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Wants to discuss the consequences of the endorsement by Parliament of the Pro Soualiga Foundation.

PHILIPSBURG:--- MP Sarah A. Wescot-Williams has sent a letter to Parliament requesting an urgent meeting of the Constitutional and Decolonization Committee. This comes after several days of email correspondence from the Pro Soualiga Foundation on different matters, but especially on the topic of decolonization Read more

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PHILIPSBURG:--- The Democratic Party of St. Maarten that was led by MP Sarah Wescot Williams has been officially dissolved and removed from the National Ordinance of Registration and Finances of Political Parties.
The Electoral Council published its decision in the National Gazette Read more

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Central Committee Meeting Of Parliament Regarding The Financial Status Of The Bureau Telecommunications And Post St. Maarten.

PHILIPSBURG:--- The House of Parliament will sit in a Central Committee meeting on Monday, December 7, 2020. The Central Committee meeting is scheduled for 14.00 hrs. The Minister of Tourism, Economic Affairs, Transport, and Telecommunication will be present.
The agenda point is:
The (financial) status of the Bureau Telecommunications and Post St. Maarten (IS/1135/2019-2020 dated August 18, 2020, and IS/169/2020-2021 dated November 16, 2020)
This meeting was requested by MP S.A Read more

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Committee Of Public Health, Social Development And Labor (Cvsa) To Meet With Representatives Of The Mental Health Foundation.

PHILIPSBURG:---The Committee of Public Health, Social Development, and Labor will meet on November 16, 2020. The Committee meeting is scheduled for Monday at 14.00 hrs. Representatives of the Mental Health Foundation will be in attendance.

The agenda point is:
Mental healthcare on St. Maarten (IS/100/2020-2021 dated October 19, 2020)

This meeting was requested by MP S.A. Wescot-Williams

Due to measures taken to mitigate the coronavirus (COVID-19), the House of Parliament is only allowing persons with an appointment to enter the Parliament building.

The parliamentary session will be carried out live on St Read more

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PHILIPSBURG:--- The United Democratic Party (UDP) is thrilled by the confirmation of its member and former Minister contesting the Dutch election in March 2021 on the slate of D66. While Jorien had to resign from the UDP, we support her all the way with this courageous endeavor.
Jorien Wuite in our opinion will be an asset to the D66 Read more

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PHILIPSBURG:---  I put the word decolonization in quotation marks, because many things are being said regarding decolonization, but seemingly meaning different things to different persons on St. Maarten. While this is good and healthy for the public discourse, when the Government weighs in, it takes on another dimension, stated MP Wescot-Williams on the proposal for the establishment of a Permanent Decolonization Committee in Parliament.

The MP explained that a week ago the Prime Minister made a few interesting and sometimes startling remarks regarding this matter Read more

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During the past week again Governments lack of cohesion on an important matter was as glaring as a sunlit day, commented Member of Parliament, Sarah A. Wescot-Williams on the public meeting regarding the financial and socio-economic outlook of Friday last.

PHILIPSBURG:---  While debating in the second round, MPs received answers to questions in the first round via email from the Minister of VSA Read more

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Continuation Urgent Public Meeting Of Parliament Regarding The Short And Medium-Term Financial Socio-Economic Outlook And Solutions For St. Maarten.

PHILIPSBURG:--- The House of Parliament will sit in an urgent Public meeting on October 23, 2020. The Public meeting which was adjourned on October 21, 2020, will be reconvened on Friday at 11.00 hrs. and will be held in a virtual setting. The Minister of Finance, Minister of Public Health, Social Development and Labor, and the Minister of Tourism, Economic Affairs, Transport, and Telecommunications will be in attendance.

The agenda point is:
The short and medium-term financial socio-economic outlook and solutions for St Read more

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Urgent Public Meeting Of Parliament Regarding The Short And Medium-Term Financial Socio-Economic Outlook And Solutions For St. Maarten.

PHILIPSBURG:---The House of Parliament will sit in an urgent Public meeting on Wednesday, October 21, 2020. The Public meeting is scheduled for 14.00 hrs. and will be held in a virtual setting.
The Minister of Finance, Minister of Public Health, Social Development and Labor, and the Minister of Tourism, Economic Affairs, Transport, and Telecommunications will be in attendance.

The agenda point is:
The short and medium-term financial socio-economic outlook and solutions for St Read more

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Continuation Urgent Public Meeting Of Parliament About The Reconstruction Funds For Sint Maarten.

PHILIPSBURG:---The House of Parliament will sit in the continuation of urgent Public meeting no. 27; Parliamentary Year 2019-2020 on Monday, September 28, 2020.

The Public meeting which was adjourned on September 25, 2020 will be reconvened today Monday, September 28, 2020 at 14.00 hrs. and will be held in a virtual setting. The Minister of General Affairs will be in attendance.

The agenda point is:

3. The Focus Audit done by the General Audit Chamber of Sint Maarten in May 2020 referencing The Reconstruction Funds for Sint Maarten (IS/888/2019-2020 dated May 29, 2020)
This meeting was requested by MP C.A Read more

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Continuation Plenary Public Session Of Parliament About Decisions Regarding The Opening Of The School Year Per August 10, 2020.

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten - The House of Parliament will sit in a Plenary Public Session on Wednesday.
The Public meeting which was adjourned on Wednesday, August 6, 2020, will be reconvened on Wednesday at 14.00 hrs.; in a virtual setting. The Minister of Education, Culture, Youth and Sports will be in attendance.

The agenda points are:
1. Decisions regarding the opening of the school year 2020/2021 per August 10, 2020, and the preparedness of schools to start the school year Read more

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PHILIPSBURG:--- With the opening line The ongoing saga at our borders has to stop, Member of Parliament, Sarah A. Wescot-Williams through the local Government requests that Foreign Affairs Minister S. Blok, takes up his responsibility with his counterpart in Paris.

MP Wescot- Williams: The ongoing saga at our borders has to stop Read more

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PHILIPSBURG:--- Another advice from our Council of Advice is in. This time it is the advice regarding the United NationsDecolonizationSt. Maarten, as presented to the Council by the Parliament of St. Maarten.

MP Wescot-Williams recently shared some insight on the matter: This dossier has been circulating in Parliament since 2018, consisting of numerous documents and in the view of some, it is making a case for St Read more

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Continuation Urgent Plenary Public Session Of Parliament About The Lack Of Implementation Of The Various Approved Programs And Projects Of The Trust Fund.

Continuation urgent Plenary Public session of Parliament about the lack of implementation of the various approved programs and projects of the Trust Fund, the upcoming hurricane season, the lack of approval of various programs that are beneficial to the economic reform and growth of the country and the Reconstruction Funds for Sint Maarten

The House of Parliament will sit in a Plenary Public session on August 27, 2020.
The Public meeting which was adjourned on July 28, 2020, will be reconvened on Thursday, August 27, 2020, at 15.00 hrs Read more

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Plenary Public Session Of Parliament About Discussion On Constitutional Affairs In Connection With Written Questions To The Prime Minister On The Decolonization Process Of The Dutch Islands.

PHILIPSBURG:---The House of Parliament will sit in a Plenary Public Session on Wednesday, August 26, 2020. The Public meeting is scheduled for 11.00 hrs. and will be held in a virtual setting. The Minister of General Affairs will be in attendance.
The agenda point is:
Discussion on Constitutional Affairs in connection with written questions to the Prime Minister on the decolonization process of the Dutch islands (IS/929/ 2019-2020 dated June 8, 2020 and IS/1099/2019-2020 dated August 5, 2020)

This meeting was requested by MP G.S Read more

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PHILIPSBURG:--- It would appear that in the past months, the agenda of Parliament is dictated by the Government. Several crucial meetings are still pending, questions by Members of Parliament still awaiting answers, yet urgent meetings at the behest of Government are called and rushed. Information promised during these meetings is not always forthcoming, stated MP Wescot-Williams.

The MP continued to state in a release issued on Sunday, August 23rd, that: Granted, we are experiencing extraordinary times, but it is especially now that the Parliament of St Read more

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Permanent Committee Of Kingdom Affairs And Inter-Parliamentary Relations (Ckair) Scheduled To Meet On Tuesday.

PHILIPSBURG:--- The Permanent Committee of Kingdom Affairs and Inter-Parliamentary Relations (CKAIR), will meet on August 25, 2020.
The CKAIR Committee meeting is scheduled for Tuesday at 10.00 hrs. and will be held in a virtual setting.
The agenda point is:
Discussion on the draft Consensus Kingdom law Caribbean Reform Entity as presented by the Dutch Government and possible steps by Parliament to present a position to the other countries in the Kingdom (IS/1123/2019-2020 dated August 13, 2020)

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Members Of Parliament Want Information On Government Owned Companies.

PHILIPSBURG:--- Members of Parliament Wescot-Williams, Gumbs, Heyliger-Marten, and Buncamper have requested a meeting of Parliament to get information regarding the (financial) state of the government-owned companies.

The Members of Parliament wish to be updated as to the financial position of these companies and therefore requested a meeting to this effect with the management and boards of these companies Read more

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Parliament should use its own avenues to express its concerns and seek consensus on the way forward.

 PHILIPSBURG:--- In a recent statement, MP Sarah Wescot-Williams stated that its imperative that the Parliament of St. Maarten verbalizes its position regarding this new entity very clearly. It is one thing to argue the point of autonomy and autonomous competencies of the Dutch Caribbean countries, its another thing to dissect the proposal as to its workability in our democratic system Read more

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Continuation Urgent Plenary Public Session Of Parliament About The Lack Of Implementation Of The Various Approved Programs And Projects Of The Trust Fund.

PHILIPSBURG:---The House of Parliament will sit in a Plenary Public session on August 13, 2020.

The Public meeting which was adjourned on July 28, 2020, will be reconvened on Thursday, August 13, 2020 at 14.00 hrs. The meeting will be held in a virtual setting. The Council of Ministers will be in attendance.

The agenda points are:
2. The lack of approval of various programs that are beneficial to the economic reform and growth of the country.
3. The Focus Audit done by the General Audit Chamber of Sint Maarten in May 2020 referencing The Reconstruction Funds for Sint Maarten (IS/888/2019-2020 dated May 29, 2020)

This meeting was requested by MP C.A Read more

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PHILIPSBURG:--- Last Tuesday afternoon was another closed door virtual meeting of Parliament with the Prime Minister in attendance to apprise Parliament of the negotiations with the Dutch Government regarding liquidity assistance and specifically the proposal by the Dutch Government to legislate a Caribbean Reform Entity (CRE). In the meeting, the Members of Parliament were informed of Governments first official response to the proposal put on the table by State Secretary R. Knops regarding this CRE Read more

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Plenary Public Session Of Parliament Regarding Decisions Regarding The Opening Of The School Year Per August 10, 2020.

PHILIPSBURG:--- The House of Parliament will sit in a Plenary Public Session on August 06, 2020. The Public meeting is scheduled for 10.00 hrs. and will be held in a virtual setting.
The Minister of Education, Culture, Youth and Sports will be in attendance.

The agenda points are:

1. Decisions regarding the opening of the school year 2020/2021 per August 10, 2020 and the preparedness of schools to start the schoolyear.
2. St. Maarten students abroad in general and those traveling to the Netherlands this week in particular (IS/1093/2019-2020 dated August 3, 2020)

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Ud Leader, Mp Wescot-Williams Weighs In On The Proposed Caribbean Reform Entity, As Proposed By The Government Of The Netherlands.

No administrative entity can usurp the political authority vested in the democratically elected representatives of the countries.

PHILIPSBURG:--- In reacting to the accounts coming out of the Netherlands after the much-anticipated meeting of the Kingdom Council of Ministers on July 10th, MP Wescot-Williams commented that these accounts are differing in terms of what exactly was decided, if anything, and especially what can be expected in the coming weeks and months Read more

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Postponement Continuation Urgent Plenary Public Session Of Parliament About The Lack Of Implementation Of The Various Approved Programs And Projects Of The Trust Fund, The Upcoming Hurricane

PHILIPSBURG:--- The Public meeting to be held today, Thursday, July 09, 2019, at 14.00 hrs with as agenda points:
1. The lack of implementation of the various approved programs and projects of the Trust Fund and the upcoming hurricane season and jumpstarting the economic activities of the country
2. The lack of approval of various programs that are beneficial to the economic reform and growth of the country.
3. The Focus Audit is done by the General Audit Chamber of Sint Maarten in May 2020 referencing The Reconstruction Funds for Sint Maarten (IS/888/2019-2020 dated May 29, 2020)
This meeting was requested by M.P Read more

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