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PHILIPSBURG:--- On 25th November, the Rotary Club of St Maarten treated the clients of the WYCCF to a fantastic Thanksgiving Lunch.
The Rotary club has been doing something special for our clients for the last 30 years. In previous years, the clients were treated to a lagoon cruise on the Explorer boat, which Past President Michael Ferrier initiated Read more

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PHILIPSBURG:--- That Shipyard NV to which Mr. Michael Ferrier claimed in his letter of March 26th, 2019 he is a shareholder and director owes the government over a million guilders and he needs to go pay.
That the former Minister of Finance Mr. Micheal Ferrier has attempted to make use of his former position as Minister and current relationship to the current government to, by means of his letter dated March 26th, to strong-arm the Minister of VROMI to pull back his decision to cancel the lease of the Shipyard N.V., which is in violation of article 2:185 of the penal code regarding false impersonation.
The decision of the Courts Condemns Micheal Ferrier, Shipyard, Shanny, and Duzanson to dispose of the parcels with certificate numbers 1993/279, 1993/210, 1993/63, 2006/185, 2006/186, 2006/187, 395/1996, and 231/1995 within 30 days of this judgment to vacate with all those and that which are thereon and to put them in good condition and complete disposal of the Country, such with authorization to the Country to call in the strong arm of the police and the judiciary if necessary and on pain of forfeiture a penalty of USD 1,000.00 per lot for each day or part of that Shipyard, Shanny and Duzanson default, Further the court's orders Shipyard to pay NAf Read more

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Sint Maarten Lions Club MenS Health Matters Man Up! Check Up!

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten – June is observed as National Mens Health Month! In recognition of this, the Sint Maarten Lions Club in collaboration with the Positive and Elektralyets Foundation have organized an information session entitled Mens Health Matters Man Up, Check Up! with a focus on prostate cancer awareness.

This event is aimed at raising awareness of avoidable health challenges and encourage early detection and treatment of ailment amongst men in our community with special attention to prostate cancer Read more

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Thank You, Kingdom Government.

Thank you, Kingdom Government, for treating St. Maarten residents like FIRST CLASS CITIZENS. Making the COVID19 vaccine available to us. We received our shots even ahead of many citizens of Holland, which makes me and most of us that already got the jabs happy that we are part of the bigger-than-us-on-our-own-16-square-mile-half-of-an-island entity called the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

I do not agree with many of your tactics, like for instance how you dealt with showing us tough love after IRMA and a few more occasions, but sending us vaccines, feeding our hungry since the hurricane, providing resources for NGOs to help those most in need, reflects the benefit of being part of a larger entity.

But maybe now we need more than just humanitarian aid and that will take a collective effort from politicians from both sides of the Atlantic.

Michael J Read more

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An Elitist Defending The Entitled, WhatS New?

Dear Mr. Editor,

Allow me to start by telling you a short story. Once upon a time there were a handful of entitled people on St. Maarten who believed that they controlled everything, even peoples thoughts. This group of elitists carved up St. Maarten for themselves and extended families, sometimes even stole land from other local people who werent well off. Thinking back today, it reminded you of a modern-day sci-fi movie when you werent allowed to utter their names in any critical fashion out of fear of reprisals.

Open vindictiveness was rife in the country and not every local was viewed as equal Read more

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How Does Brian Mingo Disprove An Un-Truth?

MP Christophe Emmanuel and his (not so-)ghost writer are at it again. Tearing down and blemishing the good reputation of son-of-the-soil, as-local-as-they-come, educated professional and STILL CEO of the PJIAE, Brian Mingo..

The MP in todays media once more takes aim at Mr. Mingo, this time throwing out a story about lavish spending by the PJIAE CEO, but refuses to produce any substantiating evidence of his allegations (mind you, it is very possible that money WAS spent by the CEO; the question is how has it been accounted for in the airports books?);

yesterday (Tuesday May 18) Emmanuel proclaimed publicly his approval of the great choice of Parliament to appoint well educated, young St Read more

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What Is Next At Sxm-Airport??

So now that the educated local professional has been fired (unceremoniously, I might add), Who will get the job to run things at PJIAE?
What will be the requirements for the new CEO?
Must it be a man? Can it be a woman?
Must he/she be a born-here?
Must he/she have a specific skin color?
Must he/she come from a specific cultural background
Must he/she have experience in (re-)building international airports?
Must he/she have experience in professionally running an international airport?
Must he/she be able to think for him/herself?
Must he/she be able to on a high level deal with financiers, bondholders, bankers, lawyers and government?
Must he/she be capable of and prepared to kiss butts?
When asked to jump, must he/she have the frame of mind not to ask why, but how high?

Answers to these questions may give the island population a better insight in what could be the next chapter in the saga of getting the airport fully restored, up and running sooner than later Read more

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Letter To The Editor

Parliamentarians asking to merge the PJIAE and PJIAH boards???!!! So one company owning assets and operations?

How about Government making the PJIAH go Poofff, take back the ownership of all the assets, and sign an agreement with the PJIAE to operate the lot. Use the money they save by not having to pay Big Money to PJIAH brass, that was not the case when Mr. Joseph Peterson ran a tight ship (alone and for peanuts, I might add) to re-employ some laid off SXM Airport workers in dire need Read more

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Carnival Should Not Go Ahead

As a former President of the St. Maarten Carnival Development Foundation I stand in support of St. Martin of Tours Parish Priest Father Adam in asking our Government to CANCEL all plans and REFUSE issuing the necessary permits for CARNIVAL 2021.

And just in case there were thoughts of it, do the same for the HEINEKEN REGATTA. Hopefully the Collectivit will also deny permits for Carnival on the French side of the island. NONE of these events where NO ONE can truly control crowds getting in each others faces, must take place this year to prevent more havoc on our health system and by extension on our really screwed up economy!

As much as I personally LOVE the annual event, the idea to organize St Read more

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Letter To The Editor 12/15/20: For The Record

I just read a letter sent to His Excellency Governor Eugene B. Holiday by Renate Brison, Secretary of the Pro Soualiga Foundation that starts with: Pro Soualiga, on behalf of the population of St. Maarten, etc., etc.

Just to be clear and for the record:

Pro Soualiga Foundation, nor Renate Brison represent me, Michael J. Ferrier, a member in good standing of the population of St Read more

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