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Cerd Admits To Having Racial Discrimination In The Kingdom, Makes Recommendation For Changes Across The Board.

PHILIPSBURG:--- The Committee of the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) in its August 25th report admitted to several forms of discrimination within the Kingdom and its overseas countries.
Standing out in the report is the discrimination displayed against the Dutch Caribbean Countries for liquidity support during the COVID 19 pandemic. The report that is posted under this article states that the committee is concerned by a report that economic support provided to the Dutch Kingdom.
Members of Parliament namely the United Peoples Party Faction leader Grisha Marten Heyliger came under severe criticism when they sent a petition to the United Nations for Racial Discrimination highlighting the countries predicament.
Heyliger Marten and her team have been vindicated by the CERD who said that the countries in the Caribbean were linked to conditionalities prior to receiving liquidity support.

Caribbean countries in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic were linked to conditionalities and were thus less favorable than that provided to the European Netherlands, providing less assistance to alleviate the negative economic impact of the pandemic on the ethnic minorities in the Dutch Caribbean countries Read more

PHILIPSBURG:--- Faction leader for the United Peoples Party Grisha Marten Heyliger in her closing remarks on Monday at the closing of the parliamentary year said that a foundation is a key requirement for any development to be successful.
The Foundational element of building a nation has to include the vision of their people.
That vision can form part of the developmental framework for what St Read more

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PHILIPSBURG:---  The chair of parliament Roland Brison did not mince words on Monday when he called out the laziest Member of Parliament during the closing of the parliamentary year.

The UPP MP and chair of parliament said when listening to the positions stated by members of parliament, he looked around the hall and understand the concerns, because for most of the faction leaders, the level of representation, and more importantly, the level of work they put in, is very clear and commendable from his viewpoint as chairman.

Brison said however he does feel the need to give his observations of how the factions of parliament and its members are functioning, and how he believes they should be going forward.

First the good:

For at least 5 of the 6 factions in parliament he observed that every single one of them has presented amendments, motions, has chaired meetings in their respective committees across opposition/coalition lines, and other real initiatives things that are today being upheld by the government Read more

~ Marlin promised change in the new parliamentary year.~

PHILIPSBURG:--- Faction leaders in the parliament of St. Maarten did not spare government in their closing remarks. Government was described as the worst in past years while having a bad parliament. Independent Member of Parliament Christopher Emmanuel said that this government placed their people on death row while depending on the Ombudsman to grant them clemency Read more

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New Building Codes And Environmental Norms Presented To Build Back Better

Final reports on Building Codes and Technical Norms were handed to Prime Minister Silveria Jacobs and Finance Minister Ardwell Irion on behalf of VROMI Minister Egbert Doran together Read more

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A Message To Minister Of Finance Mr. Ardwell Irion

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Victim Support St. Maarten Foundation Established As Part Of Ministry Of Justice

From left: VSS Secretary Isaac Harold Richardson, VSS Treasurer Roxanne Howell, Notary Faride Tjon Ajong, Minister of Justice Anna Richardson, VSS President Cassandra Richardson and Candidate Notary Keshia Richards.

PHILIPSBURG--I am elated for the establishment of the much-needed Victim Support St. Maarten Foundation, said Minister of Justice Anna Richardson, under whose leadership the support for victims of crimes is coming to fruition Read more

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Taxi Drivers Proudly Clean Up Harold Jack Lookout Point

Taxi drivers were out in force Saturday morning to clean up the immediate area around the Harold Jack Lookout Point.

COLE BAY--A group of taxi drivers representing the Dutch St. Maarten Taxi Association, Airport Taxi Association and Downtown Taxi Association rolled up their sleeves Saturday, to clean up Harold Jack Lookout Point on Cole Bay Hill Read more

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PHILIPSBURG (DCOMM):--- Members of Association of Dutch Municipalities VNG-International handed over final reports of Building Codes and Technical Norms to Prime Minister Hon. Silveria Jacobs and Minister Hon. Ardwell Irion, on behalf of the Minister of VROMI Hon Read more

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PHILIPSBURG:--- Prime Minister Silveria Jacobs received SOS: Season of Storms here on Wednesday from the books author, Fabian Adekunle Badejo, said his publisher House of Nehesi (HNP).
The new poetry collection, presented to Prime Minister Jacobs on International Literacy Day, opens with a live wire of experiences borne of hurricanes Irma and Maria Read more

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Mp Buncamper Wants Answers On Water Contract, Says Fuel Clause Up 38 Per Cent

MP Claudius Toontje Buncamper.

PHILIPSBURG--United St. Maarten Party (US Party) Member of Parliament (MP) Claudius Toontje Buncamper sent a letter to Prime Minister Silveria Jacobs and the Council of Ministers on Wednesday, Se Read more

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Employers, Employees Violating Quarantine

PHILIPSBURG--Minister of Public Health, Social Development and Labor VSA Omar Ottley warns persons who are breaking quarantine measures, including employers who are demanding that employees break quarantine.

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Irion Taking Steps To Plug Szv Bleeding

PHILIPSBURG--Finance Minister Ardwell Irion is taking steps to correct some situations that were left unaddressed by previous governments.

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PHILIPSBURG:--- On Wednesday, September 8th, Member of Parliament and leader of the USP (United St. Maarten Party) faction in parliament, MP Claudius Buncamper sent a letter to Prime Minister Silveria Jacobs and the Council of Ministers (COM), regarding the GEBE water management contract and the fuel clause Read more

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PHILIPSBURG:--- Minister of Finance Ardwell Irion announced on Wednesday at the Council of Ministers press briefing that he took note of the reports made by the CFT. He said he noticed the report did not mention anything about the recommendations made by the IMF in their reports that state that the Netherlands should cancel the debt St. Maarten accumulated through liquidity support Read more

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PHILIPSBURG:--- Minister of Health Omar Ottley announced on Wednesday at the weekly press briefing that persons that were tested positive for the coronavirus (COVID-19) and were placed in quarantine have not been respecting their quarantine time.
The Minister said some of these persons returned to work prior to the 14 days while they mix and mingle with other people Read more

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Aalbers And Lont Present Capita Selecta; Caribisch Fiscaal Recht To Minister Irion

~Tax advisors present Finance Minister with Caribbean tax law book~

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten On Friday afternoon Minister of Finance Hon.
Ardwell Irion received a copy of the book Capita Selecta; Caribisch Fiscaal Recht,
presented by Tax Inspector Marco Aalbers and Tax Advisor Quincy Lont. Both
Aalbers and Lont are working in the tax field on Sint Maarten for many years and are
co-authors of the book.

The book contains a unique thematic introduction to tax law as it applies on Sint
Maarten, Curacao, Aruba, the BES islands and Suriname Read more

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~Tax advisors present Finance Minister with Caribbean tax law book~

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten On Friday afternoon Minister of Finance Hon. Ardwell Irion received a copy of the book Capita Selecta; Caribisch Fiscaal Recht,
presented by Tax Inspector Marco Aalbers and Tax Advisor Quincy Lont. Both Aalbers and Lont are working in the tax field on Sint Maarten for many years and are co-authors of the book.
The book contains a unique thematic introduction to the tax law as it applies to Sint Maarten, Curacao, Aruba, the BES islands, and Suriname Read more

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Aalbers And Lont Present Capita Selecta; Caribisch Fiscaal Recht To Minister Irion

~Tax advisors present Finance Minister with Caribbean tax law book~
PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten On Friday afternoon Minister of Finance Hon. Ardwell Irion received a copy of the book Capita Selecta; Caribisch Fiscaal Recht, presented by Tax Inspector Marco Aalbers and Tax Advisor Quincy Lont. Both Aalbers and Lont are working in the tax field on Sint Maarten for many years and are co-authors of the book.
The book contains a unique thematic introduction to tax law as it applies on Sint Maarten, Curacao, Aruba, the BES islands and Suriname Read more

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Emergency Response Capacity Of The Sint Maarten Fire Department Improved With Delivery Of Three Custom-Made Fire Trucks

Cay Hill The Sint Maarten Fire Department unveiled three recently delivered, custom-made fire trucks in a ceremony at the Fire and Ambulance Building on Monday, September 6, 2021. As these vehicles are outfitted with the latest equipment and designed with the countrys unique terrain in mind, the delivered fire trucks will markedly improve the Sint Maarten Fire Departments response capabilities to a variety of emergencies.

The journey to todays ceremony began more than a year ago, when Sint Maarten Fire Department officials sat at the drawing board with the project team of the National Recovery Program Bureau (NRPB) to specify and design fire trucks suitable to the countrys needs Read more

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Samuel Visits Smvts In Light Of Recent Events

In photo: Minister Samuel (far right) met with representatives of DPE, management of SMVTS, and a community officer.

PHILIPSBURG--Minister of Education, Culture, Youth and Sport (ECYS) Rodolphe Samuel visited St. Maarten Vocational Training School (SMVTS) on Friday, September 3, to get a full understanding of what transpired during Read more

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Emmanuel Says Govt Gullible In Dealing With Dutch, Says Coho Still Unnecessary

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten — Independent Member of Parliament Christophe Emmanuel on Monday re-iterated his position that the COHO or COHO 2.0 is a construct of control that is unnecessary in the bigger picture of St. Maarten implementing government reforms.
He said the government of St. Maarten is gullible when dealing with the Dutch or being willfully deceitful in keeping the public in the dark in regards to changes to the COHO legislation. We are approaching the end of the year and the entity known as COHO is still mired in controversy because in some shape or form it encroaches on the autonomy of the countries, Emmanuel said.

He stressed that State Secretary of Kingdom Relations & Interior Affairs Raymond Knops is forcing the countries to accept the entity by pretending to remove problematic areas of the COHO legislation, only to disguise COHOs true intent in other ways Read more

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Buncamper Wants Explanation Why Only One Bank Selected For Food Program

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten — Faction Leader of the United St. Maarten (US) party MP Claudius Buncamper on Monday questioned why only the swipe machines of one bank on St. Maarten was chosen for the food voucher program.

The MP stated that it was brought to his attention that food retailers who wanted to participate in the program could not do so because they did not have a swipe machine from the bank chosen to work with the program.

Buncamper said while he has no issue with the bank in question which has been a good corporate citizen on St Read more

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Collectives To Attempt Another Meeting With Prfet And President Gibbs Today

Monday afternoons meeting with Prfet Serge Gouteyron and the delegation of collectives succeeded in securing a meeting with Gouteyron, President Gibbs and elected officials this morning Tuesday. (Le Plican photo)

MARIGOT--After two aborted meetings, on Friday afternoon and again on Monday morning, the delegation from the collectives has agreed to a meeting at 9:00am, today, Tuesday, with Prfet Serge Gouteyron and President of the Collectivit Daniel Gibbs, the objective of which is to start negotiating on a number of topics affecting St Read more

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