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Political Parties mostly involved in the peaceful protest at the groundbreaking site.

PHILIPSBURG:--- The chairman of New Lifetown Shuqiang Cui aka Trey called on the less than 50 persons that showed up at the Belair Beach where the groundbreaking ceremony for the Pearl Caribbean China was taking place Saturday afternoon to put their hands together and join them as they seek to develop St. Maarten and its economy with the Pearl Caribbean China Resort that will be constructed in Belair.
At Belair beach the protestors with no more than 50 persons bearing placards included the leader of the St Read more

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PHILIPSBURG:--- The board of the United St. Maarten (US) party on Friday applauded the initiative by Le Grand Marché, Le Gourmet Marché, Carrefour Market and Prime Distributors Cash and Carry, to start switching from plastic bags to reusable shopping bags.

The board took the opportunity to remind the public that its leader, the Honorable Member of Parliament Frans Richardson, is the legislator that has championed the ban on plastic bags, tabled the legislation to get it done and continues to push for the use of reusable bags instead of plastic.

"Along with the Honorable MP Janchi Leonard, Frans is the only MP to consistently push this effort and will continue to call on all supermarkets to follow suit, as well as ensure that the legislation is finalized Read more

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Frans: Prosecutors Attempt To Change Its Role A Positive Step

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten — Leader of the United St. Maarten (US) Party MP Frans Richardson on Thursday complimented the Public Prosecutors office for realizing that it had to change its role in the community.

“I have always said that if the prosecutor wants to solicit the cooperation of the public, it had to get closer and be more accessible to the public Read more

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Update: Frans: Na Manifesto Contradicts Gibson’S Stance On Indirect Tax

PHILIPSBURG--The National Alliance (NA) Manifesto and the stand of its Finance Minister Richard Gibson Sr. contradicts each other on tax reform, said United St. Maarten Party (Read more

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Frans Calls On Pm To 'Shut Gibson Up'

PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten - Leader of the United St. Maarten (US) party MP Frans Richardson on Monday night urged Prime Minister of St. Maarten William Marlin to finally "put to bed and shut up" Minister of Finance Richard Gibson who, according to Richardson, is "becoming rude and bold in this country."

Richardson tore into Gibson during the USp's public meeting on Monday night, chastising him for not taking care of workers in his places of business for many years, but quick to talk down colleague MP's of the current coalition government Read more

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Frans: Alliance Manifesto Contradicts Gibson's Stance On Indirect Taxation

PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten - Leader of the United St. Maarten (US) party Member of Parliament Frans Richardson on Tuesday said Gibson's so called "watch" should be over since his party didn't agree with him on the issue of tax reform.

Richardson, whose party was the first to propose tax reform that would lead to indirect taxation, noted that the National Alliance included indirect taxation in its manifesto released on Monday Read more

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Frans: Alliance Manifesto Contradicts Gibson's Stance On Indirect Taxation

Press Release  ~ "Is Gibson's watch now over?" ~

Leader of the United St. Maarten (US) party Member of Parliament Frans Richardson on Tuesday said Gibson's so called "watch" should be over since his party didn't agree with him on the issue of tax reform. Richardson, whose party was the first to propose tax reform that would lead to indirect taxation, noted that the National Alliance included indirect taxation in its manifesto released on Monday Read more

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Frans Calls On Pm To ‘Shut Gibson Up’

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten — Leader of the United St. Maarten (US) party MP Frans Richardson on Monday night urged Prime Minister of St. Maarten William Marlin to finally “put to bed and shut up” Minister of Finance Richard Gibson who, according to Richardson, is “becoming rude and bold in this country.”

Richardson tore into Gibson during the USp’s public meeting on Monday night, chastising him for not taking care of workers in his places of business for many years, but quick to talk down colleague MP’s of the current coalition government Read more

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Frans: Alliance Manifesto Contradicts Gibson’S Stance On Indirect Taxation

~ “Is Gibson’s watch now over?” ~

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten — Leader of the United St. Maarten (US) party Member of Parliament Frans Richardson on Tuesday said Gibson’s so called “watch” should be over since his party didn’t agree with him on the issue of tax reform. Richardson, whose party was the first to propose tax reform that would lead to indirect taxation, noted that the National Alliance included indirect taxation in its manifesto released on Monday.

Gibson in late August went on record in the media to state that indirect taxation would not be implemented “under my watch”, prompting Richardson to dub Gibson as completely out of touch with the realities of St Read more

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PHILIPSBURG:--- Leader of the United St. Maarten (US) party MP Frans Richardson on Monday night urged Prime Minister of St. Maarten William Marlin to finally "put to bed and shut up" Minister of Finance Richard Gibson who, according to Richardson, is "becoming rude and bold in this country."

Richardson tore into Gibson during the USp's public meeting on Monday night, chastising him for not taking care of workers in his places of business for many years, but quick to talk down colleague MP's of the current coalition government Read more

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Frans: Kirindongo Cuenta Con Su Apoyo, Y Lo Insto A Realizar Una Investigación Exhaustiva

Philipsburg, Sint Maarten.- El parlamentario y líder del partido Unido de St. Maarten (US), Frans Richardson ha pedido al ministro de Justicia Edson Kirindongo, iniciar una investigación completa y exhaustiva en la prisión de Blanche Pointe, y al mismo tiempo le asegurado al ministro que cuenta con su plena confianza en la realización de su trabajo.

Richardson dijo que también espera que el Ministro, junto con los hombres y mujeres que trabajan en la aplicación de la ley, continúe con la tarea de llevar a los criminales ante la justicia Read more

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Frans: Kirindongo Has His Full Support, Urges Thorough Investigation

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten – Member of Parliament (MP) and Leader of the United St. Maarten (US) party Frans Richardson has called on Minister of Justice Edson Kirindongo to initiate a complete and thorough investigation at the Pointe Blanche Prison. He assured the Minister that he has his full confidence in getting the job done.

Richardson said he also expects the Minister, along with the hard working men and women law enforcement, to carry on with the task of bringing criminals to justice Read more

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Frans Says Kirindongo Has His Full Support, Urges Thorough Investigation

Press Release Tuesday, September 6, 2016

Member of Parliament and Leader of the United St. Maarten (US) party Frans Richardson has called on Minister of Justice Edson Kirindongo to initiate a complete and thorough investigation at the Point Blanche Prison and assured the Minister that he has his fullest confidence to get the Read more

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Frans Says Kirindongo Has His Full Support, Urges Thorough Investigation

PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten - Member of Parliament and Leader of the United St. Maarten (US) party Frans Richardson has called on Minister of Justice Edson Kirindongo to initiate a complete and thorough investigation at the Point Blanche Prison and assured the Minister that he has his fullest confidence to get the job done.

Richardson said he also expects the Minister, along with the hard working men and women law enforcement, to carry on with the task of bringing criminals to justice Read more

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Frans: People Want Serious Representation, Not Silly Political Jokes And Zero Substance

~ Outlines Justice Ministry accomplishments ~

PHILIPSBURG – Leader of the United St. Maarten (US) party MP Frans Richardson on Monday, September 5, outlined some of its accomplishments through the Ministry of Justice and appealed to voters not to be distracted by the “typical childlike political behavior” of certain parties.

Richardson assured voters that the US will continue sticking to the issues as it has since the 2016 campaign kicked off and will “watch and shake our heads” as others try to distract the public with behavior unbecoming of serious representation.

“Unlike US, the only certain parties do is publicly is talk about the blue party and try to claim credit for things it did not do Read more

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~ Outlines Justice Ministry accomplishments ~

PHILIPSBURG:--- Leader of the United St. Maarten (US) party MP Frans Richardson on Monday outlined some of its accomplishments through the Ministry of Justice and appealed to voters not to be distracted by the “typical childlike political behavior” of certain parties. Richardson assured voters that the US will continue sticking to the issues as it has since the 2016 campaign kicked off and will “watch and shake our heads” as others try to distract the public with behavior unbecoming of serious representation.

“Unlike US, the only certain parties do is publicly is talk about the blue party and try to claim credit for things it did not do Read more

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Frans: Pese A Retroceso, Usp Seguirá Moviéndose Hacia Adelante A Todo Vapor

Traducido por Máximo Castro

St. Peters, San Martín -El líder del Partido St. Maarten Unidos (USP), Frans Richardson dijo el jueves que su organización política se moverá “a toda velocidad” hacia las elecciones parlamentarias del 26 de septiembre a pesar de que no tendrá su candidato # 15 Dennis Williams, quien fue eliminado de la lista por la Oficina principal de votación Read more

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Frans: There Is A Limit To Physical Growth, Future Developments Must Be Sustainable

PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten - Leader of the United St. Maarten (US) party MP Frans Richardson says the term “sustainable development” seems to have become a catchphrase amongst current and aspiring decision makers without serious contemplation about what it truly means.

“Two million tourists in two years sounds nice to say, but it is detached from reality and definitely not sustainable Read more

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OSPP almost missed getting their color.

PHILIPSBURG:--- The One St. Maarten People’s Party (OSPP) Lenny Priest almost missed his party color since he showed up to the meeting on Friday morning just seconds before the Voting Bureau announced that they would follow the law and assign the political party one of the five remaining colors since no one from the OSPP did not attend the 9am meeting submit in writing the color they wanted for this year’s election Read more

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Frans: Despite Setback, Usp Moving Full Steam Ahead

St Peters, Sint Maarten — Leader of the United St. Maarten Party (USP) Frans Richardson on Thursday said the party will move “full speed ahead” towards the September 26 Parliamentary Elections despite having its #15 candidate Dennis Williams removed from the list by the Main Voting Bureau Read more

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Frans: Despite Setback, Usp Moving Full Steam Ahead

PHILPSBURG--Leader of the United St. Maarten Party (USP) Frans Richardson on Thursday said the party will move "full speed ahead" towards the September 26 Parliamentary Elections despite having its #15 candidate Dennis Williams removed from the list by the Main Voting Bureau Read more

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Frans: Usp Will Apply “People First” Principle To Civil Service

PHILIPSBURG – Leader of the United St. Maarten Party (USP) Member of Parliament (MP) Frans Richardson on Sunday, August 28, said the party has been inundated with calls and meeting requests with civil servants, who are facing various issues in terms of the functioning of their respective departments.

The MP said that since it is becoming clear to everyone that the USP is getting things done for the civil servants under the Justice Ministry, other civil servants have been contacting party leadership to see if there is anything that can be done for their long-standing issues Read more

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PHILIPSBURG:--- Leader of the United St. Maarten (US) party Member of Parliament Frans Richardson on Sunday said the party has been inundated with calls and meeting requests with civil servants who are relaying the various issues they are facing in terms the functioning of their respective departments.
The MP said that since it is becoming clear to everyone that the USP is getting things done for the civil servants under the Justice Ministry, other civil servants have been contacting party leadership to see if there is anything that can be done for their long-standing issues Read more

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Usp’S Manifesto Released, Urges Public To Believe In St. Maarten

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten — Leader of the United St. Maarten (US) party MP Frans Richardson on Thursday presented the first copy of the party’s 2016 Manifesto to representatives of the Philipsburg Jubilee Library, in the presence of students from the St. Maarten Academy who just happened to present at the same time of the presentation.

Richardson told the students, who were working on a political project for school, that he was honored that they could be the first to see the manifesto Read more

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