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Open Letter To Minister Irion

Dear Honorable Minister Ardwell Irion,

We are a group of concerned teachers who have taken note of the proposed cuts by the government. While everyone would love for our finances to be stable, we acknowledge the limitations of our coffers.

Therefore, it is reasonable to accept our current salaries as we move forward and half of our vacation pay for 2020 and 2021 Read more

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Telem Group Main Building Closed For Two Days For Deep Clean From Thursday

POND ISLAND, Sint Maarten The TelEm Group main building on Pond Island will be closed for two days (Thursday, May 28, and Friday May 29, 2020) to allow for a professional fumigation of offices and all public areas.

The closure is out of an abundance of caution in the event an employee in the building may have come into contact with a suspected Coronavirus patient.
In a Communique to employees, Wednesday, CEO, Mr. Kendall Dupersoy, said the professional cleaning is only being taken as a precautionary measure in keeping with the companys safety protocols.

Employees will be working remotely from home during the two-day closure and regular business hours will resume, Monday June 1, 2020.
TelEm Groups Simpson Bay Branch will remain open while the main building is closed Read more

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Govt. To Meet Directly With Civil Servants On Dutch Conditions

PM Silveria Jacobs

~ Jacobs: proposal to unions reasonable, fair ~

PHILIPSBURG--The Council of Ministers will be meeting directly with civil servants on the conditions imposed by the Dutch government on St. Maarten for the liquidity support loan for the country to, amongst other things, finance the St. Maarten Stimulus Read more

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Irion: Employers Who Get Payroll Support To Pay Staff 100% Or Reduce Work Hours

Finance Minister Ardwell Irion.

PHILIPSBURG--Employers who receive payroll support via the St. Maarten Stimulus and Relief Plan (SSRP) to remunerate their employees, are obligated to pay their workers 100 per cent of their salaries or reduce the work hours of staff equivalent to the percentage that they are not being paid.

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PHILIPSBURG:--- Prime Minister Silveria Jacobs reached out to the civil servants by letter on Wednesday explaining to them the current financial situation the country is faced with due to COVID-19.
Below the full content of the letter.

PRIME MINISTER S. JACOBS Letter to Civil Servants
COST CUTTING MEASURES

Dear Civil Servants,

"The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential.. Read more

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PHILIPSBURG:--- The TelEm Group's main building on Pond Island will be closed for two days (Thursday, May 28, and Friday, May 29, 2020) to allow for professional fumigation of offices and all public areas.
The closure is out of an abundance of caution in the event an employee in the building may have come into contact with a suspected Coronavirus patient.
In a Communique to employees, Wednesday, CEO, Mr. Kendall Dupersoy, said the professional cleaning is only being taken as a precautionary measure in keeping with the companys safety protocols.
Employees will be working remotely from home during the two-day closure and regular business hours will resume, Monday, June 1, 2020 Read more

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Public Weather Forecast For St. Maarten

DATE ISSUED: Wednesday, May 27, 2020 @ 12:00 LST (16:00 UTC)

VALID UNTIL: Thursday midday (12:00 LST) May 28, 2020

WEATHER: This afternoon through Thursday midday: Partly cloudy, becoming cloudy at times with isolated showers possible.

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

Sunset Today:6:43 P.M. Sunrise Tomorrow:5:37 A.M.

SURFACE WINDS: This afternoon through Thursday midday: Southeasterly with a gentle to moderate breeze of 08 to 16 mph.

SYNOPSIS:

Most of the active weather associated with a passing, weak tropical wave will remain south of the local area Read more

Government To Honor Frontline Workers, Parents Ask For Children Participation.

PHILIPSBURG:--- The -Government will be honoring Frontline Heroes on Friday announced Prime Minister Silveria Jacobs at the Council of Ministers Press Briefing on Wednesday. Parents are hereby informed that children with frontline career day costume to send it by email to the government of St. Maarten. Emails should be sent to pmtalks@sintmaartengov.org, the names of the child must also be included in the email Read more

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Task Force Formed To Collect Land Lease Fees, Businesses First To Be Targeted.

~ government still working with unions to seal an agreement.~

PHILIPSBURG:--- Minister of VROMI Egbert Jurendy Doran and Minister of Finance Ardwell Irion met on Tuesday to begin putting a task force in place that will go after delinquent businesses that have not been paying government years of lease land fees Read more

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Positive Foundation Receives Donation Of Usd $16,000

FromCIBC FirstCaribbeans Walk for the Cure.

Philipsburg, St. Maarten, 26, May 2020  Year eight indeed shaped up to be a great one for the regions largest cancer fundraiser across the English and Dutch Caribbean  CIBC FirstCaribbeans Walk for the Cure.

Partnership with the Positive Foundation and Adtalem Global Education on St. Maarten heightened the awareness, raising a grand total of USD $16,000 for the benefit of the Positive Foundation. 

The donation supports the foundations endeavors which are geared towards stimulating, educating and activating the consciousness of the community on aspects of self-responsibility towards overall health improvement, and in particular, towards breast cancer Read more

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Public Weather Forecast For St. Maarten

DATE ISSUED: Tuesday, May 26, 2020 @ 12:00 LST (16:00 UTC)

VALID UNTIL: Wednesday midday (12:00 LST) May 27, 2020

WEATHER: This afternoon: Partly cloudy with a few brief passing showers.

Tonight through Wednesday midday: Partly cloudy, becoming cloudy at times with a few showers and possible thunder.

Forecast High:31C / 88F Forecast Low:27C / 81F

Sunset Today:6:43 P.M. Sunrise Tomorrow:5:37 A.M.

SURFACE WINDS: This afternoon through Wednesday midday: Southeasterly with a light to moderate breeze of 07 to 14 mph.

SYNOPSIS:

The moist and warm southeasterly wind flow will cause a few passing showers across the region Read more

PHILIPSBURG:--- Year eight indeed shaped up to be a great one for the regions largest cancer fundraiser across the English and Dutch Caribbean CIBC FirstCaribbeans Walk for the Cure.

Partnership with the Positive Foundation and Adtalem Global Education on St. Maarten heightened the awareness, raising a grand total of USD $16,000 for the benefit of the Positive Foundation.

The donation supports the foundations endeavors which are geared towards stimulating, educating and activating the consciousness of the community on aspects of self-responsibility towards overall health improvement, and in particular, towards breast cancer Read more

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Prime Minister and Chair of the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) Silveria Jacobs hereby updates the general public for today, Monday,May25, 2020,as part of the process to keep the community of St. Maarten informed about the latest developments and the Governments COVID-19 containment, mitigation and response measures.

Based on the latest available data provided by Collective Prevention Services (CPS) Epidemiologist Dr Read more

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Prime Minister & Chair Of The Eoc Silveria JacobsUpdates On Covid-19 Developments May 25, 2020

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten – Prime Minister and Chair of the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) Silveria Jacobs hereby updates the general public for today, Monday,May25, 2020,as part of the process to keep the community of St. Maarten informed about the latest developments and the Governments COVID-19 containment, mitigation and response measures.

Based on the latest available data provided by Collective Prevention Services (CPS) Epidemiologist Dr Read more

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Returning Residents Might Have To Foot Bill To Stay In Quarantine Facility

Silveria Jacobs.

PHILIPSBURG--Given governments precarious financial situation, residents who want to return to the country might have to cover the costs involved in staying in governments quarantine facility for the mandatory period of fourteen days.

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Public Weather Forecast For St. Maarten

DATE ISSUED: Monday, May 25, 2020 @ 12:00 LST (16:00 UTC)

VALID UNTIL: Tuesday midday (12:00 LST) May 26, 2020

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

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

Sunset Today:6:42 P.M. Sunrise Tomorrow:5:37 A.M.

SURFACE WINDS: This afternoon through Tuesday midday: East southeasterly to southeasterly with a light to moderate breeze of 07 to 14 mph.

SYNOPSIS:

A dominant Atlantic high pressure system will maintain mostly gentle winds across the region Read more

~ SXM is the only Caribbean country in the Kingdom not implementing the 12.5%  salary cuts.~

PHILIPSBURG:--- Finance Minister Ardwell Irion has his work cut out for him with the unions that are currently holding meetings at the Little League Stadium today Monday. The meetings that are being held by the Chamber of Labor Unions are a form of protest against the planned cuts to meet the demands of the Dutch Government for liquidity support.
The unions that are participating in what they describe as an urgent meeting are the ABVO, WITU, NAPB, SMCU, WICHUA, WIFOL, ASEWI, and WICSU/PSU Union.
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Prime Minister Silveria Jacobs and Justice Minister Anna Richardson with some of the union representatives at the meeting.

PHILIPSBURG--The Council of Ministers on Friday outlined to the unified unions of St Read more

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PHILIPSBURG:--- The Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) and the St. Maarten Chamber of Commerce & Industry (COCI) May 20 webinar about being export ready was a great success President of the Supervisory Board of COCI Benjamin Ortega said on Sunday.
More than 58 companies and persons from the business community registered for the online seminar Read more

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Rvo And Coci May 20 Webinar On Export-Ready Opportunities A Great Success

SINT MAARTEN (PHILIPSBURG) The Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) and the St. Maarten Chamber of Commerce & Industry (COCI) May 20 webinar about being export ready was a great success President of the Supervisory Board of COCI Benjamin Ortega said on Sunday.

More than 58 companies and persons from the business community registered for the online seminar.  There were also 30+ persons in attendance.

The registered businesses received a wealth of information on what export and being export ready entailed and what instruments have been designed to assist entrepreneurs.

The webinar also covered support in the form of coaching for companies Read more

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We Are All In This Together, Right?

The spirit of compromise seems to be in short supply these days. A pity really and also a bit baffling. The Coronavirus does not discriminate. With few exceptions, every country, creed or color, must accept that they/we are not safe from the virus. The only action that is safe requires us to stay apart; the so-called social distancing. At first, we had to stay apart, together to survive. This solidarity, at least from a health perspective was automatic. Economically, the situation is quite different.

Lockdown has caused financial knockdown for most in the Private Sector Read more

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Council Of Ministers Dialogue On Dutch Loan Conditions With Unions

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten Late Friday afternoon into evening, May 22, 2020, the Council of Ministers met with the unified unions of St. Maarten in order to clarify the proposal made by the Dutch Government and
approved by the Kingdom Council on May 15, 2020, related to the much-publicized 12.5% personnel cost-cutting condition and other conditions within the Dutch COVID-19 support proposal which will negatively affect civil servants. The unions represented workers in the private and public sectors namely, WITU, WICSU-PSU, ABVO-SXM, NAPB Read more

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~ Government has no money to pay for quarantine facility.~

PHILIPSBURG:--- St. Maarten is now moving towards its recovery phases from the COVID-19 pandemic announced Prime Minister Silveria Jacobs on Saturday at the EOC press conference.

Jacobs said that it is now 11 days since St. Maarten registered a positive case of the COVID-19, currently, there are no patients at the St Read more

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~ wanted to know who typed up his C-waiver signed by Prime Minister Silveria Jacobs.~

PHILIPSBURG/MARIGOT:--- Dr. Michel Petit who practiced medicine for over 32 years on St. Maarten had an embarrassing experience on Saturday at the Bellevue border with an officer of the PAF in the presence of Prefet Sylvie Feucher. Dr. Petit told SMN News that he obtained his C-waiver from the Prime Minister of St Read more

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