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PHILIPSBURG:--- The St. Maarten Christian Party (SMCP) is pleased to announce the candidacy of Mr. Michaël Somersall on the SMCP slate for the upcoming Parliamentary elections.
Son of the soil, Michaël Somersall, husband, and father of four is the third son of Carlos Somersall and Cynthia Wrighton. He lived his early childhood years Over The Water at Fort William and moved to St. Peters at age 5 where he attended primary school until he left to continue his studies in the Netherlands Read more

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PHILIPSBURG:--- In the first six months of 2016 a total of Naf. 190,316 in fines, issued by the St. Maarten Police Force (KPSM), have been collected. This is an increase of more than 150 percent compared to the same period in 2015 when only Naf. 73,600 in fines had been collected.

In total, KPSM issued Naf. 291,500 in fines in the first half of this year. This is partly due to tighter traffic controls by Police. This amount is also significantly more than the Naf. 188,500 in fines issued by Police in the same period last year. 

More than half of the total amount of fines collected in the first six months of this year, some Naf Read more

Michaël Somersall, Candidate On The Smcp Slate

PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten - The St. Maarten Christian Party (SMCP) is pleased to announce the candidacy of Mr. Michaël Somersall on the SMCP slate for the upcoming Parliamentary elections.

Son of the soil, Michaël Somersall, husband and father of four, is the third son of Carlos Somersall and Cynthia Wrighton Read more

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Up Leader Promises To Solve Dump Problem Within Six Months Of Being Elected To Office

PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten - Leader of the UP MP the Honorable Theo Heyliger Wednesday evening spoke about their ten month period in office before being removed from government by a National Alliance led coalition.

The UP leader stated that his party was never given the opportunity to fulfill the plans that they had for the island of St Read more

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Appointment At Telem Still Awaiting Approval Of Corporate Governance Council

PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten - The appointment of a Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at the island’s telephone company, TelEm is still pending.

Speaking at the Council of Ministers press briefing on Wednesday, Prime Minister in charge of General Affairs the Honorable William Marlin blamed the Corporate Governance Council for the hold u Read more

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St. Maarten Christian Party Looking Forward To Postulation

PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten - The nine political parties that will be contesting the September elections are all looking forward to postulation day, this coming Monday.

Among them is the St. Maarten Christian Party (SMCP) of Pastor Wycliffe Smith. Speaking to our news room on Tuesday evening Pastor Smith stated that he is looking forward to be given the opportunity to contest the upcoming elections Read more

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Minister Lee Meets With Aruba’S Health Minister And Azv Representatives

PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten - Continuing on his mission to improve cooperation on healthcare issues both within the Kingdom and regionally, Minister of Public Health, Social Development & Labor Emil Lee travelled to Aruba last week to meet with Aruba’s Minister of Health Alex Schwengle.

His first meeting was held with Minister Schwengle in St.Maarten during the International Health Regulation (IHR) conference earlier this year Read more

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PHILIPSBURG - “The war on zika is a war on mosquitos, and our experience so far is that the population isn’t as engaged, knowledgeable, and proactive as they should be said Minister of Public health Emil Lee during Wednesdays council of Ministers press briefing.

The Ministry of Health has been regularly publishing articles instructing people on the importance of eliminating breeding sites for disease spreading mosquitos Read more

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Minister Lee Meets With Aruba’S Health Minister And Azv Representatives

SINT MAARTEN/ARUBA - Continuing on his mission to improve cooperation on healthcare issues both within the Kingdom and regionally, Minister of Public Health, Social Development & Labor Emil Lee travelled to Aruba last week to meet with Aruba’s Minister of Health Alex Schwengle.

His first meeting was held with Minister Schwengle in St Read more

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Minister Lee Meets With Aruba’S Health Minister And Azv Representatives

PHILIPSBURG:--- Continuing on his mission to improve cooperation on healthcare issues both within the Kingdom and regionally, Minister of Public Health, Social Development & Labor Emil Lee traveled to Aruba last week to meet with Aruba’s Minister of Health Alex Schwengle.
His first meeting was held with Minister Schwengle in St.Maarten during the International Health Regulation (IHR) conference earlier this year Read more

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Road Work And Upgrading Of Back Street Soon To Start.

PHILIPSBURG:--- The Prime Minister of St. Maarten William Marlin announced on Wednesday that the Council of Ministers decided on Tuesday that the road work (phase 1) which is Back Street will soon begin. Marlin said that Front Street was done just prior to carnival and that government saw it fit to start the much-needed road work on Back Street since that street is in bad shape Read more

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PHILIPSBURG:--- The Minister of Health Emil Lee and Prime Minister William Marlin confirmed on Wednesday that some of the fires that occur on the dump are deliberately set by persons who are either looking for copper at the dump Read more

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Dp Disgruntled With New Island Council Deadlock

ST. EUSTATIUS--Tuesday’s meeting of the Island Council of St. Eustatius met the same fate as the two other meetings called by the opposition Democratic Party (DP) to discuss the state of the island’s finances. For the second time in a row parties failed to agree on the agenda, after which the meeting was declared closed.

Tuesday morning’s meeting was called on the request of the DP in connection with the letter of July 19, sent by the Ministry of Home Affairs and Kingdom Relations concerning the Island Government’s finances.

Acting Island Governor Julian Woodley chaired the meeting Read more

Government Wants Transparency From Gebe Supervisory Board

PHILIPSBURG--Government has discussed the proposed candidates for the top management positions for utility company GEBE and will be sending a response this week to GEBE’s Supervisory Board which nominated Commercial Manager Iris Arrindell as Chief Executive Officer (CEO), and Power Plant Manager Kenrick Chittick as Chief Operations Off Read more

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Hope Launches Manifesto Ahead Of Nomination Day

PHILIPSBURG--Helping Our People Excel (HOPE), a new political party, presented its draft manifesto on Tuesday night in John Larmonie Centre, ahead of Nomination Day on Monday, August 8.

Daniel Collins Author Receives Assistance From Mp Marlin-Romeo For “Walking With Faith”

PHILIPSBURG – The committee of the Give Back to the Community Program selected Daniel Collins as the month of August’s donation recipient.

In the opinion of the committee this book gives valuable information that many can identify with in this journey called life. This is a great contribution to the community stated Member of Parliament (MP) Leona Marlin-Romeo.

Daniel has put pen to paper in the form of co-authoring a newly published book called “Walking with Faith” Read more

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PHILIPSBURG:--- The Leader of the St. Maarten Christian Party (SMCP) Wycliffe Smith announces the candidacy of Mr Pedro Arrindell who was born and raised on Aruba and his family is of Sint Maarten roots.
On Aruba Pedro attended the UTS after which he was employed by the Lago Oil Refinery where he also enrolled in the Welding Technology program Read more

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PHILIPSBURG:--- As a follow-up to Prime Minister’s William Marlin’s promise in last Wednesday’s Council of Minister’s Live Press Briefing, a tour of the New Government Building was conducted on Monday, August 1st, for various media houses.

Media representatives were able to have a first-hand view of the new grounds includin Read more

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Discussion About Joint Sewage Plant Continues

COLE BAY--Prime Minister William Marlin and a delegation of Government officials met with Préfète Déléguée Anne Laubies, representatives of the Collectivité of St. Martin and Louis Fleming to discuss the Territorial Cooperation Programme for St Read more

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Ppa, Cpa Join Forces For Sept. 26 Elections

PHILIPSBURG--The orange party People’s Progressive Alliance (PPA) and the gold party Concordia Political Alliance (CPA) have joined forces for the September 26 Parliamentary Elections.

Trinidadians Nabbed On Their Way To Syria

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – A Turkish newspaper Monday reported that nine Trinidad and Tobago nationals were detained after the police nabbed a Syrian man suspected to attempting to smuggle them into southern Turket to join the ISIS terrorist organisation.

The “Daily Sabah” reported that the police had stopped a car with a license plate from southern Mersin province when it ent Read more

Elshot Concern That Teacher Salary Scales Will Not Be Completed By New School Year.

PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten – The Windward Islands Teachers Union (WITU) is hopeful that the matter of teacher scales will be finally addressed and completed in time for the start of the 2016-2017 school year.

There will also be a request for the re-evaluation of the current scales.

President of the WITU Claire Elshot has requested a meeting with the Minister of Education the Honorable Read more

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Hope Political Party Invites Public To Manifesto Launch On August 2Nd.

PHILIPSBURG:--- HOPE, the political party with aim to Help Our People Excel (HOPE), has its Manifesto Ready, says party leader Mercedes “Elektra” van der Waals Wyatt in a press release on Monday.

“We are inviting the general public to the Draft Manifesto launch on Tuesday August 2nd at the John Larmonie Center at 7.30pm Read more

Who Are You Voting For? A Minister Or A Parliamentarian?

This September when you go to the polls you will not be electing ministers. Neither will you be electing a Prime Minister.

Instead, the people of St. Maarten will be voting in fifteen persons to represent them in Parliament. What is the job of these fifteen representatives? We must be aware that Parliamentarians are not elected to office to build bridges, construct schools or design hospitals. They are not in Parliament to negotiate contracts or to execute projects. This is the job of a minister or the Council of Ministers.

They are the ones to execute plans, programs and projects Read more

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