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Prime Minister William Marlin Attends South Reward Association Community Meeting

SOUTH REWARD, St. Maarten  - On Thursday evening (December 8th) , Prime Minister William Marlin attended the St. Maarten Community Collective, South Reward Public Meeting which took place at the Milton Peters College.

The community meeting was held with intentions of gathering members of the South Reward Community as a mean to inform on current works that’s in progress by the association as well as to have an open floor allowing attendees to voice their concerns on various community issues, contribute their ideas and / or opinions of possible solutions and an all togetherness in building a much stronger and better South Reward.

Concerns made by residents were noted by Prime Minister’s team with intentions to further investigate to gain deeper understanding of the matters in order better resolve Read more

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Prime Minister William Marlin Temporarily Suspends The Council Of Ministers Press Briefing For Two Weeks

PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten — As of this week, Prime Minister William Marlin via the Department of Communication (DCOMM) has suspended the Live Weekly Council of Ministers Press Briefing for the period of November 23rd through the 30th.

The cancellation of the Live Weekly Council of Ministers Press Briefing is for DCOMM to facilitate the move of the existing television production equipment to the New Government Administration building, on Pond Island Read more

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Pm William Marlin St Martin Day Address

PHILIPSBURG St. Maarten - Fellow St. Maarteners, Brothers and sisters, Family all. Many rains ago, when I was a teacher, I asked my class to write about what St. Martin Day meant to them. One shy, little boy, whose name I can’t remember now, wrote in his assignment the following: “St. Martin Day is the day for the people of this island to come together as family and enjoy each other and remember those who have gone before us.”

That simple answer stuck in my mind up till now because it captures the essence of what we are supposed to be celebrating today Read more

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Fête De La Cuisine 2016 Pays Courtesy Visit To Prime Minister William Marlin

PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten - Prime Minister William Marlin received a courtesy visit by Mr. Henri Brookson organizer of Fête de la Cuisine 2016, who is celebrating its 10th Anniversary Read more

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Prime Minister Marlin Requests From Prefet Deleguee Laubies The Removal Of Barricades From Dutch Controlled Territory

GREAT BAY, St. Maarten – Prime Minister William Marlin sent a letter to the Prefete Deleguee of St. Barths and Saint Martin Mme. Anne Laubies, making a clear call for the following to be done post haste.

The removal of all barricades impeding access to Dutch controlled territory as agreed upon by the French authorities, i.e. the status quo Read more

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The President Of Dominica Pays A Courtesy Visit To Prime Minister William Marlin

PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten - The President of the Commonwealth of Dominica His Excellency Charles A. Savarin and First Lady Clara J. Savarin paid a courtesy visit to Prime Minister The Honorable William Marlin at the new Government Building. The President of Dominica is the first visiting High Ranking Official to meet the Prime Minister at his new office.

The President of the Commonwealth of Dominica His Excellency Charles A Read more

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Ministers Meet In New Building

PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten - On Thursday, September 19, the Council of Ministers convened their first Council of Ministers meeting since moving into the New Government Administration Building at Soualiga Road. The inauguration of the Building took place on Friday September 16. With the exception of Minister Irania Arrindell,  who is attending the FCCA Conference in Puerto Rico, all Ministers were present for this historic moment.

In picture clockwise: Prime Minister / Minister William Marlin; Minister Silveria Jacobs, Minister Emil Lee, Minister Richard Gibson Sr., Minister Edson Kirindongo, Minister Angel Meyers supported by the Secretary General of the Council of Ministers, Ms Read more

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Jci Live Parliamentary Procedures Training

PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten - JCI LIVE Soualiga, a local chapter of the worldwide leadership training organization called Junior Chamber International, is continuously contributing to the development of our community through their sustainable projects.

On Saturday the 10th of September 2016 JCI LIVE Soualiga hosted a fundraiser in the form of a training on parliamentary procedures.

This training was given by former Prime Minister and JCI senator Mr. Marcel Gumbs and former Minister of Justice who is also a JCI senator Mr Read more

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Frans Calls On Pm To 'Shut Gibson Up'

PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten - Leader of the United St. Maarten (US) party MP Frans Richardson on Monday night urged Prime Minister of St. Maarten William Marlin to finally "put to bed and shut up" Minister of Finance Richard Gibson who, according to Richardson, is "becoming rude and bold in this country."

Richardson tore into Gibson during the USp's public meeting on Monday night, chastising him for not taking care of workers in his places of business for many years, but quick to talk down colleague MP's of the current coalition government Read more

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Prime Minister Marlin Receives Courtesy Visit From Us Consul General

PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten - Prime Minister William Marlin recently received a courtesy visit from newly appointed US Consul General Margaret Hawthorne who is responsible for the Dutch Caribbean Islands, Sint Maarten, Aruba, Curacao, Bonaire, Saba & Sint Eustatius.

The office of the US Consulate is located on Curacao, for more i Read more

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Prime Minister Accuses Former Vromi Minister Of Signing Over Land To Chamber Of Commerce

PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten - Prime Minister with the responsibility for General Affairs, the Honorable William Marlin is accusing the former Minister of VROMI, Claret Corner of illegally signing over the land in the vicinity of Lekebek and the LB Scot Sports Auditorium over the Chamber of Commerce.

According to the Prime Minist Read more

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National Alliance Leader Places Spotlight On List Makeup Of Opposing Partiy

PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten - Leader of the National Alliance, Prime Minister the Honorable William Marlin accused one of their opposing parties on Monday of supporting the so called "ship jumpers" and thus supporting the instability that the government of St Read more

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Backstreet Repairs To Start Soon Says Prime Minister

PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten - Repairs to Back Street can be expected to start within short, stated Prime Minister with the responsibility for General Affairs, the Honorable William Marlin.

Speaking at the Council Ministers press briefing last week, the Prime Minister noted that the Council of Ministers has taken a decision that will Read more

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Na To Announce Full List Of Candidates Sunday

PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten - One of the political parties vying for seats in the September 26th parliamentary elections is the National Alliance (NA) under the leadership of Prime Minister, the Honorable William Marlin.

As a result, the party will officially be introducing its list of 23 candidates during a ceremony this weekend.

The ceremonial event is set to take place at the party’s headquarters on Sunday August 7th at the former Patricia’s Bar on the Sucker Garden Road and will start at 6 pm Read more

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Appointment At Telem Still Awaiting Approval Of Corporate Governance Council

PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten - The appointment of a Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at the island’s telephone company, TelEm is still pending.

Speaking at the Council of Ministers press briefing on Wednesday, Prime Minister in charge of General Affairs the Honorable William Marlin blamed the Corporate Governance Council for the hold u Read more

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Children’S Camp At New Cultural Venue, “A Blessing” And “A Blast”

Betty’s estate, St. Martin —The annual children camp organized by teacher Shanna Cornet-de Riggs was “a blessing of children’s laughter and activities at our new venue at Betty’s Estate,” said educator Rhoda Arrindell.

The cultural facility at Alamanda Drive 1 and LB Scot Road is called Source of Inspiration and Learning (SoIL), and was opened by Arrindell on July 1 Read more

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National Alliance Pleased With Party Convention Sunday

PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten - The National Alliance Party held their party convention on Sunday. According to President of the Party Cedric James, the convention lived up to all expectations pointing to the huge turnout of members to the event on Sunday afternoon.

As a result of the convention there were no changes in the leadership structure of the party.

The Leader Read more

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Ministry Vsa Receives 3 Bids For The Construction Of The New Smmc

PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten - St.Maarten is one step closer towards the realization for the construction of the New St.Maarten Hospital. “As the Ministry of VSA, we continue working towards providing a high quality medical system that is affordable and easily accessible for the people” said Minister of VSA Emil Lee.

During Wednesdays Council Of Ministers Press briefing, Minister Lee stated that the Ministry of VSA, along with SZV , and SMMC received 3 completed bids for the New St.Maarten Medical Center on Monday July 18 by 2 PM.

12 original interested bidders were narrowed down by preselection criteria to a total of 5 bidders and of those 5, 3 submitted their bids by the cut off time.

In order to guarantee transparency, the bids were received at the Tjon A Jong Civil Law Notary office located on Frontstreet, and was received in the presence of the awarding team consisting of representatives of the Ministry of VSA, SZV, SMMC, KPMG (projectleader), and Royal HaskoningDHV who is an engineering consultant Read more

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Council Of Ministers Will Be The First To Occupy New Govt Building

PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten - As per August 31st, the lease agreement with buildings housing General Affairs Departments will be terminated.

This is as a result of the government moving to occupy the New Government Administration Building.

Speaking at the Council of Ministers press briefing on Wednesday and in providing an update, Prime Minister with the responsibility for General Affairs, the Honorable William Marlin told journalists that the Landlords for the various buildings housing General Affairs Departments have been notified that those offices will be moving out by August 31st.

However, the Council of Ministers will be the first to occupy the New Administration Building Read more

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Gun Discovered In Mp Burnt Out Jeep, Investigation On Going

PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten - The St. Maarten Police Force is conducting an in-depth investigation into a jeep and truck fire in South Reward this past Tuesday.

After the flames were put out by the St. Maarten Fire Department, an investigation was started after a gas bum was discovered inside of the Jeep which for which the owner of the jeep MP Christopher Emmanuel said he had no knowledge of Read more

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Olivier Arrindell Of Grace Aviation Pays Courtesy Visit To Prime Minister

PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten - Olivier Arrindell of Grace Aviation paid a Courtesy Visit to Prime Minister William Marlin.

His visit was to introduce the Prime Minister to Gabriel Sandoval, Senior Dir. Aircraft Marketing Latin America and Caribbean of AERCAP Aviation Solutions.

Mr. Arrindell is currently in the process of establishing AVA Airlines on St Read more

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Pm William Marlin; The People Chose To Be Apart Of The Dutch Kingdom

PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten - Leader of the National Alliance and Prime Minister of St. Maarten the Honorable William Marlin this week spoke about the possibility of St. Maarten becoming an independent island.

Last Friday Emancipation Day the Prime Minister indicated that embracing independence is the only way forward Read more

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Government Moves To Adjust Constitution To Discourage Ship Jumping

PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten - In their effort to curb the ship jumping which continues to affect the functioning of government, the Council of Ministers is in the process of making changes to the constitution.

This was confirmed by the leader of the National Alliance, Prime Minister in charge of General Affairs, the Honorable William Marlin this week.

The changes, according to the Prime Minister will make it less attractive for Members of Parliament to leave their party to be rewarded by joining a new government for the purpose of appointing Ministers Read more

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Interval Int Celebrates 40 On St. Maarten, Says Caribbean Biggest Attraction For American Time Share Owners

PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten - Vacation service provider Interval international is currently celebrating their 40th anniversary.

Officials of Interval as well as the American Resort Development Association are currently on the island to celebrate this mile stone.

On Sunday evening an awards ceremony was held in which the Prime Minister of St. Maarten the Honorable William Marlin was in attendance Read more

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