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Emmanuel: Trying To Come After Me Will Not Change Ombudsman Report

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten — Independent Member of Parliament Christophe Emmanuel on Wednesday told Minister of Finance Ardwell Irion to go ahead and join the charade being perpetrated on the public, and investigate what he (Irion) called possible bid rigging in the repairs of the Prins Bernard bridge in 2017 while he (Emmanuel) was the Minister of VROMI.

However, the MP at the same time urged Irion and the entire government to stop deflecting from the issue of the systemic investigation into the bidding process for the garbage contracts conducted by the Ombudsman and vindictively trying to dig up whatever they can to distract the people of St Read more

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Emmanuel: Trying To Come After Me Will Not Change Ombudsman Report

Repairs being carried out on Prins Bernard Bridge 10 months after Hurricane Irma left the bridge badly damaged. (File photo)

PHILIPSBURG--Independent Member of Parliament Christophe Emmanuel on Wednesday told Minister of Finance Ardwell Irion to go ahead and join the charade being perpetrated on the public, and investiga Read more

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Ministry Of Vromi Investigating The Issuance Of Contract To Repair Prins Bernard Bridge.

~Possible Bid Rigging detected~

PHILIPSBURG: --- Acting Minister of VROMI Ardwell Irion said that the government of St. Maarten is busy investigating the contract that was issued to Soualiga Infrastructure to repair the walkway of the Prins Bernard Bridge, this contract he said was awarded by the former Minister of VROMI Christopher Emmanuel in 2017.
Irion said that after conducting preliminary research government determined that the contract was awarded to the companion of the former Ministers chief of staff Read more

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Shadani Fleming Wins Plate Design Contest, Plate To Be Used From 2023

The winning number plate design

PHILIPSBURG--Local graphic designer Shadani Flemings simple design of a number plate depicting an aircraft, sunrise, and palm trees has won hearts of the public and landed her the winning spot of the number plate design competition. 

  The winning plate design will be used as of 2023 and the following years. Flemings design received more than 1,000 of the popular votes and she was notified and awarded the prize of NAf. 1,000.

  Flemings winning artwork featured a clean design with a red, white, and blue gradient background Read more

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~The public has chosen Shadani Flemings design as the winner.~

PHILIPSBURG:---  For the past few weeks, the Ministry of Finance organized a design competition to choose what will be the artwork used for the Sint Maarten License plate. Three submissions for license plates were posted to the Sint Maarten Government Facebook page and citizens were encouraged to vote for their favorite.

Each submission was posted with a caption explaining the concept of the designs. During the Facebook poll, there were over 2000 votes cast Read more

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Irion Says Liquidity Support Can Be Disbursed After Cft Approval

Finance Minister Ardwell Irion.

PHILIPSBURG--The NAf. 14 million liquidity support for the third quarter of 2022 that St. Maarten has requested can be disbursed once approved by the Committee for Financial Supervision CFT.

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Minister Of Vromi Seeks Legal Advice On How To Deal With Mp Implicated In Alegria Case.

PHILIPSBURG:--- Acting Minister of VROMI Ardwell Irion in response to questions regarding the letter that was released on Tuesday implicating a member of parliament in the Alegria court case that ends up in court.
SMN News asked the acting Minister of VROMI who is a member of the Council of Ministers said that he is aware that the Minister only last week received the letter that was part of a file for a court case and he is looking into all options on how to move forward Read more

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Finance Minister Ardwell Irion.

Minister Egbert Doran.

~ Doran believes it was done by design to create confusion ~

PHILIPSBURG--A hand-written note from a former commissioner for land swap with no supporting legal documentation; promissory letters, promissory e-mails, notes on an old paper with a signature, and word of mouth promises given to persons to occupy government land with no documentation are some of the situations that exists as it relates to governments long lease land.
Finance Minister Ardwell Irion believes some families had been duped with some of these situations, while Minister of Public Housing, Spatial Planning, Environment and Infrastructure VROMI Egbert Doran said in his opinion the situation seemed to have been done by design to create confusion in the future and not looking out for what may come.
Irion and Doran alluded to the challenges in response to a question on the efforts to collect outstanding Erfpacht cannon fees for long lease land during last Wednesdays Council of Ministers press briefing.
Irion said this process is continuing and government is in the process of adding two legal persons to a task force to address the matter Read more

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Irion Pushing To Lower Rental Costs As Part Of Cost Reduction

Finance Minister Ardwell Irion.

PHILIPSBURG--Finance Minister Ardwell Irion is pushing to lower the cost that is forked out on rent as part of efforts to lower costs Read more

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PHILIPSBURG: --- Minister of Finance Ardwell Irion told reporters on Wednesday at the Council of Ministers' press briefing that decisions taken by former commissioners regarding long lease land left the government with no cannon fees.
Ardwell said that since taking office he encountered letters and emails that were sent to people that are basic promises without proper paperwork.
He said in at least two cases a former commissioner indulged in land swapping but never issued to the persons that have been occupying government lease land with no long lease or deed in place Read more

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Naf. 12M Casino Fees, 6M Controller Fees Outstanding

Finance Minister Ardwell Irion

PHILIPSBURG--A total of NAf. 12 million in casino fees and NAf. 6 million in controller fees is currently outstanding and government is looking to collect these arrears.

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Wilson Dice Que La Primera Ministra Jacobs Debe Rendir Cuentas Por Sus Acciones Ilegales.

Insta al Parlamento y a la Cmara de Integridad a que rindan cuentas

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten El domingo 26 de junio del 2022, Gromyko Wilson hizo uso de su plataforma de redes sociales para denunciar las acciones ilegales y discriminatorias tomadas por la Primera Ministra (PM) Silveria Jacobs el 15 de junio del 2022, cuando la PM Silveria Jacobs, el Ministro Ardwell Irion , la ministra Anna Richardson y el ministro Rudolph Samuel se opusieron a la ordenanza aprobada en el Parlamento (y ratificada por el Tribunal Constitucional) que contena medidas temporales de covid-19 para funcionarios pblicos y similares (Tijdelijke Landsverordening Covid-19 bezuinigingen arbeidsvoorwaarden overheidsdienaren).

Esta ordenanza regula especficamente el porcentaje de vacaciones que los servidores pblicos tenan derecho a recibir entre julio del 2019 y julio del 2021 Read more

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