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The Democratic Party (Dp) Extended Warm Congratulations To National Airline Winair

The Democratic Party (DP) on Thursday extended warm congratulations to national airline WINAIR as it commemorated an impressive 62 years of unwavering dedication and outstanding service to St. Maarten and to the Caribbeans aviation industry. Party Leader MP Sarah Wescot-Williams said that this remarkable milestone is a testament to the airline’s enduring commitment to excellence, sound management and leadership, and recognizing the crucial role it plays in connecting people throughout the Caribbean.

The success of WINAIR can be attributed to its incredible team, loyal passengers, and visionary management, all of whom have played an integral role in shaping the airline’s journey to success, MP Wescot-Williams said.

The MP recalled the days of significant financial struggles for the airline, with many opining that St Read more

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Usp: Ferrier Is The Kettle And Pot Having A Conversation

The United St. Maarten Party (USP) on Tuesday reacted to Michael Ferriers criticism of the party as the proverbial kettle having a conversation with the pot, with both knowing each other well. The party board asked the public to consider the source of the criticism and dismissed Ferrier as a condemned crook who for some reason is still seeking to be relevant on the political landscape of St 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: Know Better?

Michael Ferrier: Know Better? Do Better. Most of the questions you ask, you should ask yourself or the same people you endorse:

1. Fix the potholes in our roads.

Perhaps if you paid the NAF 1.4 millionyou owe to the government we wouldn’t have an issue of potholes. You really think people forgot about this, and you begging the Council of Ministers back then to right it off?

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The Decolonization Noise.

Endorsing the comments and observations by Sarah Wescot Williams and Melissa Gumbs regarding all the noise about De-Colonization, I ask Grisha Heyliger, Rolando Brison, George Pantophlet and all other noisemakers: What, according to your coalition, are Governments immediate plans to:

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Part # 2: The Conspiracy To Ruin Mp Christopher Emmanuel,.

Dear Editor,

And so we continue

ON QUOTE: The advice is already on the Council of Ministers agenda, so we only need to ensure that the complete file in hard copy is signed by everyone and then submitted to the Secretariat, as quickly as possible. If you adjust the attached advice and draft the decree, then VROMI will take care of the necessary signatures.
Email forwarded by Minister Miklos Giterson to Raeyhon Peterson – February 20, 2018

Bribery

The Oxford dictionary defines a bribe as: a sum of money or something valuable that you give or offer to somebody to persuade them to help you, especially by doing something dishonest

In part one of this series of articles I (the writer “To be Continued”) brought to light the fact that the accusations against MP Christopher Emmanuel and his Chief of Staff that procedures were not followed where it pertains to the issuance of government long lease land is a fabrication, as there is no policy and thus no structural procedures.

In the article, mention was made of certain players involved in the entire conspiracy Read more

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William: Europe Trip Waste Of Taxpayers Monies, 50 Mil Loan Brokered By Na-Led Govt.

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten — Former Prime Minister William Marlin says the recent trip to Europe by Minister of Finance Michael Ferrier and Interim Prime Minister Leona Marlin Romeo was a total waste of tax payers’ monies as the 50 million guilders loan agreement signed days ago between St Read more

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Minister Ferrier And State Secretary Knops Sign 50 Million Guilder Liquidity Support Loan

PRIME MINISTER ROMEO MARLIN & Minister Ferrier WORKING VISIT TO THE NETHERLANDS

THE HAGUE – On Friday afternoon in The Hague Minister of Finance Michael Ferrier and State Secretary Raymond Knops signed off on a 50 Million Guilder loan to Sint Maarten, staving off looming liquidity challenges that Country Sint Maarten would otherwise face sho Read more

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La Primera Ministra Romeo-Marlin Y El Ministro Ferrier Sostuvieron Un Exitoso Encuentro Con El Primer Ministro Holandés Rutte

PHOTO: De izq. A der. Primera Ministra Leona Romeo-Marlin, Primer Ministro Mark Rutte, y el Ministro de Finanzas Michael Ferrier

DEN HAAG (LA HAYA) – “Fue una gran reunión”, así expresaron la Primera Ministra Leona Romeo Marlin y el Ministro de Finanzas Michael Ferrier, tras su reunión el jueves en la mañana con el Primer Ministro de los Países Bajos, Mark Rutte, en La Haya.

El Primer Ministro Rutte saludó calurosamente a los dos ministros de Sint Maarten en su oficina, donde discutieron una amplia gama de temas, incluido el progreso de la recuperación actual de Sint Maarten, el Fondo de reconstrucción, el progreso de los acuerdos con el Banco Mundial y la cooperación francesa y holandesa sobre St Read more

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Prime Minister Romeo-Marlin & Minister Ferrier Hold Successful Consultation With Dutch Prime Minister Rutte

DEN HAAG – “It was a great meeting” were the sentiments of Prime Minister Leona Romeo Marlin and Minister of Finance Michael Ferrier following their meeting with Prime Minister of the Netherlands Mark Rutte on Thursday morning in Den Haag.

Prime Minister Rutte greeted the two Ministers from Sint Maarten warmly at his Cabinet where they discussed a wide range of topics including the progress of the ongoing recovery of Sint Maarten, the reconstruction Fund, progress of arrangements with the World Bank, French & Dutch cooperation on St Read more

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Sint Maarten Delegation Working Visit To Klm Headquarters Yields Positive Outcome

DEN HAAG – Upon arrival in the Netherlands on Wednesday February 14, 2018, the Government of Sint Maarten delegation headed by Prime Minister Leona Romeo Marlin and Minister of Finance Michael Ferrier, met with executives of KLM at The airline’s head office in Amstelveen.

The KLM invitation to the Sint Maarten delegation was to get a first-hand report on the post Hurricane Irma recovery progress of the island and to discuss flight network development, as they relate to Sint Maarten/Saint Martin.

The KLM delegation was headed by their Senior Vice President, Mr Read more

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Sint Maarten Ministry Of Finance Organized Round Table Conference Sustainable Financial Government

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten — On Tuesday February 6, 2018, the Ministry of Finance of the Government of Sint Maarten organized a Round Table Conference “Sustainable Financial Government” with the Netherlands, the World Bank, the IMF and the Cft. The goal of this conference was to get all parties together and have an open dialogue on the way forward to a financial sustainable Sint Maarten and how progress can be achieved in bringing relief to the people of Sint Maarten in the short term.

The main topics discussed was the issue of liquidity support to the government of Sint Maarten, the application of 550 million euro made available by the Netherlands, the benefits of using the professional services offered by the World Bank and the IMF, in collaboration with the Cft Read more

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Minister Of Finance Michael Ferrier Opens The Round Table Conference

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten — On Tuesday February 06, the Minister of Finance Michael Ferrier open the Round Table Conference between the Netherlands, the World Bank, the IMF, the Cft and Country Sint Maarten below you can read the speech of the Minister.

Good morning friends of Sint Maarten …. on behalf of my colleagues in the Leona Marlin Cabinet, I bid you good morning.

The topic is sustainable financial government.

In my immediate past life, I was a business owner and as such I know that transparency and insight on income and expenditure, as well as accurate and timely reporting of same are paramount for any business is to be successful Read more

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The Ministry Of Vromi Flagpole Project Today, Post Irma???

A few months before Irma, I got a request from the VROMI Minister on his official VROMI Government letterhead (with what appears to be a Black Power fist as part of that official letterhead??), requesting a donation of FLS. 5,000.00 towards a plan to put two very tall flagpoles with huge Miami- dealership-style SXM flags in strategic locations: one on the Bell property above what was once Harold Jack’s  look-out stand and one in the (now not so) Great Salt Pond, at the combined cost of well over US$ 150,000.00.

The idea was to before November 11, 2017, have a prominent display of our National Flag in places where if people took selfies, the flag would proudly be displayed in the back ground, in an effort to increase National Pride awareness Read more

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Sarah: Winair’S Success: A Story Of Fighting For What You Believe In.

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten — It is with a great feeling of satisfaction that I took note of the publication regarding Winair’s performance for the fiscal year 2016 and I wish to add my words of congratulations to the board of supervisory directors, the management and staff for this accomplishment.

What a turnaround, if one looks back just a few years to the then outlook for this airline company.

Over the past few years, achievements by our national airline Winair have been steadily coming in and time and time again, I had to think of those early days when Winair was inherited from the Netherlands Antilles, bruised and in serious debt Read more

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History Of The Concrete Road Divider At Maho Beach

Firstly, my deepest condolences to the family of the lady that tragically lost her life last week attempting to “surf the jet blast.” It is hoped that their loss will serve as a reminder to all who HAVE ventured and to those who undoubtedly WILL venture to participate in this dangerous “sport,” that this can be deadly!

Standing on the actual beach sand West of the road according to me, will give you the same “rush” and if you get “blown,” you will fall on sand. In a worst case scenario, you may get blown into the Caribbean Sea.

So all you Jet Blast Surfers that cannot swim, WEAR A WATER LIFE JACKET before attempting the jet blast thrill.

I am not a lawyer (obviously) and certainly not an “ambulance chaser,” but for the life of me I cannot understand how anybody else except the adult that engages in the “sport “ is responsible for such an accident, taking into consideration all the signs and precautions put in place by the SXM Airport PJIA Read more

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