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Public Weather Forecast For St. Maarten

DATE ISSUED: Thursday, July 16, 2020 @ 12:00 LST (16:00 UTC)

VALID UNTIL: Friday midday (12:00 LST) July 17, 2020

WEATHER:

This afternoon through Friday midday: Partly cloudy with passing showers.

Forecast High:32C / 90FForecast Low:27C / 81F

Sunset Today:6:51 P.M.Sunrise Tomorrow:5:46 A.M.

SURFACE WINDS: This afternoon through Friday midday: Northeasterly to easterly with a light to moderate breeze of 06 to 14 mph.

SYNOPSIS:

Relatively low moisture levels in the atmosphere will act to restrict any significant precipitation despite the presence of an upper level trough in the region Read more

Persons Arriving On Repatriation Flight Are Exempted From Taking Pcr Test

PHILIPSBURG--Minister of Public Health, Social Development and Labour VSA Richard Panneflek says that repatriated residents of St. Maarten will not be required to present a recent negative PCR test result when entering the country.

The repatriation flight has been arranged for July 18 with Spirit Airlines for students and residents to return to St Read more

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Irion: St. Maarten On Target To Comply With Dutch Conditions

PHILIPSBURG--All-in-all, we are on track with most of the conditions, said Finance Minister Ardwell Irion during the live virtual Council of Ministers press briefing on Wednesday morning. He was referring to St. Maartens compliance with the Dutch conditions for liquidity support.

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New Coronavirus Case Brings The Total To 79

PHILIPSBURG--St. Maarten has a new case of coronavirus COVID-19, announced Minister of Public Health, Social Development and Labour VSA Richard Panneflek during the live virtual Council of Ministers press briefing on Wednesday morning. This brings the countrys total number of confirmed cases to 79.

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St. Maarten Will Get The 3Rd Tranche For Ssrp Support.

~ 12.5% salary cuts will be across board.~

PHILIPSBURG:--- St. Maartens finance Minister Ardwell Irion said on Wednesday that St. Maarten will receive the NAF23M as the third tranche for the SSRP support. Irion said that St. Maarten has met all the conditions required by the Dutch Government for SSRP support. He said just recently the CFT confirmed that St Read more

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St. Maarten Registered One More Positive Covid -19 Case.

~ person did not travel recently.  79 positive cases.~

PHILIPSBURG:--- Minister of VSA Richard Panneflek announced on Wednesday during the Council of Ministers Council press briefing that one more person was tested positive for COVID-19. Panneflek said that the person was referred by their house doctor for testing. Panneflek said that the person that has been tested positive did not travel recently and has not been in COVID-19 patients.
The Minister called on everyone to maintain the social distancing guidelines established by healthcare officials, he said persons should continue wearing masks and sanitize as often as possible Read more

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Changes To Travel And Health Protocols Available Next Week

PHILIPSBURG--Changes to the travel requirements and associated health protocols will be announced soon and will be published on governments official web pages next week, Minister of Tourism, Economic Affairs, Transport and Telecommunication (TEATT) Ludmila de Weever said on Tuesday as the featured guest on the Caribbean Tourism Organiz Read more

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Twelve colourful murals now brighten up Philipsburg. In photo: Youngest artist Annabelle Verheij (16) with her mural SXM Strong. (John van Kerkhof photo)

PHILIPSBURG--Be The Change Foundation proudly presented a sneak peek into its @colormesxm mural project to participating artists, partners and sponsors. In recent weeks, the twelve participating artists and their volunteers put in lots of hard work to help bring colour and art to Philipsburg, and their results were unofficially unveiled on Friday afternoon.

Present for the official kick-off of the mural project were Minister of Education, Culture, Youth and Sport (ECYS) Rodolphe Samuel and Minister of Tourism, Economic Affairs, Transport and Telecommunication (TEATT) Ludmilla de Weever.

Also in attendance were Director of Tourism May-Ling Chun, Head of the Culture Department Clara Reyes and Secretary-General for United Nations Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization (UNESCO) in St Read more

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Time To Rise To The Occasion Proposed Caribbean Reform Entity Is A 3 Humped Camel

PHILIPSBURG:--- Gracita Arrindell states:it was just a matter of time before PM Mark Ruttes government presented a secret entity' for the countries within the Kingdom of the Netherlands. A proposal that given our Kingdoms constitutional history spanning four hundred years should not be a surprise to anyone. The 57-page document was not written out of the blue!
A document rightfully rejected by our Parliament.
Lets be brutally honest with each other Read more

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SmdfS Incorporating Board Retires After 8 Years In Service

Former St. Maarten Prime Minister Sarah Wescot-Williams (second left) watches as Marinka Gumbs (right) signs the notarial deed that established the St. Maarten Development Fund (SMDF) Read more

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St. Maarten Rejects New Entity Under Consensus Kingdom Law In Kingdom Council Of Ministers Meeting

The Hague Prime Minister Silveria Jacobs arrived in the Netherlands on Friday morning to participate in the Kingdom Council of Ministers meeting together with the Prime Ministers of Aruba and Curacao and the Plenipotentiary Ministers from the three Dutch Caribbean countries. The purpose of the visit was to defend St. Maartens position regarding the proposed Entity for the 3rd Tranche of COVID-19 liquidity support.

During the meeting, all countries stood their grounds in not accepting the conditions attached to the loan as presented by the Netherlands because it infringes on their autonomy Read more

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The Hague:--- Prime Minister Silveria Jacobs arrived in the Netherlands on Friday morning to participate in the Kingdom Council of Ministers meeting together with the Prime Ministers of Aruba and Curacao and the Plenipotentiary Ministers from the three Dutch Caribbean countries. The purpose of the visit was to defend St. Maartens position regarding the proposed Entity for the 3rd Tranche of COVID-19 liquidity support.

During the meeting, all countries stood their grounds in not accepting the conditions attached to the loan as presented by the Netherlands because it infringes on their autonomy Read more

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Prime Minister Silveria Jacobs To Attend Kingdom Council Of Ministers Meeting In The Netherlands Today

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten Based upon the approved motion passed in the Parliament of Sint Maarten on July 8, Honorable Prime Minister Silveria Jacobs left for The Netherlands earlier today to join our Minister
Plenipotentiary Rene Violenus in the Kingdom Council of Ministers’ meeting in The Hague on July 10, 2020.

The motion was approved with 15 votes for and 0 votes against supporting the decision of the Government of Sint Maarten to reject the conditions as presented in the Concept Rijkswet Caribische Hervormingsentiteiten and to present a counter proposal to the Kingdom Council of Ministers.

During her closing remarks in Parliament, Prime Minister Jacobs stated, ‘I am willing to stand on the frontlines for the people of St Read more

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Public Weather Forecast For St. Maarten

DATE ISSUED: Friday, July 10, 2020 @ 12:00 LST (16:00 UTC)

VALID UNTIL: Saturday midday (12:00 LST) July 11, 2020

WEATHER: This afternoon through Saturday midday: Fair to partly cloudy with light haze and a passing shower possible.

Forecast High:32C / 90FForecast Low:27C / 81F

Sunset Today:6:52 P.M.Sunrise Tomorrow:5:44 A.M.

SURFACE WINDS: This afternoon through Saturday midday: Easterly to east northeasterly with a gentle to moderate breeze of 08 to 16 mph.

SYNOPSIS:

The Atlantic high pressure system will continue to dominate the weather pattern across the region Read more

Curaao, St. Maarten Reject Dutch Package

St. Maarten Prime Minister Silveria Jacobs as she arrives at the Binnenhof on Friday morning for a meeting of the Kingdom Council of Ministers. Directly behind her is St. Maarten Minister Plenipotentiary Rene Violenus Read more

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First Phase In Preparing Function Books Is Complete, Says The Justice Ministry

Justice Minister Anna Richardson (left) receiving an update on the function books from consultancy firm Balance.

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PHILIPSBURG:---  Based upon the approved motion passed in the Parliament of Sint Maarten on July 8, Honorable Prime Minister Silveria Jacobs left for The Netherlands earlier today to join our Minister Plenipotentiary Rene Violenus in the Kingdom Council of Ministers' meeting in The Hague on July 10, 2020.

The motion was approved with 15 votes for and 0 votes against supporting the decision of the Government of Sint Maarten to reject the conditions as presented in the Concept Rijkswet Caribische Hervormingsentiteiten and to present a counter-proposal to the Kingdom Council of Ministers.

During her closing remarks in Parliament, Prime Minister Jacobs stated, 'I am willing to stand on the frontlines for the people of St Read more

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Richardson, Unops Discuss Construction Of New Prison

Justice Minister Anna Richardson (second right) and her support staff in a virtual meeting with UNOPS representatives.

PHILIPSBURG--Justice Minister Anna RichardsonRead more

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Jacobs Boards Flight To The Netherlands

Prime Minister Silveria Jacobs.

~ Parliament meeting postponed ~

PHILIPSBURG--Prime Minister Silveria Jacobs donned her face mask and boarded an Air France flight at Princess Juliana International Airport (PJIA) on Thursday afternoon Read more

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Postponement Continuation Urgent Plenary Public Session Of Parliament About The Lack Of Implementation Of The Various Approved Programs And Projects Of The Trust Fund, The Upcoming Hurricane

PHILIPSBURG:--- The Public meeting to be held today, Thursday, July 09, 2019, at 14.00 hrs with as agenda points:
1. The lack of implementation of the various approved programs and projects of the Trust Fund and the upcoming hurricane season and jumpstarting the economic activities of the country
2. The lack of approval of various programs that are beneficial to the economic reform and growth of the country.
3. The Focus Audit is done by the General Audit Chamber of Sint Maarten in May 2020 referencing The Reconstruction Funds for Sint Maarten (IS/888/2019-2020 dated May 29, 2020)
This meeting was requested by M.P Read more

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Parliament Unanimously Rejects The Reform Entity

~ Jacobs to Netherlands ~

PHILIPSBURG--Parliament on Wednesday unanimously rejected the Caribbean Reform Entity proposed by the Dutch government as a condition for Curaao, Aruba and St. Maarten to receive the third tranche of liquidity support. Parliament also approved Prime Minister Silveria Jacobs to travel to the Netherlands to Read more

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Majority Of Rain Forest Adventures Land Should Be Retaken For Agriculture

Claudius Buncamper

~ Says MP Buncamper ~

PHILIPSBURG--Member of Parliament (MP) of the United St. Maarten Partys (US Party) faction Read more

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Parliament Of St. Maarten Passed Motion To Reject The Conditions Of The Dutch Government.

 PHILIPSBURG:--- The parliament of St. Maarten has unanimously agreed on a motion to reject the conditions set forth by the Dutch Government for support to support the SSRP. All 15 MPs voted in favor of the motion. 
The Members of Parliament also agree that the Prime Minister of St. Maarten Silveria Jacobs should travel to the Netherlands and defend the country at the Kingdom Council of Ministers meeting that is scheduled for Friday, July 10th 20220.
Draft Motion below.

DRAFT MOTION

 The Parliament of Sint Maarten in its meeting of today, Wednesday, July 8th, 2020, Considering:
That on July 7th, 2020 the Prime Minister of St Read more

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CountryS Strategic Assests At Risk

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten – “No governing program or a clear ministerial list of priorities continue to place our country at risk as we go through this pandemic,” says Stuart Johnson former Minister of Tourism, Economic Affairs, Transport and Telecommunications (TEATT).

“Port of St. Maarten and Princess Juliana International Airport (PJIAE) are our biggest assests but fail to meet the needs of our people and our country.”

PJIAE’s restoration must include US Pre-Clearance and it would be unacceptable if this sitting coalition Government allowed it to be excluded.

In media reports both the National Alliance and United People’s Party endorsed US Pre-Clearance especially during my tenure Read more

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