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Parliamentary Meeting With Justice Minister Postponed
PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten – The Parliamentary plenary public meeting that was scheduled to deliberate on the Ministry of Justice and its relationship within the Kingdom did not take place on Monday.
The meeting was to have been held at 2.00 pm and was at the request of Members of Parliament (MPs) MP Leona Marlin-Romeo, MP Read more
Mp Frans Richardson Sounds The Alarm:Â Social Media Messages:Â Kill The Prime Minister
St. Maarten News – Messages on social media suggest killing the prime minister, members of parliament and their corrupted friends, MP Frans Richardson said during a meeting of parliament about vote buying. While Richardson considered there threats far more important than the issue of vote buying, no other MP even reacted to his statement.
“I am going to protect myself and my family,†Richardson said Read more
Mps Pepper Ministers With Questions In Budget Debate
Independent MP Leona Marlin-Romeo (standing) speaks in the budget debate on Monday.
PHILIPSBURG--The 2016 draft budget was tabled in Parliament by Finance Minister Richard Gibson on Monday morning in Parliament House. Members of Parliament (MPs), who had up to 90 minutes to speak, peppered the Council of Ministers with a barrage of questions spanning from the budget and Government policies to general topics of interest.
The seven Ministers, who all made presentations about the working of their Ministries on Monday, will be back in Parliament today, Tuesday, starting at 2:00pm to deliver answers to the questions from MPs Read more
Parliament To Continue Debate On Proposed Appointment Of Ann Groen Gumbs
PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten - The Parliament of St. Maarten will continue their meeting of Tuesday at a later date in order to confirm the appointment of the 1st acting Secretary General of Parliament.
In Tuesday’s public meeting some members of Parliament requested that the meeting be held behind closed doors noting that the debate centered on a personality, a discussion that some did not want to take place in a public setting.
There were some members of Parliament however that thought that the agenda point should be handled in a public setting.
MP the Honorable Rudolph Samuel is one of those MPs who hold that position Read more