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Emmanuel Calls For Update On Garbage Contract Inquiry

~ Says financial controller had limited info ~

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten — Independent Member of Parliament Christophe Emmanuel on Sunday called for an update on the Ombudsmans inquiry into the awarding of garbage contracts to five companies for the next five years. He said though the Minister of VROMI has gone quiet on the issue, it remains unresolved with several questions unanswered.

The MP explained that at least two companies filed complaints at the Ombudsman who in turn contacted the Minister with several inquiries based on those concerns Read more

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Emmanuel: Pm Must Come Clean With Parliament And The People

~ Asks if corporate changes at PJIA imminent ~

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten — The Prime Minister of St. Maarten has to finally tell the truth and lay it all out on the table for the people of St. Maarten, says Independent Member of Parliament Christophe Emmanuel after what he called an embarrassing showing by the PM and the Minister of Finance in the Netherlands. He said the message from the Kingdom Council of Ministers was clear and to the point: No, go home.

MP Emmanuel said that after trying to go around State Secretary Knops to get the agreed upon liquidity support, the Prime Minister of St Read more

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Emmanuel: Pm Must Come Clean With Parliament And The People

Independent MP Christophe Emmanuel. 

PHILIPSBURG--Independent Member of Parliament (MP) Christophe Emmanuel said on Sunday that Prime Minister Silveria Jacobs should tell the truth after what he called an embarrassing showing by her and Finance Minister Read more

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PHILIPSBURG:--- The Coordination Team behind SXM DOET is very proud to announce that over 60 community projects were completed on May 28 & 29. Twenty-five projects have been postponed and will be completed later this year.

Some examples of completed projects by community organizations participating during SXM DOET 2021 included: K1 Britannia Foundation who held an impressive food drive to support their food assistance program, RISC Takers, who collaborated with New Start for Children's Foundation to complete some much-needed playground renovations, and the National Institute of the Arts who brought colour and joy to their building and the surrounding area on Longwall Road.

With the help of hard-working volunteers, other projects spruced up schools with a new layer of paint, plants, benches, and more Read more

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~ Says financial controller had limited info ~

PHILIPSBURG:--- Independent Member of Parliament Christophe Emmanuel on Sunday called for an update on the Ombudsmans inquiry into the awarding of garbage contracts to five companies for the next five years. He said though the Minister of VROMI has gone quiet on the issue, it remains unresolved with several questions unanswered.
The MP explained that at least two companies filed complaints at the Ombudsman who in turn contacted the Minister with several inquiries based on those concerns Read more

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~ Asks if corporate changes at PJIA imminent ~

PHILIPSBURG:--- The Prime Minister of St. Maarten has to finally tell the truth and lay it all out on the table for the people of St. Maarten, says Independent Member of Parliament Christophe Emmanuel after what he called an embarrassing showing by the PM and the Minister of Finance in the Netherlands. He said the message from the Kingdom Council of Ministers was clear and to the point: No, go home.
MP Emmanuel said that after trying to go around State Secretary Knops to get the agreed-upon liquidity support, the Prime Minister of St Read more

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PHILIPSBURG:--- Member of Parliament George Pantophlet says that the United Nations General Assembly met some 65 years ago in several sessions. The discussions related to whether the Netherlands were permitted to cease providing information under Article 73 e of the charter of the United Nations. According to the Member of Parliament, what was also highly disputed during those meetings were the Kingdom Charter and specifically its effects on the then territories of Suriname and the Netherlands Antilles.

The countries, though having the same documents in hand still came up with different interpretations Read more

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~ Knops knowingly violated RMR rules of order ~

The Hague, Netherland:---  Based on the proposal of demissionair State Secretary Knops to further delay liquidity support to St. Maarten, the Kingdom Council of Ministers (RMR) on Friday, May 28, 2021, has reversed its decision approved on April 23, 2021. This decision to grant St. Maarten the much-needed 39 million guilders due since April 1, 2021, was meant to cover the months of April, May, and June. Knops felt that it was within his right to go against the decision based on allegations of corporate governance issues at the Princess Juliana International Airport (PJIA), even though this had not formed part of the conditions to receive this tranche Read more

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PHILIPSBURG:--- On a sunny day last year 2020, a group of pensioners Police Officers came together with the idea to form a Pensioners and Retiree Association.
This Association will bring together the former workers of the Police Department and will be able to look out for their and their family needs.
A temporary board was installed to be able to get the Statute and House Rules in order.
On May 27th, 2021 there was an election to elect the official Board of the Association.
On the same day, May 27th, 2021, the Association held a General Membership meeting at Bute Hotel Read more

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~ Continues round of meetings with key stakeholders in The Hague ~

The Hague, Netherlands:--- On Wednesday, May 26, and Thursday, May 27, Prime Minister Silveria Jacobs met with various members of the Second Chambers Kingdom Relations Committee chaired by Member of Parliament Jan Paternotte. Prime Minister Jacobs used the opportunity during these two days to provide the committee members with information on many high-profile topics currently affecting Sint Maarten Read more

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Thank You, Kingdom Government.

Thank you, Kingdom Government, for treating St. Maarten residents like FIRST CLASS CITIZENS. Making the COVID19 vaccine available to us. We received our shots even ahead of many citizens of Holland, which makes me and most of us that already got the jabs happy that we are part of the bigger-than-us-on-our-own-16-square-mile-half-of-an-island entity called the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

I do not agree with many of your tactics, like for instance how you dealt with showing us tough love after IRMA and a few more occasions, but sending us vaccines, feeding our hungry since the hurricane, providing resources for NGOs to help those most in need, reflects the benefit of being part of a larger entity.

But maybe now we need more than just humanitarian aid and that will take a collective effort from politicians from both sides of the Atlantic.

Michael J Read more

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Emmanuel: No Liquidity Support Is Result Of Weakness Of Leadership, Coalition Confusion

~ Asks what Knops specifically wants with PJIA ~

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten — Independent Member of Parliament Christophe Emmanuel on Friday said that while he can empathize with the position the Prime Minister finds herself in after the Kingdom Council of Ministers decided to hold off on releasing liquidity support, it is unfortunately a reflection of her weakness as a leader, no cohesion in the coalition and the results of her government playing dangerous games with the Dutch. I have warned this government to be direct, to be forthcoming, to be honest Read more

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Mp Romou And Smpya Announce Recipients Of Youth Excellence Awards For April 2021

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten — MP Angelique Romou & the St. Martin Promoting Young Ambassadors Foundation announced the recipients of their collaborative initiative Young Artist & Athlete of the Month Award of Excellence Program. Using an established selection criterion, MP Romou, Trainers, Teachers and Coaches of the various youth organizations of arts and sports along with the SXM Young Ambassadors nominate individuals each month for the award. Aprils Award Recipients are – Sylvere Carty, Troy Florent, Eugenique Levons, Selena Lucas and Miguel Morgan Read more

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Pond Island:--- TelEm Group Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Mr. Kendall Dupersoy, has graduated as a Master of Business Administration (MBA), from the University of Illinois, in Chicago, USA.

Mr. Dupersoy pursued the two-year online MBA degree course in Marketing & Business Administration at the University of Illinois, considered to be one of the foremost Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) institutions in the world Read more

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~ Asks what Knops specifically wants with PJIA ~

PHILIPSBURG:--- Independent Member of Parliament Christophe Emmanuel on Friday said that while he can empathize with the position the Prime Minister finds herself in after the Kingdom Council of Ministers decided to hold off on releasing liquidity support, it is, unfortunately, a reflection of her weakness as a leader, no cohesion in the coalition and the results of her government playing dangerous games with the Dutch. I have warned this government to be direct, to be forthcoming, to be honest Read more

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No 5Th Tranche For St. Maarten Unless Tangible Improvement Of Corporate Governance At Pjiae.

~ Meetings on Dispute regulations hold off on handling~

PHILIPSBURG: --- The Kingdom Council of Ministers has given their support to State Secretary Raymond Knops to continue withholding the 5th tranche of liquidity support from St. Maarten until there is tangible improvement with Corporate Governance at the Princess Juliana International Airport (PJIAE). St. Maarten was given until May 26th, 2021 to regulate the issues at PJIAE however, the deadline has not been met according to the requirements the Dutch demanded.
The scheduled meetings to debate the Dispute Regulations have also been placed on hold with the First Chamber supporting the Caribbean Countries of the Dutch Kingdom since the regulation has not gotten any support from St Read more

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Kingdom Govt Suspends Payment To St. Maarten

St. Maarten Prime Minister Silveria Jacobs (left) and caretaker State Secretary of Home Affairs and Kingdom Relations Raymond Knops at the Binnenhof in The Hague after todays Kingdom Council of Ministers meeting.

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Ottley: Fully Vaccinated Visitors May Be Exempted From Testing

~ Plans to implement QR code system ~

PHILIPSBURG--Minister of Public Health, Social Development and Labor VSA Omar Ottley says in the coming weeks the ministry will allow fully vaccinated persons of two weeks or longer to enter St. Maarten without having to be tested for COVID-19.

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Price Tag For New Prison Set At $39M In Unops Proposal

PHILIPSBURG--The price tag for the new prison is US $39 million in the latest proposal by the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS), Justice Minister Anna Richardson told Members of Parliament (MPs) on Wednesday.

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Homeporting Could Bring In $52 Million In 14 Weeks

PHILIPSBURG--St. Maartens homeporting of cruise ship Celebrity Millenium could net the country as much as US $52 million over a fourteen-week period, Minister of Tourism, Economic Affairs, Transport and Telecommunication (TEATT) Ludmila de Weever told reporters during the live Council of Ministers press briefing on Wednesday.

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Prime Minister Silveria Jacobs Travels To Netherlands To Rectify Non-Payment Of Liquidity Support

Philipsburg Prime Minister Silveria Jacobs and Minister of Finance Ardwell Irion traveled to the Netherlands yesterday, May 25, 2021, to rectify the non-payment of the fifth tranche of liquidity support Read more

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Scdf Endorses Drive To 85% Vaccination Campaign

~ For the love of Carnival, vaccinate! ~

POND ISLAND, Sint Maarten – The St. Maarten Carnival Development Foundation (SCDF) on Wednesday endorsed governments Island-wide vaccination awareness campaign The Drive to 85%, SXM race to normalcy. The initiative of Minister of Public Health Omar Ottley, the objective of the campaign is to encourage at least 85% of the community to go out and get vaccinated, in efforts to achieve herd immunity.

President of the SCDF Alston Lourens and Minister Ottley met briefly on Wednesday at which time Lourens assured the Minister that the foundation will do everything it can and use its entire platform to raise awareness and push the vaccination drive. 

Lourens explained that achieving herd immunity is important for the country and by extension St Read more

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~ For the love of Carnival, vaccinate! ~

PHILIPSBURG:--- The St. Maarten Carnival Development Foundation (SCDF) on Wednesday endorsed the governments Island-wide vaccination awareness campaign The Drive to 85%, SXM race to normalcy. The initiative of Minister of Public Health Omar Ottley, the objective of the campaign is to encourage at least 85% of the community to go out and get vaccinated, in efforts to achieve herd immunity.
President of the SCDF Alston Lourens and Minister Ottley met briefly on Wednesday at which time Lourens assured the Minister that the foundation will do everything it can and use its entire platform to raise awareness and push the vaccination drive Read more

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PHILIPSBURG:--- Minister of Health and Labor Omar Ottley made clear on Wednesday at the Council of Ministers press briefing that employers cannot dismiss employees that have not taken the COVID-19 vaccination. Ottley said that even the government of St. Maarten cannot force the vaccination on any of its civil servants, however, the only thing government and employers could do is to encourage its staff to get vaccinated and those that have questions about the COVID 19 vaccinations should seek out more information from their general practitioner.
The Minister of Health and Labor said that he is fully aware that some businesses have been giving their employees incentives if they take their COVID-19 shots but these employers cannot force or dismiss the employees that have not taken the vaccine.
Businesses he said can arrange for frequent testing at their own expense while they should continue with implementing the guidelines such as wearing masks and sanitizing constantly.
Ottley said since taking office he has enhanced the vaccination drive, right now 38% of the population has taken their vaccinations Read more

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