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Dominican Republic/PHILIPSBURG:--- After nearly three years of discussions between the Dominican Republic and the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the long-awaited Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the two states was signed yesterday Monday by Prime Minister William Marlin on behalf of Sint Maarten and Minister of Foreign Affairs Miguel Vargas on behalf of the Dominican Republic Read more

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Usp’S Manifesto Released, Urges Public To Believe In St. Maarten.

PHILIPSBURG:-- The Leader of the United St. Maarten (US) party MP Frans Richardson on Thursday presented the first copy of the party’s 2016 Manifesto to representatives of the Philipsburg Jubilee Library, in the presence of students from the St. Maarten Academy who just happened to present at the same time of the presentation.
Richardson told the students, who were working on a political project for school, that he was honored that they could be the first to see the manifesto Read more

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Jci Live Soualiga Global Organization.

PHILIPSBURG:--- JCI LIVE Soualiga known as a global leadership organization is once again holding its Voice of the Nation (VoN) Panel Discussion. This time the topic will be on Environmental Sustainability. All nine (9) registered Political Parties’ leaders have been invited to participate in this Assembly to be held on Saturday, September 3rd from 7pm at the University of St. Martin The parties are as follows NA, DP,US, UP,SMD,SMCP,PPA,HOPE AND OSSP Read more

Minister Jacobs Attends Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony Of S.E.C.D.A

PHILIPSBURG:--- On Sunday, August 21, Honorable Minster of Education, Culture, Youth and Sports Silveria Jacobs attended the official opening the St. Maarten Early Childhood Development Association (SECDA) at the Rupert Maynard Community Center in St. Peters.
During the ceremony, teachers of various preschools were awarded certificates of completion for First-aid CPR and Hygiene courses with the teachers have been attending over the past few months Read more

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GREAT BAY(DCOMM):--- Minister of Education Silveria Jacobs expresses deep and heartfelt condolences to the parents and family of the young boy whose life was tragically lost in an accident on Saturday morning at the Princess Juliana International Airport.

“This tragedy is one that will forever change the landscape of the lives of all involved, including the victim, his family, the driver of the van and his family as well as eyewitnesses and the community at large.

“No words can properly suffice to offer comfort at this time Read more

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Number 15th candidate on USP taken off the list.

PHILIPSBURG: --- The members of the voting bureau, chaired by Attorney at law Jason Rogers announced on Friday that a total of nine political parties will contest the September 26th parliamentary elections. All nine political parties that submitted their lists had to make corrections with the three-day time frame stipulated by law.
Rogers said that all the political parties had errors on their list, and they were given the time to make those corrections.
The nine political parties that will be on the ballots are UPP, HOPE, SMCP, OSPP, PPA, SDM, DP, USP and the NA.
In outlining the changes the chairman of the voting bureau said that the errors range from minors errors such addresses and date of births not correctly filled in, some parties that to place an amount of NAF 2000, in the name of voter but they did in the name of the party Read more

PHILIPSBURG:--- Minister of Education Silveria Jacobs announced at the Council of Minister's press briefing on Wednesday that some students that wrote the FBE examinations and scored low grades are still having problems being placed into a school. One of the major hindrance to that is because of the four classrooms that at lacking at the St Read more

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Digikidz, Vxg, And Winair Are Only Some Of The Victims Of Sta Appointed Director.

PHILIPSBURG:--- Since the appointment of Rolando Brison to the St. Maarten Tourism Authority (STA) by Minister of TEATT Ingrid Arrindell last Friday social media on St. Maarten has been exploding with all sorts of comments regarding the appointment of Brison to such a prestigious position when there are numerous scandals surrounding one of St. Maarten’s brightest minds and possible future leaders. Brison who is known to be very brilliant ever since he was in high school, today has a questionable reputation, especially with his marketing company Read more

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PHILIPSBURG:--- The United St. Maarten (US) party has charged its candidates, but especially it's youngest candidates, to find progressive ways forward in governing the country and to inspire their peers to believe in St. Maarten once again. The leader of the USP Member of Parliment Frans Richardson said the party is "blessed with young adults who believe in St Read more

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PHILIPSBURG:--- Finance Minister Richard Gibson Sr. told reporters on Wednesday at the Council of Ministers press briefing that the St. Maarten Medical Center owes the government of St. Maarten over NAF.7M in back taxes.
The Finance Minister said that SMMC was unable to pay their taxes over the past years and hopefully when the current building and land is sold to the company that will construct the new hospital, the government of St Read more

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PHILIPSBURG: --- Of the five political parties that had to secure 146 signatures at the Census Office on Tuesday to qualify their list to contest the September 2016 Parliamentary elections. The St. Maarten Christian Party (SMCP) surpassed the amount by 1:00pm on Tuesday. The leader of the SMCP Wycliffe Smith told SMN News that at 1:30pm his party got 165 signatures and people were still in the line and some more on their way to endorse his party Read more

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PHILIPSBURG:--- 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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Hope leader became emotional as she made a statement.

PHILIPSBURG:--- Of the nine political parties that submitted their list to the voting bureau on Monday, only three of them handed in a list with a full slate of 23 candidates. They are the United Peoples Party (UPP), United St. Maarten’s People Party (USP), and the National Alliance (NA).
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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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Hope Political Party Invites Public To Manifesto Launch On August 2Nd.

PHILIPSBURG:--- HOPE, the political party with aim to Help Our People Excel (HOPE), has its Manifesto Ready, says party leader Mercedes “Elektra” van der Waals Wyatt in a press release on Monday.

“We are inviting the general public to the Draft Manifesto launch on Tuesday August 2nd at the John Larmonie Center at 7.30pm Read more