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Wuite Calls 26% Youth Unemployment ‘Nuts’

PHILIPSBURG--“Nuts” is how Jorien Wuite, Secretary-General for Education and Youth as well as Parliamentarian hopeful, described the current 26 per cent youth unemployment rate in the country.

“There is no room for complacency anymore, and it’s time to get out of our comfort zone. A lot of opportunities for entrepreneurs, for example in fashion and performing arts, are easily gained,” Wuite said on “Oral Gibbes - Speaking of Everything” show according to a Democratic Party press statement.

The high percentage of youth unemployment “has bothered her for a long time,” said Wuite whose party is in the current governing coalition Read more

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

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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 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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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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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.

Smcp Gets Needed Signatures To Be On Ballot.

PPA has 75

SDM 77

OSPP 76

HOPE 38

Hope Puts Forward 3 Candidates For Election

PHILIPSBURG--A list of three persons, representing the three parties now part of Helping Our People Excel (HOPE), will be candidates on HOPE’s slate for the September 26 Parliamentary Elections.

The endorsement of lists in 2014, when each window was designated for a particular party. This will not occur for this election. On Tuesday, a voter can go to any window to endorse any list. (File photo)

~ Civil Registry closed for regular service Tues. ~

PHILIPSBURG--Voters heading to the Civil Registry Department on Tuesday to endorse the lists of the five new political parties will not have to select a specific window to do so any longer. They will be able to go to any window to sign for the party of their choice, giving their voting or support preference anonymity Read more

The St. Maarten Development Movement Launches Plan On Integrated Education

Great Bay/Philipsburg - The St. Maarten Development Movement (S.D.M.), launches its plan on education in the hope that it will stimulate debate in the community about where we need to take this important sector. The key facets of the plan are improving the curriculum, improving the quality of teachers and school buildings, creating more activities for students, and ensuring that all students whether leaving or staying in St Read more

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.