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St. Maarten Government Falls – Three Coalition Members Defect
Picture: St. Maarten Parliament
NEWSFLASH!! St. Maarten– The Gumbs government fell shortly after 12.30 p.m. today (Wednesday, September 30, 2015) after the parliament passed a motion of no-confidence submitted by Democratic Party MP Sarah Wescot-Williams with an 8-7 vote Read more
Mp Marlin Wants To Talk About Dress Code
St. Maarten – There are zero journalist here. They are boycotting this meeting of parliament,†National Alliance faction leader William Marlin said yesterday afternoon during the debate about the deal the harbor made with developer Zebec Read more
Meeting About Zebec-Deal Continues:Â Opposition Questions Deal, Coalition Praises Harbor
St. Maarten – Parliament will have to wait until this afternoon for answers to the questions it posed yesterday in a public meeting about the settlement between the Harbor Group of Companies and real estate developer Zebec over the failed Harbor Village project.
As Today reported on Monday, September 14, social insurance agency SZV borrowed the harbor $10 million on a short 3-month loan to settle the dispute with Zebec.
Yesterday’s meeting did not bring anything new to light Read more
Garbage Meeting Fizzles: Many Questions, No Answers And No Solutions
St. Maarten – At the end of a long meeting, finally there were some fireworks when opposition MP asked Vromi-Minister Claret Connor to answer one question: “Is there a contract with a company to build the waste-to-energy plant and how does this jive with your visit to a project in Miami?â€
Minister Connor, who had just said that he would be able to inform the parliament on Monday when he would be able to answer the more than one hundred questions MPs had asked, did not bite Read more
Mp Heyliger: “The Dutch Keep Terrorizing Our Little Country†: Constitution Day Triggers Calls For Independence
St. Maarten – Parliament unanimously approved changes to several ordinances to establish the second Monday of October as Constitution Day, an official holiday. Under this legislation. Kingdom Day (December 15) will disappear from the local holiday-calendar. While approving the legislation was a formality, several MPs used the opportunity to express their sentiment about the country’s road towards independence.
“Moving towards the end goal – independence – it makes sense to move away from a day that celebrates that we are a part of the Kingdom,†National Alliance faction leader William Marlin said Read more
Ombudsman Ducks Question About Uncaring Civil Servants
St. Maarten – “There is a group of civil servants that feels that the LMA protects them and that it is difficult to dismiss them. Is that part of the problem? Is there a sentiment that some civil servants just don’t care and that they don’t have to follow recommendations?†with that remark, independent MP Leona Marlin-Romeo, who worked as a civil servant at the census office, seemed to give a spark to a meeting of parliament where Ombudsman Dr Read more