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St. Maarten Government Falls – Three Coalition Members Defect
Picture: St. Maarten Parliament
NEWSFLASH!! St. Maarten– The Gumbs government fell shortly after 12.30 p.m. today (Wednesday, September 30, 2015) after the parliament passed a motion of no-confidence submitted by Democratic Party MP Sarah Wescot-Williams with an 8-7 vote Read more
Meeting About Zebec-Deal Continues:Â Opposition Questions Deal, Coalition Praises Harbor
St. Maarten – Parliament will have to wait until this afternoon for answers to the questions it posed yesterday in a public meeting about the settlement between the Harbor Group of Companies and real estate developer Zebec over the failed Harbor Village project.
As Today reported on Monday, September 14, social insurance agency SZV borrowed the harbor $10 million on a short 3-month loan to settle the dispute with Zebec.
Yesterday’s meeting did not bring anything new to light Read more
Mp Silveria Jacobs Embarrassed By Ministers’ Crude Language
St. Maarten – National Alliance MP Silveria Jacobs admonished Prime Minister Marcel Gumbs and Vice Prime Minister Dennis Richardson yesterday for the language they have used in public fora Read more
Garbage Meeting Fizzles: Many Questions, No Answers And No Solutions
St. Maarten – At the end of a long meeting, finally there were some fireworks when opposition MP asked Vromi-Minister Claret Connor to answer one question: “Is there a contract with a company to build the waste-to-energy plant and how does this jive with your visit to a project in Miami?â€
Minister Connor, who had just said that he would be able to inform the parliament on Monday when he would be able to answer the more than one hundred questions MPs had asked, did not bite Read more
Minister Richardson Criticizes Attorney-General Schram: “Justify Your Claims Or Shut The Hell Upâ€
Justice Minister Richardson is tired of accusations about corruption. Photo Today / Milton Pieters
St. Maarten – “My position has changed: it is put up or shut up. Justify your claims or shut the hell up. This has to stop,†Justice Minister Dennis Richardson said yesterday afternoon in parliament about the statements Attorney-General Guus Schram made last Friday about the interconnection between the underworld and the legitimate part of St. Maarten’s society.
“There are numerous indications showing that the underworld and the legitimate society in St Read more