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PHILIPSBURG:--- Minister Emil Lee of Public Health, Social Development & Labor would like to applaud and congratulate Mr. Cylred Richardson, Head of the Ambulance Department for taking the initiative to empower his staff to participate in the certification and recertification of an EMD course. The constantly evolving Priority Dispatch System (PDS) will help provide the highest standard of care to the community, allowing Emergency Medical Dispatchers, to better manage limited resources and increase the accuracy and efficiency of the dispatching process.
Ambulance Department Dispatchers took part in a three day certification and recertification training course from Monday February 1st through Wednesday February 3rd 2016 in the Medical Priority Dispatch System™ (MPDS®) to better serve the citizens of St Read more

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Marlin: Govt. Can’T Agree With Plasterk On Dispute Proposal

PHILIPSBURG--St. Maarten cannot agree with the proposal on the establishment of a dispute regulation for the kingdom as put forward by Dutch Minister for Interior Affairs and Kingdom Relations Ronald Plasterk, said Prime Minister William Marlin.

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Moot Court

Students who participated in the recently concluded Moot Court competition in the Netherlands were praised by Government for winning third place in the competition. Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports Silveria Jacobs thanked the students for their participation and main sponsor Lexwell Attorneys at Law for footing the travelling bill for the seven students and three mentors to the Netherlands Read more

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Gibson: Naf. 20M ‘Reserve’ Projected In Draft Budget

PHILIPSBURG--The draft 2016 budget, though “lean and mean,” is projected to have a NAf. 20 million “reserve” should all projections become reality, according to Finance Minister Richard Gibson. That reserve will be funnelled to paying a part of Government’s debts to Social and Health Insurance Fund SZV and the General Pension Fund APS Read more

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Armand Meda: The Fight Against Zika, “….There Are Families In Homes Out There With Situations That Make Them Totally Helpless…..”

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten — In a statement released by Armand Meda, he stated “The World Health Organization recently reported that the Zika Virus has been detected in 23 countries throughout the Americas and the Caribbean.

A scientist from the WHO has also forecast that there could be up to three to four million infections from the Virus over the next year Read more

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Insurance Association Elects Board – Dwayne Elgin Voted New President

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten —- The Sint Maarten Insurance Association (SMIA) installed a new Board following their recent annual elections.  The new Board will be led by President elect, Dwayne Elgin (CEO of NAGICO Insurances). Mr. Elgin takes over the reins from outgoing President, Mr. Eric Ellis who served in that capacity from the inception of the Association in 2013 and is also a founding member.

The newly elected board comprises of Vice President- Olivier van de Gevel (Branch Manager of Guardian); Treasurer -Wayne Johnson (Branch Manager of ICWI); Secretary- Cynthia Rotsburg(Branch Manager Caribbean Alliance) Read more

Gebe Workers Demanding That William Brooks Be Appointed Ceo Of The Company.

PHILIPSBURG:--- Workers of GEBE that are supporting William Brooks, the Temporary Manager that resigned from his post last week citing that he will wait on the shareholder representative to take a decision on his appointment as CEO called on Prime Minister William Marlin on Wednesday afternoon for an urgent meeting since they plan to take action if the shareholder do not appoint Brooks Read more

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Laville’S Trial Moved To May

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GREAT BAY – Former Member of Parliament Romain Laville will have to wait until May 11 for the outcome of his trial, because his the court granted his attorney Shaira Bommel’s request to hear several witnesses at the Judge of Instruction.

Laville has been charged with threatening the lives of former MP Jules James on June 11, 2012 and steel pan icon Isidore York on November 23 of the same year Read more

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Finance Minister Gibson: “Very Frugal Budget With Room For Expansion”

St. Maarten News:  The government intends to sell the new administration building on Pond Island for around 50 million guilders to social insurance agency SZV. With the building, SZV will also acquire the adjacent terrain of more than 15,000 square meters and the parking lot that borders on the TelEm property of 5,000 square meters. A parcel of land bordering on this parking lot of 1,800 square meters is also part of the deal. This appears from the explanatory notes with the draft 2016 budget that Governor Holiday submitted to the parliament on Monday.

In the preface, Finance Minister Richard Gibson Sr Read more

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Plasterk About Dispute Regulation “Kingdom Cannot Deviate From Decisions, Unless …”

St. Maarten News:  The Kingdom Council of Ministers cannot deviate from an advice issued by a dispute regulator, unless such a deviation is properly motivated,” Kingdom Relations Minister Ronald Plasterk said at a press conference yesterday at the end of his visit to St. Maarten. With this statement, Plasterk seems to come back from his earlier stance that the Kingdom Council of Ministers should always have the last word in disputes between the countries in the kingdom.

The only issue that separates Plasterk and the Caribbean autonomous countries St Read more

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Casinos Major Contributors To Increased State Revenue

St. Maarten News: The government projects an increase in state revenue of 3.1 percent this year compared to (still budgeted) 2015-revenue of 445 million guilders. The real revenue in 2014 was 422 million, but this year the government expects to pull in 458.9 million.

Most of this income stems from taxes – 363.8 million, but that is not where the increase comes from, since the budgeted tax-revenue in 2015 was slightly higher at 364.8 million. In 2014, tax-revenue was 352.4 million.

The bulk of the increase has to come from the casinos Read more

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Minister Lee Wants Study Unemployment Insurance

St. Maarten News: Minister Emil Lee (Public Health, Social Development and Labor) intends to merge the social services and the labor department to promote integral services.” This appears from the explanatory notes with the draft 2016 budget.

The ministry will conduct a feasibility study into unemployment insurance. “The jobless employee currently does not enjoy benefits linked to his unemployment Read more

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PHILIPSBURG:---The Sint Maarten Insurance Association (SMIA) installed a new Board following their recent annual elections. The new Board will be led by President elect, Dwayne Elgin (CEO of NAGICO Insurances). Mr. Elgin takes over the reins from outgoing President, Mr. Eric Ellis who served in that capacity from the inception of the Association in 2013 and is also a founding member.
The newly elected board comprises of Vice President- Olivier van de Gevel (Branch Manager of Guardian); Treasurer -Wayne Johnson (Branch Manager of ICWI); Secretary- Cynthia Rotsburg(Branch Manager Caribbean Alliance) Read more

Data from Labor Department lost since July 2014 --- Bidding process for “Turn Key Hospital in process.

PHILIPSBURG:--- Minister of Health, Labor and Social Affairs Emil Lee told reporters on Wednesday that he busy working on empowering the staff members working for the Ministry of VSA. The Minister Lee said he gave the departments some space to do what they need to do without his full presence Read more

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St. Maarten Does Not Agree With Kingdom’S Proposal On Dispute Committee --- Pm Marlin.

PHILIPSBURG:--- Prime Minister William Marlin in his remarks on Wednesday at the Council of Ministers press briefing announced that the government of St. Maarten does not agree with the proposal sent to him by the Kingdom Government on the formation of a ‘dispute committee”. Marlin said while the government of St. Maarten cannot agree with the proposal simply because it states that despite any advices the Kingdom is the one that will have the last word on any matters of dispute Read more

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PHILIPSBURG:--- Reliable information reaching SMN News states that the Council of Ministers will appoint former Minister of TEATT Romeo Pantophlet Temporary Manager of GEBE. The appointment is expected to take place as early as Wednesday. According to the information SMN News received is the Council of Ministers will appoint Pantophlet to the position until the screening process until the suggested candidate for the Chief Executive Officer position Veronica Jenson Webster is completed Read more

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Prime Minister William Marlin And The Council Of Ministers Met Today With Minister Plasterk And His Dutch Delegation

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten — Prime Minister William Marlin and the Council of Ministers met today with Minister Plasterk and his Dutch delegation for an introductory meeting.

Later in the day, Prime Minister William Marlin met with Minister Plasterk, Minister of Justice Edson G Read more

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Minister Plasterk impressed with business plan for new hospital --- offered assistance to St. Maarten if its needed.

PHILIPSBURG:--- Prime Minister William Marlin, host of the visiting Minister of Kingdom Relations and Interior Affairs said that the Minister came to St. Maarten on a working visit, mostly to officially meet with the Council of Ministers Read more

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The Salt Reaper “Seasons The Listener With A Local And Global Flavor” Rediscovering The Collaboration Of Lasana Sekou And Angelo Rombley

GRAND CASE, St. Martin —The Salt Reaper – selected poems from the flats by Lasana M. Sekou is a poetry-music CD from which each spoken word track unfolds like a morsel for the listener.

As the poet’s voice and the negotiating music by Angelo Rombley travel into each poem or enter the listener, the whole palette of the listener’s senses becomes tantalized.

The Salt Reaper poems vary from stingingly salty and succulently sweet, to scorchingly sour and bitingly bitter. The sounds, riffs, and beats manage to add a fresh dimension to reveal The Salt Reaper’s flesh and inner core.

Each time the spoken word-sound hurls through speakers, air, or headphones there’s a sense of a developing Salt Reaper persona that we can also see, smell, touch, and feel.

St Read more

Minister Silveria Jacobs Attended The Launch Ceremony Of Taaldorp Project

Cul de Sac, Sint Maarten – Honorable Minister Silveria Jacobs attended the launch ceremony of Taaldorp Project  at the St. Maarten Academy. Taaldorp, a collaborative project between the Dutch departments of the St. Maarten Academy and the St. Dominic school to prepare the respective fifth formers for the speaking component of the upcoming Cambridge Examinations in April, 2016.

With a accumulated amount of 167 fifth formers from both the St Read more

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Know Your Political History For All Secondary Schools

The legacy of Edgar Lynch

St. Maarten News – The book Know Your Political History by Edgar H. Lynch, and co-authored with his brother Julian, will be distributed to all secondary schools and the University of St. Martin in memory of the fifth anniversary of the passing of Edgar Lynch.

“In commemoration of his birthday and the fifth anniversary of the demise of my late husband Edgar H Read more

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Ministry Launches Study Into Education Needs

St. Maarten News – The ministry of education has hired consultancy company I. M. Brace to conduct a study of labor market and community needs. This study will form the basis for the 2017 study financing priority list. The study is a 3-month project and Minister Silveria Jacobs expects a final report in April, she said at a press conference yesterday morning.

From a practical point of view, the study will look no further than the next five years, I.M Read more

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St. Maarten Carnival Honors Labega, Carti And Corporate Sponsor Scotia

St. Maarten News: St. Maarten Carnival Development Foundation (SCDF) has named as this year’s honorees its former president Erno Labega, mainstay reveler Cleo Carti and long-time corporate partner Scotiabank.

“There is a huge pool of stakeholders we choose from every year. People who has given so much to carnival. There is never a wrong or right choice because we know that everyone instantly recognizes that the contributions of those selected are more than deserving of recognition,” SCDF-director Mike Granger said in a press statement.

Granger described Labega as the consummate Carnival lover who “we keep pulling back in.” Labega is one of the longest serving presidents the SCDF has had, starting direct involvement with the foundation in the 90’s and continuing for the next decade and a half in various functions Read more

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Nature Foundation Puts Warning Buoy On Object Causing Injuries To Swimmers On Simpson Bay Beach

SIMPSONBAY, Sint Maarten — Nature Foundation divers placed a white marker Buoy with information warning swimmers away from an area on Simpson Bay beach close to Karakter beach bar.

Many swimmers were injured, some seriously, when they cut themselves on an underwater object right in the surf zone as they were bathing in the area. The Nature Foundation was contacted by Member of Parliament the Honorable Maurice Lake as well as the owners of Karakter Beach Bar and residents of Simpson Bay regarding the incident.

“We dove the area in order to see exactly what it was that was causing cuts, some quite deep, to swimmers in the area Read more

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