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PHILIPSBURG:--- The Minister of Public Health, Social Development, and Labor (VSA), Omar Ottley visited SMMC on April 14th, 2022, to have discussions with Management and FINSO representatives, about matters related to the timelines and progress of the construction of the new Sint Maarten General Hospital. The contractor informed Minister Ott Read more

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PHILIPSBURG:--- On Friday 22 April 2022, The Minister of Public Health, Social Development and Labor (VSA), Omar Ottley visited the Green Learning Academy, where he was invited as an honorary guest.

The invitation was extended to the Hon. Minister to celebrate Earth Day with the kids and the organization. The Eco-Club gave a presentation to the Minister, after which Minister Ottley delivered a short speech.

The Minister also made a pledge to promote agriculture, sustainability, and health Read more

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PHILIPSBURG:--- The Minister of Public Health, Social Development, and Labor (VSA), Omar Ottley would like to express his gratitude to the Community Development, Family, and Humanitarian Affairs (CDFHA) staff for organizing the family fun day held on Saturday, April 16 at the St. Peters Community Center. Additionally, Minister would like to thank the St Read more

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Minister Ottley Invites You To The Community Fun Day In St. Peters On Saturday April 16Th.

PHILIPSBURG:--- The Minister of Public Health, Social Development and Labor (VSA), Omar Ottley hereby invites the general public to the Community Development, Family & Humanitarian Affairs (CDFHA) fun day on Saturday, April 16th, at the St. Peters community center. Families who attend can enjoy, basketball, dominos, a netball competition, bingo, an easter egg hunt, and face painting.

The event will take place from 10 am - 4 pm Read more

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PHILIPSBURG (DCOMM):---  The world is observing World Health Day 2022 on Thursday, April 7th under the theme Our Planet Our Health. Clean our air, water, and food,

The World Health Organization (WHO) says in the midst of a pandemic, a polluted planet, increasing diseases like cancer, asthma, heart disease, on World Health Day (WHD) 2022, WHO will focus global attention on urgent actions needed to keep humans and the planet healthy and foster a movement to create societies focused on well-being Read more

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PHILIPSBURG:--- Minister of Labor Omar Ottley seemed very furious about statements made on a radio program that said the current government is busy with a political stunt when they said they did a study in order to increase the minimum wage.
Ottley said that the indexation for the year 2020 was 1 cent and this was done by the Minister of VSA who was in office at the time Read more

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St. Maarten Will Not Be Receiving Liquidity Support For Second Quarter.

PHILIPSBURG: --- The Minister of Health and Labor Omar Ottley announced on Wednesday that St. Maarten will not be receiving any liquidity support for the second quarter of 2022.
The Minister made the statements when he indicated that St. Maarten and its people would have to live with the COVID-19 virus which is in its endemic phase.
The Minister was asked if everything is in place for carnival 2022 where falsified vaccination cards and QR codes can be detected Read more

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PHILIPSBURG:--- On March 31, 2022, the Parliament of Sint Maarten approved the amendment of the National Ordinance accident insurance (OV) and National Ordinance sickness insurance (ZV), by adjusting the wage limits. This means that employees who now have private insurance and annual wages between NAF 67,816.32 and NAf 120,000, may qualify for accident insurance and medical insurance from SZV. The amendment in the law will have no impact on persons who are now already SZV insured.

Minister of VSA, Omar Ottley commented: This much-needed legislative change is another important milestone for us as a country and protecting the access to health care for our people Read more

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