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Lewis Resign From Abvo In Preparation To Run With Usp

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten — Police Inspector Lyndon Lewis on Sunday, August 7, tendered his resignation from the ABVO-SXM union which clears the way for his venture into the political arena. Lewis will be contesting the September 26 elections as part of the United St. Maarten party (US) list. It will be the first time he will be contesting a political election.

Lewis informed ABVO-SXM President Sharlon Cathalina and ABVO board members that he is moving on to serve the people of St Read more

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CAY HILL - Contract negotiations for the design, build and maintenance contract of the new General Hospital of Sint Maarten will commence this month with the nominated bidder, INSO. The construction of the new General Hospital is still on schedule to start in the third quarter of this year.

The new General Hospital will improve and expand the quality of healthcare that is available on Sint Maarten. The new facility will be able to accommodate additional services which are now not available locally, attracting more medical specialists and create new jobs Read more

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Usp Board: Police Deserve More Respect Than That

A recent letter by an MP in your Saturday publication drew our interest.

The board of the United St. Maarten Party (USP) has a simple message it would like to share with the people of St. Maarten as it pertains to leadership and the role of Members of Parliament. It is noteworthy that a political party has included MP’s on their list who only underscore the party’s lack of leadership by clearly demonstrating that they too do not understand the expectations of their constituents.

Every MP, we are sure, understand the importance of the so-called “arms-length” approach when it comes to Ministers being given the space to execute their tasks Read more

NA can accomplish

PHILIPSBURG:--- All 23 candidates that postulated on the National Alliance slate for the September 26th, 2016 parliamentary elections called on the voters of St. Maarten to give them a majority in parliament and full mandate in order for them to bring about stability in St. Maarten. Most of the candidates, when presented to the sizeable gathering at the National Alliance headquarters in Sucker Garden, pleaded with the people of St Read more

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Usp Unveils Three More New Candidates, Public Event Booked For Next Weekend

PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten - Leader of the United St. Maarten party (US) MP Frans Richardson on Sunday introduced three additional new candidates who will contest the September 26 Parliamentary Elections.

The US has made an effort to introduce the new candidates in its camp prior to submitting the full list of candidates on Monday, August 8 Read more

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Mp Maurice Lake Commends Meyers On Sewage Connection And Trench Work

PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten - Independent Member of Parliament the Honorable Maurice Lake commends Minister of Public Housing, Spatial Planning, Environment and Infrastructure the Honorable Angel Meyers for executing the very important project of connecting the homes on St. Peters Road to the sewage line and for upgrading the trench behind St Read more

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PHILIPSBURG:---Leader of the United St. Maarten party (US) MP Frans Richardson on Sunday introduced three additional new candidates who will contest the September 26 Parliamentary Elections. The US has made an effort to introduce the new candidates in its camp prior to submitting the full list of candidates on Monday, August 8. The entire team of candidates will be introduced on Sunday, August 14 to the public as a special event planned at party headquarters on L.B Read more

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THE HAGUE:--- Minister Plenipotentiary of Sint Maarten Henrietta Doran-York welcomed the 31 newly arrived students of Sint Maarten to her Cabinet on Friday August 5th 2016, where the spent the entire day receiving information on the various ways that the Cabinet can be of assistance to them, being introduced to the various Sint Maarten established organizations in The Netherlands, receiving information on housing and insurances among other things Read more

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Mp Maurice Lake Commends Meyers On Sewage Connection And Trench Work.

PHILIPSBURG:---Independent Member of Parliament Maurice Lake commends Minister of Public Housing, Spatial Planning, Environment and Infrastructure Angel Meyers for executing the very important project of connecting the homes on St. Peters Road to the sewage line and for upgrading the trench behind St. Maarten Academy School.
Sewage has been a big issue in St Read more

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PHILIPSBURG - Police Inspector Lyndon Lewis on Sunday, August 7, tendered his resignation from the ABVO-SXM union which clears the way for his venture into the political arena. Lewis will be contesting the September 26 elections as part of the United St. Maarten party (US) list. It will be the first time he will be contesting a political election.

Lewis informed ABVO-SXM President Sharlon Cathalina and ABVO board members that he is moving on to serve the people of St Read more

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PHILIPSBURG:--- Police Inspector Lyndon Lewis on Sunday, August 7, tendered his resignation from the ABVO-SXM union which clears the way for his venture into the political arena. Lewis will be contesting the September 26 elections as part of the United St. Maarten party (US) list. It will be the first time he will be contesting a political election.
Lewis informed ABVO-SXM President Sharlon Cathalina and ABVO board members that he is moving on to serve the people of St Read more

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Backstreet Repairs To Start Soon Says Prime Minister

PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten - Repairs to Back Street can be expected to start within short, stated Prime Minister with the responsibility for General Affairs, the Honorable William Marlin.

Speaking at the Council Ministers press briefing last week, the Prime Minister noted that the Council of Ministers has taken a decision that will Read more

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Regional Media Group Urges St Vincent To Rethink Cybercrime Legislation

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – The regional umbrella media group — the Association of Caribbean Media Workers (ACM) — yesterday expressed concern about a push by St Vincent and the Grenadines to address legitimate issues associated with harmful online content through legislation.

The ACM said that such a move “tramples on important principles associated with freedom of expression and freedom of the press”.

It noted that some of its international partners, including the International Press Institute (IPI), Reporters Without Borders, and the Centre for Law and Democracy (CLD), have recently addressed in fair detail offending sections of the Cybercrime Bill of St Vincent and the Grenadines.

“We endorse their positions on such matters Read more

Candidates “Endorsement Of Hope “

PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten - As a new Party we need 146 signatures 1% of the last election total votes cast from persons to help support our list.

The endorsement is very important for new political parties that would like to have a fair opportunity to contest the elections to try to convey their message as a political association.

Without the support of the community we wont be able to contest the elections and have a chance to bring a new perspective to the political scene on the island that has been very turbulent over the last few years and are now dealing with the consequences there of in all the senses of the word.

The 3 candidates that will be postulating themselves on the HOPE list will be Lucrecia “Loekie” Morales, a new comer to the political scene Mr Read more

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Usp Welcomes Maria Who Will Focus On Economy, Jobs  

“Can’t devalue her knowledge, experience” – Frans

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten — The United St. Maarten Party (USP) on Friday announced that former Commissioner and Minister Maria Buncamper-Molanus will be contesting the September 26 Parliamentary Election as a candidate on the USP slate Read more

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Mp Marlin-Romeo: Calls On Minister Of Justice To Ensure No Political Interference In Judicial Entities

PHILIPSBURG – Member of Parliament (MP) Leona Marlin-Romeo cautions the Minister of Justice on the ‘trias politica’, and reminds the honorable minister that he must ensure that the powers of one branch do not conflict with the other.

Over the past few weeks the Ministry of Justice has been justly and actively unveiling the plans of the ministry. Plans and projects that have been in the queue to be executed, th Read more

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The endorsement of lists in 2014, when each window was designated for a particular party. This will not occur for this election. On Tuesday, a voter can go to any window to endorse any list. (File photo)

~ Civil Registry closed for regular service Tues. ~

PHILIPSBURG--Voters heading to the Civil Registry Department on Tuesday to endorse the lists of the five new political parties will not have to select a specific window to do so any longer. They will be able to go to any window to sign for the party of their choice, giving their voting or support preference anonymity Read more

Dp Launches Its List Of Veterans, Newcomers

PHILIPSBURG--The country’s oldest party – the Democratic Party (DP) – is not dying, rather it is “dedicated to the people” and ready to sweep the September 26 Parliamentary Election.

Maria Candidate On Us Party Slate

PHILIPSBURG--Former Health and Labour Minister Maria Buncamper-Molanus has signed on with the United St. Maarten Party (US Party) as a candidate for the September 26 Parliamentary Elections. She contested the 2014 elections Read more

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“Can’t devalue her knowledge, experience” - Frans

PHILIPSBURG:---The United St. Maarten Party (USP) on Friday announced that former Commissioner and Minister Maria Buncamper-Molanus will be contesting the September 26 Parliamentary Election as a candidate on the USP slate Read more

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Mp Marlin-Romeo: Calls On Minister Of Justice To Ensure No Political Interference In Judicial Entities.

PHILIPSBURG:---  Member of Parliament (MP) Leona Marlin-Romeo cautions the Minister of Justice on the ‘trias politica’, and reminds the honorable minister that he must ensure that the powers of one branch do not conflict with the other.

Over the past few weeks, the Ministry of Justice has been justly and actively unveiling the plans of the ministry Read more

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Frans: Usp Honors Memory Of Gamali By Keeping Promises To Justice Ministry.

PHILIPSBURG:--- Leader of the United St. Maarten Party (USP) Member of Parliament Frans Richardson on Friday said the party and its membership is proud of the fact that it honored the memory of Officer Gamali Benjamin by ensuring that his brothers and sisters in blue of the Police Department have received some of the tools they need to stay safe and fight crime Read more

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Na To Announce Full List Of Candidates Sunday

PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten - One of the political parties vying for seats in the September 26th parliamentary elections is the National Alliance (NA) under the leadership of Prime Minister, the Honorable William Marlin.

As a result, the party will officially be introducing its list of 23 candidates during a ceremony this weekend.

The ceremonial event is set to take place at the party’s headquarters on Sunday August 7th at the former Patricia’s Bar on the Sucker Garden Road and will start at 6 pm Read more

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Collectivité Starts Reorganisation And Verification Of Street Names, Numbers

MARIGOT--First Vice-President Guillaume Arnell recently announced the launching this August of a major project to overhaul the often confusing addressing system in St. Martin.

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