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Na Upp Coalition Wants To Abolish Profit And Income Tax

~ plans to implement banking transaction tax.~

PHILIPSBURG:--- Minister of TEATT Ludmilla de Weever told parliament on Wednesday that the government is looking into abolishing profit and income tax while implementing a banking transaction tax. De Weever said abolishing profit and income tax will make St. Maarten far more attractive for investors than other islands in the region. The economic affairs minister said that the current taxing system is very burdensome to businesses that are suffering tremendously due to COVID-19 Read more

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Public Weather Forecast For St. Maarten

DATE ISSUED: Wednesday, October 21, 2020 @ 12:00 LST (16:00 UTC)

VALID UNTIL: Thursday midday (12:00 LST) October 22, 2020

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR ST. MAARTEN UNTIL 6:00 PM THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22ND

WEATHER: This afternoon through Thursday midday: Fair to partly cloudy with a few showers possible.

Forecast High: 32C / 90F Forecast Low: 27C / 81F

Sunset Today: 5:46 P.M. Sunrise Tomorrow: 6:08 A.M.

SURFACE WINDS: This afternoon through Thursday midday: South to south southeast with a light to gentle breeze of 04 to 10 mph, becoming lighter and variable at times.

SYNOPSIS: The combination of light southerly winds generated by a weak Atlantic high pressure ridge and daytime heating, may cause a few showers across the region.

Swells generated by Hurricane Epsilon will cause seas to peak at 9 feet Read more

Dutch Still Refuses Entertain Discussion On Cre, Knops Blackmail Continues.

PHILIPSBURG: --- Prime Minister Silveria Jacobs confirmed that the Dutch government still refuses to entertain any form of discussions on the law to establish the Caribbean Reform Entity (CRE). Jacobs said that the same goes for Curacao and Aruba. She said as soon as the Dutch government decides to reopen the discussion St. Maarten will be ready as they did send a number of changes to the law to ensure that this new entity does not trample on the autonomy of the countries Read more

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Urgent Public Meeting Of Parliament Regarding The Short And Medium-Term Financial Socio-Economic Outlook And Solutions For St. Maarten.

PHILIPSBURG:---The House of Parliament will sit in an urgent Public meeting on Wednesday, October 21, 2020. The Public meeting is scheduled for 14.00 hrs. and will be held in a virtual setting.
The Minister of Finance, Minister of Public Health, Social Development and Labor, and the Minister of Tourism, Economic Affairs, Transport, and Telecommunications will be in attendance.

The agenda point is:
The short and medium-term financial socio-economic outlook and solutions for St Read more

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Knops Asked Irion To Withdraw Bond-Issue

THE HAGUE--Dutch State Secretary of Home Affairs and Kingdom Relations Raymond Knops last week asked St. Maarten Finance Minister Ardwell Irion to cease the procedure of floating a NAf. 75 million bond on the local capital market to raise funds to cover governments operational costs.

Knops made his request in a letter that he sent to Irion last week Read more

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Over Two Thousand Eligible Voters To Vote In StatiaS Island Council Elections

Sint Eustatius – Over two thousand eligible voters on St. Eustatius will have the opportunity to cast their vote for a candidate of their choice, when the Island Council election is held in Statia on Wednesday, October 21st. Some Three political parties will be vying for the allotted five seats in the Island Council of the Public Entity of St. Eustatius.

Those political organizations are the United Peoples Coalition (UPC) of Elvin Henriquez, the St. Eustatius Democratic Party (DP) under the leadership of Aldelka Spanner and the Progressive Labor Party (PLP) spearheaded by Rechelline Leerdam Read more

Public Weather Forecast For St. Maarten

DATE ISSUED: Tuesday, October 20, 2020 @ 12:00 LST (16:00 UTC)

VALID UNTIL: Wednesday midday (12:00 LST) October 21, 2020

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR ST. MAARTEN UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE

WEATHER: This afternoon through Wednesday midday: Fair to partly cloudy with a few showers possible.

Forecast High: 32C / 90F Forecast Low: 26C / 79F

Sunset Today: 5:46 P.M. Sunrise Tomorrow: 6:08 A.M.

SURFACE WINDS: This afternoon through Wednesday midday: West to southwesterly with a light breeze of 04 to 07 mph, becoming lighter and variable at times.

SYNOPSIS: A dry atmosphere will continue to restrict significant shower activity across the region Read more

Sint Eustatius Island Council Election 2020 First Ever Online Debate

ORANJESTAD, Sint Eustatius – Sint Eustatius Island Council Election 2020 is under edge with 2 more official days before the electorate goes to the polls to choose a new island council governing body on Wednesday, October 21st, 2020.

There will be 2 polling districts that will be available to all eligible voters on the island and that qualify to cast their ballot for the candidate of their choice.

JJosephaNews partnered with other news media to bring the first historic Sint Eustatius Island Council Election (ICE-2020) debates Read more

Smmc Presents Asha Stevens School With Token Of Appreciation

CAY HILL, Sint Maarten – SMMCs Medical Director and Chairman of the Outbreak Management Team (OMT), Dr. Felix Holiday and SMMCs Surgeon Dr. Luc Mercelina recently presented Mrs. Asha Stevens-Mohabier and staff of the Asha Stevens Hillside Christian School with a token of appreciation for their warm cooperation given during the construction of SMMCs Auxiliary Care Facility (ACF).

During the previous 2 months, the school allowed SMMC to make use of their isolated gym hall as a storm resilient location in which the Dutch Governments donated ICU tents could be set up for the administering of COVID care, while the construction of the ACF was ongoing nearby Read more

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Irion Wants Suspension Of Naf. 75 Million Bond

Finance Minister Ardwell Irion

PHILIPSBURG--Minister of Finance Ardwell Irion announced on Monday that he has requested that the Central Bank of Curaao and St. Maarten (CBCS) suspend the local auction of a bond of NAf Read more

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High Councils Of State & First Responder Carried Our Democracy

PHILIPSBURG:--- Gracita Arrindell reflected on the past ten years and said: ten years of constitutional reform arrived fast and furious. October 10, 2020. Its been a tumultuous decade plagued by hurricanes, and a lack of political will power to acknowledge our mistakes and a commitment to do better. The end of a decade that culminated in a COVID- 19 pandemic that caught the world off guard and brought Sint Maarten to its knees Read more

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Minister Of Finance Suspends Bond, Blackmailed By State Secretary Knops.

PHILIPSBURG:---The Minister of Finance Ardwell Irion has requested the CBCS to suspend (cancel) the auction (bond). Sint Maarten is currently in discussions with the Netherlands regarding the refinancing of a loan, which is scheduled to mature on October 21st, 2020. Sint Maarten has opted to accept the proposal of the Netherlands as outlined in their letter of October 16th, 2020, which will result in the postponement of the maturity date and avoid a technical default Read more

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Minister Of Finance Suspends Bond, Blackmailed By State Secretary Knops. (Updated)

PHILIPSBURG:---The Minister of Finance Ardwell Irion has requested the CBCS to suspend (cancel) the auction (bond). Sint Maarten is currently in discussions with the Netherlands regarding the refinancing of a loan, which is scheduled to mature on October 21st, 2020. Sint Maarten has opted to accept the proposal of the Netherlands as outlined in their letter of October 16th, 2020, which will result in the postponement of the maturity date and avoid a technical default Read more

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Public Weather Forecast For St. Maarten

DATE ISSUED: Monday, October 19, 2020 @ 12:00 LST (16:00 UTC)

VALID UNTIL: Tuesday midday (12:00 LST) October 20, 2020

WEATHER:

This afternoon: Fair to partly cloudy with a few showers possible.

Tonight through Tuesday midday: Partly cloudy, becoming cloudy at times with isolated showers.

Forecast High: 32C / 90F Forecast Low: 26C / 79F

Sunset Today: 5:47 P.M. Sunrise Tomorrow: 6:07 A.M.

SURFACE WINDS: This afternoon through Tuesday midday: Northwesterly to westerly with a light breeze of 04 to 07 mph, becoming lighter and variable at times.

SYNOPSIS: A fairly dry airmass will restrict significant shower activity across the region today Read more

CAY HILL:--- SMMCs Medical Director and Chairman of the Outbreak Management Team (OMT), Dr. Felix Holiday, and SMMCs Surgeon Dr. Luc Mercelina recently presented Mrs. Asha Stevens-Mohabier and staff of the Asha Stevens Hillside Christian School with a token of appreciation for their warm cooperation given during the construction of SMMCs Auxiliary Care Facility (ACF).
During the previous 2 months, the school allowed SMMC to make use of their isolated gym hall as a storm resilient location in which the Dutch Governments donated ICU tents could be set up for the administering of COVID care, while the construction of the ACF was ongoing nearby Read more

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Who Says It Is Illegal?

Did the Committee for Financial Supervision Cft say that the Central Bank of Curacao and St. Maarten in announcing that there would be a Naf 75 million issue on behalf of St. Maarten government illegal? Is the Committee for Financial Supervision saying that the management of the Central Bank of Curacao and St. Maarten are ignorant of what the law states regarding the issuance of bonds or loans?

The Committee of Financial Supervision agrees that there is a deficit that was largely caused by covid19 Read more

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Winair Buckling To Pay St. Barths Handling To Avoid Court Litigations.

~ Invoices were not paid for 6 months, while invoices and emails were ignored. ~

PHILIPSBURG:--- Winward Islands Airways International NV (WINAIR) Chief Executive Officer Michael Cleaver and Chief Financial Officer Roberto Gibbs are now trying to avoid court litigations for non-payment of its invoices to Aubin Handling Company while no effort was made to pay the Air Traffic fees to St Barths Airport since March 2020.
WINAIR did not pay any of its bills at least to Aubin Handling and St Read more

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Samuel Says Schools Making Preparations For Reopening

Minister of Education, Culture, Youth and Sport, Rodolphe Samuel.

PHILIPSBURG--The Ministry of Education, Culture, Youth and Sport (ECYS) says all schools are currently preparing for the return of exam and special education students.

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~Sheryl Grant: There is a paradigm shift- The New Cultural Currency is called Community~

PHILIPSBURG:---  Its time for us to wake up; stand up; and unapologetically be the leaders that God has called us to be. There is a paradigm shift from an old-world regime: capitalism, Me, Myself and I, says Sheryl Grant, founder of Sheryl Grant Enterprises which focuses on supporting and empowering underrepresented business leaders and entrepreneurs.
She passionately continued, The new world is the digital world and the new cultural currency or new money is called community Read more

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Sarah: Govt. Dead Wrong If It Thinks It Should Not Give Account To Parliament

UD MP Sarah Wescot-Williams.

~ Questions legality of bond issue ~

PHILIPSBURG--United Democrats (UD) Member of Parliament (MP) Sarah Wescot-Williams is questioning the legality of the US $75 million bond issued on behalf of St Read more

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De Weever: Covid Insurance For Visitors Still Under Discussion

Minister Ludmila de Weever.

PHILIPSBURG--Persons who already have medical insurance that covers them when they travel are among the issues being taken into consideration in the ongoing discussions for the COVID-19 insurance for tourists who come to the island.

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Two Stories Of Morales Featured In Bnk Children Year Book 2020

Here it is, published right on time before the start of the yearly childrens bookweek inCuraao.

The Biblioteka Nashonal Krsou (BNK) recently published this ‘Gift book’ for the Children Book week 2020. This year around, with the COVID-19 pandemic, the authors will not be visiting the schools during the Children Book week, which will thankfully take place from 26th to the 30th of October. There is a different protocol this year.

Authors were asked to send in a video about their work as a writer, the books that they have published, and to read a paragraph out of their works. During the book week, children will be encouraged by the authors to read more.

The gift book is entitled ‘Krsou, un pasado riku’/’Curacao eenrijk verleden’ and is in Papiamentu and Dutch and is illustrated by Ariadne Faries. The english title would be: Curaao a rich History’. The book is full color, hard covered and has in total 15 stories.

Author Loekie Morales has been granted two stories to be published in this unique edition with several historic events Read more

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Ud: Minister Doran Out Of Touch With Reality.

Philipsburg — The unveiling of a multi-million dollar project by the current Minister of VROMI demostrates the depth of how out of touch with reality this coalition Government is. The UD questioned, “What are the details of this project especially the source of funding and the overall projected cost?”
“One of this Minister’s core speaking points was always a Calibration department during his tenure as a Member of Parliament Read more

Irion Says Floating Bond Not A Violation, Cft Asked To Clarify

Finance Minister Ardwell Irion.

PHILIPSBURG--One hundred per cent inaccurate, was the description used by Finance Minister Ardwell Irion on Wednesday, to describe statements made by the Committee for Financial Supervision CFT regarding the floating of a NAf Read more

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