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PHILIPSBURG:---  The Rotary Club of St. Martin Sunset hosted a brunch fellowship under the theme, Touch of Pink for its members, their spouses, family, and friends on October 11th, 2020 at Divi Little Bay Resort.

 Membership Chair Sabrine Sinclair and her team organized a brunch styled fellowship where Rotarians were encouraged to wear something pink to bring awareness of Breast Cancer Month. The fun-filled gathering started off at 8:00 am and included breakfast, games, and laughter Read more

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Prime Minister Silveria Jacobs Congratulates United Labour Party On Election Win

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten — On behalf of the Government of Sint Maarten, I hereby congratulate Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves, the Unity Labour Party and the people of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines on the recent general election win of November 5th.

We wish the officials elected to the House of Representatives the best in this new term of office. St. Maarten looks forward to forging ways of cooperation with our brothers and sisters here in the Caribbean such as Saint Vincent Read more

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St. Maarten Negotiations On The 3Rd Tranche Of Liquidity Support Starts Today

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten — The discussion on the third tranche of liquidity support commenced this morning, Friday, November 13, 2020, after the Kingdom Council of Ministers (RMR) meeting, wherein SS Knops expressed willingness of the Netherlands to engage in discussions with St. Maarten on the third tranche for liquidity support. St. Maarten has been given the green light to commence discussions on the third tranche of liquidity support. Following a constructive conclusion of the negotiations with the College Financieel Toezicht (CFT) for which a positive advice was rendered to the Chair of the Kingdom Council of Ministers (RMR), Prime Minister Silveria Jacobs secured a meeting with State Secretary Raymond Knops together with their support teams on November 11, 2020 Read more

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PHILIPSBURG:---The discussion on the third tranche of liquidity support commenced this morning, Friday, November 13, 2020, after the Kingdom Council of Ministers (RMR) meeting, wherein SS Knops expressed the willingness of the Netherlands to engage in discussions with St. Maarten on the third tranche for liquidity support. St. Maarten has been given the green light to commence discussions on the third tranche of liquidity support. Following a constructive conclusion of the negotiations with the College Financieel Toezicht (CFT) for which positive advice was rendered to the Chair of the Kingdom Council of Ministers (RMR), Prime Minister Silveria Jacobs secured a meeting with State Secretary Raymond Knops together with their support teams on November 11, 2020 Read more

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Inclement Weather Interrupts Flag Hoisting On St. Martin Day, Says Prime Minister

BELLS LOOKOUT POINT"As St. Martiners, we feel a sense of pride, and are elated and proud to see the St. Maarten flag flying high at the Bells Lookout Point, especially on St. Martin Day. As such, preparations were made to raise the flag on St. Martin Day, said Prime Minister Silveria Jacobs in a statement on Friday afternoon.

Unfortunately, due to the inclement weather expected and experienced, which was predicted to include heavy rainfall and high speed winds, the flag was not hoisted Read more

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Public Weather Forecast For St. Maarten

DATE ISSUED: Friday, November 13, 2020 @ 12:00 LST (16:00 UTC)

VALID UNTIL: Saturday midday (12:00 LST) November 14, 2020

WEATHER:

This afternoon through Saturday midday: Partly cloudy and breezy with brief local showers possible.

Forecast High:30C / 86FForecast Low:26C / 79F

Sunset Today:5:36 P.M.Sunrise Tomorrow:6:18 A.M.

SURFACE WINDS:
This afternoon through Saturday midday: East-northeast to east with a gentle to moderate breeze of 08 to 18 mph Read more

Consumers Coalition Says Talks On Decolonisation Lack Focus On Poverty

From left to right Alberto Bute, Claire Elshot and Raymond Jessurun (file photo).

PHILIPSBURG--St. Maarten Consumers Coalition questions whether poverty elimination will be an objective in the decolonisation process for St. Maarten.

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United Democratic Party Supports WuiteS Candidacy On Slate Of D66.

Philipsburg, St. Maarten, The United Democratic Party (UDP) is thrilled by the confirmation of its member and former Minister contesting the Dutch election in March 2021 on the slate of D66. While Jorien had to resign from the UDP, we support her all the way with this courageous endeavor.

Jorien Wuite in our opinion will be an asset to the D66 Read more

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The Annual Brown Pelican Sports Awards Virtual Release Set For November 15, 2020

PHILIPSBURG The Ministry of Education, Culture, Youth & Sport in collaboration with the National Sport Institute and the St. Maarten Sport and Olympic Federation is happy to announce the virtual release of the 2019 Brown Pelican Sports Awards (BPSA) on Sunday November 15, 2020 and the subsequent release of the winners videos.

The Brown Pelican Sports Award is the highest honor an athlete or stakeholder can achieve locally in sport. Due to COVID-19 and the subsequent stoppages it caused in many aspects of our everyday lives, local and international sport play were halted for extended periods of time Read more

~After finalizing the design and planning phase, the specialized mold cleanup and waste disposal pre-works will begin on November 16th, 2020.~

SIMPSON BAY:--- On Monday, November 9th, 2020 PJIAEs project reconstruction team held an important kick-off meeting together with the main contractor; AAR Inc., and Sint Maarten based sub-contractors; Tidal Wave and All Caribbean. During the meeting it was concluded that the Mold Remediation, Surface Decontamination and Waste Disposal works at the airports former check-in hall will officially start on Monday, November 16th, 2020 Read more

The Annual Brown Pelican Sports Awards Virtual Release Set For November 15, 2020.

PHILIPSBURG:--- The Ministry of Education, Culture, Youth & Sport in collaboration with the National Sports Institute and the St. Maarten Sport and Olympic Federation is happy to announce the virtual release of the 2019 Brown Pelican Sports Awards (BPSA) on Sunday, November 15, 2020, and the subsequent release of the winners videos.
The Brown Pelican Sports Award is the highest honor an athlete or stakeholder can achieve locally in sport. Due to COVID-19 and the subsequent stoppages it caused in many aspects of our everyday lives, local and international sport play was halted for extended periods of time Read more

The Fish Market in Simpson Bay was abuzz with activity on Wednesday as many residents dressed in ensembles representing the colours of the St. Maarten flag went out to enjoy dishes prepared by the restaurants that line the area.

The Government Building on Pond Island was decorated with St. Maarten flags on the fence around the building in observance of St. Martin/St. Maarten Day on Wednesday.

Sections of the Government Building were decorated in the colours of the St Read more

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Caribbean Netherlands: More Leeway, Less Poverty

The Second Chamber of the Dutch Parliament in session.

THE HAGUE--Parties that have published their election programme indicated that they want more manoeuvring space for Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba, but also more attention for the social minimum and poverty eradication.

We set a social minimum that secures a decent existence. Access to basic necessities such as medical care, drinking water and electricity are guaranteed, stated the green left party GroenLinks in its election programme Time for new realism.

The Labour Party PvdA wants the eradication of poverty to become a priority, and for rent and groceries to become affordable again Read more

13 More Recover From Covid-19

~ Two new cases ~

PHILIPSBURG--The Ministry of Public Health, Social Development and Labor VSA has reported two new active cases of COVID-19 and thirteen additional recoveries, reducing the total active cases to 70.

The total number of confirmed cases for St. Maarten is 910.

Of the active cases, Collective Prevention Services (CPS) is currently monitoring 63 persons who are in home isolation. Seven patients are hospitalised at St. Maarten Medical Center (SMMC). The total number of deaths due to COVID-19 remains at 23.

The number of persons recovered since the first case surfaced in St Read more

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Pupils of Bethel Methodist School in St. Eustatius showing copies of the book Storm by author Loekie Morales

ST, EUSTATIUS--Gertrude Judson Bicentennial Library assisted Beyond Kultura Events (BKE) Foundation in delivering copies of Loekie Morales childrens book Storm to elementary schools in St Read more

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Was Zero Poverty The Wellbeing Objective Of Our Decolonization Process?

Topic 1: Was ZERO Poverty the wellbeing objective of our decolonization process?
Topic 2: The United Nations is already aware of the poverty in this part of the Kingdom!

Topic 1: Was ZERO Poverty the wellbeing objective of the decolonization process?
The discussions by this newly elected parliament, about the finalization of the decolonization process, have concentrated on their dissatisfaction with the degree of self-governance of our people, realized so far within the Kingdom of the Netherlands Read more

Remains Committed to Health & Wellness

PHILIPSBURG:--- In recognition of World Diabetes Day, which is celebrated this Saturday, November 14th, the Sint Maarten Lions Club has made use of the clubs neighborhood signs to send out an island wide message: Together We Can Stop Diabetes.

The billboards were recently revamped post-Hurricane Irma and reflect Lions colors of yellow and blue on a white background. With the support of local corporate partners across all sectors of industries, the billboards will continue to be used throughout each Lionistic year to send positive messages that would encourage our communities to act towards improving our daily lives Read more

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PHILIPSBURG:--- The United Democratic Party (UDP) is thrilled by the confirmation of its member and former Minister contesting the Dutch election in March 2021 on the slate of D66. While Jorien had to resign from the UDP, we support her all the way with this courageous endeavor.
Jorien Wuite in our opinion will be an asset to the D66 Read more

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Letter To The Editor: Know Better?

Michael Ferrier: Know Better? Do Better. Most of the questions you ask, you should ask yourself or the same people you endorse:

1. Fix the potholes in our roads.

Perhaps if you paid the NAF 1.4 millionyou owe to the government we wouldn’t have an issue of potholes. You really think people forgot about this, and you begging the Council of Ministers back then to right it off?

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Home Repairs Continue, Enters Into Accelerated Pace

Philipsburg Now firmly in its third phase, the Private Home Repair Program of the Sint Maarten Trust Fund is steadily moving along with repairs to homes damaged by Hurricane Irma in 2017. It is anticipated that when the program wraps up in mid-2021, repairs to the roofs, doors, and windows of approximately 200 private homes will be completed. To date, fifty-one homes have been finalized and another ten homes are slated to be done before the years end.

The pilot project and minor works homes took a lot longer than anyone anticipated Read more

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Jacobs: Officials Committed To Join Platform And Dialogue To Resolve Issues Of Contention

Prime Minister Silveria Jacobs

PHILIPSBURG--The councils of elected officials in St. Maarten/St. Martin are committed to join in a platform to dialogue with European colleagues in quadripartite meetings to resolve several pending areas of contention for the island, Prime Minister Silveria Jacobs said in her message commemorating St Read more

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Covid, Q4, Borders And United Congress Themes For Gibbs St. Martin Day Speech

President of the Collectivit of St. Martin Daniel Gibbs

MARIGOT--President Daniel Gibbs talked on a number of themes for his St. Martin Day speech, which this year was given in a Read more

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Wuite To Run On D66 Slate

Former St. Maarten minister Jorien Wuite is running number 19 on the slate of the Dutch Democratic Party D66. She hopes to bring colour to the Second Chamber.

THE HAGUE--Former St. Maarten minister Read more

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The Decolonization Noise.

Endorsing the comments and observations by Sarah Wescot Williams and Melissa Gumbs regarding all the noise about De-Colonization, I ask Grisha Heyliger, Rolando Brison, George Pantophlet and all other noisemakers: What, according to your coalition, are Governments immediate plans to:

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