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Scell’S Journalism Course Starts At Usm.

PHILIPSBURGL--- On February 2nd 2016 The University of St.Martin’s School of Continuing Education & Life-Long Learning, (SCELL)’s, Journalism course commenced.

The course, “Journalism, Understanding What’s New About News” had started out as a vision of the Member of Parliament, Hon. Tamara Leonard and the “I AM SXM” foundation, and through a collaborative initiative between the former Minister of Tourism, Economic Affairs, Traffic & Telecommunications (TEATT), Mr Read more

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Urgent Parliament Meeting Requested About Nipa Issue

PHILIPSBURG--An urgent Parliament meeting has been requested about issues related to the National Institute for Professional Advancement (NIPA) by Members of Parliament (MPs) Leona Marlin-Romeo (independent), Read more

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Sarah Calls On Gebe Board To Make Positions Available

PHILIPSBURG--The relationship between the supervisory board of utilities company GEBE and (past and present) Government is enough for reason for the board “to make positions available” to Government, said Democratic Party (DP) leader, Parliament Chairwoman Sarah Wescot-Williams on Thursday Read more

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Jacobs Receives Presentation On Student Identification Cards

PHILIPSBURG--Minister of Education Silveria Jacobs visited police headquarters earlier this week and received an extensive explanation regarding the recently-implemented identification card for secondary school students.

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Ambulance Dispatchers Participate In Certification And Re-Certification Advanced Emergency Medical Dispatch (Emd)

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten – Minister Emil Lee of Public Health, Social Development & Labor would like to applaud and congratulate Mr. Cylred Richardson, Head of the Ambulance Department for taking the initiative to empower his staff to participate in the certification and recertification of an EMD course.

The constantly evolving Priority Dispatch System (PDS) will help provide the highest standard of care to the community, allowing Emergency Medical Dispatchers to better manage limited resources and increase the accuracy and efficiency of the dispatching process.

Ambulance Department Dispatchers took part in a three-day certification and recertification training course from Monday, February 1, through Wednesday, February 3, 2016 in the Medical Priority Dispatch System™ (MPDS®) to better serve the citizens of St Read more

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No Support For Budget From Mp Tamara Leonard

PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten – United People’s (UP) party Member of Parliament (MP) Tamara Leonard says the draft 2016 budget will not have her support, because it has nothing to generate additional revenue to better the position of Government and by extension the people of St Read more

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Mp Marlin-Romeo And Colleagues Request Urgent Meeting Of Parliament About Nipa

PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten – A letter was sent on February 2nd 2016 to the President of Parliament requesting an urgent meeting with the Minister of Education Youth Affairs and Sports on the issues related to the National Institute for Professional Advancement (NIPA).

Independent Member of Parliament (MP) Cornelius de Weever and MP Tamara Leonard, supported the request for an urgent meeting taken into consideration the press releases and recent newspaper articles that highlight the management, financial dilemma, court cases, lack of payment to the staff of NIPA.

The responsible minister is being requested to give an account on the ongoing issues as the reputation, the continuity of NIPA and the quality of education is at stake Read more

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Ambulance Dispatchers Participates In Certification And Recertification Advanced Emergency Medical Dispatch (Emd)

PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten - Minister Emil Lee of Public Health, Social Development & Labor would like to applaud and congratulate Mr. Cylred Richardson, Head of the Ambulance Department for taking the initiative to empower his staff to participate in the certification and recertification of an EMD course.

The constantly evolving Priority Dispatch System (PDS) will help provide the highest standard of care to the community, allowing Emergency Medical Dispatchers, to better manage limited resources and increase the accuracy and efficiency of the dispatching process.

Ambulance Department Dispatchers took part in a three day certification and recertification training course from Monday February 1st through Wednesday February 3rd 2016 in the Medical Priority Dispatch System™ (MPDS®) to better serve the citizens of St Read more

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Carpha Observes World Cancer Day

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago - Cancers are the second leading cause of death in the Caribbean region. 

Breast cancer is the main cause of death among females, followed by cervical cancer. Cervical cancer is one of the most preventable, yet it claims the lives of a large number of women in the Caribbean each year.

The majority of cancer deaths in Caribbean men are due to prostate cancer, followed by lung cancer Read more

PHILIPSBURG:--- As a Member of Parliament, I would like to commend the Minister of Education for the tough measures taken against NIPA Board for not cooperating with Government and submitting their audited financial reports. I have been very critical in Parliament in the previous public meetings that if the NIPA Board did not cooperate the only way to get their attention would be to put their subsidy on hold and have SOAB audit them, until Government makes the necessary changes in its policy for subsidized institutions Read more

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PHILIPSBURG:--- A letter was sent on February 2nd 2016 to the President of Parliament requesting an urgent meeting with the Minister of Education Youth Affairs and Sports on the issues related to the National Institute for Professional Advancement (NIPA).

Independent Member of Parliament (MP) Cornelius de Weever and MP Read more

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PHILIPSBURG:--- Minister Emil Lee of Public Health, Social Development & Labor would like to applaud and congratulate Mr. Cylred Richardson, Head of the Ambulance Department for taking the initiative to empower his staff to participate in the certification and recertification of an EMD course. The constantly evolving Priority Dispatch System (PDS) will help provide the highest standard of care to the community, allowing Emergency Medical Dispatchers, to better manage limited resources and increase the accuracy and efficiency of the dispatching process.
Ambulance Department Dispatchers took part in a three day certification and recertification training course from Monday February 1st through Wednesday February 3rd 2016 in the Medical Priority Dispatch System™ (MPDS®) to better serve the citizens of St Read more

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Marlin: Govt. Can’T Agree With Plasterk On Dispute Proposal

PHILIPSBURG--St. Maarten cannot agree with the proposal on the establishment of a dispute regulation for the kingdom as put forward by Dutch Minister for Interior Affairs and Kingdom Relations Ronald Plasterk, said Prime Minister William Marlin.

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Moot Court

Students who participated in the recently concluded Moot Court competition in the Netherlands were praised by Government for winning third place in the competition. Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports Silveria Jacobs thanked the students for their participation and main sponsor Lexwell Attorneys at Law for footing the travelling bill for the seven students and three mentors to the Netherlands Read more

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Gibson: Naf. 20M ‘Reserve’ Projected In Draft Budget

PHILIPSBURG--The draft 2016 budget, though “lean and mean,” is projected to have a NAf. 20 million “reserve” should all projections become reality, according to Finance Minister Richard Gibson. That reserve will be funnelled to paying a part of Government’s debts to Social and Health Insurance Fund SZV and the General Pension Fund APS Read more

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Armand Meda: The Fight Against Zika, “….There Are Families In Homes Out There With Situations That Make Them Totally Helpless…..”

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten — In a statement released by Armand Meda, he stated “The World Health Organization recently reported that the Zika Virus has been detected in 23 countries throughout the Americas and the Caribbean.

A scientist from the WHO has also forecast that there could be up to three to four million infections from the Virus over the next year Read more

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Insurance Association Elects Board – Dwayne Elgin Voted New President

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten —- The Sint Maarten Insurance Association (SMIA) installed a new Board following their recent annual elections.  The new Board will be led by President elect, Dwayne Elgin (CEO of NAGICO Insurances). Mr. Elgin takes over the reins from outgoing President, Mr. Eric Ellis who served in that capacity from the inception of the Association in 2013 and is also a founding member.

The newly elected board comprises of Vice President- Olivier van de Gevel (Branch Manager of Guardian); Treasurer -Wayne Johnson (Branch Manager of ICWI); Secretary- Cynthia Rotsburg(Branch Manager Caribbean Alliance) Read more

Gebe Workers Demanding That William Brooks Be Appointed Ceo Of The Company.

PHILIPSBURG:--- Workers of GEBE that are supporting William Brooks, the Temporary Manager that resigned from his post last week citing that he will wait on the shareholder representative to take a decision on his appointment as CEO called on Prime Minister William Marlin on Wednesday afternoon for an urgent meeting since they plan to take action if the shareholder do not appoint Brooks Read more

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Laville’S Trial Moved To May

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GREAT BAY – Former Member of Parliament Romain Laville will have to wait until May 11 for the outcome of his trial, because his the court granted his attorney Shaira Bommel’s request to hear several witnesses at the Judge of Instruction.

Laville has been charged with threatening the lives of former MP Jules James on June 11, 2012 and steel pan icon Isidore York on November 23 of the same year Read more

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Finance Minister Gibson: “Very Frugal Budget With Room For Expansion”

St. Maarten News:  The government intends to sell the new administration building on Pond Island for around 50 million guilders to social insurance agency SZV. With the building, SZV will also acquire the adjacent terrain of more than 15,000 square meters and the parking lot that borders on the TelEm property of 5,000 square meters. A parcel of land bordering on this parking lot of 1,800 square meters is also part of the deal. This appears from the explanatory notes with the draft 2016 budget that Governor Holiday submitted to the parliament on Monday.

In the preface, Finance Minister Richard Gibson Sr Read more

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Plasterk About Dispute Regulation “Kingdom Cannot Deviate From Decisions, Unless …”

St. Maarten News:  The Kingdom Council of Ministers cannot deviate from an advice issued by a dispute regulator, unless such a deviation is properly motivated,” Kingdom Relations Minister Ronald Plasterk said at a press conference yesterday at the end of his visit to St. Maarten. With this statement, Plasterk seems to come back from his earlier stance that the Kingdom Council of Ministers should always have the last word in disputes between the countries in the kingdom.

The only issue that separates Plasterk and the Caribbean autonomous countries St Read more

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Casinos Major Contributors To Increased State Revenue

St. Maarten News: The government projects an increase in state revenue of 3.1 percent this year compared to (still budgeted) 2015-revenue of 445 million guilders. The real revenue in 2014 was 422 million, but this year the government expects to pull in 458.9 million.

Most of this income stems from taxes – 363.8 million, but that is not where the increase comes from, since the budgeted tax-revenue in 2015 was slightly higher at 364.8 million. In 2014, tax-revenue was 352.4 million.

The bulk of the increase has to come from the casinos Read more

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Minister Lee Wants Study Unemployment Insurance

St. Maarten News: Minister Emil Lee (Public Health, Social Development and Labor) intends to merge the social services and the labor department to promote integral services.” This appears from the explanatory notes with the draft 2016 budget.

The ministry will conduct a feasibility study into unemployment insurance. “The jobless employee currently does not enjoy benefits linked to his unemployment Read more

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PHILIPSBURG:---The Sint Maarten Insurance Association (SMIA) installed a new Board following their recent annual elections. The new Board will be led by President elect, Dwayne Elgin (CEO of NAGICO Insurances). Mr. Elgin takes over the reins from outgoing President, Mr. Eric Ellis who served in that capacity from the inception of the Association in 2013 and is also a founding member.
The newly elected board comprises of Vice President- Olivier van de Gevel (Branch Manager of Guardian); Treasurer -Wayne Johnson (Branch Manager of ICWI); Secretary- Cynthia Rotsburg(Branch Manager Caribbean Alliance) Read more