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Up Cautioned About Holding Elections During Hurricane Season

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten – The board of the United People's Party (UP) is grateful that minimum affects has been experienced with the passage of Tropical Storm Bertha on Friday night into Saturday, and that there was no major incidents. "However, several campaign posters came down due to gusty winds associated with the tropical storm. Our leader the Honourable Theodore Heyliger cautioned the Honourable Prime Minister Sarah Wescot-Williams about hosting elections during the hurricane season for these same reasons Read more

Editorial - Political leave

Some have expressed surprise after reading in Thursday's paper that civil servants who are candidates in the August 29 parliamentary elections will be granted extraordinary leave of absence.The arrangement is for a maximum of three months, with full pay during the first and partial pay during the remaining two months. However, as was acknowledged by Prime Minister Sarah Wescot-Williams Read more

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Editorial - Political leave

Some have expressed surprise after reading in Thursday's paper that civil servants who are candidates in the August 29 parliamentary elections will be granted extraordinary leave of absence. The arrangement is for a maximum of three months, with full pay during the first and partial pay during the remaining two months. However, as was acknowledged by Prime Minister Sarah Wescot-Williams, with just four weeks until citizens go to the polls it will boil down in most cases to a month off with 100 per cent salary. An argument could be made that this is not fair to those appearing on political lists who don't work for government Read more

Roy: Heyliger not leading by example

PHILIPSBURG--United People's (UP) party leader Member of Parliament (MP) Theo Heyliger is "not leading by example" with his challenge to Justice Minister Dennis Richardson about the guidelines for election campaigning, says Democratic Party (DP) MP Roy Marlin Read more

Govt finalising talks with APS for new govt building

~ NAf. 20M needed to finalise work to building ~ PHILIPSBURG--Government is finalising negotiations with general pension fund APS regarding investing in the new government administration building, says Prime Minister Sarah Wescot-Williams. Wescot-Williams told reporters on Wednesday that government needs some NAf Read more

NIA students to youth art festival in Curaçao

PHILIPSBURG--Three students of National Institute of Arts (NIA) and co-director Clara Reyes will be travelling to Curaçao today, Friday, to participate in the Dutch Caribbean Youth Art Festival. Reyes and students Ray Angel Boasman (12), Zoe van Zadelhoff (12) and Dashan Prince (16) are scheduled to be in Curaçao August 1-10. The three students showcased the material they are to perform in Curaçao before a small audience, which included Prime Minister Sarah Wescot-Williams, at John Larmonie Centre on Thursday evening. The three young students recently attended the Art Saves Lives’ Cross-Cultural Artist Exchange in New York and have been working hard during their summer vacation preparing to represent St Read more

About 80 students will leave for Holland Sun.

AIRPORT--SXM Airport will be transformed into a hub of activity on Sunday when about eighty students leave the island to pursue tertiary studies in the Netherlands. The airport, in collaboration with Domino's Pizza, will be bidding farewell to the students, SXM Airport said in a press release on Friday. This will be the third year SXM Airport will be hosting a ceremony for the largest batch of departing students. Prime Minister Sarah Wescot-Williams and Education Minister Patricia Lourens-Philip will be addressing students before they board the KLM flight to the Netherlands. The departing students will be given SXM Airport-branded bags full of gift items, while Domino's will distribute pizza and refreshments to them Read more

PHILPSBURG:--- Members of the Democratic Party stood by their leader Sarah Wescot Williams on Thursday when they shed light and their shared their views on many issues affecting St. Maarten. Member of Parliament Roy Marlin in his remarks said he was the one that met with Minister of Justice Dennis Richardson to establish the guidelines for the political campaign Read more

The Campaign Promises Of 2010: Second Hospital-Plan Is Already Four Years Old

St. Maarten – The campaign promises are flying far and wide again in the run-up to the August 29 elections. How did our political parties do in 2010? What did they promise and what became of it? Let’s begin with an obvious example: the claim by the United People’s party (UP) – “We ready for our new medical center.” On September 15, 2010, the final campaign meeting of the UP took place on the grounds of the still unfinished ring road. Gerrit Schotte, leader of Movementu Futuro Kòrsou who was to become the first Prime Minister of Curacao before he got entangled in a web of scandals, endorsed the UP and lit up the meeting with his presence. UP-leader Theo Heyliger made his entrée in a carnivalesque atmosphere, dancing to the podium while cameras flashed and supporters wanted pictures with him Read more

Quarter Of The Population Is Without Medical Insurance

St. Maarten – Between 20 and 25 percent of the population still does not have healthcare insurance, Public Health Minister Cornelius de Weever said at a press briefing of the Democratic Party yesterday. The numbers are improving, because in the recent past the number of uninsured citizens stood around 33 percent. De Weever said that his ministry has been quite busy with the National Health Insurance plan Read more

Sxm Bids Bon Voyage To 80 Students Leaving For Holland

SIMPSON BAY, St. Maarten — The Princess Juliana International Airport, SXM, in collaboration with Dominos Pizza, will be bidding "Bon Voyage" to about 80 students who will be leaving the island Sunday, August 3, 2014. "The event, which is in its third year, will be attended by Prime Minister Sarah Wescot-Williams and Minister of Education Patricia Lourens, both of whom will Read more

Former Ministers Fail To Submit Financial Declarations

PM unaware of blank filing by former Justice Minister Duncan St. Maarten – Not all ministers that left office after the fall of the second Wescot-Williams cabinet have filed a declaration of their assets and financial affairs, Prime Minister Sarah Wescot-Williams said at yesterday’s Council of Ministers press briefing. The General Audit Chamber stated in a report about institutional integrity in May that ministers who leave office have to submit a declaration “truthfully affirming which business interests and assets he, his spouse or partner and his children possess.” This rule is based on the National Ordinance Promotion Integrity of Ministers. The declaration has to include secondary functions and ancillary activities plus the compensation they receive for these activities Read more

Dp “Walking The Integrity Walk” Lee Pushes For Full Public Disclosure

St. Maarten - On the initiative of Emil Lee, candidate #4 on the Democratic Party (DP) list, the Open Government Partnership agreement has been endorsed by the DP and all candidates on its current slate for the upcoming elections, Lee declared in a press release yesterday. “Open and transparent government is not solely a state that St Read more