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On June 9, 2020, a story under the title, When Women Lead, The Virus Loses, What do Taiwan, New Zealand, Iceland, Finland, Germany, and Kerala have in common? Low COVID-19 death rates and women in charge Read more

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Public Weather Forecast For St. Maarten

DATE ISSUED: Thursday, June 11, 2020 @ 12:00 LST (16:00 UTC)

VALID UNTIL: Friday midday (12:00 LST) June 12, 2020

WEATHER: This afternoon through Friday midday: Partly cloudy to cloudy with isolated showers.

Forecast High:31C / 88FForecast Low:26C / 79F

Sunset Today:6:48 P.M.Sunrise Tomorrow:5:36 A.M.

SURFACE WINDS: This afternoon through Friday midday: Easterly to east-southeasterly with a light to gentle breeze of 04 to 12 mph, becoming lighter and variable at times.

SYNOPSIS:

A tropical wave located about 210 miles east of the Windward Islands is moving westward at 15 to 20 mph Read more

Sint Maarten Anti-Poverty Platform/Sint Maarten Consumers Coalition.

Press conference Thursday June 11, 2020
Topic 1: How positive was the meeting of Chamber of Labor Unions with the Council of Ministers?
Topic 2: Protection of Registered Workers on Our Labor Market
Topic 3: Full implementation of human rights for all citizens
Topic 4: Maintaining the purchasing power of wages and salaries and the Cost of Living Adjustment
Topic 5: Kingdom Government and local government are co-authors of the Social pandemic
Topic 1: How positive was the meeting of Chamber of Labor Unions with the Council of Ministers?
Finally on Tuesday June 9th the Council of Ministers honored the request of the unified unions in the Windward Island Chamber of Labor Unions for a dialogue Read more

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Posible Caso De Covid-19

CAY HILL--La Primera Ministra Silveria Jacobs anunci el mircoles durante la conferencia de prensa del Consejo de Ministros que un paciente fue ingresado en el Centro Mdico St. Maarten (pabelln COVID-19) el martes por la noche. Jacobs dijo que el paciente est en estado crtico, pero an no se ha confirmado si el paciente es positivo con COV Read more

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Minister Samuel Shares Status Of School Repairs

Minister of Education Rodolphe Samuel says the ministry is working on carrying out much-needed repairs on schools damaged by Hurricanes Irma and Maria, prior to the start of the new school year. In photo: Martin Luther King Jr. School.

PHILIPSBURG--Minister of Education, Culture, Youth and Sport (ECYS) Read more

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Richardson Pledges To Crack Down On Illegal Immigration

PHILIPSBURG--Justice Minister Anna Richardson said on Wednesday that immigration regulations will be strictly enforced in the coming weeks and months. She urges unauthorised immigrants to voluntarily leave the country or face deportation.

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Harsh Words At Ipko Opening

CKAIR Chairperson William Marlin at the opening of IPKO.

THE HAGUE--Members of the Parliaments of Aruba, Curaao and St. Maarten during the opening of the Inter-parliamentary Consultation of the Kingdom IPKO on Wednesday, expressed in no uncertain terms their dissatisfaction with the Dutch conditions that have been attached to Read more

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Public Weather Forecast For St. Maarten

DATE ISSUED: Wednesday, June 10, 2020 @ 12:00 LST (16:00 UTC)

VALID UNTIL: Thursday midday (12:00 LST) June 11, 2020

WEATHER: This afternoon through Thursday midday: Partly cloudy with isolated showers possible, and slight chance of isolated thunder.

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

Sunset Today:6:48 P.M.Sunrise Tomorrow:5:36 A.M.

SURFACE WINDS: This afternoon through Thursday midday: Southeasterly with a light to gentle breeze of 04 to 12 mph, becoming lighter and variable at times.

SYNOPSIS:

A slightly unstable atmosphere, light winds, daytime heating and pockets of low level moisture are expected to persist over the region through Friday Read more

PHILIPSBURG: --- Prime Minister Silveria Jacobs announced on Wednesday during the Council of Ministers press briefing that a patient was admitted to the St. Maarten Medical Center, (COVID-19 pavilion) Tuesday night. Jacobs said the patient is in critical condition, but it is not yet confirmed if the patient is positive with COVID -19. The Prime Minister said another patient who was tested positive was also readmitted to the COVID-19 pavilion since the patient is suffering from other underlying medical conditions.
Jacobs called on residents to continue with proper social distancing guidelines, she said residents should also continue to practice proper hygiene Read more

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PHILIPSBURG:--- Immigration and border patrol under the helm of the Ministry Justice along with the Ministry of VSA will begin conducting controls to ensure all immigrants that obtained their working and residents permits are in the same situation when the permits were issued.
Minister of Justice Anna Richardson said that St Read more

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Mp Heyliger-Marten Calls Pm Jacobs To Parliament On The Subject Of Decolonization

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten Prime Minister, the honourable Silveria Jacobs, will have to say whether the
Government of St. Maarten is prepared for the process of finalizing decolonization and assuming more autonomy to govern when she appears before parliament soon.

She has been requested to answer questions on decolonization by Faction Leader in Parliament for the United People’s Party the Honourable Grisha Heyliger-Marten Read more

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Public Weather Forecast For St. Maarten

DATE ISSUED: Tuesday, June 09, 2020 @ 12:00 LST (16:00 UTC)

VALID UNTIL: Wednesday midday (12:00 LST) June 10, 2020

WEATHER: This afternoon: Partly cloudy with isolated showers and a chance of isolated thunderstorms.

Tonight through Wednesday midday: Partly cloudy with isolated showers possible.

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

Sunset Today:6:47 P.M.Sunrise Tomorrow:5:36 A.M.

SURFACE WINDS: Tonight through Wednesday midday: East-southeasterly with a light to gentle breeze of 04 to 10 mph, becoming a light air and variable at times.

SYNOPSIS:

A robust mid to upper level trough located in our region continues to influence our weather Read more

Ipko 2020 To Be Hosted Virtually.

PHILIPSBURG:--- On June 10th and 11th, 2020 a delegation from the Parliament of Sint Maarten will participate virtually in the Interparliamentary Kingdom Consultations (IPKO) hosted by the Netherlands.

Delegations from the Parliaments of Aruba, Curaao and the Netherlands will also be participating.

The IPKO will kick off with a presentation from each country within the Kingdom concerning the state of affairs in said country. This will be followed by discussions between the four parliamentary delegations about a number of topics in a series of sections.

Section 1:
Decision making on liquidity support at the time of the Covid pandemic: How have the various Kingdom partners experienced the decision-making process?, Exchange of views on the role and responsibility of each Kingdom partner taking into account the Kingdom Charter, including the supervisory role of the various parliaments in relation to the supervisory role of the Cft/CAft.

Section 2:
Outlook short term: Restarting social and socio-economic life: possibilities, limitations and best practices.

Section 3:
Outlook medium/long term: A discussion about restructuring (diversification) of economies and labor markets Read more

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Tourism Bureau, Stakeholders Launch Rediscover Your Island Campaign

Tourism Minister Ludmila de Weever

PHILIPSBURG--The St. Maarten Tourism Bureau in collaboration with several partners have launched the Rediscover Your Island campaign aimed at encouraging residents to take advantage of lodging specials for staycations and to engage in activities on the island from participating businesse Read more

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Public Weather Forecast For St. Maarten

DATE ISSUED: Monday, June 08, 2020 @ 12:00 LST (16:00 UTC)

VALID UNTIL: Tuesday midday (12:00 LST) June 09, 2020

WEATHER: This afternoon through Tuesday midday: Partly cloudy with a few showers possible.

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

Sunset Today:6:47 P.M. Sunrise Tomorrow:5:36 A.M.

SURFACE WINDS: This afternoon through Tuesday midday: East-southeasterly with a light to moderate breeze of 06 to 12 mph.

SYNOPSIS:

A slack pressure gradient will cause mostly gentle winds across the region Read more

PHILIPSBURG:--- A shift in production by Bacardi at the worlds largest premium rum distillery is helping supply ethanol required to produce the much-needed hand sanitizers that are in high demand as a result of COVID-19. The Bacardi Corporation distillery in Catao, Puerto Rico, where more than 80% of the companys rums are produced, has partnered with Puerto Rico based manufacturer Olein Refinery to provide raw materials that will enable the production of more than 1.7M units of 10-ounce hand sanitizer Read more

Panneflek Proposes Rapid Tests At Airport For Visitors

Richard Panneflek

PHILIPSBURG--If industry partners and Parliament agree, St. Maarten could soon implement rapid-antigen testing for visitors to the island, based on a proposal by Minister of Public Health, Social Development and Labour VSA Read more

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Gibbs Joins Call For Lifting Of Travel Restrictions To French Caribbean

MARIGOT--Collectivit President Daniel Gibbs has written to French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe to urge him to lift air travel restrictions to the French Caribbean islands, as he has done already for Corsica, as the phased exit from lockdown continues.

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PHILIPSBURG:--- The St. Maarten Tourism Bureau, SHTA, St. Maarten Small Properties Association, Villas, Chamber of Commerce and United tour operator's foundation collaborates to launch 'Rediscover Your Island. The campaign aims to encourage residents to take advantage of lodging specials for staycations and to engage in activities on the island from participating entities.

The campaign focuses on the "Rediscovery" of St. Maarten to encourage our residents to explore and experience St. Maarten again Read more

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St. Maarten Tourism Bureau Partners With Stakeholders To Launch Rediscover Your Island Campaign

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten – The St. Maarten Tourism Bureau, SHTA, St. Maarten Small Properties Association, Villas, Chamber of Commerce and United tour operator’s foundation collaborates to launch ‘Rediscover Your Island. The campaign aims to encourage residents to take advantage of lodging specials for staycations and to engage in activities on the island from participating entities.

The campaign focuses on the “Rediscovery” of St. Maarten to encourage our residents to explore and experience St Read more

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Release Of Names Of Companies That Received Payroll Support

Honorable Minister of Finance!

On behalf of the people of Sint Maarten and especially those persons who were financially affected due to the COVID-19 lockdown, I wish to thank you for creating the Sint Maarten Stimulus & Relief Plan (SSRP).

Via the SSRP you attempted to assist local businesses by means of two specific programs namely, the Payroll Support Program and the Lockdown Payroll Support Program. Both programs are to be financed via the liquidity support from The Netherlands Read more

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Panneflek Proposes Rapid Tests At Airport For Visitors

PHILIPSBURG. Sint Maarten If the industry partners and Parliament agree, St, Maarten could well become a global trendsetter with its institution of rapid antigen testing for visitors to the island based on a
proposal by Minister of Health the Honourable Richard Panneflek.

His goal is to test expeditiously all visitors as a means of protecting both guests and the population and reducing the spread and contamination of COVID-19 Read more

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Funding Approved For 8 More Trust Fund Projects

PM Silveria Jacobs during Fridays meeting.

~ 7 projects under implementation since established ~

PHILIPSBURG--A total of seven Trust Fund projects have been under implementation since its establishment and the Steering Committee has approved funding for the preparation of eight additional projects.

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Public Weather Forecast For St. Maarten

DATE ISSUED: Friday, June 05, 2020 @ 12:00 LST (16:00 UTC)

VALID UNTIL: Saturday midday (12:00 LST) June 06, 2020

WEATHER: This afternoon through Saturday midday: Fair to partly cloudy and breezy with isolated showers possible.

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

Sunset Today:6:46 P.M.Sunrise Tomorrow:5:36 A.M.

SURFACE WINDS: This afternoon through Saturday midday: East northeasterly to easterly with a gentle to moderate breeze of 10 to 18 mph and higher gusts possible.

SYNOPSIS:

A tropical wave will move across the Lesser Antilles during this forecast period Read more