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Contractor Issues Ultimatum To Mps Heyliger And Meyers

SUCKER GARDEN--Contractor Robelto and Sons BV issued a 72-hour ultimatum on Friday morning to United People’s (UP) party Members of Parliament (MPs) Theo Heyliger and Read more

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Paho Announces That The American Region Marks 25-Years Polio Free

GREAT BAY, Sint Maarten (DCOMM) – This week (August 23) marked 25-years since the last case of wild poliovirus in the Region of the Americas, Collective Prevention Services (CPS), a department of the Ministry of Public Health, Social Development and Labour (Ministry VSA) pointed out.

The CPS is elated with the Polio achievement within the Americas region, and also reminds persons to double check their vaccination records to ensure that their vaccination/immunization is up to date for the population from birth to 17 years of age.  For further information they can contact CPS.

For the population older than 18 and above, they should contact their physician for information on their vaccination coverage.

The world is now closer than ever to achieving a polio-free world, and all countries in the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) region, have been working hard towards maintaining the Americas region polio free and achieving the objectives outlined in the Polio Eradication and Endgame Strategic Plan.

Polio cases have decreased by over 99% since 1988, from an estimated 350 000 cases in more than 125 endemic countries then, to 74 reported cases in two endemic countries in 2015.

PAHO reports that today, only two countries in the world remain endemic for the disease–the smallest geographic area in history Read more

Paho Announces That The American Region Marks 25-Years Polio Free.

GREAT BAY(DCOMM):--- This week (August 23) marked 25-years since the last case of wild poliovirus in the Region of the Americas, Collective Prevention Services (CPS), a department of the Ministry of Public Health, Social Development and Labour (Ministry VSA) pointed out.

The CPS is elated with the Polio achievement within the Americas region, and also reminds persons to double check their vaccination records to ensure that their vaccination/immunization is up to date for the population from birth to 17 years of age Read more

‘Middle Passage’ Viewed At Philipsburg Jubilee Library.

PHILIPSBURG:--- August 23rd was the International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition. To commemorate the UN observance, the Sint Maarten National Commission for UNESCO in collaboration with the Africa Caribbean Heritage Alliance (ACHA) and the Philipsburg Jubilee Library showed the DVD, ‘The Middle Passage’ a HBO Documentary and held a dialogue with a number of youth representatives from the St. Maarten Youth Parliament, St. Maarten Youth Brigade (Voice of Our Youth), SOIL (Source of Inspirational Learning), P.E.P Read more

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Mp Leona Marlin-Romeo Calls For Increased Levels Of Border Control

PHILIPSBURG—Honourable Independent Member of Parliament MP Leona Marlin-Romeo has expressed serious concerns over the level of security and effectiveness of present controls at borders for Country St. Maarten.

MP Marlin-Romeo said “As a small island we have to be cognizant of our capacity and who is in our Country.” This must be approached structurally and should include further education for law enforcement agents on border control Read more

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Mp Marlin-Romeo Calls For Increased Border Control

PHILIPSBURG--Independent Member of Parliament (MP) Leona Marlin-Romeo said on Thursday she has serious concerns about the level of security and effectiveness of controls at the country’s borders.

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Beauperthuy Petition To Save Their Land Hits 495 Signatures

~ Family gives detailed explanation of family history ~

MARIGOT--With the on-line petition “Our Land Matters – we are St. Martin” rising to 495 signatures, the Beauperthuy family in St. Martin has sought to give the population a full overview of the family history as they fight a legal action to prevent parcel AW59 at Boo Boo Jam from being auctioned off for 341,000 euros despite the fact the family are current heirs to the property.
To recap, the family at the beginning of August received notification by a Marshall to vacate parcel AW59 within 15 days Read more

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Saba Again Receives Positive Audit On Financial Statements

By Suzanne Koelega

SABA/THE HAGUE--The 2015 financial statements of the Public Entity Saba has received a positive audit, again. This is the fourth time in a row, a milestone which has not been accomplished by any other Dutch Caribbean island. The Saba Island Council discussed the 2015 annual report and related documents in the Central Committee on Thursday.

The audit statement of accounting firm Ernst and Young (EY) was positive in all aspects. “We are of the opinion that the audit information that we received was sufficient and suitable to offer a substantiation for our qualification regarding the dependability of the annual report and the financial legitimacy.”

The accountant stated that the 2015 annual account presented a “true view of the size and composition” of both the revenues and expenditures over 2015 of the assets and liabilities per December 31, 2015, in accordance with the budget and other relevant legislation Read more

Wuite Calls 26% Youth Unemployment ‘Nuts’

PHILIPSBURG--“Nuts” is how Jorien Wuite, Secretary-General for Education and Youth as well as Parliamentarian hopeful, described the current 26 per cent youth unemployment rate in the country.

“There is no room for complacency anymore, and it’s time to get out of our comfort zone. A lot of opportunities for entrepreneurs, for example in fashion and performing arts, are easily gained,” Wuite said on “Oral Gibbes - Speaking of Everything” show according to a Democratic Party press statement.

The high percentage of youth unemployment “has bothered her for a long time,” said Wuite whose party is in the current governing coalition Read more

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Us Party Proposes Profit Tax Break For Local Entrepreneurs

PHILIPSBURG--The United St. Maarten Party (US Party) says it will enact a five-year profit tax break for young local entrepreneurs who invest in up and coming fields of business. Among the areas considered “up and coming” are agro-farming, e-zoning, technology and automation.

Heyliger And Meyers Has 72 Hours To Publicly Retract Their False Statements Or Consider Legal Action

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten — In a press release issued late Wednesday (August 25) night by Robelto & Sons NV the director Mr. Flanders broke his silence by saying;

In the week of August 15 both the leader and the deputy leader  of the United People’s Party went in the media and boldly made the statement that Robelto & Sons BV has collected or at least has billed government for a total amount of 19 times 148,500.00 guilders or 2.82 Million Guilders.

This statement is a blatant lie and we will not accept these types of statements from persons whose goal it is to fool the people of St Read more

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Usp’S Manifesto Released, Urges Public To Believe In St. Maarten

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten — Leader of the United St. Maarten (US) party MP Frans Richardson on Thursday presented the first copy of the party’s 2016 Manifesto to representatives of the Philipsburg Jubilee Library, in the presence of students from the St. Maarten Academy who just happened to present at the same time of the presentation.

Richardson told the students, who were working on a political project for school, that he was honored that they could be the first to see the manifesto Read more

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Wuite On Gibbes: “26% Youth Unemployment Is “Nuts”’

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten — At Oral Gibbes’”Speaking of Everything” show DP No#3 Jorien Wuite was highly critical of the current situation of youth unemployment on Sint Maarten. Stressing the need for rapid expansion of their possibilities on island, she called the current percentage of 26% youth unemployment “nuts”.

“We are in a highly competitive region Read more

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Frans: Five-Year Profit Tax Break For Young,  Local Entrepreneurs

~ It’s past time we do this for our people ~

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten — The United St. Maarten (US) party will seek to enact a five-year profit tax break for young local entrepreneurs who seek to invest in up and coming fields of business. Leader of the USP Frans Richardson stressed on Thursday that the world is evolving and so too should St Read more

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Usp’S Manifesto Released, Urges Public To Believe In St. Maarten.

PHILIPSBURG:-- The Leader of the United St. Maarten (US) party MP Frans Richardson on Thursday presented the first copy of the party’s 2016 Manifesto to representatives of the Philipsburg Jubilee Library, in the presence of students from the St. Maarten Academy who just happened to present at the same time of the presentation.
Richardson told the students, who were working on a political project for school, that he was honored that they could be the first to see the manifesto Read more

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PHILIPSBURG (DCOMM) — Minister of Finance Richard Gibson meets with Mr. Julian Ramirez and Professor Peter Kavelaars , Managing Partners of Deloitte in the Dutch Caribbean and the Netherlands, to present their latest book on levying taxation in Sint Maarten, Aruba, Curaçao and the BES islands. The book “Het fiscale stelsel in het Caribisch Koninkrijk” describes and analyses the tax systems of all countries in the Caribbean under the Dutch Kingdom Read more

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Said INSO’s Bid should have been disqualified --- No Dialysis, Oncology Center, and Special Wing will be included if INSO constructs Hospital.

PHILIPSBURG:---KPMG and USZV has one more hurdle to cross before the finalization of the contract for the new hospital is realized and they may well have to face court litigations if the contract is awarded to INSO. Two of the three companies that bid on the project has submitted their objections to the project manager at KPMG. According to information and documentation, SMN News obtained the objections were filed on August 12th, 2016.
Some of the arguments used by VAMED, the Austria company that worked on a concept for USZV invested a significant amount of time and also incurred significant costs in order to participate in the tender for the new hospital on St Read more

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The Role Of Your Elected Parliamentarian

As a politician, campaigning for the elections on September 26th, I am constantly bombarded with questions such as, what can you do for me? Will you fix my papers? Can you make sure that I get a job? Will you increase the pension of my aged mother who is unable to survive on such a meager income?

I truly understand the plight of these persons and I wish I could tell them yes. But that would be only telling them lies, making empty promises and giving them false hope. Unfortunately, this is what the majority of parties and politicians are doing Read more

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Frantz Gumbs Not Running In 2017, Endorses Mussington Party Instead

MARIGOT--Former President of the Collectivité from 2008-2012, Frantz Gumbs has stated he will not be forming a list to contest the 2017 Territorial Council elections due to his commitments at the Cité Scolaire where he is the Principal.

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Romain Laville Found Guilty Of Illegal Firearm Possession

~ Acquitted of death threats ~

PHILIPSBURG--Former Member of Parliament (MP) Romain Laville (38) was sentenced by the Court of First Instance on Wednesday to a suspended prison sentence of one month, on two years’ probation, for the illegal possession of a firearm with ammunition.

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Why did Minister of VSA appoint Carty retroactive to 2014?

PHILIPSBURG:--- The appointment of the interim director now director of USZV has raised a number of questions based on documents SMN News obtained. One has to now question if Carty was acting and or signing agreements on behalf of USZV illegally. While Carty was appointed by word of mouth to the position of interim director of USZV on July 1st, 2015 to June 30th, 2016. The Gumbs cabinet only took a decision on October 14th, 2015 where they made the appointment official and retroactive to July 1st, 2015, while the Chairman of Supervisory Board of Directors (SBOD) was informed officially of the appointment on October 27th, 2015 by the then Prime Minister Marcel Gumbs.
While Carty’s appointment expired on June 30th, 2016, he continued to work and committed SZV (AOV) funds during the month of July and August 2016 while he had no official working agreement.
What is more questionable is the Landsbesluit signed off within four days by Governor Holiday on August 4th, 2016.

The documents which that is below the article shows that the SBOD of USZV sent in a proposal to the Gumbs cabinet on September 3rd, 2015 to appoint Carty as the Director of USZV while he was in possession of a contract that expires on June 30th, 2016.
The LB continues to show that Carty was appointed Director of USZV for an unlimited period of time even though he has another full-time job as the CEO of UTS St Read more

Usp Moves Thursday Meeting To Saturday

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten — Due to uncertainty surrounding the present weather conditions, the United St. Maarten Party (USP) has moved its first public meeting to Saturday, August 27. The event will be held in the same location, Simpson Bay, across of the Harbour Restaurant.

The meeting was initially scheduled for Thursday, August 25, but the party explained that Thursday evening shows chances of remnant showers from the passing tropical wave Read more

Up Party Postpones Public Meeting Due To Inclement Weather. Dutch Quarter Public Meeting Set For Saturday

SUCKER GARDEN — The United People’s Party (UP Party), has postponed the public meeting at its first scheduled venue in Sucker Garden until further notice and is inviting the general public to its Saturday August 27th public meeting in Dutch Quarter on the Plantz Property adjacent Mc Donald’s.

The public meeting will begin at 7:00pm and ending at 11:00pm. The general public is invited to come out and get updates from the 23 energetic candidates for the UP Party, who are eager to tell its supporters the many plans they have been busy working on for the future of Country St Read more

Usp Moves Thursday Meeting To Saturday.

PHILIPSBURG:--- Due to uncertainty surrounding the present weather conditions, the United St. Maarten Party (USP) has moved its first public meeting to Saturday, August 27. The event will be held in the same location, Simpson Bay, across of the Harbour Restaurant.

The meeting was initially scheduled for Thursday, August 25, but the party explained that Thursday evening shows chances of remnant showers from the passing tropical wave Read more