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St. Maarten Delegation Attending Caribbean Marketplace This Week

SINT MAARTEN – A delegation from St. Maarten will be attending Caribbean Travel Marketplace, the region’s largest and most significant marketing forum, in the Bahamas, from January 31 – February 2, at Atlantis, Paradise Island. The event is being hosted by the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA).

Caribbean Travel Marketplace affords tourism suppliers the vital opportunity to meet face-to-face with wholesalers from around the world selling Caribbean vacation packages over the course of two days of business meetings.

CHTA will offer a full day of professional development opportunities for attendees on January 31, followed by the Opening Ceremonies in the evening Read more

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Minister Lee Commends Szv For Increased Collections

PHILIPSBURG – Minister responsible for Public Health Emil Lee took a moment to commend SZV on their improved performance regarding collection.

They have collected NAf. 28 million more than the amount that they had initially projected for collections in 2016 Read more

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Curaçao & St. Maarten Health Ministers Committed

PHILIPSBURG РMinister of Public Health, Social Development, and Labor Emil Lee recently returned from a work visit to Cura̤ao, where he met with new incoming Minister of Health, Environment and Nature, Zita Jesus-Leito.

“Since taking office in 2015, the Minister of Health from Aruba, Curaçao, and myself have developed a good working relationship Read more

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Nhi Stakeholder Sensitization Sessions Start Next Week

PHILIPSBURG – The Ministry of VSA is currently in the process of organizing a stakeholders sensitization session on National Health Insurance (NHI).

The sessions begin next week Monday, January 23, and will be facilitated by Professor Wynand van de Ven at Erasmus University in Rotterdam, with extensive knowledge and experience in health insurance and Dr. Stanley Lalta, who is a researcher at the University of the West Indies (UWI) with special interests in the area of health financing.

Professor van de Ven has a vast wealth of knowledge on sustainable health care financing as well as experience with implementing National Health Insurance plans within the Kingdom Read more

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Governor Holiday Swears In Last New Member Of Parliament

Harbour View – On Tuesday, January 17, 2017, His Excellency Governor Eugene B. Holiday administered the oath to new Member of Parliament Mr. Perry Geerlings at the Governor’s Cabinet.

The new member, of the Democratic Party, takes the seat left vacant as a result of the appointment to the Council of Ministers of Minister of VSA, Emil Lee Read more

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Ministry Of Vsa Congratulates Recipients On Being Sworn In

PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten  – The Minister of Public Health, Social Development and Labor, Emil Lee and by extension the entire Ministry would like to congratulate Kawieta Baboeram- Perk, Natalia caraman and Zoraida Magdalena Spanner on being sworn in as Health Care Practitioners on St. Maarten.

All three took the oath as Pharmacist’s Assistants Read more

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Government Lacks Majority In Parliament

SMCP wishes the people of St. Maarten a blessed New Year and good governance throughout 2017. We pray that our Parliamentarians will raise the bar in Parliament and that the Council of Ministers will adhere to the principles of transparency, accountability, integrity, responsiveness, efficiency, effectiveness and the rule of law that result in good governance.

After a relatively long government formation process, St Read more

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Minister Lee Introduces Cabinet Staff

PHILIPSBURG – The Cabinet for the Minister of VSA Emil Lee has been completed. Four members from the previous Cabinet will be returning, namely Alissa Rios, Selby Philip, Jim Rosen, and Chris Fleming.

“Alissa and Selby are both policy advisors and they have done a tremendous job over the past year. Jim Rosen is my Senior Specialist, who has also done a great job, particularly when it comes to financial analysis, and Chris Fleming, who is the cabinet’s personal assistant, is a tremendous support to our staff, ensuring  that everyone in the cabinet is well taken care of,” Lee said.

“Different to my previous appointment where I launched a public recruitment process, the remaining vacancies for the Cabinet this time were filled from a head hunting process that I had been working on over the past year based on the opportunities I had to meet and interact with individuals in Government Read more

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