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PHILIPSBURG (DCOMM):--- Today in observance of International Womens Day, Womens Desk is honoring and highlighting nine women who have broken barriers, defied the odds, in the field of Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics (STEM).
These women were also instrumental in producing a short video encouraging girls and other women to pursue a career in STEM. The video will be launched on March 21st on Government and the Community Development, Family & Humanitarian Affairs (CDFHA) social media platforms and will be shared with the various high school guidance counseling units.

Womens Desk has chosen to embark on such a project to ensure that our girls and other women can have visible local role models in the field Read more

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Brison Calls Ehas Team Unsung Heroes Of The Tourism IndustryS Recovery

PHILIPSBURG–Leader of the United People’s Party Rolando Brison is singing the praises of the St. Maarten EHAS team for their hard work and dedication during the COVID-19 global pandemic and appealing to Minister of Health Omar Ottley to consider establishing a permanent department “to develop, review and implement health guidelines for all incoming passengers.”

Brison says the (EHAS) Electronic Health Authorization System team along with United People’s Party UP Ministers Panneflek, de Weever and Ottley are the “unsung heroes that have saved the economic viability of St Read more

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PHILIPSBURG:--- Leader of the United People's Party Rolando Brison is singing the praises of the St. Maarten EHAS team for their hard work and dedication during the COVID-19 global pandemic and appealing to Minister of Health Omar Ottley to consider establishing a permanent department "to develop, review and implement health guidelines for all incoming passengers."

Brison says the (EHAS) Electronic Health Authorization System team along with United People's Party UP Ministers Panneflek, de Weever, and Ottley are the "unsung heroes that have saved the economic viability of St Read more

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Ministro Ottley Anuncia El Descanso De Mascarilla A Partir Del 15 De Marzo

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten  El Ministro de Salud Pblica, Desarrollo Social y Laboral, Omar Ottley anunci que a partir del 15 de marzo de 2022, relajar el mandato del uso de mascarilla. Sint Maarten ha registrado una tasa infecciosa del 1% durante la ltima semana, que es significativamente ms baja que el umbral recomendado por la OMS de u Read more

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Ottley To Relax Mask Mandate

~ Advising removal of 3:00am business closure ~

PHILIPSBURG--Minister of Public Health, Social Development and Labor VSA Omar Ottley says that as of March 15, he will relax the mask mandate on St. Maarten.

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Ministro Ottley Anuncia El Descanso De Mascarilla Y El Levantamiento Del Cierre De Las 3:00 A.M. A Partir Del 15 De Marzo

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten – El Ministro de Salud Pblica, Desarrollo Social y Laboral, Omar Ottley anunci que a partir del 15 de marzo de 2022, relajar el mandato del uso de mascarilla en Sint Maarten.

Sint Maarten ha registrado una tasa infecciosa del 1% durante la ltima semana, que es significativamente ms baja que el umbral recomendado por la OMS
de una tasa infecciosa del 5% Read more

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PHILIPSBURG:--- The Minister of Public Health, Social Development, and Labor, Omar Ottley announced that as of March 15th, 2022, he will relax the mask mandate on Sint Maarten.

Sint Maarten has recorded a 1% infectious rate over the last week, which is significantly lower than the WHOs recommended threshold of a 5% infectious rate Read more

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El Ministro De Vsa Omar Ottley Presenta: Vamos A Ponernos En Forma.

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten – El Da Mundial de la Salud es el 7 de abril, y para conmemorar Para la ocasin, El Ministerio VSA ha decidido realizar talleres de salud y fitness durante todo el mes de marzo, en conjunto con la organizacin de Fitness y ms.

Las cuatro sesiones se realizarn los sbados en la maana (12, 19 y 26de marzo y 2 de abril). Cada clase tendr una duracin aproximada de dos horas, desde 9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.

No habr lmite en el nmero de participantes ni restricciones en la edad ya que las actividades sern muy sencillas; enfocadas en movimientos fundamentales.

Las actividades tendrn lugar en el Festival Village y se dividirn en dos categoras:

1) una carrera de obstculos de aproximadamente diez estaciones; los participantes pueden ir a su propio ritmo a lo largo del proceso, que es supervisado por instructores de fitness Read more

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El Ministro Ottley Avanza El Prximo Paso En La Calidad De La Atencin De Medicamentos Recetados Y Reduccin De Costos

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten–ElMinistro de Salud Pblica, Desarrollo Social y Trabajo, Omar Ottley ha firmado la legislacinque mejorar la calidad y minimizar los problemas de abastecimientos de medicamentos recetados, adems de reducir los costos de compra.
La legislacin ser ejecutada por el Seguro Social de Salud SZV. La implementacin se llevar a cabo en colaboracin con el Asociacin de Farmacuticos de Sint Maarten (PAS) y el Departamento de salud pblica.

En comparacin con las islas vecinas y Europa, el costo de los productos farmacuticos en Sint Maarten son altos Read more

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PHILIPSBURG:--- The Minister of Public Health, Social Development and Labor, Omar Ottley has signed off on the legislation that will improve the quality and minimize stock issues of prescribed medication, in addition to reducing the purchasing costs. The legislation will be executed by Social & Health Insurances SZV. The implementation will take place in collaboration with the Pharmacists Association Sint Maarten (PAS) and the Department of Public Health.

In comparison to the neighboring islands and Europe, the cost of pharmaceuticals on Sint Maarten is high Read more

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PHILIPSBURG:--- In a meeting with the Government of St. Maarten namely Prime Minister Silveria Jacobs, the Minister of Health and Labor Omar Ottley, and the Minister of Finance Ardwell Irion where the board of the CFT expressed concerns about the dangerous state of the health care fund.

Asked to elaborate on the concerns of the CFT Minister Omar Ottley said that the CFT board stated the obvious and as Minister of Health he did not take any offense to the statements that were made.

Ottley said that SZV is a situation where they must adjustments and changes as such the government of St Read more

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Minister Ottley: Business Hours Extended To 3 Am

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten —On February 25th, the Minister of VSA Omar Ottley and the Minister of TEATT Roger Lawrence signed and published the ministerial regulation allowing business hours to be extended until 3AM.

Minister Ottley advises the public to take personal responsibility for your health and that of their loved ones, by adhering to the COVID-19 preventative health measures.

If you receive a positive result from a self test, isolate immediately Read more

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Ministro Ottley: El Horario Comercial Se Extiende Hasta Las 3:00 A.M.

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten  El 25 de febrero, el Ministro de VSA Omar Ottley y el Ministro del TEATT Roger Lawrence firmaron y publicaron el reglamento ministerial que permite el horario comercial extendido hasta las 3:00 a.m.

El Ministro Ottley aconseja al pblico que asuma la responsabilidad personal por su salud y la de sus seres queridos, al adherirse a las medidas sanitarias y preventivas de COVID-19

Si recibe un resultado positivo de una autoprueba, aslese inmediatamente, as se evitar que el efecto del COVID-19 continue predominando en nuestro pas
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PHILIPSBURG:--- On February 25th, the Minister of VSA Omar Ottley and the Minister of TEATT Roger Lawrence signed and published the ministerial regulation allowing business hours to be extended until 3 AM.

Minister Ottley advises the public to take personal responsibility for their health and that of their loved ones, by adhering to the COVID-19 preventative health measures.

If you receive a positive result from a self-test, isolate immediately Read more

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Nightlife Goes Back To Opening Until 3 Am As Of Friday, Sxm On The Race Back To Normalcy.

PHILIPSBURG:--- As St. Maarten continues on the road to normalcy, the government of St. Maarten through the Minister of Health Omar Ottley and the Minister of Economic Affairs have decided that based on the low numbers of active cases and hospitalization the island will reopen its nightlife until 3 am as of Friday 25th February.
This announcement was made by the Minister of TEATT Roger Lawrence on Wednesday at the Council of Ministers press briefing.
Minister Lawrence said that within the past two weeks there has been an 84% decrease in active cases thus giving the government the assurance that they could scale back its business hours to the normal opening time as indicated on the business licenses.
This year St Read more

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Ministro Ottley: St. Maarten Da Pasos Hacia Su Regreso A Estrategia De Normalidad

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten  El Ministro de Salud Pblica, Desarrollo Social y Labor, Omar Ottley anunci que Sint Maarten comenzar transicin a la fase endmica de COVID-19. El ministro declar que recientemente la palabra “endmica” se est utilizando como un trmino para referencia a la salida de la pandemia. El ministro Ottley afirm que conceptos errneos sobre la palabra endmica pueden alentar una complacencia Read more

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St. Maarten Takes Steps Towards Its Back To Normalcy Strategy

~Nightlife business hours extended to 3am~

PHILIPSBURG--Minister of Public Health, Social Development and Labor Omar Ottley announced that St. Maarten will begin transitioning into the endemic phase of COVID-19 with the extending of night life business hours and revised travel restrictions.

   The minister stated in a press release on Monday that recently the word endemic is being used as a term to reference exiting the pandemic.

  Ottley stated that misconceptions about the word endemic may encourage a misplaced complacency Read more

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PHILIPSBURG:--- Minister of Public Health, Social Development and Labor, Omar Ottley announced that Sint Maarten will begin transitioning into the endemic phase of COVID-19. The Minister stated that recently the word endemic is being used as a term to reference exiting the pandemic. Minister Ottley stated that misconceptions about the word endemic may encourage a misplaced complacency Read more

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Minister Ottley: St.Maarten Takes Steps Towards Their Back To Normalcy Strategy

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten Minister of Public Health, Social Development and Labor, Omar Ottley announced that Sint Maarten will begin transitioning into the endemic phase of COVID-19. The Minister stated that recently the word endemic is being used as a term to reference exiting the pandemic. Minister Ottley stated that misconceptions about the word endemic may encourage a misplaced complacency Read more

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Invited Guests Enjoy Dinner At Bovin Steakhouse Opening

VSA Minister Omar Ottley (left) and TEATT Minister Roger Lawrence (right) cut the ribbon to officially open Bovin Steakhouse in Simpson Bay Resort, Marina and Spa, on Wednesday night. Photo by Ricardo Iman.

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Government Commits To Commercial Kitchen To Feed School Children And Vulnerable Persons.

PHILIPSBURGMinister of Public Health, Social Development and Labor, Omar Ottley and the Minister of Education, Culture, Youth and Sports, Rodolphe Samuel commit to sustainability of commercial kitchen in the shelter project.

In 2020, the Government of Sint Maarten, under the 11th European Development Fund, B-Envelope, signed an agreement to execute a shelter project Read more

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Minister Ottley: Business Hours Extension Forthcoming.

PHILIPSBURG On Wednesday February 9th, during the live Council of Ministers press briefing, the Minister of Public Health, Social Development and Labor, Omar Ottley announced that if the hospitalization and active numbers continue in its current trajectory, business hours will be extended to 1 am as soon as Friday February 11th.

The Minister then stated that while we have always been at the fore front of the COVID-19 realities, we now see the rest of the world speaking of the endemic nature of the virus and they are slowly lifting their COVID-19 protocols.

Minister Ottley announced that St Read more

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PHILIPSBURG:--- On Wednesday, February 9th, 2022, the Minister of Public Health, Social Development, and Labor, Omar Ottley met with the representatives of the Social Economic Council (SER) to discuss the increase of the minimum wage on St. Maarten.

The Minister previously sent a request to the advisory council, requesting their feedback on the steps he wishes to take for the implementation of a one-time increase, on the minimum wage.

At the time of the request, the Minister could not offer a figure to the SER, as the Ministry was still awaiting the consumer price index (CPI) of the third quarter of 2021, from the department of stats, which has since been received.

The meeting was called by the SER to get a full explanation on what would be the possible figure and why the Minister feels this is the right time to increase the minimum wage.

Minister Ottley listened to the concerns of the business representatives and agreed to take their concerns into consideration Read more

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Ministro Ottley Se Rene Con Ser Sobre Propuesta De Aumento De Salario Mnimo.

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten  El Ministro de Salud Pblica, Desarrollo Social y Trabajo, Omar Ottley se reuni con los representantes del Consejo Econmico Social (SER) para discutir el aumento del salario mnimo en St. Maarten.

El Ministro envi previamente una solicitud al consejo asesor, solicitando sus comentarios sobre los pasos que desea tomar para el implementacin de un aumento nico, en el salario mnimo Read more

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