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Sarah: Dp Not About 'Recycled Promises'

SIMPSON BAY--Too many “recycled promises” dating to 2014 and before are being fed to voters by political parties that have been in Government, while the Democratic Party (DP) has a proven track record, the red party leader Member of Parliament Sarah Wescot-Williams told supporters at the party’s final rally on Friday night in Simpson Bay Read more

PHILIPSBURG:--- The anticipation as to which political party will take over power will come to an end on Monday night into early Tuesday morning as voters on St. Maarten will be heading to the polls to cast their votes to elect 15 members of parliament.
Contesting the election are nine political parties, namely:- DP, NA, UP, USP, OSPP, PPA, SDM, SMCP and HOPE.
SMN News will be bringing you the live updates as it begin on Monday morning from the house of parliament.
At around 11pm readers of this news site could watch the life announcement that will be made by the main voting bureau, as well as the interviews given by those that postulated themselves for this year’s parliamentary election Read more

Up Leader Theo Heyliger Calls For Safe Elections Monday

PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten - Leader of the United People’s Party and Member of Parliament the Honourable Theodore Heyliger says today marks a new starting point for Country St. Maarten and a chance to alleviate the burden of instability and economic disaster we face.

He is also encouraged voters of the community and supporters of the UP Party to go out and vote early, but calls on everyone to be safe, adhere to the rule of law Read more

Smcp Thanks The Community

PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten - On the eve of the all-important Parliamentary Elections of September 26, the Sint Maarten Christian Party (SMCP) wishes to thank the general public for its support of the party during this election season.

Though, a new party, the warmth, love and support from the people of Sint Maarten has been overwhelming and very encouraging.

We are truly heartened by the support from the people Read more

Mp Maurice Lake Says Article Aimed To Discredit Good Public-Private Initiative For The Residents Of Weymouth Hill

PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten - Independent MP Maurice Lake is not surprised by Weymouth Hill news article that aimed to discredit a good public-private initiative for the residents which was supported by the other two property owners in the area.  

“Just to set the record straight, the two property owners Prima Vista and Valley Estate approach myself and the Minister of VROMI Angel Meyers to do a public-private partnership to help fix the deplorable road for the residents in the area and to also enhance the value of their property Read more

Designs Unveiled For Aps Welgelegen Homes, Young Professionals To Benefit From Affordable Housing

CUL-DE-SAC, St. Maarten -  Plans for the construction of affordable housing units on a parcel of land at Welgelegen in Cay Hill, are now steps closer to being realized following a symbolic groundbreaking event, held on Friday afternoon.

Present for the occasion were finance minister Richard Gibson, VROMI minister Angel Meyers, APS board chairman Franklyn Richards, APS board member Guilliano Saturnilia, APS director Nadya van Putten, APS Manager Finance and Investments George Willems and APS project manager Kendra Arnell, along with architects David Morrison and John Baker and Ron Daal on behalf of the engineering consulting firm, ICE Read more

The Road To Parliament 2016

PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten - My88.3FM radio in St.Maarten will be broadcasting a special Election night program called “ The Road to Parliament 2016”. The live broadcast hosted by Ronny Busby will commence at 7pm with a panel of experts and professionals who will be discussing a range of topics relating to the 2016 political campaign, Historical facts of the voting population, the make-up of the Political parties, the trends, the challenges and 15 important seats in Parliament.

Throughout the broadcast the listeners will be kept up to date on the latest information from the Central Voting Bureau out of the Parliament building in Philipsburg.

According Ronny Busby,” We have invited some interesting persons for this broadcast who we believe are very capable, knowledgeable and have the ability to analyze not only the political campaign, but also the trends of the voting population backed by historical information”.

The all- star panel for the live broadcast on MY88.3 will be include Mr Read more

PHILIPSBURG:--- Plans for the construction of affordable housing units on a parcel of land at Welgelegen in Cay Hill, are now steps closer to being realized following a symbolic groundbreaking event, held on Friday afternoon.

Present for the occasion were finance minister Richard Gibson, VROMI minister Angel Meyers, APS board chairman Franklyn Richards, APS board member Guilliano Saturnilia, APS director Nadya van Putten, APS Manager Finance and Investments George Willems and APS project manager Kendra Arnell, along with architects David Morrison and John Baker and Ron Daal on behalf of the engineering consulting firm, ICE.

During the event, designs of the housing project were shown on site, before proceeding with the customary placing of shovels in the ground.

The project is being spearheaded by St Read more

PHILIPSBURG:---- Independent MP Maurice Lake is not surprised by Weymouth Hill news article that aimed to discredit a good public-private initiative for the residents which was supported by the other two property owners in the area.
“Just to set the record straight, the two property owners Prima Vista and Valley Estate approach myself and the Minister of VROMI Angel Meyers to do a public-private partnership to help fix the deplorable road for the residents in the area and to also enhance the value of their property Read more

New Govt. Administration Building Opens, Ministers Have Relocated

~Govt. to save NAf. 350,000 to 400,000 monthly ~

POND ISLAND--After sitting unoccupied for eight years, the new Government Administration Building on Pond Island was opened during a ceremony held in front of the entrance on Friday.

Prime Minister William Marlin, Justice Minister Richard Gibson and representatives of Social and Health Insurances SZV and General Pension Fund Administrator APS cut the ribbon to declare the new government administration building open Read more

Property Owners: No Deal Signed For Weymouth Hill Resurfacing

SOUTH REWARD--Member of Parliament (MP) Maurice Lake and Minister of Public Housing, Spatial Planning, Environment and Infrastructure VROMI Angel Meyers seem to have jumped the gun when announcing the resurfacing project of Weymouth Hill Road on Wednesday afternoon.

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Up Party Urge Citizens To Let Democracy Reign In Wake Smcp Candidate Stoning

PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten — The United People’s party has issued a call on the community to “let democracy reign in our country” following the stoning of the candidates on the St. Maarten Christian Party SMCP in Belvedere, Wednesday night.

Leader of the UP Party and Member of Parliament Theodore Heyliger said he and the rest of the UP Board and candidates were utterly shocked and disappointed to learn that such malevolent behaviour could be mated out by people on the “friendly island.”

The UP party issued a press release on Thursday in which Heyliger was quoted saying, “Since the time of my grandfather the late Dr Claude Wathey, our country has had a proud and healthy political campaign Read more

The Grand Finale- Bigger And Better with an All-Star Panel.

Concordia:---- Recent guests on Fresh with the Y2X Crew, Jennifer Richardson da Silva of NA, May- Ling Chun of UP, Marinka Gumbs of DP, Angelina Williams of PPA, Anna Rabess-Richardson of USP, Mulrose Toulon of the St Read more

Scotiabank Rotary-Rotaract Spelling Bee

PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten - The main sponsor for the Scotiabank Rotary-Rotaract Spelling Bee is Scotiabank. At the weekly meeting of The Rotary Club of St. Maarten-Mid Isle on Tuesday  Ms. Selma Baker presented a check to President Veronica Jansen-Webster. 

The preliminary round of The Scotiabank Rotary-Rotaract Spelling Bee will kick off on Sunday October 16th, the semi-finals on Sunday October 23rd and the finals on Sunday October 30th Read more

PHILIPSBURG:--- The main sponsor for the Scotiabank Rotary-Rotaract Spelling Bee is Scotiabank. At the weekly meeting of The Rotary Club of St. Maarten-Mid Isle on Tuesday Ms. Selma Baker presented a check to President Veronica Jansen-Webster. The preliminary round of The Scotiabank Rotary-Rotaract Spelling Bee will kick off on Sunday, October 16th, the semi-finals on Sunday, October 23rd and the finals on Sunday, October 30th Read more

Exclusive: Vamed Sends Letter To Minister Of Vsa To Be Transparent With Regards To The Bidding Process For New Hospital.

PHILIPSBURG:--- The law firm representing VAMED Engineering dispatched a letter on Friday morning to the Minister of VSA Emil Lee urging him to be open and transparent about the public procurement procedure regarding the New Hospital. The letter which was delivered to the Minister of September 23rd reads that the company is requesting the Minister of VSA to disclose information based on the public information act.
The letters state that so far despite numerous request both the Minister and USZV have not complied by providing the information they are asking for to render account for the decisions they have taken, which has forced VAMED to take their case to court.
The letter continues to state that they were involved in the evaluation of the bids and the bids were submitted to them Read more

PHILIPSBURG:--- The long-awaited opening of the New Government building finally took place on Friday morning under the leadership of Prime Minister William Marlin who is heading the present coalition government. The soft opening ceremony did not go as smoothly as one would expect since it was supposed to be a glorious day for St. Maarten because a group of lawyers that have been on strike for the past three weeks showed up at the building demanding to the see the Minister of Justice.
However, when the ceremony got underway, Erno Labega the one that was spearheading the completion of the Government Building on Pond Island said that the time and work it took to get them to the opening ceremony is immense Read more

PHILIPSBURG:--- A group of Attorneys headed by Gerald Hatzmaan showed up shortly before the opening ceremony at the New Government building began demanding to see the Minster of Justice Edison Kirindongo whom they said they had an appointment with for 9am Friday morning at his A.T. Illidge Road office but the Minister of Justice never showed up for the meeting. The lawyers marched through the gathering in their court gowns and stood at the entrance in front of all the invited guests as they waited for the Minister of Justice to meet with them.
According to Hansman and other lawyers who also spoke to the media said that they had a 9 am appointment with the Minister at his A.T Illidge Road office but when they reached there and waited for the Minister for some 45 minutes they were directed to the New Government Building where the opening ceremony was taking place by the staff of the Ministry of Justice Read more

Szv Director Signs First Ever Performance Agreement 

PHILIPSBURG – Minister of Public Health, Labour and Social Development Emil Lee and SZV Director Glen Carty have signed the first ever Performance Agreement between a Minister and the Director since the founding of the Social & Health Insurances SZV after 10-10-10.

This performance agreement is a legal obligation and is directly tied to the operational budget of the SZV, which was submitted by Director Glen Carty by the yearly legal deadline, which was also a first for SZV.

Key elements of the performance agreement call for an enhanced digital medical referral process, benchmarked results for the safe investment of social funds that must have a measurable standard, medical care quality reviews, improved customer satisfaction and bi-annual reports on the terms in the agreement issued with input from the Supervisory Board.

This performance agreement is the result of months of work to establish a landmark document that can act as a model for future Ministers and Directors to follow Read more

Szv Director Signs First Performance Agreement

PHILIPSBURG--Minister of Public Health, Social Development and Labour Emil Lee and Social and Health Insurances SZV Director Glen Carty have signed the first-ever Performance Agreement between a minister and SZV director since the founding of the insurance service provider after October, 10, 2010.

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Lee, Wyccf Break Ground For New Elderly Care Homes

ST. JOHNS--The White and Yellow Cross Care Foundation (WYCCF) and Health Minister Emil Lee broke ground on Thursday, to start the “much-anticipated” construction of its new elderly care homes.

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Hundreds Of People Joined Smcp In National Prayer Vigil

PHILIPSBURG – Hundreds of people participate in a national prayer vigil that has been organized by the St. Maarten Christian Party (SMCP).

The prayer vigil took place on Thursday, September 22, between 12:00pm to 2:00pm and called for all civic-minded individuals to join with the party in praying for a safe parliamentary election and for the success of St. Maarten as a nation.

Party president Jacqueline Godet explained that prayer is a universal language Read more

Council Of Ministers To Move Into New Gov’T Building Friday

PHILIPSBURG – Government offices will begin moving into the new government administration building by Friday, September 23, announced Prime Minister William Marlin on Wednesday, September 21, during the Council of Ministers press briefing.

“We made a promise that we would complete the building and we would move in and we are doing so Read more

Clean Debate Dominated Academy's ‘Generation Hope’ Panel Discussion

CUL DE SAC, St. Maarten  - How will they reduce the brain-drain on St. Maarten, what plans or programs will they put in place to reduce crime among the youth on the island, and how can they diversify the economy instead of us relying on tourism as the major economic activity, were just some of the questions posed during Tuesday's panel discussion by students of several high schools to representatives of the nine political parties contesting the September 26 parliamentary elections.

The event, which was sponsored by St Read more