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PHILIPSBURG:--- A delegation from St. Maarten will be attending Caribbean Travel Marketplace, the region's largest and most significant marketing forum, in the Bahamas, from Jan. 31 - Feb. 2, 2017, at Atlantis, Paradise Island. The event is being hosted by the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA).Caribbean Travel Marketplace affords tourism suppliers the vital opportunity to meet face-to-face with wholesalers from around the world selling Caribbean vacation packages over the course of two days of business meetings.CHTA will offer a full day of professional development opportunities for attendees on Jan Read more
PHILIPSBURG:--- Minister responsible for Public Health, Emil Lee took a moment to commend SZV on their improved performance regarding collection. They have collected 28 million guilders more than the amount that they had initially projected for collections in 2016 . “This is very much the fruit of the labor we have been working so hard on. Increasing compliance has been a priority within the last year, and I can safely say on behalf of the Council of Ministers that it remains a key focal point moving forward for this Government Read more
PHILIPSBURG:--- Based on the recent appointment of Rafael Boasman as Minister of Justice, the Ministry has received concerns from the unions and media regarding the mediator position. Minister of Labor Emil Lee provided clarity on the situation at Wednesday’s press briefing.
Currently, the Ministry of VSA is in the process of establishing a pool of mediator, as opposed to a full-time mediator Read more
PHILIPSBURG:--- Minister of Health Emil Lee explained to members of the media that the only reason no one from government or USZV are not speaking or doing anything with the plans of the New Hospital is because they are respecting the decision of the court which prohibits USZV and SMMC from moving forward with the agreement they have with INSO Read more
PHILIPSBURG:--- The Minister of Public Health, Social Development and Labor, Emil Lee and by extension the entire Ministry would like to congratulate Kawieta Baboeram- Perk, Natalia caraman and Zoraida Magdalena Spanner on being sworn in as Health Care Practitioners on Sint Maarten. All three took the oath as Pharmacist’s Assistants. With this first step these three health care professionals are moving forward to ensuring that the Sint Maarten population is provided with quality service and appropriate health care Read more
PHILIPSBURG:--- The Cabinet for the Minister of VSA, Mr. Emil Lee has been completed. Four members from the previous Cabinet will be returning, namely Alissa Rios, Selby Philip, Jim Rosen, and Chris Fleming. “Alissa and Selby are both policy advisors and they have done a tremendous job over the past year; Jim Rosen is my Senior Specialist who has also done a great job, particularly when it comes financial analysis; and Chris Fleming who is the cabinet’s personal assistant, is a tremendous support to our staff, ensuring that everyone in the cabinet is well taken care of.â€â€œDifferent to my previous appointment where I launched a public recruitment process, the remaining vacancies for the Cabinet this time were filled from a headhunting process that I had been working on over the past year based on the opportunities I had to meet and interact with individuals in Government Read more
PHILIPSBURG:--- Minister of Health and Labor Emil Lee in responding to questions posed by SMN News concerning the vetting and screening of doctors and specialists that come to St. Maarten to work said that those doctors that performed well will be rewarded while those that don’t will have consequences. The Minister said there is a procedure in place to screen specialists and doctors that are working on St Read more
PHILIPSBURG:--- SMCP wishes the people of Sint Maarten a blessed New Year and good governance throughout 2017. We pray that our Parliamentarians will raise the bar in Parliament and that the Council of Ministers will adhere to the principles of transparency, accountability, integrity, responsiveness, efficiency, effectiveness and the rule of law that result in good governance.
After a relatively long government formation process, Sint Maarten got a new government or Council of Ministers almost three months after the parliamentary elections that were held on September 26th 2016 Read more