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POND ISLAND:--- On Monday, January 30th, 2017, The Minister of Education, Culture, Youth and Sport Affairs, Honorable Silveria Jacobs, together with the managing director of HEMCO NV, Mr. Henry Frederick & NV GEBE Mr. Kenrick J. Chittick, signed agreements to commence the emergency repairs at the Leonald Conner School. The repairs are scheduled to take 4 weeks until completion.The assignment of the works was sealed with the signatures of Min Read more
Minister Jacobs Attends Oranje School’S Slumber Reading Party.
PHILIPSBURG:--- On Friday, January 20th, 2017, Minister of the Education, Culture, Youth and Sports Affairs, Ms. Silveria Jacobs attended the Slumber Party Reading event at the Oranje School. The activity was part of events leading up to the 30th Annual Book week celebrations, which is celebrated from February 20th to February 25th, 2017 Read more
Minister Jacobs Meets With Staff And Management Of The Leonald Conner School.
Pond Island:--- The Minister of Education, Culture, Youth and Sport, Ms. Silveria Jacobs met with the management and staff of the Leonald Conner School on Wednesday, January 28th, 2017 to disseminate information on the way forward. The management and staff of LCS have been dispersed at Dr. Martin Luther King School, Marie Genevieve de Weever School, Ruby Labega School and the Prins Willem Alexander School since November 2016, and the former Charles Leopold Bell School as of December 2016 Read more
PHILIPSBURG:--- SMCP wishes the people of Sint Maarten a blessed New Year and good governance throughout 2017. We pray that our Parliamentarians will raise the bar in Parliament and that the Council of Ministers will adhere to the principles of transparency, accountability, integrity, responsiveness, efficiency, effectiveness and the rule of law that result in good governance.
After a relatively long government formation process, Sint Maarten got a new government or Council of Ministers almost three months after the parliamentary elections that were held on September 26th 2016 Read more