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Buncamper Urges GovT. To Relax Entry Requirements

PHILIPSBURG--United St. Maarten Party (US Party) Member of Parliament Claudius Toontje Buncamper on Wednesday made a plea for government to relax the requirements to enter the country, to attract tourists back.

He made the call during an urgent public meeting on the short- and medium-term financial socio-economic outlook and solutions for St. Maarten. He said arrivals in the country are down by 70 per cent and this figure can plummet significantly if the country introduces rapid antigen tests at its ports of entry Read more

Mp Buncamper Wants To Know Whereabouts Of Timeshare Law

MP Claudius Toontje Buncamper.

~ Wants it put on books ~

PHILIPSBURG--Statements contained in a verdict from the Supreme Court that referred to the Timeshare Ordinance of St. Maarten have prompted United St. Maarten Party (US Party) Member of Parliament (MP) Claudius Toontje Buncamper to question Minister of Tourism, Economic Affairs, Transport and Telecom Read more

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Rainforest Adventures Files Request To Return Portion Of Leased Land To Govt.

MP Claudius "Toontje" Buncamper.

PHILIPSBURG--A request has been filed by Rainforest Adventures (RFA) to relinquish or give back a substantial part of the leased land it occupies to government, and United St. Maarten Party (US Party) Member of Parliament (MP) Claudius "Toontje" Buncamper wants all, or a substantial portion of the land to be used for agricultural purposes.

Although the precise dimensions of the piece of land that will be relinquished is still being concluded, it looks like it will be approximately 44 per cent of the property, Buncamper said in a press release on Wednesday Read more

Buncamper Questions Economic Recovery Plan

PHILIPSBURG--United St. Maarten Party (US Party) Member of Parliament (MP) Claudius Toontje Buncamper sent a letter to Minister of Tourism, Economic Affairs, Transport and Telecommunication (TEATT) Ludmila de Weever on Thursday whi Read more

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Mps Question Richardson About Inmate Testing, Prison Conditions

PHILIPSBURG--The conditions at the Pointe Blanche prison and COVID-19 testing among inmates have come under scrutiny from United St. Maarten Party (US Party) Members of Parliament (MPs) Claudius Toontje Buncamper and Akeem Arrindell, 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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Buncamper Questions Panneflek About Unemployment Support

PHILIPSBURG--United St. Maarten Party (US Party) Member of Parliament (MP) Claudius Toontje Buncamper sent a letter to Minister of Public Health, Social Development and Labour VSA Richard Panneflek on Monday that questioned the distribution of unemployment benefits under the St Read more

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Buncamper Questions Ministers On The Towers Employees Salary Cut

PHILIPSBURG--United St. Maarten Party (US Party) Member of Parliament (MP) Claudius Toontje Buncamper sent letters to Minister of Tourism, Economic Affairs, Transport and Telecommunication (TEATT) Ludmila de Weever and Minister of Read more

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Buncamper Writes Irion About Effects Of Remittances On Country

Recent lines at money transfer service

PHILIPSBURG--United St. Maarten Party (US Party) Member of Parliament (MP) Claudius Toontje Buncamper has written Finance Minister Ardwell Irion about the effects of remittances on St. Maart Read more

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Factions Request Urgent Meeting On Govt. Response To Dutch Conditions

PHILIPSBURG--Party For Progress (PFP), United Democrats (UD) and United St. Maarten Party (US Party) have requested an urgent meeting of Parliament to discuss governments response to the conditions laid down by the Kingdom government for financial assistance for St. Maarten to cover the cost of the St Read more

Buncamper Urges Govt. Not To Grant Dismissals In Light Of Stimulus Plan

US Party MP Claudius Toontje Buncamper.

PHILIPSBURG--United St. Maarten Party (US Party) Member of Parliament (MP) Claudius Toontje Buncamper has called on Labour Minister Read more

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Buncamper: St. Maarten Should Use Crisis To Take A New Direction

US MP Claudius Toontje Buncamper.

PHILIPSBURG--The United St. Maarten Party (US Party) wants to see St. Maarten taking a new direction, creating new revenue streams and making good use of the current COVID-19 health crisis to do so.

Ud, Pfp And Us Party Mps Request Meeting On Tax Reform

PHILIPSBURG--United Democrats (UD), Party For Progress (PFP) and United St. Maarten Party (US Party) Members of Parliament (MPs) have submitted a request for a meeting of the Central Committee of Parliament on the issue of tax reform.

Buncamper Wants Meeting Convened On Electoral Reform

Claudius Buncamper.

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

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Buncamper Seeks Answers On Covid-19 Concerns

MP Claudius Buncamper

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

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Meeting On Airport Postponed

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten--The urgent plenary session of Parliament to be held today Friday, March 6, 2020 at 2:00pm with agenda points the financial situation of the airport, funding for its reconstruction has been postponed.

The meeting had been requested by members Christophe Emmanuel (NA), Claudius Buncamper and Akeem Arrindell (both US Party) Read more

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Doran: Time Has Run Out On Cfatf Recommendations

Justice Minister Egbert Doran (second right) answering MPs questions on CFATFs recommendations and other related laws on Wednesday, February 26.

MPs listening to Justice Minister Egbert Dorans answers on Wednesday, February 26.

PHILIPSBURG--Time has run out to implement the recommendations of the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF), said Justice Minister Egbert Doran at last weeks meeting of the Central Committee of Parliament.

He said this in response to Members of Parliament (MPs) questioning the urgency and timeline necessary to comply with the recommendations and other related laws during a previous meeting of the Central Committee.

This meeting was a continuation of the Central Committee meeting on Tuesday, February 18.

MP Sarah Wescot-Williams of United Democrats (UD) asked during the previous meeting whether St Read more

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Mps Select Rogers, Gumbs For General Audit Chamber Chair

National Alliance MP Ardwell Irion and United St. Maarten Party MP Read more

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National Alliance leader Silveria Jacobs with party candidates and supporters just after the final results were announced on Friday morning.

~ UP 4, PFP 2, US Party 2, UD 1 ~

PHILIPSBURG--National Alliance (NA) captured the most seats in the snap parliamentary election on Thursday, clearing five seats outright and earning one residual seat for a total of six seats in the new parliament of St Read more

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United St. Maarten Party (US Party) held its final rally in Dutch Quarter on Tuesday night.

US Party leader Frans Richardson.

PHILIPSBURG--The United St. Maarten Party (US Party) elaborates on some of its Read more

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Curtis Thomas

PHILIPSBURG--United St. Maarten Party (US Party) candidate and Cay Bay resident Curtis Thomas believes the parking experience of local and visiting shoppers should be more convenient and has proposed a multi-level parking facility for Philipsburg.

He did not specify, in a press release issued late last night announcing the proposal, how it will be financed.

Plans for a parking facility in Philipsburg are now new Read more

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More than 30 of the 112 candidates contesting the upcoming snap election gathered at the I Love SXM sign on Great Bay Beach on January 1, to take a Unity Pic. Andrae The Roof Man Douglas created the initiative to show that, despite political differences, we can unite for the love of St. Maarten. Five of the six political parties had candidates take part in the initiative, with United St. Maarten Party (US Party) having no candidates present Read more

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PHILIPSBURG--Ten days after his arrest, United St. Maarten (US) party leader Frans Richardson was released from pre trial detention on Friday– three days before the parliamentary elections, which he is contesting as the number one candidate on the US slate.

He remains a suspect in the “Squid” and “Emerald” investigations. In a press release issued after his release, Richardson’s attorney Sjamira Roseburg of Sulvaran & Peterson Law Firm, said her client’s detention was not necessary at this time and indicated that his detention seemed to be aimed at undermining his campaign and intended to influence the outcome of Monday’s snap parliamentary elections.

“The investigation has been running since 2016 and the co-suspects are already free Read more

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