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Minister Of Education Jacobs Expresses Heartfelt Condolences To The Family Who Lost Their Son In A Tragic Accident

GREAT BAY, Sint Maarten (DCOMM) – Minister of Education Silveria Jacobs expresses deep and heartfelt condolences to the parents and family of the young boy whose life was tragically lost in an accident on Saturday morning at the Princess Juliana International Airport.

“This tragedy is one that will forever change the landscape of the lives of all involved, including the victim, his family, the driver of the van and his family as well as eyewitnesses and the community at large.

“No words can properly suffice to offer comfort at this time.  It is my wish that while the investigation is ongoing that speculation be left aside out of respect for those who are mourning and in deep shock as a result of this accident.

“It is also my fervent hope and prayer that they are given the emotional support necessary to deal with the aftermath of this tragedy in the days, weeks and months to come.

“While it may fade from our daily thoughts after some time, such a tragedy can continue to haunt those involved for years to come Read more

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Number 15th candidate on USP taken off the list.

PHILIPSBURG: --- The members of the voting bureau, chaired by Attorney at law Jason Rogers announced on Friday that a total of nine political parties will contest the September 26th parliamentary elections. All nine political parties that submitted their lists had to make corrections with the three-day time frame stipulated by law.
Rogers said that all the political parties had errors on their list, and they were given the time to make those corrections.
The nine political parties that will be on the ballots are UPP, HOPE, SMCP, OSPP, PPA, SDM, DP, USP and the NA.
In outlining the changes the chairman of the voting bureau said that the errors range from minors errors such addresses and date of births not correctly filled in, some parties that to place an amount of NAF 2000, in the name of voter but they did in the name of the party Read more

Un Says It Was Involved In Introducing Cholera To Haiti

UNITED NATIONS – The United Nations is saying for the first time that it was involved in the introduction of cholera to Haiti and needs to do “much more” to end the suffering of those affected, estimated at more than 800,000 people.

Researchers say there is ample evidence that cholera was introduced to Haiti’s biggest river in October 2010 by inadequately treated sewage from a U.N Read more

PHILIPSBURG:--- Minister of Education Silveria Jacobs announced at the Council of Minister's press briefing on Wednesday that some students that wrote the FBE examinations and scored low grades are still having problems being placed into a school. One of the major hindrance to that is because of the four classrooms that at lacking at the St Read more

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213 Voter Signatures Put Hope Officially In Race

HOPE leader Mercedes van der Waals-Wyatt give a thumbs up after getting word that her party surpassed the require number of signatures.

POND ISLAND--Helping Our People Excel (HOPE) has mustered 213 Read more

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Digikidz, Vxg, And Winair Are Only Some Of The Victims Of Sta Appointed Director.

PHILIPSBURG:--- Since the appointment of Rolando Brison to the St. Maarten Tourism Authority (STA) by Minister of TEATT Ingrid Arrindell last Friday social media on St. Maarten has been exploding with all sorts of comments regarding the appointment of Brison to such a prestigious position when there are numerous scandals surrounding one of St. Maarten’s brightest minds and possible future leaders. Brison who is known to be very brilliant ever since he was in high school, today has a questionable reputation, especially with his marketing company Read more

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Hope Cruises Past 146 Votes Tuesday

PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten -The HOPE political party Tuesday had their list of three candidates supported by the required 146 voters.

The party surpassed the required amount by having 213 voters support their list as of 4pm Tuesday.

The Central Voting Bureau will meet on Thursday to review the corrected discrepancies of all of the political parties as well as to review the endorsed list of the HOPE after which it will be announced that the parties are eligible to contest the September 26th 2016 Parliamentary elections.

In a press statement Tuesday afternoon the HOPE party Leader Mercedes van der Waals-Wyatt stated that she was elated to hear the final count at 4pm of 213 signatures Read more

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Hope Gets A Second Chance For Signatures

POND ISLAND--Helping Our People Excel (HOPE) may yet get on the ballot for the September 26 Parliamentary Elections.

  The party, headed by former radio personality Mercedes van der Waals-Wyatt, has been given three days, starting Tuesday, to get 80 more signatures of endorsement for its slate of three-candidates.

  Van der Waals-Wyatt told The Daily Herald she was informed on Monday of the additional time by the Main Voting Bureau Read more

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Usp's Youngest Voices Want Peers To Believe In St. Maarten

PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten - The United St. Maarten (US) party has charged its candidates, but especially it's youngest candidates, to find progressive ways forward in governing the country and to inspire their peers to believe in St. Maarten once again.

Leader of the USP Member of Parliment Frans Richardson said the party is "blessed with young adults who believe in St Read more

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PHILIPSBURG:--- The United St. Maarten (US) party has charged its candidates, but especially it's youngest candidates, to find progressive ways forward in governing the country and to inspire their peers to believe in St. Maarten once again. The leader of the USP Member of Parliment Frans Richardson said the party is "blessed with young adults who believe in St Read more

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Usp Asks Parents To Stay Involved This School Year

Leader of the United St. Maarten party (US) MP Frans Richardson over the weekend extended best wishes to all parents, teachers and students for the new school year. On behalf of the board of the USP, Richardson said he hopes the school year will be a “happy and rewarding one for our children.”

He told students that being back at school with their school mates is always an exciting and energetic time Read more

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Mp Wescot-Williams Wishes Students All The Best For New School Year

PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten - As we approach the beginning of a new school year, MP Wescot-Williams extends best wishes to all students, parents, teachers and staff for a productive, rewarding and enjoyable school year filled with many excellent opportunities.

She remains hopeful and dedicated to ensuring that our younger generation both in school on island and those abroad will be able to find employment that meet their desires Read more

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Usp Asks Parents To Stay Involved This School Year

PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten - Leader of the United St. Maarten party (US) MP Frans Richardson over the weekend extended best wishes to all parents, teachers and students for the new school year. On behalf of the board of the USP, Richardson said he hopes the school year will be a “happy and rewarding one for our children.”

He told students that being back at school with their school mates is always an exciting and energetic time Read more

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Central Voting Bureau To Inform Parties By Noon Monday

PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten - Political parties will be informed on Monday by midday about the results of the meeting of the Central Voting Bureau this past Friday.

Chairman Attorney Jason Rogers confirmed that the HOPE party will be given another opportunity to have their list fully endorsed by 146 voters this Tuesday between 9am and 4pm.

He also confirmed that the remaining Read more

Gov’T Looking To Retrieve Overdue Taxes From Smmc To Supplement 2017 Revenue

PHILIPSBURG – The Government of St. Maarten will be looking at ways to increase government revenue so as to meet targets ahead of the 2017 island budget.

Minister of Finance Richard Gibson in Wednesday’s, August 10, Council of Ministers press briefing identified two steps by the government to supplement the budget. One is casino fees indexation and the other is retrieving overdue taxes estimated at NAf Read more

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Dp Thanks Minister Lee For Delivering “Real Change”

PHIIPSBURG – The Democratic Party (DP) is very proud of Health Minister Emil Lee for his efforts in making the development of a new hospital a transparent process.

Member of Parliament (MP) and Leader of DP Sarah Wescot-Williams is pleased that the people of St Read more

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Dp Thanks Minister Lee For Delivering Real Change

PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten - The Democratic Party is very proud of Minister Lee for his efforts to making the development of a new hospital a transparent process. Member of Parliament and Leader of the DP Sarah Wescot-Williams is pleased that the people of Sint Maarten will now be able to receive the needed healthcare services they deserve in addition to reducing referrals abroad which will also keep money circulating in our economy and allows loved ones to be with each other during their medical treatments.

The announcement of the winning bidder on Sunday August 2nd signals the start of building the long awaited new Sint Maarten General hospital Read more

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PHILIPSBURG:--- Finance Minister Richard Gibson Sr. told reporters on Wednesday at the Council of Ministers press briefing that the St. Maarten Medical Center owes the government of St. Maarten over NAF.7M in back taxes.
The Finance Minister said that SMMC was unable to pay their taxes over the past years and hopefully when the current building and land is sold to the company that will construct the new hospital, the government of St Read more

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Hope Falls Short, Other Four Parties Make Ballot

POND ISLAND--Helping Our People Excel (HOPE) fell short on Tuesday of the 146 signatures needed to get on the ballot for the September 26 Parliamentary election. HOPE was 80 signatures short of making it to the ballot at 4:00pm.

Hope Hoping For Another Chance To Convince Voters, Thankful For The Support Given Tuesday

PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten - The five political parties, who needed to have their list endorsed by 146 eligible voters, were out at 9am Tuesday at the census office seeking to attract voters.

The parties seeking list endorsement were the PPA, SDM, OSPP, HOPE and the SMCP Read more

A Health Problem Sends T&T Pm To The Us

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Calls for Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley and the Government to “come clean” with the nation on his health condition have mounted, following Rowley’s recent hint that there appear to be some “changes” in his health issues which both his local and foreign doctors feel should be “investigated further.”

Politicians and analysts say his health cannot be his personal business when he’s a public figure and the country’s leader. Three weeks ago, Rowley announced he would do a medical check during a two-week vacation he was taking.

Soon after, Office of the Prime Minister spokesman Stuart Young had said at this stage there was no cause for concern about Rowley’s medical condition, but asked people to “pray” for him.

The PM left last Thursday for the US, accompanied by his wife Sharon Read more

Smcp – Sdm – Ppa And Ospp Obtain More Than 146 Endorsement Signatures

~ HOPE Party did not reach the 146 signature on Tuesday ~

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten – On Monday August 8th, the representatives to the Central Voting Bureau of nine (9) political parties have submitted the list of candidates of their respective political parties.

As per article 23, paragraph 1 Electoral Ordinance, the lists would need to be endorsed on Tuesday, August 9th 2016, between 09.00hrs and 16.00hrs with an amount of signatures equal to 1% of the valid votes casted during the last Parliamentary Election Read more

Smcp Gets Needed Signatures To Be On Ballot.

PPA has 75

SDM 77

OSPP 76

HOPE 38

POND ISLAND - On August 8th 2016, the representatives to the Central Voting Bureau of nine (9) political parties have submitted the list of candidates of their respective political parties. As per article 23, paragraph 1 Electoral Ordinance, the lists would need to be endorsed on August 9th 2016, between 09.00hrs and 16.00hrs with an amount of signatures equal to 1% of the valid votes casted during the last Parliamentary Election.

The requisite amount of signature is 146. Those parties that have obtained 1 or more seats during the previous Parliamentary Election are exempted from being endorsed, as per paragraph 4 of the aforementioned article.

Below, please find the result of today’s endorsement:

On Friday, August 12th 2016, the Central Voting Bureau will meet to examine the lists that were submitted and shall also take note of the endorsement list of each political party that needed to be endorsed (Article 28, paragraph 1 Electoral Ordinance) Read more