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Pfp Calls For Implementation Of Whistleblower Policy

~ Denounces Jacobs’ Approach to Censor Press and Public ~

PHILIPSBURG – Party for Progress (PFP) Members of Parliament (MPs) Melissa Gumbs and Raeyhon Peterson denounced recent statements made by Prime Minister Silveria Jacobs, who, during the Council of Ministers press briefing on Wednesday, warned that governments attention will be focused on adjusting the countrys legislation to criminalize the press and members of the public from sharing leaked internal government documents Read more

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Prime Minister Silveria E. Jacobs International WomenS Day Commemoration Speech

Today March 8, 2021 on International Womens Day, it gives me great pleasure to celebrate the accomplishments, and leadership of women all around the world. We have come a long way, from when we were not allowed to vote, make decisions or hold certain functions to breaking the molds set by men throughout history. We have seen women rise to the occasion, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic, and exhibit leadership skills in protecting their communities in governments around the world. This years

International Womens Day theme is Choose to Challenge raising awareness against bias and taking action for equality Read more

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Pm Jacobs Demands Respect Of State Secretary Knops

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten – In the Council of Ministers Press Briefing held on Wednesday June 17th, the Honorable Prime Minister Jacobs recounted the virtual meeting that she and the Minister of Finance had with State Secretary of Home Affairs and Kingdom Relations, drs. Raymond Knops. The word that caught my attention during the Prime Ministers report was the word respect, because she used it several times during her talk Read more

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Smcp Congratulates Winning Parties

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten – The Sint Maarten Christian Party (SMCP) would like to thank the voters of Sint Maarten for going out and exercising their democratic right and voting in the next parliament. The election took place peacefully and orderly. As we know, the ballot is the way the people speak and certainly the people have spoken today. SMCP certainly respects the voice and the decision of the people Read more

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Mp Marlin-Romeo Attends Parlatino Meeting

PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten – Member of Parliament (MP) Leona Marlin Romeo attended her last meeting as an independent member of parliament to the Parlatino commission for political affairs, municipals and the integration of Latin America and the Caribbean.

The three day discussion comprised of the revision of the draft law of the migration of Latin America, a framework on visions and articles that may be incorporated in the immigration laws of the respective countries, Immigration in Latin America and the Caribbean, and lastly the discussion papers of Donald Trump statements and intended approach on tackling specifically immigration through Mexico.

Immigration issues such as the recognition of degrees within the Latin American countries, the need for free movement within Latin America for economic prosperity, were also points of discussion.

Statistics were given showing that the United States and Canada remained the number one country or destination despite most part of the immigration in Latin America and the Caribbean is from within the region.

Questions such as should Trump win the elections are countries capable of absorbing the exodus of undocumented families and criminals?

In the context of the smaller islands such as Sint Maarten matters surrounding immigration reform and measures pertaining to protecting those that are legal on the island are yet to be discussed stated Member of Parliament Leona Marlin Romeo. 

What is clear is that immediate action must be taken to ensure matters surrounding immigration are properly addressed specifically in light of the discussions on a national health care system, free education, proper statistics of the civil registry department, the weaknesses of Social and Health Insurance SZV, and lack of compliance in paying taxes Read more

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Up Board And Leader Extend Condolences To The Family And Friends Of Alexander Marlin

PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten – The United People's Party (UP) Board and Leader of the UP Party Member of Parliament Theodore Heyliger extend condolences to the family and friends of Alexander Marlin, and to the families of Julian Rollocks and Member of Parliament Leona Marlin-Romeo.

“Our thoughts and prayers are with the family members during this very difficult time Read more

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Mp Marlin-Romeo: Offers Condolences After Incident In Nice France On Bastille Day

PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten – Independent Member of Parliament (MP) Leona Marlin Romeo expressed her sincere condolences to the families of those victims who lost their lives in the recent terrorist attack in Nice, France on Bastille Day. 

“France will overcome this horrific experience. 

It is during these str Read more

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Mp Marlin-Romeo: No Political Games With Pensions

PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten – Political games cannot have any presence in issues such as our pension stated Independent Member of Parliament (MP) Leona Marlin Romeo.

After attending the 5th Henderson Insurance Conference, one of the messages that was made clear was that there is a need for an urgent national dialog where all stakeholders including both government and parliament congregate to analyse, discuss and set a clear strategic plan for the sustainability of the pension system on Sint Maarten Read more

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Ralph Contave Author Receives Assistance From Mp Marlin-Romeo For Book On Culture, Politics And Youth Empowerment

PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten – Sint Maarten's UNESCO's Youth Representative and recipient of the 2015 President of Parliament Award Ralph Contave, is the month of July recipient for the Give Back to the Community donation.

The selection committee nominated Mr. Contave and is in support of his endeavor to contribute to literacy on Sint Maarten.  Mr. Contave is writing his first book on St. Maarten's culture, political atmosphere and youth empowerment.

The donation is a contribution to the publication of the book and Member of Parliament (MP) Leona Marlin Romeo is encouraging the general public to support this initiative by purchasing the book once launched.

“It is important for the community to support embrace all positive contributions that will help build Sint Maarten,” stated the Member of Parliament Read more

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Mp Marlin-Romeo To Attend Nvvb Annual Conference

PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten – Member of Parliament (MP) Leona Marlin-Romeo has been invited by Nederlands Vereniging voor Burgerzaken (NVVB) to its annual conference.

The association is the “contact point" for the themes of personal information management, identity management, elections & services and innovation.

The NVVB think and act towards the future, guarantees quality and is a popular and reliable partner for other (government) organizations.

The Member of Parliament will be lobbying about the concerns of the protection of source documents in the Caribbean based on years of experience of Civil Registry matters on Sint Maarten.   

During the MPs tenure at the Civil Registry there were many challenges with documents from neighboring islands Read more

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Parliament Hears More About Insurance For Police Officers

PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten - The Parliament of St. Maarten met on Tuesday.

The purpose of the meeting was to further discuss the status of insurance coverage for police officers and their families.

The meeting was at the request of Members of Parliament, Leona Marlin-Romeo, Tamara Leonard and Franklin Meyers Read more

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Urgent Plenary Session Of Parliament About Sale Of New Government Building Scheduled For Friday

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten – The House of Parliament will meet in an urgent session on February 26.

The public plenary session has been set for Friday at 10.00am in the General Assembly Chamber of the House at Wilhelmina Straat #1 in Philipsburg.

The agenda point is a discussion related to the sale of the new Government Administration Building.

This urgent meeting was called by the United People’s (Read more

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Mp Marlin-Romeo Donates Atahlia Daye Rogers Local Film ‘Mother Knows Best’

PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten – Atahlia Daye Rogers is a teacher at the Sundial School and has produced a film called ‘Mother Knows Best’.  Daye-Rogers is a local Sint Maartener, an entrepreneur, a poet, a playwright, a script writer, and as of late a film producer. 

‘Mother Knows Best’ is a featured film about a single mother, raising her daughter on the principles of the word of God. Haunted by the memories of the past, she is faced with the struggles of “modern day” motherhood Read more

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Mp Marlin-Romeo To Call Urgent Meeting Of Parliament With Minister Of Public Health

PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten – Independent Member of Parliament (MP) Leona Marlin-Romeo plans to request an urgent meeting with the Minister of Public Health, Social Development and Labour (Ministry VSA) on the issue of the unlawful interference of the Council of Ministers on the closure of food establishments and the hindrance of inspectors to work independently. 

“Over the past months many establishments have been rightfully closed by the Inspectorate of VSA Dr Read more

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Urgent Central Committee Meeting About Status Of Police Officers Insurance Coverage Scheduled For Friday

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten – The Central Committee will meet in an urgent session on January 29th. The Minister of Justice will be present for the sitting of the House.

The Central Committee meeting has been set for Friday at 10.00am in the General Assembly Chamber of the House at Wilhelmina Straat #1 in Philipsburg.

The agenda point is the status of insurance coverage for Police Officers and their families and other related and affected issues.

This urgent meeting was call Read more

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Mp Leona Marlin-Romeo Queries Mp Wescot-Williams On Climate Change And Sint Maarten’S Role

PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten – Independent Member of Parliament (MP) Leona Marlin-Romeo, has sent a letter to the President of Parliament requesting answers to the statement/comment made by MP Sarah Wescot Williams in her capacity as member of the CKAIR committee Read more

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Mp Leona Marlin-Romeo Congratulates Minister Of Culture Bourne-Gumbs And Organizers On Sint Maarten’S Day Theme And Celebrations

PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten – Independent Member of Parliament (MP) Leona Marlin-Romeo, congratulates outgoing Minister of Education Culture Youth Affairs and Sports Rita Bourne-Gumbs and organizers for a well thought out theme for the 2015, Sint Maarten’s Day Celebration.

“It was a pleasure to see the display of diverse cultures unified to celebrate Sint Maarten’s Day in a dignified way Read more

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Mp Leona Marlin-Romeo Commends Mental Health Foundation On Successful Turnout At 2015 Conference

PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten  – The giving back to the community project is not limited to only financial contributions. This was illustrated on the successful turn out and positive feedback of the Mental Health Foundation 2015 Conference. 

Independent Member of Parliament (MP) Leona Marlin-Romeo, gave the opening speech on the second day of the conference and spoke of how a discussion two years ago materialized, “Bringing Life into thought, Bringing passion into purpose”. 

The workshops though organized by the Foundation, the MP facilitated in making the connection with a close college associate Pascale Jean-Noel, a licensed Masters level Social Worker from New York State.

Pascale Jean-Noel, was more than willing to make a contribution to Sint Maarten by participating in bringing awareness on person centered treatment planning, trauma informed care, working with substance use disorders and understanding the practitioner’s role while providing mental health service as it relates to our community.  

Jean-Noel is a second generation Haitian, and understood what it means to connect with an audience of Caribbean background Read more

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Mp Leona Marlin-Romeo Commends Bes Islands For Including Neonatal Screening In Health Care Prevention

PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten  – Independent Member of Parliament (MP) Leona Marlin-Romeo, says on October 21st 2015, a letter was sent by her to the president of Parliament requesting information from the Minister of Health on the inclusion of Neonatal Screening or Heel Prick Screening for babies born on Sint Maarten. 

The meeting to discuss the draft Public Health Law was adjourned and still needs to be reconvened, however, Neonatal Screening was not included at that time as a preventative measure. 

“Congratulations goes out to Saba and St Read more

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Usm And Partners Discuss Development

PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten - On the 20th May 2015 the Board of the University of St. Maarten Foundation (BUSMF), assisted by its management team, discussed the developments of the University of St. Martin (USM) with the parliamentary committee of Education, Culture, Youth & Sport Affairs.

During that meeting, which was chaired by the Honorable Member of Parliament, Ms. Silveria Jacobs, the Honorable Minister of Education, Mrs Read more

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Independent Mp Leona Marlin-Romeo Invited To Join New Coalition

PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten - With the expected snap elections now just around the corner, the independent members of Parliament have been giving the electorate more insight into the inner workings that led them to becoming independent members of Parliament.

Seemingly Independent Member of Parliament, the Honorable Leona Marlin-Romeo was asked by the leader of the United St Read more

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Extraordinary Meeting Of Parliament Called

PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten - A majority of 8 in parliament has convened a public meeting of parliament for Thursday, October 15, 2015 at 6 pm.

This invitation has been sent to all members of parliament with the appointment of a chairperson and vice chairpersons being the main agenda point.

In an elucidation to the invitation, the members constituting the majority outline the reasons for this extraordinary meeting, going from the premise of the "majority-rule".

While the Rules of Order of Parliament provide for a change in chairmanship at any time, no further procedures are in place in the event the sitting presidium members take on a hostile attitude and refuse to accommodate the change-over.

This could make a lame duck of the parliament.

Below is the motivation as provided.

Ref: urgent meeting of Parliament on Thursday, October 15, 2015 at 18.00 hours.

Agenda point: Appointment of a chairperson, a first deputy chairperson and a second deputy chairperson.

Motivation:

On September 30, 2015, a majority in Parliament informed   H Read more

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Mp Leona Marlin-Romeo Makes Vice President Of Parliament Position Available

PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten – Independent Member of Parliament (MP) Leona Marlin-Romeo, has notified the current President of Parliament Hon. Dr. Lloyd Richardson and Secretary Generals, that effective immediately, the position held as Vice Chair is made available.

MP Marlin-Romeo duly notes that there is a new majority in Parliament and therefore, the appointment of the new chairmanship must transpire. 

In order to facilitate the process, notice was given to the respective persons in order for the new appointment to continue Read more

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Mp Leona Marlin-Romeo Contributes To Seniors Celebrating International Day Of Older Persons

PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten – Independent Member of Parliament (MP) Leona Marlin-Romeo treated the country’s senior citizens so they could attend an event for International Day of the Older Persons which was recognized and celebrated globally on October 1st.

Senior citizens on Dutch Sint Maarten were able to be transported to a celebration through the giving back to the community program of Independent MP Leona Marlin-Romeo.

The sponsorship of a coaster bus was given after Meals on Wheels founder Mary Bryson indicated the areas that needed assistance in order for them to make this event a success.

MP Marlin-Romeo attended the event and thanked the elderly for their contribution to Sint Maarten/St Read more

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