de la Visin Nacional de Desarrollo (NDV) de Sint Maarten.

El lanzamiento se est preparando para los das previos al Da de Sint Maarten, el 11 de noviembre de 2022. La Visin Nacional de Desarrollo de Sint Maarten se desarrolla a travs de un enfoque participativo inclusivo, que incluy a todos los ministerios, el sector privado y las organizaciones de la sociedad civil y el pblico.

Con el objetivo de No dejar a nadie atrs, la Visin Nacional es el resultado de un enfoque coherente centrado en las personas Read more

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Mp Arrindell Addressing Minister Doran About Gebe

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Psg Cruise Arrivals Near 500,000 In First Eight Months. Outpaces The Forecast Period

PORT ST. MAARTEN For the first eight months of 2022, Port St. Maarten has received 316 cruise ship calls bringing in 493,000 cruise passengers between January and August.

The total passenger numbers to date outpace the ports projection over this period by almost 55.000 passengers but could have been a lot better due to low cruise vessel occupancy numbers in the first quarter of 2022.

In an invited comment, the Acting Minister of Tourism & Economic Affairs Hon. Omar Ottley said: “Many business owners and stakeholders have been concerned with the low cruise activity during the summer period.

We found it important to notify the public that the decrease in cruise activity was no fault of the destination, but due to the salvaging of numerous ships during the pandemic.

What is important is to focus on the promising season ahead where vessels are expecting a 100% and above occupancy Read more

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PHILIPSBURG:--- Member of Parliament Akeem Arrindell brings his concerns to the Honorable Minister Doran in charge of VROMI in regards to the latest developments, and ongoing issues overall at NV GEBE.

The company's plans moving forward with the prevention of attacks such as the recent Cyber Attacks, if any upgrades done thus far to prevent reoccurrence, as well as how secure is the network at this present time were some of the questions posed Read more

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~Building a Nation while leaving no one behind~

PHILIPSBURG:--- The Department of the Interior and Kingdom Relations (BAK) has put together an organizing committee to prepare an all-inclusive launch of Sint Maartens National Development Vision (NDV). The launch is being prepared for the days leading up to Sint Maarten Day, November 11, 2022. Sint Maartens National Development Vision is developed through an all-inclusive participatory approach, which included all ministries, the private sector and civil society organizations, and the public.

With the objective to, Leave no one behind, the National Vision is the result of a coherent people-centered approach Read more

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