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Ser Pays Courtesy Visit To Minister Plenipotentiary.

THE HAGUE — A delegation of the Social Economic Council (SER) paid a courtesy visit to the cabinet of the Minister Plenipotentiary of Sint Maarten, where they were welcomed by the Honorable Minister Plenipotentiary Rene Violenus, Cabinet Director, Carol Voges, and Senior Economic Policy Advisor, Prakaash Rostam.

After introductions, the conversation focused on the work method and the recent published advices of the SER Read more

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Fundraising Fair: A Satisfying Success

The Community Outreach Mentorship and Empowerment (COME) Center joyfully hosted a benefit fundraiser earlier this month on July 1st, 2022, on Long Wall Road. The Come Center is a non-profit organization with the main focus of community outreach in Philipsburg and the Fort William area. As one of the attendees described it, it was a pleasant surprise and very fun for sure.

The fundraiser was organized in collaboration with the Freegan Foundation and the John Larmonie Center and offered a diverse line-up of activities, attractions, and booths suitable for all ages Read more

~ Jimmy Gumbs recognized by State Services.~

MARIGOT:--- President Louis Mussington honored three persons on Thursday during the Bastille Day celebration for their exceptional services to their community and the people of Saint Martin.
Those honored are Francis Gibbs a Saint Martiner who has been working for the Collectivity for the past 25 years Read more

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THE HAGUE:--- July 4th, 2022. A delegation of the Social Economic Council (SER) paid a courtesy visit to the cabinet of the Minister Plenipotentiary of Sint Maarten, where they were welcomed by the Honorable Minister Plenipotentiary Rene Violenus, Cabinet Director, Carol Voges, and Senior Economic Policy Advisor, Prakaash Rostam.

After introductions, the conversation focused on the work method and the recently published advice of the SER Read more

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PHILIPSBURG: --- Minister of Finance Ardwell Irion told reporters on Wednesday at the Council of Ministers' press briefing that decisions taken by former commissioners regarding long lease land left the government with no cannon fees.
Ardwell said that since taking office he encountered letters and emails that were sent to people that are basic promises without proper paperwork.
He said in at least two cases a former commissioner indulged in land swapping but never issued to the persons that have been occupying government lease land with no long lease or deed in place Read more

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Doran Escapes No Confidence Motion After Mps Walk Out Of Meeting

MPs Rolando Brison and Hyacinth Richardson walking out of the meeting.

PHILIPSBURG--Minister of Housing, Spatial Planning, Environment and Infrastructure VROMI Egbert Doran on Wednesday escaped facing a motion of no confidence that was going to be tabled by Party for Progress (PFP), after two governing coalition Members of Parliament (MPs) walked out of the public meeting resulting in lack of quorum for the meeting to proceed Read more

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~ Ministers were not appointed shareholder representatives by PM~

PHILIPSBURG: --- Ministers such as the Minister of VROMI Egbert Jurendy Doran and the Minister of TEATT Roger Lawrence can be considered toothless sharks when dealing with government-owned companies. These two ministers were never appointed shareholder representatives of the government-owned companies, as such Lawrence for the Princess Juliana International Airport or the Harbor Group of Companies and Doran for NV GEBE.
Ministers that are not appointed shareholder representatives cannot execute decisions taken by the Council of Ministers Read more

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~ Civil Servants should take heed when leaking documents to politicians. ~

PHILIPSBURG:--- Deputy Prime Minister Egbert Jurendy Doran in responding to questions regarding the verdict in the Hyman and PJIAE case handed down by the Court of First Instance on Tuesday said that even though the government did not discuss the verdict he felt no win with the verdict that was rendered.
The deputy Prime Minister explained that Hyman is a local professional that lost his job Read more

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PHILIPSBURG:--- Members of the Party for Progress were left with their mouths hanging on Wednesday when they tried to dupe parliament into adding an agenda point to the urgent meeting of parliament called to debate the constitution of St. Maarten in order to bring back suspended Member of Parliament Claudius Buncamper.
PFP MP Raeyhon Peterson asked that the chair of parliament add an agenda point to the meeting on Wednesday on the confidence of parliament in the Minister of VROMI Egbert Jurendy Doran.
The urgent meeting of Parliament was called during the recess which commenced with 9 members present, including MP Rolando Brison and MP Hyacinth Richardson.

When the PFP requested the agenda point be added which the chair of parliament obviously agreed with, MP Brison in a point of order pointed out the shenanigans that are being played in parliament by some politicians, he then notified the chair that she could only continue with such a meeting when the parliament has more than half of its members present Read more

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PHILIPSBURG:--- One year after its official launch, the University of St. Martin (USM) COVIDCAS research project team delivered a midterm report to the general public on Thursday, 23 June. Present were representatives of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Youth and Sports (MECYS), Ministry of Public Health, Social Development and Labor (VSA), Collective Preventive Services (CPS), grassroots organization union WIFOL, and faculty members and students of the local. Research assistants who were trained in qualitative interview techniques and transcribing and translation received their certificates of accomplishments at the public event.

COVIDCAS is the consortium comprised of USM, University of Aruba, University of Curaao, Utrecht University, and the Curaao Biomedical and Health Research Institute (CBHRI), which spearheaded the research project Upholding Human Rights during a Pandemic: The Impact of COVID-19 Measures on Vulnerable Families in Curaao, Aruba, and Sint Maarten Read more

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Democratic Party To Be Revived

MP Sarah Wescot-Williams

 
PHILIPSBURG--The Democratic Party (DP) will be making a comeback soon.
United Democrats (UD) Member of Parliament (MP) and DP leader Sarah Wescot-Williams said on Tuesday that efforts will be made to revive the party Read more

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PHILIPSBURG:--- Former Chief Operating Officer of the Princess Juliana International Airport (PJIAH/PJIAE) Michel Hyman paid the ultimate price when he was asked by the current chair of parliament to resubmit the stack of internal documents he sent to the Parliament of St. Maarten and Council of Ministers regarding what he termed as wrongdoing by the Chief Executive Officer Brian Mingo.

Hyman first submitted the internal documents in 2020 which parliament claimed to have misplaced Read more

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Ser Attends Climate Conference.

PHILIPSBURG — June 27th, 2022. A delegation of the Social Economic Council (SER) of Sint Maarten participated in climate conference titled Climate Crisis and Social dialogue. The event was held in the Miltiadis Evert Auditorium, Technopolis City of Athens in Greece. The conference was organized by the Social Economic Council of Greece in collaboration with the International Association of Economic and Social Councils and Similar Institutions (AICESIS).

The AICESIS is the umbrella organization representing more than seventy (70) member states from four (4) different continents Read more

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Ballast Nedam Employees Given Award For Safe Work

Project Manager of Ballast Nedam International Projects, Baris Haboglu (left) and PJIAEs Project Director, Mirto Breell (far right) with the three recipients of the Safe Workers of the Month campaign.

Gramps Morgan Lanza lbum Positive Vibrations En St. Maarten

OYSTER BAY, Sint Maarten – El artista de grabacin jamaiquino ganador del premio Grammy, Gramps Morgan, lanz su nuevo lbum “Positive Vibrations” en un Moon Bar repleto en Maho el viernes por la noche despus de una conferencia de prensa en Oyster Bay Beach Resort a la que asisti el Ministro interino de Turismo, Asuntos Econmicos y Transporte. y Telecomunicaciones Omar Ottley.

El director de ventas y marketing de Oyster Bay Beach Resort y Coral Beach Club, Rohan Williams, seal cmo la colaboracin entre l y la Oficina de Turismo de St Read more

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Grisha Elogia A Los Diputados Holandeses Wuite Y Simons Por Presentar Mociones Historicas

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten – En un comunicado de prensa emitido el domingo por la noche, la presidenta del Parlamento, Grisha Heyliger-Marten, afirm que la suerte est echada cuando se trata de finalizar la descolonizacin de las seis islas del Reino holands.

Heyliger-Marten hizo sus comentarios en relacin con la mocin aprobada en la Cmara de Representantes holandesa el 7 de julio, que inst al Gobierno de los Pases Bajos a entablar consultas con las islas del Caribe con miras a organizar una conferencia del Reino en el 2023 entre los Gobiernos de los Pases Bajos y los seis del Caribe.

Esta mocin es comparable a la que se aprob en el Senado holands en el 2016, la llamada mocin “de Graaf” del 2016 Read more

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Ser Asiste A La Conferencia Sobre El Clima.

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten – Una delegacin del Consejo Econmico Social (SER) de Sint Maarten particip en la conferencia sobre el clima titulada “Crisis climtica y dilogo social”. El evento se llev a cabo en el Auditorio Miltiadis Evert, Technopolis City de Atenas en Grecia.

La conferencia fue organizada por el Consejo Econmico Social de Grecia en colaboracin con la Asociacin Internacional de Consejos Econmicos y Sociales e Instituciones Similares (AICESIS).

La AICESIS es la organizacin paraguas que representa a ms de setenta (70) estados, miembros de cuatro (4) continentes diferentes Read more

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PHILIPSBURG:--- A delegation of the Social Economic Council (SER) of Sint Maarten participated in a climate conference titled Climate Crisis and Social dialogue. The event was held in the Miltiadis Evert Auditorium, Technopolis City of Athens in Greece. The conference was organized by the Social Economic Council of Greece in collaboration with the International Association of Economic and Social Councils and Similar Institutions (AICESIS).

The AICESIS is the umbrella organization representing more than seventy (70) member states from four (4) different continents Read more

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La Primera Ministra Jacobs Hablar En Hlpf

La Primera Ministra Silveria Jacobs asistir y presentar en el Foro Poltico de Alto Nivel de las Naciones Unidas

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten El Foro Poltico de Alto Nivel (HLPF) es una iniciativa de las Naciones Unidas (ONU), que busca reflexionar sobre las polticas de recuperacin que pueden revertir los efectos negativos de la pandemia de COVID-19 Read more

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Gramps Morgan Launches New Album Positive Vibrations In St. Maarten

At the press conference Friday in Oyster Bay Beach Resort were (from left) Acting TEATT Minister Omar Ottley, Gramps Morgan, St. Maarten Tourism Bureau representative Lisa Coffi, Jemere Morgan, Oyster Bay Beach Resort General Manager Ricardo Perez, St. Maarten Tourism Bureau Director May-Ling Chun, and Oyster Bay Beach Resort Sales and Marketing Director Rohan Williams Read more

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Pop Heyliger-Marten Commends Dutch MpS Wuite And Simons For Presenting Historic Motions

~The path is now clear for finalizing the decolonization process~

In a press release issued on Sunday night, President of Parliament Grisha Heyliger-Marten stated that the die has been cast when it comes to finalizing the decolonization of the six islands in the Dutch Kingdom.

Heyliger-Marten made her comments in relation to the motion passed in the Dutch House of Representatives on July 7th, which called on the Government of the Netherlands to enter into consultations with the Caribbean islands with a view to organizing a Kingdom conference in 2023 between the Governments of the Netherlands and the six Caribbean.
This motion is comparable to one that was passed in the Dutch Senate in 2016, the so-called de Graaf motion of 2016 Read more

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~ Prime Minister Silveria Jacobs to attend and present at United Nations High-Level Political Forum~

PHILIPSBURG:--- The High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) is an initiative held by the United Nations (UN), which seeks to reflect on recovery policies that can reverse the negative effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Prime Minister Jacobs will be in attendance on behalf of the Kingdom of the Netherlands from Wednesday, July 13, to Friday, July 15 Read more

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PHILIPSBURG:--- Top Promotions Foundation is proud to announce, that after an absence of 5 years, their culinary event, Fete de La Cuisine, is back and will be held from November 4 through 12, 2022.

The Sint Maarten Tourism Bureau has deemed November as the culinary month. The Fete de La Cuisine provides excellence in gastronomy for foodies and to once again, positions Sint Maarten as the dining capital of the Caribbean.
The Fete de la Cuisine vision is to showcase, promote, celebrate and educate culinary excellence that exceeds the industry standard while creating dynamic community engagement and building a multi-faceted epicurean center for locals and visitors, utilizing local and visiting chefs.

This year, seven (7) chefs from the USA, Canada, and the Netherlands will demonstrate their cooking skills at a food/wine pairing event for local professionals and a 6-course Grand Gala Dinner Event on November 10 Read more

Los Departamentos De Deporte Y Cultura Se Asocian Con Nagico Para Albergar La Expo Salud, Deporte Y Cultura 2022

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten – Los Departamentos de Deporte y Cultura se han asociado con NAGICO Insurances para organizar la primera Expo de Salud, Deporte y Cultura en el Complejo Deportivo Raoul Illidge el sbado 27 de agosto

Esta Expo exhibir una muestra representativa de organizaciones de Salud, Deporte y Cultura en la isla, brindando a los asistentes la oportunidad de presenciar demostraciones, conocer e inscribirse para unirse a cualquiera de estos grupos. Las puertas abren de 7:00a.m Read more

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