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Urgent Public Meeting Of Parliament Regarding The Tendering And Awarding Process Of The Garbage Collection Contracts.

PHILIPSBURG:---  The House of Parliament will sit in an urgent Public meeting on Wednesday, June 29, 2022.

The Public meeting is scheduled for 15.30 hrs. in the General Assembly Chamber of the House at Wilhelminastraat #1 in Philipsburg. The Minister of Public Housing, Spatial Planning, Environment, and Infrastructure (VROMI) is requested to be present.
The agenda point is:
The Final Report of the Ombudsman regarding tendering and awarding process of the garbage collection contracts 2021-2026 (IS/1103/2021-2022 dated June 28, 2022)
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Committee Of Public Housing, Spatial Planning, Environment, And Infrastructure Of Parliament To Meet With Nature Foundation St. Maarten.

PHILIPSBURG:--- The Committee of Public Housing, Spatial Planning, Environment, and Infrastructure will meet on June 28, 2022.

The Committee meeting is scheduled for Tuesday at 9:30 hrs. in the General Assembly Chamber of the House at Wilhelminastraat #1 in Philipsburg. Representatives of Nature Foundation St. Maarten will be present.

The agenda point is:
Discussion with the Nature Foundation regarding the plans in connection with the recently signed agreement with Government and plans to tackle the ever-increasing invasive species presence on the island (IS/924/2021-2022 dated May 23, 2022)
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Committee For Constitutional Affairs And Decolonization To Meet With Pro Souliga Foundation.

PHILIPSBURG:--- Committee for Constitutional Affairs and Decolonization of Parliament will meet on June 21, 2022.

The Committee meeting is scheduled for Tuesday at 9.30 hrs. in the General Assembly Chamber of the House at Wilhelminastraat #1 in Philipsburg. Representatives of Pro Soualiga Foundation will be present.

The agenda points are:
1. Questions regarding Pro -Soualiga Foundation and update Pro-Soualiga-Activities (IS/262/2020-2021 dated December 29, 2020)
2. The furtherance of the motion of November 5, 2020
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~MP Wescot-Williams: We left it up to them who created it in the first place."~

 PHILIPSBURG:--- We have become accustomed to a little bacchanal every carnival season, and I was relieved that except for a few glitches here and there, we had not done too badly after a 2-year hiatus, the MP commented on a hastily-convened meeting, which she decided not to attend.

Recalling the budget handling, MP Wescot added that we cannot forget that the first salvo was fired when a part of the coalition made a so-called insignificant amendment to the budget 2022 and placed the carnival subsidy under the Tourism Department. Be that as it may, Carnival took place, but as it now appears, all was not well .

We received a request from the Carnival foundation for an urgent public meeting to discuss pending issues etc.

Choosing to request a public meeting in itself was interesting as the format of meetings with third parties is usually determined by the chair of parliament Read more

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~While the St. Maarten government calls for unity, it is the biggest polarizer.~

PHILIPSBURG:---The MP notes with much concern that another week has gone by and there is no news about the Minister of TEATT and his return to the office.

The minister disappeared from the public view without so much as a notice to the general public. And the Council of Ministers of Sint Maarten seems to have no issue with the situation. Yet, there are so many important matters pending at the Ministry of TEATT.

While the Ministers absence is one thing and in my view unacceptable that the community and the parliament are left in the dark, more flabbergasting is the fact that this ministry is responsible for the prices of goods and the price of fuel, and the government seemingly could care less that weeks have passed since the minister announced relief for the consumers due to the high gas prices.

MP Wescot recalled that before the minister went on an assumed leave, he announced the reduction of the cost of fuel for the consumer Read more

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