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Minister Lee Opens Sustainable Roof Garden Green House At Ideal Pre-School

Minister of Public Health Emil Lee (right) being assisted by toddlers with cutting the green ribbon signifying the official opening of the green house.  

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GREAT BAY (DCOMM):---  Minister of Public Health, Social Development and Labor Emil Lee, paid a visit to Ideal Pre-School to officially launch their Sustainable Roof Garden (Green House) which was featured on Earth Day.
Minister Lee was given the honor of cutting the green ribbon and declared the green house to be officially open! He also planted some pumpkin seeds in the pumpkin patch of the green house and thereafter took a brief tour of the pre-school with Agnes Kapoor, owner and director of Ideal Pre-School.
Teaching about health benefits of eating organic home grown produce at a very young age ensures that it carries on later in life.
This also teaches appreciation for how much effort it takes to grow food and therefore waste less, Minister Lee pointed out.
With his genuine gesture of paying a visit to Ideal Pre-School, Minister Emil Lee has conveyed a very powerful message Agnes Kapoor stated, “We as a community, can do things to make this world a better place.”
The event was also attended by Dr Read more

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Minister Lee Opens Sustainable Roof Garden Green House At Ideal Pre-School

GREAT BAY, Sint Maarten (DCOMM) – Minister of Public Health, Social Development and Labor Emil Lee, paid a visit to Ideal Pre-School to officially launch their Sustainable Roof Garden (Green House) which was featured on Earth Day.

Minister Lee was given the honor of cutting the green ribbon and declared the green house to be officially open! He also planted some pumpkin seeds in the pumpkin patch of the green house and thereafter took a brief tour of the pre-school with Agnes Kapoor, owner and director of Ideal Pre-School Read more

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St. Maarten Residents Call For Action To Solve Dump Problems

Minister Emil Lee (second from right) listens to the concerns about the landfill. To the left is Andy Wescot; Wycliffe Smith of the Christian party is just visible next to him. Photo contributed

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Landfill Fire Out, But Still Smoking

On Sunday afternoon, the smoldering landfill fire still sent toxic smoke towards residential areas. Photo Today / Hilbert Haar

St. Maarten News – The fire that broke out on the landfill on Friday afternoon may be “under control” but on Sunday afternoon the site was still emitting toxic smoke. That smoke contains dioxins, carcinogenic substances that could cause cancer but also a severe form of acne, known as chloracne. At high dose levels, dioxin could furthermore cause abnormalities to the enamel of children’s teeth; it could affect the central and peripheral nervous system, cause thyroid disorders, damage immune systems and cause endometriosis (tissue growth outside the uterus that could in turn lead to (chronic) pelvis pain and infertility) and – last but not least – diabetes.

High exposure to dioxins also changes the male/female birth ration in favor of females.

Significant is the observation that small concentrations of dioxins in water could accumulate to dangerously high levels, because the substance does not dissolve easily in water.

The Collective Prevention Services advised this weekend to people living downwind from the landfill fire to close their windows and doors Read more

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Ministry Vsa Issues Warning For Fire At Dump

GREAT BAY, (DCOMM) – The Collective Preventive Services (CPS), a government department under the Ministry of Public Health, Social Development and Labour, is advising persons living downwind from the landfill fire, to close windows and doors, especially persons who have a respiratory challenge.  This action should also be taken in the future.

For persons who suffer from asthma, shortness of breath, or any other respiratory challenges, to close their windows and doors until th Read more

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Ministry Vsa Issues Warning For Fire At Dump.

GREAT BAY (DCOMM):--- The Collective Preventive Services (CPS), a government department under the Ministry of Public Health, Social Development and Labour, is advising persons living downwind from the landfill fire, to close windows and doors, especially persons who have a respiratory challenge. This action should also be taken in the future.

For persons who suffer from asthma, shortness of breath, or any other respiratory challenges, to close their windows and doors until the fumes cle Read more

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Health Insurance On St. Maarten For Less Than 3 Dollars A Day

From left: Jim Rosen (executive advisor, cabinet VSA), Eric Ellis (executive manager of claims Dept. Nagico), Ash Hodge (taxi driver), Ellen Benjamin (Manager Medical Dept. Nagico) and Minister of Public Health Emil Lee. Photo contributed

St. Maarten News – One of the Ministry of VSA’s top priorities is to ensure that everyone has access to affordable and quality healthcare Read more

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St. Maarten / St. Martin Parties Sign Sea Border Demarcation Treaty

Préfète-Déléguée Anne Laubies and Prime Minister William Marlin sign the treaty. Photo contributed

Quadripartite meeting

St. Maarten News – The Government of Sint Maarten hosted the third annual Quadripartite Meeting last Wednesday. The meeting was formulated in 2014 as a forum for representatives of the governments of the French Republic (led by the Ambassador for Regional Cooperation for the Antilles-Guyana Veronique Bertile), the Kingdom of the Netherlands (led by Director of the Western Hemisphere Department in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Joost Reintjes), Saint-Martin (led by President of the Collectivity Aline Hanson), and Sint Maarten (led by Prime Minister William Marlin) to discuss issues of mutual interest.

The agenda of the 50-delegate strong meeting touched on issues related to military cooperation between both the French and Dutch state on the island and the police cooperation treaty, which will regulate the manner in which armed forces exercise their authority in instances of transnational policing Read more

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Szv And Vsa Joint Controls To Begin This Week

PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten - In the Ministry’s effort to increase labor compliance, Minister of public health, Social development, and Labor Emil Lee held discussions with SZV and the inspectorate of VSA about joint controls, and informed that this week, they will start to conduct joint controls.

“This is a good idea because both inspectors will have complimentary authorities, and responsibilities Read more

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Health Insurance For Uninsured Less Than $3 A Day

PHILIPSBURG – One of the Ministry of Public Health, Social Development and Labor VSA’s top priorities is to ensure that everyone has access to affordable and quality healthcare. Having affordable health insurance is a critical part of having access to healthcare. Besides being a barrier to accessing healthcare, being uninsured can also place huge financial strains on the family.

Unfortunately, during the time in office, Minister of Health Emil Lee had already signed off for a few uninsured persons to be evacuated for emergency medical reasons Read more

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Businesses advised to have documents in order

PHILIPSBURG:--- In the Ministry’s effort to increase labor compliance, Minister of public health, Social development, and Labor Emil Lee held discussions with SZV and the inspectorate of VSA about joint controls, and informed that this week, they will start to conduct joint controls.
“This is a good idea because both inspectors will have complimentary authorities, and responsibilities Read more

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PHILIPSBURG:--- One of the Ministry of VSA’s top priorities is to ensure that everyone has access to affordable and quality healthcare. Having affordable health insurance is a critical part of having access to healthcare. Besides being a barrier to accessing healthcare, being uninsured can also place huge financial strains on the family.

Unfortunately, during the time in office, Minister Lee has already signed off for quite a few uninsured people to be evacuated for emergency medical reasons Read more

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St. Maarten Hosts 3Rd Annual Quadripartite Meeting

PHILIPSBURG– On Wednesday, April 6, the Government of St. Maarten hosted the 3rd annual quadripartite meeting.

The meeting was formulated in 2014 as a forum for representatives of the governments of The French Republic (led by Ambassador for Regional Cooperation for the Antilles-Guyana Veronique Bertile), The Kingdom of the Netherlands (led by Director of the Western Hemisphere Department in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Joost Reintjes), St. Martin (led by President of the Collectivity Aline Hanson), and St Read more

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Cps And Minister Lee Pleased With Awareness Created Around World Health Day 2016 – Be Aware, Get Diabetes Care!

GREAT BAY, Sint Maarten (DCOMM) – Collective Prevention Services (CPS), a department of the Ministry of Public Health, Social Development and Labour, is very pleased with the awareness created surrounding World Health Day (WHD) 2016 to profile WHD on April 7th.

WHD international theme was Diabetes: Beat It!  The local theme promoting awareness was “Be Aware, get Diabetes Care.”

Minister of Public Health, Social Development and Labour Emil Lee, met with the WHD Organizing Committee, and thanked them for their professional organization of awareness activities.

“Diabetes is one of the most diseases in our community.  The good news is that it is also one of the most treatable diseases.  Simple lifestyle changes can allow people with diabetes to live long, healthy, and productive lives.  Please take the time to get informed,” Minister of Public Health Emil Lee said on Monday.

The number of people living with diabetes has almost quadrupled since 1980 to 422 million adults, with most living in developing countries Read more

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Cps And Minister Lee Pleased With Awareness Created Around World Health Day 2016 – Be Aware, Get Diabetes Care.

GREAT BAY(DCOMM):--- Collective Prevention Services (CPS), a department of the Ministry of Public Health, Social Development and Labour, is very pleased with the awareness created surrounding World Health Day (WHD) 2016 to profile WHD on April 7th.

WHD international theme was Diabetes: Beat It! The local theme promoting awareness was “Be Aware, get Diabetes Care.”

Minister of Public Health, Social Development and Labour Emil Lee, met with the WHD Organizing Committee, and thanked them for their professional organization of awareness activities.

“Diabetes is one of the most diseases in our community Read more

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Managing sustainability of the funds

PHILIPSBURG:---  On Thursday March 31st, 2016 Social and Health Insurances (SZV) submitted it’s 2017 Budget to the Minister of Public Health, Minister Emil Lee for review and approval. The proposed budget includes continued efforts to control costs and identify opportunities for efficiencies in managing the sustainability of the various funds in SZV’s portfolio Read more

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PHILIPSBURG:--- On Wednesday, 6th April, the Government of Sint Maarten hosted the 3rd Annual Quadripartite Meeting. The meeting was formulated in 2014 as a forum for representatives of the governments of The French Republic (led by the Ambassador for Regional Cooperation for the Antilles-Guyana Mrs. Veronique Bertile), The Kingdom of the Netherlands (led by Director of the Western Hemisphere Department in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Mr. Joost Reintjes), Saint-Martin (led by President of the Collectivity Mrs Read more

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El Ministro Lee Visitó A Pacientes St. Maarten Durante Su Viaje A Colombia

Traducido por Máximo Castro

PHILIPSBURG – Como parte de la visita autofinanciada, del ministro de Salud, Emil Lee a Coomeva y sus instalaciones médicas en Colombia, éste hizo un espacio de tiempo, para visitar el mayor número posible de pacientes de St. Maarten que se encontraban recibiendo intenciones médicas en las ciudades de Cali, Bogotá y Medellín en el momento.

Como parte del enfoque práctico del Ministro de Salud,  este sintió que era importante obtener información directa de los pacientes en cuanto a la calidad del servicio y de la atención médica recibidos por los pacientes de St Read more

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Minister Lee Visits St. Maarten Patients During Trip To Colombia

PHILIPSBURG – As part of Health Minister Emil Lee’s self-financed visit to Coomeva and medical facilities in Colombia, he made a point of visiting as many patients as possible from St. Maarten who were in the cities of Cali, Bogota and Medellin at the time.

As part of the Minister’s hands-on approach, he felt that it was important to get direct feedback from patients as to the quality of service and of the medical treatment being received by St Read more

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Minister Lee Visits St.Maarten Patients During Visit To Colombia

Keila Natassia Clarke (patient), Julian Mesa Baron M.D. (international center head doctor), Dra. Gina Isabella Massi Ambard (Medical Clinical Management of International Business), Veniecia Clarke (mother of patient), Alvaro Mauricio Duran(operations director international business Coomeva), Minister Emil Lee

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St. Maarten Civil Servants Move To New Building On July 1

St. Maarten News – The signing of the necessary documents to initiate the start of the completion of the new Government Building situated on Pond Island is certainly a step in the right direction and according to Minister of Finance Richard Gibson Sr, such a move will save the Government 300,000 guilders per month.

The signing of the agreement between the contractors, Windward Electric Company, Windward Roads, Lievense CSO and the SZV was a big moment in the history of St Maarten; it was the first time that all the ministers in the government converged in the still to be completed facility.

The Interim Director of SZV, Glen Carty was the first to address the gathering Read more

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Minister Lee Returns From Fact Finding Trip To Colombia

PRESS RELEASE -  Minister of public health, social development, and labor Emil Lee, recently returned from a fact finding mission to Columbia. As the Ministry has been forced to make budget cuts, as a show of support for cost cutting, Minister Lee financed his own travel expenses.

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PHILIPSBURG:--- Minister of public health, social development, and labor Emil Lee, recently returned from a fact finding mission to Columbia. As the Ministry has been forced to make budget cuts, as a show of support for cost cutting, Minister Lee financed his own travel expenses.
The purpose of the visit was to get a first-hand assessment of the quality of healthcare that the people of St.Maarten receive when referred there Read more

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