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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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Continuation Urgent Public Meeting Of Parliament About The Final Report Of The Ombudsman Regarding Tendering And Awarding Process Of The Garbage Collection Contracts.

PHILIPSBURG:--- The House of Parliament will sit in a Public meeting on Friday, September 2, 2022.

This urgent Public meeting, which was adjourned on August 19, 2022, will be reconvened on Friday at 15.00 hrs. in the General Assembly Chamber of the House at Wilhelminastraat #1 in Philipsburg.
The Minister of Public Housing, Spatial Planning, Environment, and Infrastructure (VROMI) will return to Parliament to provide answers to the questions posed by Members of Parliament in the second round Read more

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Continuation Urgent Public Meeting Of Parliament Regarding Recent Developments Impacting The Liquidity Of N.V. Gebe.

PHILIPSBURG:--- The House of Parliament will sit in an urgent Public meeting on Friday, September 2, 2022.

The Public meeting which was adjourned on August 26, 2022, will be reconvened on Friday at 10.00 hrs. in the General Assembly Chamber of the House at Wilhelminastraat #1 in Philipsburg. The Minister of General Affairs (AZ) and the Minister of Public Housing, Spatial Planning and Infrastructure (VROMI) will be present.

The agenda point is:
Recent developments that impact the liquidity of the utility company and the ability of N.V Read more

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Pm Jacobs Presenta Enmienda Para La Reduccin Por Fases Em Los Recortes Por Covid-19

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten – La Primera Ministra Silveria Jacobs present el mircoles el Proyecto de Ordenanza Nacional que modifica la Ordenanza Nacional Temporal sobre los recortes de COVID-19 en las condiciones laborales de los funcionarios pblicos, en relacin con la reduccin gradual de los recortes a los trabajadores del gobierno.

El borrador fue presentado en una reunin pblica del Parlamento Read more

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Pm Jacobs Presents Amendment For Phased Reduction In Covid-19 Cuts

Prime Minister Silveria Jacobs.

PHILIPSBURG--Prime Minister (PM) Silveria Jacobs on Wednesday tabled the Draft National Ordinance amending the Temporary National Read more

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Irregularities At Receivers Office Under Investigation.

PHILIPSBURG: --- Minister of Finance Ardwell Irion announced that some irregularities have been found at the Receivers office that are now been investigated.
The Minister of Finance did not provide any information as to the type of irregularities but promised to give further information at a later date.

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Irregularities At Receivers Office Being Investigated, Civil Servant Suspended. (Updated)

~ Close to $100.00. missing, National Detectives investigated.~

PHILIPSBURG--A Civil Servant at the Government of St. Maarten Receivers Office has been suspended without pay after officials noticed that a large amount of cash was missing earlier this week. Sources say that about $100,000.00 went missing and the long-time civil servant has since been admitted.

According to a reliable source close to the investigation, the civil servant confessed to taking the undisclosed amount of cash from the daily intake at the Receiver's located inside the Government Administration Building in Philipsburg Read more

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~ I have never celebrated the firing of a civil servant~

PHILIPSBURG:--- Minister of VROMI Egbert Jurendy Doran said when questioned about the decisions he took since taking office that he has been putting out fires upon fires. Those fires include the Alegria affair, Over the bank land distribution, the bidding process for the garbage contracts, and the Ombudsman report not to mention NV GEBE and its continued saga since the black byte cyber attack.
Doran had to fire the Secretary General of VROMI when he began investigating the Alegria water rights promises Read more

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Baker, Simmonds Dejan Su Junta De Supervisin De Gebe

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten – Anastacio Baker y Lela Simmonds presentaron sus renuncias al Consejo de Administracin Supervisor (SBOD) de la empresa de servicios pblicos GEBE.

Baker, quien se desempe como Presidente del Consejo de Supervisin, renunci con efecto inmediato a partir del martes 29 de agosto. En su carta de renuncia dirigida a la Primera Ministra Silveria Jacobs, Baker dijo que recientemente asumi un nombramiento de tiempo completo en un nuevo puesto en su carrera profesional Read more

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Is The Shareholder Sending Mixed Messages To Gebe Sbod?

~ Information on ongoing discussions with GEBE SBOD too sensitive for public consumption PM Jacobs~

PHILIPSBURG:--- The Government of St. Maarten mainly the Council of Ministers and Shareholder representatives has been sending mixed messages to the Supervisory Board of Directors of NV GEBE.
Just last week the Prime Minister told the Parliament of St. Maarten that the shareholder instructed the SBOD to assign an independent temporary manager as well as a crisis management team.

Assign Temporary & Independent Management (Assign immediately a temporary and independent manager to ensure continuity of NV GEBE.
Assign Crisis Management Team
Independent Investigation (Procure and conduct an independent investigation into the past few months.
Inform shareholders in a timely and frequent on the measures and actions taken.

The above points were taken from the fourth slide of the Prime Minister's presentation to parliament in which the shareholder also instructed the board to conduct an independent investigation into the daily operations of the company over the past months.
Questions are now being asked if the Prime Minister played the parliament and people of St Read more

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Los Precios De La Gasolina Y El Diesel Continan Bajando

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten – El Ministro en funciones del TEATT, Omar Ottley, informa al pblico en general que bajarn los precios de la gasolina y el diesel
a partir de las 6:00a.m. del mircoles 31 de agosto de 2022.

El ministro Ottley informa adems que la acumulacin de precios se ajust para incluir NAf 3 centavos adicionales para los costos de flete debido a los desarrollos globales Read more

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Las Llegadas De Cruceros Al Psg Cerca De 500.000 En Los Primeros Ocho Meses. Supera El Perodo De Pronstico

PORT ST. MAARTEN – Durante los primeros ocho meses de 2022, Port St. Maarten recibi 316 llamadas de cruceros que trajeron 493,000 pasajeros de cruceros entre enero y agosto.

El nmero total de pasajeros hasta la fecha supera la proyeccin del puerto durante este perodo en casi 55,000 pasajeros, pero podra haber sido mucho mejor debido a los bajos nmeros de ocupacin de cruceros en el primer trimestre de 2022.

En un comentario, el Ministro Interino de Turismo y Asuntos Econmicos Hon Read more

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Government Receives Support From Eu In Post-Disaster Coordination

From left: Team Leader Marilise Turnbull, Minister VSA Omar Ottley, Community Emergency Response Specialist Ignacio Cristbal, Community Evacuations and Mass Care and Distribution specialist Herman Bergsma.

PHILIPSBURG--The government of St. Maarten has received support from the European Union (EU) with the Technical Assistance for Disa Read more

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Partido United St. Maarten: El Dficit Demcrata Es Una Pendiente Resbaladiza Para Autoritarismo

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten – La Junta del Partido St. Maarten Unido expres su preocupacin por la cultura recientemente desarrollada de la Coalicin NA/UP de maniobrar de manera informal, pero consistente y sistemtica, en torno a los principios fundamentales de la democracia. Parece que estn llevando al pas y a su gente por el sombro camino hacia un estado autoritario, dijo el presidente Cecil Nicholas.

Nicholas en un comentario invitado dijo: Los principios democrticos como la igualdad, la tolerancia poltica, la rendicin de cuentas y la transparencia estn siendo empaados actualmente por la retrica poltica polarizada y las decisiones que colocan el idealismo individualista por encima del bien mayor del pas Read more

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Prices For Gasoline And Diesel To Decrease Today

PHILIPSBURG--Acting Minister of Tourism, Economic Affairs, Transport and Telecommunication (TEATT) Omar Ottley announced Tuesday afternoon that the prices of gasoline and diesel fuel would decrease effective 6:00am, today, Wednesday, August 31.

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PHILIPSBURG:--- The acting Minister of TEATT, Omar Ottley hereby informs the general public that the prices of gas and diesel will drop effective 6 am on Wednesday, August 31, 2022.

Minister Ottley further informs that the price build-up was adjusted to include an additional NAf 3 cents for freight costs due to global developments. This decision was taken based on a request by the main wholesaler in 2021 Read more

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POINTE BLANCHE:---  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 Read more

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Las Autoridades De Sint Maarten Inician Un Nuevo Proyecto Con El Apoyo De La Ue

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten – El 20 de junio se inici el proyecto Asistencia Tcnica para la Respuesta y Preparacin ante Desastres, en coordinacin con
las autoridades de Sint Maarten. El objetivo general del proyecto financiado por la UE es apoyar al Gobierno de Sint Maarten en su visin de fortalecer su capacidad institucional para planificar, monitorear y coordinar la respuesta y la reconstruccin despus de un desastre.

Una de las primeras actividades del proyecto es un Mapeo de Riesgo de Desastres en todos los distritos, se har con el compromiso y validacin de los consejos comunitarios y otras personas con mentalidad comunitaria Read more

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United St. Maarten Party: Democratic Deficit Is A Slippery Slope To Authoritarianism

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten — The Board of the United St. Maarten Party expressed concern over the newly developed culture of the NA/UP Coalition to casually, but consistently systematically maneuver around the core principles of democracy. They seem to be taking the country and its people down the shadowy pathway to an authoritative state, said President Cecil Nicholas.

Nicholas in an invited comment said, democratic principles such as equality, political tolerance, accountability, and transparency are currently being clouded by polarized political rhetoric and decisions that place individualistic idealism above the greater good of the country Read more

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~ Board members at loggerheads with the reappointment of Daniel as TM, and installation of the Crisis Management team~

PHILIPSBURG:---  Reliable information reaching SMN News on Monday evening states that at least two members of the Supervisory Board of Directors of NV GEBE  have tendered their resignation.

The first to submit her letter of resignation is Lela Simmons who indicated that the management team of NV GEBE was not held sufficiently accountable, and that management was not communicating sufficiently with the public of St Read more

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Sint Maarten Authorities Start New Project With Eu Support

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten — The Technical Assistance for Disaster Response and Preparedness project began on June 20, in coordination with the Sint Maarten authorities.

The overall objective of the EU-funded project is to support the Government of Sint Maarten in its vision to strengthen its institutional capacity to plan, monitor and coordinate post-disaster response and reconstruction.

One of the first activities of the project is a Disaster Risk Mapping in all districts Read more

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