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Two School Boards Receive Feminine Hygiene Products

From left: D. Marks, R. Richardson-Romey, E Baptiste-Boasman, Minister Ottley, Minister Samuel, E. Hanson-Flanders and E. Jacobs.

HOPE ESTATE--Two school boards were provided with feminine hygiene products for distribution within their respective schools on Friday, April 14.

Minister of Public Health, Social Development and Labor VSA Omar Ottley was accompanied by Minister of Education, Culture, Youth and Sport (ECYS) Rodolphe Samuel, Coordinator of Teen Times Rochelayne Richardson-Romey, staff of the Community Development Family and Humanitarian Affairs (CDFHA) Elba Hanson-Flanders and Elencia Baptiste-Boasman for the handover of these products Read more

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Mussington Team Marks Year In Office With Major Review

Winning team. Front row, left to right: Michel Petit, Bernadette Davis, Dominique Louisy, Valerie Fonrose, Annick Ptrus, Audrey Gil, Raphal Sanchez, Bernadette Venthou-Dumaine, Steven Cocks, Martine Beldor. Back row, left to right: Alain Richardson, Daniel Arnel, Valrie Damaseau, Louis Mussington Read more

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Hope Estate:--- On Friday, April 14, 2023, Minister Omar Ottley accompanied by Minister Rudolph Samuel, Coordinator of Teen Times Mrs. Rochelayne Richardson-Romey, Staff of Community Development Family & Humanitarian Affairs Mrs. Elba Hanson-Flanders and Mrs. Elencia M. Baptiste-Boasman, for the handing over of Feminine Hygiene products to two School Boards Read more

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Hope Estate:--- On Friday, April 14, 2023, Minister Omar Ottley accompanied by Minister Rudolph Samuel, Coordinator of Teen Times Mrs. Rochelayne Richardson-Romey, Staff of Community Development Family & Humanitarian Affairs Mrs. Elba Hanson-Flanders and Mrs. Elencia M. Baptiste-Boasman, for the handing over of Feminine Hygiene products to two School Boards Read more

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PHILIPSBURG:--- The Board of the Windward Islands Teachers Union (WITU) is astonished at the Council of Ministers (COM) sudden decision to grant additional vacation days to Teachers.

After a Board meeting of the WITU held on Monday afternoon, April 17th, 2023, President of WITU Stuart Johnson said: "It is remarkable how quickly and with sudden haste, the COM is able to handle certain other matters, and when needed can have the opportunity to meet on weekends."

A concerned President Johnson emphasized that: "We have so many critical issues that need to be addressed, but continue to be ignored Read more

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Mussington Expresses Condolences To Langel Family For Their Sudden Loss

The late Louis Langel

MARIGOT--President of the Collectivit Louis Mussington expressed his condolences on Sunday to the family of Louis Langel who was killed during an accident at the Galisbay Port on Saturday.

"I was very saddened to learn of the death of Louis Langel during a handling operation to unload sand from a vessel in the port of Galisbay on Saturday evening, Mussington said in a statement Read more

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President Of Fnsafer Welcomed To Collectivit

FNSAFER meeting for agriculture development in progress.

 MARIGOT--Fdration Nationale des Socits d'Amnagement Foncier et dtablissement Rural (FNSAFER) in Guadeloupe President Rodrigue Trfle was welcomed to the Collectivit on Tuesday, April 11, as part of implementation of an agreement made in March with the Collectivit.

At that time President Louis Mussington took advantage of the Paris Agricultural Show to sign an assistance agreement with FNSAFER with the aim of supporting local farmers in St Read more

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Carnival Officially Opened On Friday

From left: TelEm CEO Kendall Dupersoy, ECYS Minister Rodolphe Samuel, Junior Carnival Queen Arienna Dupont, SCDF President Edward Radjouki and MotorWorld representative Nympha Richardson officially opening Carnival Village.

PHILIPSBURG--Feteing season is officially in swing Read more

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PHILIPSBURG:--- Princess Juliana International Airport has recently started the installation of four (04) new Passenger Boarding Bridges. Installation of the first two has been completed, with the remaining two bridges scheduled for installation before the end of April. The new bridges will be able to serve a wide range of aircraft. Before the new Passenger Boarding Bridges were installed, the old ones had to be removed, which was done by MOTI Constructions NV. The works on the Passenger Boarding Bridges are being carried out in close cooperation with the Operations and Security Teams to ensure a smooth replacement without disrupting the daily operations at the airport.

Mirto Breell, PMU Project Director of Princess Juliana International Airport: This is another great step forward in the construction of the airport of the future Read more

PHILIPSBURG:--- Minister of Justice Anna Richardson informed The St. Maarten Carnival Development Foundation (SCDF) on April 14 by way of an extensive letter that well-known artist Rich Kalashh is not allowed to perform for the international Hip Hop night set for April 21, 2023, due to an analyst by the police department KPSM.
The letter is as follows by the Minister of Justice, "I am writing to you in response to the request made on February 7, 2023, by the St Read more

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PHILIPSBURG:--- The Council of Ministers in an emergency meeting on Friday adopted the three proposed points made by the United Peoples Leader MP Rolando Brison to ease the minds of Justice workers who have been slowed down for a week. The intervention of UP Minister Omar Ottley, and Members Lyndon Lewis and Ydelline Heerenveen was met with no opposition from the police unions on Friday.

According to a press statement from the NAPB union on Saturday afternoon, "Friday, April 14, 2023, the entire Council of Ministers of the Government of Sint Maarten, including the honorable Minister Richardson, the Minister of Justice, and the Prime Minister, Ms Read more

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PHILIPSBURG  (DCOMM):--- The Minister of Education, Culture, Youth & Sports Hon. Rodolphe Samuel announced over the weekend that the Council of Ministers (COM) on March 7, 2023, has granted teachers, management, and support staff of all divisions of public education schools three additional days off during the school vacation 2022-2023.

The additional vacation days that have been granted are from July 31 to August 2, 2023 Read more

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Police Unions Reaction Regarding The Ongoing Matter Of The Police Workers

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten — Friday, April 14, 2023, the entire Council of Ministers of the Government of Sint Maarten, including the Honorable Minister of Justice Anna E. Richardson and the Prime Minister, Honorable Ms. Jacobs, held a meeting with the board members of the NAPB assisted by their legal advisor Cor Merx.

The gettering took place in the Governments Building under the excellent- chairmanship of the Honorable Prime Minster Jacobs.

The meeting was called into existence to find solutions for the current situation the police workers are facing.

The topics that were covered include amongst other things:

After a successful 2.5 hours long conversation, both parties left the table with a feeling of optimism.

The discussion went very fruitfully respecting each others point of view and sometimes very detailed.

The issues that were in the media for the last two weeks have been solved in good faith and trust.

Most importantly, there seems to be light at the end of the tunnel for the police workers, as both parties have expressed their intent to work together and bring this matter to an end.

Although there was not a final solution on that Friday the Council of Ministers -via Minister of Justice Honorable Ms Read more

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PHILIPSBURG:--- Tonight the NAPB and ABVO unions held a meeting with their members. Approximately one hundred members were present from the Immigration, Police, Customs, Prison, and Federal detective departments. This meeting was to inform them of the latest developments concerning their rights.

The members were informed of what took place over the course of the last couple of days whereby the unions had a meeting with the Minister and her staff at her office on A.Th. Illidge Road; and also about what took place in the meeting that was held today with the Council of Ministers Read more

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Man Who Lost Foot Had Jumped Into Water To Swim To Water Taxi

A screen grab of the scene after the man was pulled from the water.

 PHILIPSBURG--The tourist whose lower right foot was severed by the blades of a water taxi propeller during a horrific accident on Tuesday, had jumped into the water and was swimming to the vessel when he was sucked under the back of the boats platform resulting in the mishap.

He did not fall between the boat and the pier while either exiting or embarking the vessel as was previously reported to this newspaper by police spokesperson Ethelwoldus Josepha on Tuesday.

A video of the incident shows the man, a passenger of the Ubersoca Cruise that had been visiting the island, swimming to the water taxi and when he attempted to climb onto the back of the boat he slipped off, was sucked under the boat, which led to screams by persons on the boat Read more

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Unions Agree To Assist Richardson With Retroactive Payment Process

PHILIPSBURG--Setting another deadline for retroactive payments to justice workers would not serve the process. Presidents and representatives of the unions came to that conclusion during a meeting with Minister of Justice Anna Richardson on Wednesday.

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Pm Jacobs States Personal View: Financial Independence Before Actual Independence

Prime Minister Silveria Jacobs was the only minister present at Wednesdays live Council of Ministers press briefing.

PHILIPSBURG--Prime Minister Silveira Jacobs believes that St. Maarten should attain a level of financial independence where it can take care of itself and its people before striving for actual independen Read more

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D66 Worried About Shortage Of Jail Capacity In St. Maarten

THE HAGUE--The fact that many convicted persons in St. Maarten are waiting to serve jail time as a result of the lack of prison cells has the Democratic Party D66 in the Dutch Second Chamber of Parliament worried. The party is seeking clarity from the Dutch government.

Lambriex: Ubersoca Cruise Way For St Maarten To Get Exposure

 ~ Ministers saddened by incident with passenger ~

 PHILIPSBURG--Great events like Ubersoca Cruise are the best ways for St. Maarten to get great exposure to the rest of the world, Minister of Tourism, Economic Affairs, Transport and Telecommunication (TEATT) Arthur Lambriex said in a press statement on Tuesday.

We look forward to more events like this which will continue to let St. Maarten be known as the island to see, Lambriex said in the statement, which also said that the Government of St Read more

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PHILIPSBURG:--- Congratulations have been extended to St. Maarten athletes (Sebastiana Reyes, Carlos Brison, Michael Van De Veer, and Macclin Sherriff) along with a Delegation of Head Coach: Abdule G. Wattley, Coach: Alain Richardson, and General Secretary of S.N.A.F Javea S. Clarke Wattley who represented the island in this year's CARIFTA games Read more

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PHILIPSBURG:---  The Government of Sint Maarten would hereby like to congratulate Ubersoca Cruise for bringing a tremendous number of visitors to the destination.

Minister of Tourism, Economic Affairs, Transportation & Telecommunication (TEATT), Arthur H.L. Lambriex shared the following quote on Tuesday: Great events such as Ubersoca cruise are the best ways for Sint Maarten to get that great exposure to the rest of the world. We look forward to more events like this which will continue to let Sint Maarten be known as the island to see.

Minister of Public Health, Social Development, and Labor Omar Ottley was extremely happy about the turnout Read more

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~Proposes 3 steps to alleviate justice workers' concerns~

PHILIPSBURG:--- Leader of the United People's UP Party in Parliament, MP Rolando Brison, sent a letter to Justice Minister Anna Richardson Tuesday, offering three solutions for her consideration that could help ensure the proper basis for Police overtime pay for extraordinarily long working hours during carnival, retroactively pay Justice Workers, and revise and finalize the issuing of the workers' placement letters.

In his letter, MP Brison expounded on his suggestion, made during an urgent Parliamentary Meeting on Wednesday last week Read more

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Shame Shame Shame Minister Of Justice !

The saga of the Ministry of Justice continues with untruthful and/or half truth stories, starting with:

But in the meantime, the Police and Immigration officers are tired of being fooled with setting deadlines, which were still not met by the Honorable Lady Minister of Justice, that insists and repeatedly stating that she yes will do it right, correct and the legal way Read more

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Johnson Declared Cut Les Harris Cricket Tournament Officially Open

Philipsburg — The Les Harris Cricket Tournamentwas held in Trinidad from April 3 to 7, 2023 at the Diego Martin Sporting Complex.

Jamaica, Guyana, and Trinidad participated in the bi-annual Cricket Tournament of the Caribbean Union of Teachers (CUT).Stuart Johnson traveled to Trinidad as the 3rd Vice President of the CUT as the responsible CUT Officer supporting the host organization the Trinidad & Tobago Unified Teachers’ Association (TTUTA).

In his address, Johnson extended his appreciation to TTUTA for answering the call of CUT to host the Les Harris Cricket Competition which was put on hold since the Covid-19 pandemic.

“I am honored and proud to be part of the resumption of the CUT Les Harris Cricket Tournament which I assure you is here to stay on our sports Calendar of events,” declared Johnson.

Shortly after the official ceremony, Johnson also formally declared the tournament open Read more

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