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Fifteen Members Of Parliament Took Oath/Rolando Brison Elected Chairman Of Parliament

HARBOR VIEW, Sint Maarten – The 15 persons elected to the parliament of Sint Maarten during the parliamentary elections on January 9th, are now official Members of Parliament. They were sworn in by the Governor, His Excellency drs. Eugene B. Holiday during a ceremony held at the Governors Office in Harbor View Monday morning.

The 15 law makers to take the oath of office Monday morning were from the National Alliance Silveria Jacobs, Jurendy Doran, William Marlin, Christopher Emmanuel, Ardwell Irion and Rudolphe Samuel. From the United Peoples Party are Rolando Brison, Grisha Marten Heyliger, Omar Ottley and Sidharth Bijlani Read more

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PHILIPSBURG:--- Representatives of the department of Economic Licenses held an informative session with the Community Police Officers and young cadets of the Sint Maarten Police force on Friday, January 31, 2020.
The session related to licensing policies and procedures, opening hours regulations and dealing with infractions encountered within the business community and within public transportation.
The departments vowed to explore avenues towards achieving closer cooperation between the KPSM and the Ministry of TEATT, to operate more effectively and efficiently in carrying out their parallel tasks Read more

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~ MP Rolando Brison elected Chair of Parliament, Vice-Chair MP William Marlin, 2nd Vice-Chair Rodolphe Samuel.

PHILIPSBURG:--- Of the 15 Members of Parliament that cast their votes to elect the chairman of parliament, 12 voted in favor of MP Rolando Brison, while one voted for Grisha Heyliger Marten and one blank Read more

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Luxembourg trip a success.

PHILIPSBURG:--- On Friday, January 31ST, the Minister of finance, Ardwell Irion joined a small delegation of the NRPB and PJIAE to the Headquarters of the European Investment Bank in Luxembourg. The main purpose of this high-level visit was to cross the Ts and dot the Is on the 50 million US Dollars loan that the Government of Sint Maarten has signed with the European Investment Bank for Princess Juliana International Airport (PJIA) Read more

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Van Dam: Ruling On Police Cells Reconfirms Unacceptable Situation

Chris van Dam (File photo)

THE HAGUE--The new slap on the wrist by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) which again has declared the detention of a suspect in a holding cell of the Philipsburg police station objectionable, reconfirms the unacceptable situation in St. Maarten, according to Member of the Second Chamber of the Dutch Parliament Chris van Dam of the Christian Democratic PartyRead more

Sarah Says, We Are In Some Serious Trouble

PHILIPSBURG--Some serious trouble was the description used by United Democrats (UD) leader Member of Parliament (MP) Sarah Wescot-Williams to describe the situation St. Maarten is currently in.

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Exclusive: Gebe Management Team Given Another 6-Months Extension To Finalize Wib Loan.

~ 35 candidates applied for positions on the new management board. ~

PHILIPSBURG: --- The Council of Ministers have decided to grant the management team of GEBE another 6-month contract for them to finalize a loan with Windward Islands Bank (WIB). SMN News learned the GEBE management has been in discussion with the local bank for a 48M USD loan, sources say the bank asked that there be some stability with GEBE management since they began discussions with the current management team for the loan for the utility company and the bank wants to continue and finalize the discussions with the same team since they are the ones working with the bank Terms of Reference for the loan.
Minister of VROMI Chris Wever said that the Council of Ministers proposed the extension to the management of GEBE for them to finalize some important matters Read more

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Presidents Sign Declaration To Strengthen Partnerships With European Institutions

President Daniel Gibbs shakes hands with Vice-President of the Departmental Council of Mayotte, Mohamed Sidi, at the close of the Outermost Regions 24th Conference on Friday, in Belmond La Samanna Hotel. Mayotte will be taking over the Presidency of the conference from St. Martin.

MARIGOT--Presidents of the nine Outermost Regions Read more

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BrisonS Consumer Banking Protection Law Being Edited

MP Rolando Brison.

~ Expected in Parliament in 8 to 10 weeks ~

PHILIPSBURG--Member of Parliament (MP) Rolando Brisons draft Consumer Banking Protection Law is currently b Read more

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Suspected Stolen Vehicles Confiscated During Control

PHILIPSBURG--The St. Maarten Police Force KPSM confiscated four suspected stolen vehicles during a general traffic control at the old Harold Jack lookout point on A.J.C. Brouwer Road on Tuesday, February 4.

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Irion Addresses Situation At Leonald Connor School

PHILIPSBURG--Minister of Education, Culture, Youth and Sports (ECYS) Ardwell Irion addressed the recent relocation of several Leonald Connor School pupils.

Irion said in Wednesdays press briefing that the school has been experiencing issues with leakage in the classrooms during heavy rainfall. This has led to a potential mould infest Read more

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Suspected Stolen Vehicles Confiscated During Routine Traffic Controls.

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten – A total of 38 cars were controlled by the Sint Maarten Police Force Control unit on, Tuesday February 4th , 2020 during a general traffic control conducted at the Harold Jack lookout point on the Cole Bay hill.

The control which started at approximately 4:30pm, were deemed a success as officers were able to confiscate four (4) possible stolen vehicles Read more

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PHILIPSBURG--The former chief executive officer (CEO) of Dutch construction company Janssen de Jong, Ronald Philipse (58), is a suspect in the so-called Larimar investigation of the alleged bribery of St. Maarten politician Theo Heyliger. This was confirmed by the Prosecutors Office and the anti-corruption taskforce TBO on Wednesday.Read more

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Suspected Stolen Vehicles Confiscated During Routine Traffic Controls.

PHILIPSBURG:--- A total of 38 cars were controlled by the Sint Maarten Police Force Control unit on, Tuesday, February 4th, 2020 during a general traffic control conducted at the Harold Jack lookout point on the Cole Bay hill.
The control which started at approximately 4:30 pm was deemed a success as officers were able to confiscate four (4) possible stolen vehicles Read more

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Dr. Daniel Balk of Harvard Medical Faculty demonstrates point-of-care ultrasound techniques to Dr. Luc Mercelina of Louis Constant Fleming Hospital and Dr. Yelena George and Emiko Bird-Lake of SMMC.

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Talks Underway To Build Home For Foster Children

Egbert Jurendy Doran

DUTCH QUARTER--Authorities are in the preliminary stages of brainstorming the possibilities of constructing a new childrens home in St. Maarten, which will be controlled by government.

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2020 Plates Delayed, WonT Arrive In Time For Feb. 28 Payment Deadline

Ardwell Irion

PHILIPSBURG--Motorists will have to wait a little longer before they can place the 2020 number plates on their vehicles.

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PHILIPSBURG:--- The St. Maarten Tzu Chi Foundation started off the Chinese New Year on a positive note donating 260 packages to recipients at its Chinese Lunar Year-End Blessing Ceremony held at the Philipsburg Cultural and Community Center in January.

The 55 volunteers who participated in the event assisted in distributing the packages, each of which contained a box of multi-grain raisin almond cereal, a pack of Club Social biscuits, Nido milk powder, a bottle of jam, Chinese plum and mints.

The 175 attendees to the event were treated to a packed program Read more

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Tzu Chi Donates 260 Packages During Chinese Lunar Year End Blessing Event

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten – The St. Maarten Tzu Chi Foundation started off the Chinese New Year on a positive note donating 260 packages to recipients at its Chinese Lunar Year End Blessing Ceremony held at the Philipsburg Cultural and Community Center in January.

The 55 volunteers who participated in the event assisted in distributing the packages, each of which contained a box of multi-grain raisin almond cereal, a pack of Club Social biscuits, Nido milk powder, a bottle of jam, Chinese plum and mints.

The 175 attendees to the event were treated to a packed program Read more

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~ Health Declaration was given to St. Maarten prior to berthing. ~

PHILIPSBURG:--- Minister of VSA Pamela Gordon Carty assured the community of St. Maarten that there are no cases of Corona Virus (#2019nCoV,) onboard AIDA PERLA that is currently docked in St. Maarten.
Gordon Carty said all necessary procedures were followed and that persons on the ship had the flu and they were cleared medically.
The Minister said since Monday night CPS and other parties were involved in ensuring there is no threat to St Read more

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Epic Awarded Grant For Plant Inventory

Franklin Axelrod (right) and wife Jean Axelrod using newspaper to preserve botanical specimens. Photo by Rueben Thompson.

MAHO--Environmental Protection in the Caribbean (EPIC) Foundation announced in a press release on Monday that it has received a grant from Prince Bernhard Cultural Fund to conduct an inventory of all local vascu Read more

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Epic Awarded Grant By Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds For Plant Catalog

MAHO, Sint Maarten – Environmental Protection in the Caribbean (EPIC) Sint Maarten is pleased to announce receipt of a grant award from the Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds Caribisch Gebied (PBCCG) to conduct a bio-inventory of all locally found vascular plants. The research is led by botanist Franklin Axelrod, PhD, of Puerto Rico University, who has vast botanical experience throughout the Antilles, having identified and catalogued many specimens from Puerto Rico, St. Lucia, St. Eustatius and Saba Read more

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Rotary Sunset Hosts Level Up Workshop

HOPE ESTATE, St. Maarten On Saturday, January 25th, the Rotary Club of St. Martin Sunset hosted the Level Up workshop at the Marie Genevieve de Weever Primary school from 9:00am to 1:00pm. The Level Up workshop was established as a means to encourage and assist in progression of the youth, post high school.

The workshop offered three sessions comprising of Time Management, Resume Building and Interview Etiquette and was initiated as a means to support and encourage students in the 5th and 6th forms of high school, within the respective areas Read more

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Seen From Above

Little mermaids, bouncing jellyfish and little tykes dressed up as everything from cars to jungle animals marched through Philipsburg on Friday morning for the annual Asha Stevens Hillside Christian Schools Book Week.