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St. Maarten Receives Naf.19.3M For Ssrp Support.

PHILIPSBURG:--- Minister of Finance Ardwell Irion announced on Wednesday during the Council of Ministers press briefing that the State Secretary has released some NAF.19.3M as SSRP support, he said the funds should arrive in St. Maartens coffers by Friday this week. The Minister explained that St. Maarten has met all conditions set forth by the Dutch Government, however, St Read more

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Portal Soon Open For June Payroll Support

PHILIPSBURG--Businesses in need of payroll support for June can apply as of Friday, July 31, announced Finance Minister Ardwell Irion on Wednesday.

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Irion Clarifies That Cft Only Green-Lit SsrpS Payroll Support Programme

PHILIPSBURG--Finance Minister Ardwell Irion clarified in a press release on Friday that the Committee for Financial Supervision CFT only green-lit the country meeting the loan requirements for the June amendments to the business payroll support programme of the St. Maarten Stimulus and Relief Plan (SSRP). It was earlier reported that St. M Read more

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St. Maarten Met Criteria For Liquidity Support, Says Irion

Finance Minister Ardwell Irion

PHILIPSBURG--Finance Minister Ardwell Irion said during the live virtual Council of Ministers press briefing on Wednesday morning that the Committee for Financial Supervision CFT had confirmed on Tuesday that St Read more

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Irion: St. Maarten On Target To Comply With Dutch Conditions

PHILIPSBURG--All-in-all, we are on track with most of the conditions, said Finance Minister Ardwell Irion during the live virtual Council of Ministers press briefing on Wednesday morning. He was referring to St. Maartens compliance with the Dutch conditions for liquidity support.

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St. Maarten Will Get The 3Rd Tranche For Ssrp Support.

~ 12.5% salary cuts will be across board.~

PHILIPSBURG:--- St. Maartens finance Minister Ardwell Irion said on Wednesday that St. Maarten will receive the NAF23M as the third tranche for the SSRP support. Irion said that St. Maarten has met all the conditions required by the Dutch Government for SSRP support. He said just recently the CFT confirmed that St Read more

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St. Maarten Has No Plan B To Secure Funds Should The Dutch Government Pull Out.

~ Government working on diversification and phased reopening.~

PHILIPSBURG:--- The Government of St. Maarten has decided that they will not accept the draft law to establish a Caribbean Reform Entity on the overseas countries namely St. Maarten, Curacao, and Aruba.
Prime Minister Silveria Jacobs said on Wednesday that prior to accepting the conditions set forth by the Dutch Government the Government of St Read more

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~IMF, Central Bank, High Council, and Social Economic Council all solicited.~

PHILIPSBURG:--- The Minister of Finance, Ardwell Irion has sought counsel on the impact of implementing the several infamous conditions on St. Maarten. Measures were presented to St. Maarten by the Kingdom Council of Ministers (KCOM), in order to qualify for the second and third tranche of COVID-19 liquidity loans Read more

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Islandpreneur Live 2020 Attracts 650 People In 35+ Countries

Organizers to start Islandpreneur Network based on the overwhelmingly positive feedback.

Great Bay, St. Maarten Islandpreneur Live 2020 was a success. This 3 day virtual summit attracted 650 registrants from more than 35+ countries,  of which the majority were Caribbean countries.  Unexpected, were those who attended the summit from India, Brazil, Morocco, and Austria. A world map highlighting where registrants came from and a listing of the countries were shared on the last day of the summit.

Hosted by Ife Badejo of Produce Wealth Revolution (PWR) Agency, this summit was designed to empower Caribbean entrepreneurs to thrive in the digital world and be more resilient.  The organizing team included Dwayne Griffith, Chief Impact Officer of PWR Agency, Kerai Kreative Style who focused on strategic marketing, and Optimize Curacao who designed the website and managed its search engine optimization (SEO).  Shekina Dare from Central Bank van Curacao en Sint Maarten, played an improtant role as well in the organization of the event, helping to secure speakers Read more

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Organizers start Islandpreneur Network based on the overwhelmingly positive feedback.

PHILIPSBURG:--- Islandpreneur Live 2020 was a success. This 3-day virtual summit attracted 650 registrants from more than 35+ countries, of which the majority were Caribbean countries. Unexpected were those who attended the summit from India, Brazil, Morocco, and Austria. A world map highlighting where registrants came from and a listing of the countries were shared on the last day of the summit.

Hosted by Ife Badejo of Produce Wealth Revolution (PWR) Agency, this summit was designed to empower Caribbean entrepreneurs to thrive in the digital world and be more resilient Read more

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Deadline Approaching To Comply With Dutch Conditions For Liquidity Support

PHILIPSBURG--Finance Minister Ardwell Irion presented to Members of Parliament (MPs) on Wednesday an overview of the Dutch governments conditions for (further) liquidity support. The deadline to comply is July 1.

St. Maarten has received two disbursements of liquidity support funding from the Dutch government. The first amounted to budgetary support of NAf Read more

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Dutch Conditions Result In Sweeping Changes To Payroll Support Scheme

PHILIPSBURG--A graduated payroll support scheme, public disclosure of payroll support recipients, and a twenty per cent salary cut for private-sector employees are among several sweeping changes to the St. Maarten Stimulus and Relief Plan (SSRP) brought on by the conditions set by the Netherlands for continued financial support, Finance Minister Ardwell Iri Read more

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~ WEBINAR for Financial literacy soon to be launched.~

PHILIPSBURG:--- Minister of Finance Ardwell Irion announced on Wednesday that the Dutch Government has imposed additional conditions for recipients of payroll support. The Minister said that these conditions must be implemented by July 1st in order for the Dutch Government to provide the financing Read more

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Prime Minister Silveria Jacobs Sends Letter To Prime Minister Mark Rutte

Philipsburg On May 16th, 2020 State Secretary Knops held and chaired a meeting regarding several urgent matters, including the conditions for further liquidity support from the Kingdom Council. Prime Minister Silveria Jacobs and the Minister of Finance Ardwell Irion were in attendance Read more

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Knops Abruptly Leaves Tense Meeting With Jacobs, Irion

~ Knops disrespectful, says Jacobs ~

PHILIPSBURG--Prime Minister Silveria Jacobs says she and Finance Minister Ardwell Irion were stunned when Dutch State Secretary of Home Affairs and Kingdom Relations Raymond Knops abruptly ended his live stream during a virtual meeting on Tuesday about the conditions for Dutch financial support to St Read more

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PHILIPSBURG:--- On June 16th, 2020 State Secretary Knops held and chaired a meeting regarding several urgent matters, including the conditions for further liquidity support from the Kingdom Council. Prime Minister Silveria Jacobs and the Minister of Finance Ardwell Irion were in attendance Read more

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Iron Debunked Rumors On Salaries And Vacation Pay For Civil Servants.

PHILIPSBURG:--- Minister of Finance Ardwell Irion announced on Wednesday that the stimulus payments through the SSRP are moving along smoothly for persons that already in the system both for income and unemployment support. He said thus far he said 991 applications have been screened with NAF 471,000.00 paid out. The Minister said the deadline has been extended to June 22nd and thereby called on all persons that are in need of income support to apply on time through the SSRP website.
The Minister said that the government already informed the unions that unless a decision is taken on the vacation pay for civil servants no payment could be processed since they cannot make changes in the system with a solid decision Read more

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PHILIPSBURG:--- Minister of Finance Ardwell Irion said on Wednesday that St. Maarten is not treated as equal partners from the part of the Kingdom. He said that the State Secretary does not show any respect to St. Maartens Prime Minister Silveria Jacobs Read more

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~Unions responded to governments proposal on cuts~

PHILIPSBURG:--- Minister of Finance Ardwell Irion said the government is working on ways to be more transparent regarding the companies that have received payroll support thus far this will enable workers to see if their bosses got the stimulus and did not pay them. The Minister called on companies that were paid to disburse the funds immediately by paying their workers Read more

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Duncan Wants Ser Advice On Taxing Monies Leaving Country

NA MP Solange Ludmila Duncan.

PHILIPSBURG--National Alliance (NA) Member of Parliament (MP) Solange Ludmila Duncan recently sent separate letters to General Affairs Minister Silveria Jacobs and Finance Minister Ardwell Irion questioning the impact of funds leaving St Read more

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Buncamper Writes Irion About Effects Of Remittances On Country

Recent lines at money transfer service

PHILIPSBURG--United St. Maarten Party (US Party) Member of Parliament (MP) Claudius Toontje Buncamper has written Finance Minister Ardwell Irion about the effects of remittances on St. Maart Read more

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Irion Says Unions Counter-Proposal Hints Of Demands, Not Suggestions

Union representatives during the meeting.

PHILIPSBURG--The counter-proposal presented to government by unions on Thursday hints of demands as opposed to suggestions, Finance Minister Ardwell Irion said in a press statement last night.

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PHILIPSBURG:--- Scores of Civil Servants including police officers turned up at the Government Administration Building to protest the proposed cut in vacation pay for the years 2020 and 2021.The Chamber of Labor Unions already indicated to the Government of St. Maarten that they were not going to accept cuts in their salaries and or vacation pay to meet the demanded cuts laid down by the Dutch Government.
Minister of Finance Ardwell Irion gave the unions his last proposal on Monday where he indicated that the government of St Read more

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Group Of Teachers Willing To Accept Proposed Cuts, Says W.I.T.U Does Not Speak For Entire Teaching Population.

PHILIPSBURG:--- A group of teachers that Franklin Jeffers is representing has penned a letter to the Minister of Finance Ardwell Irion informing that they are ready to accept the proposed cuts for the years 2020 and 2021. The teachers in their letter said they are ready to accept their full salaries, and the proposed 50% cut in vacation pay for both years, while they envisioned having their vacation pay reimbursed by 200% in the year 2022.
The group of teachers also explained that they stand in solidarity with the entire island in these trying times and also made clear that while the Windward Islands Teachers Union (W.I.T.U) is a respectable organization they do not represent the entire teaching population.
The letter reads below.
Dear Honorable Minister Ardwell Irion,

We are a group of concerned teachers who have taken note of the proposed cuts by the government Read more

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