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PHILIPSBURG, On Tuesday, March 22nd, The Minister of Public Health, Social Development, and Labor, Omar Ottley met with the exit strategy team where Collective Prevention Services (CPS) presented the trajectory and steps to be taken towards normalcy. The team consists of CPS, General practitioners, Laboratory services, St. Maarten Medical Center (SMMC), and the Cabinet of the Minister.

In the meeting the following timeline was established to move towards normalcy;

March 25th, 2022
Will mark the end of case management and source & contact tracing by CPS.

April 1st, 2022
Unvaccinated persons will be allowed to enter the country with a 24-hour Antigen test.

April 29th, 2022
Will be the end of community testing at Hope Estate Read more

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World Social Work Day

PHILIPSBURG, World Social Work Day is observed annually on the third Tuesday in March, this years observation falls on March 15th under the theme: Co-Building a new Eco-social world: Leaving no one behind. According to the International Federation of Social Workers, the theme presents a vision and action plan to create new global values, policies and practices that develop trust, security and confidence for all people and the sustainability of the planet.

World Social Work Day provides an opportunity for social workers and others in the social service sector to celebrate their achievements as well as to raise awareness and support the important role that social workers play in the lives of children, families, and communities Read more

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Vsa, Nrpb Lanzan Encuesta Sobre Condiciones Sociales Y Econmicas

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten – El Ministerio de Salud Pblica, Desarrollo Social y Trabajo (VSA) y la Oficina del Programa Nacional de Recuperacin (NRPB) han lanzado una encuesta de hogares para recopilar datos sobre diversas condiciones sociales y econmicas.

Las informaciones de las estadsticas recopiladas a travs de esta encuesta se utilizarn para la llamada evaluacin de necesidades socioeconmicas (SENA), en la planificacin y el desarrollo de polticas en Sint Maarten.

La encuesta se est realizando en colaboracin con el Departamento de Estadstica (STAT) del Ministerio de Turismo, Asuntos Econmicos, Transporte y Telecomunicaciones (TEATT) y se extender del 5 de marzo al 31 de mayo de 2022.

Los recolectores de datos visitarn 3,000 hogares seleccionados al azar entre las 8:00 am y las 7:00 pm Read more

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Brison Llama Al Equipo Ehas Hroes Annimos De La Industria Del Turismo Y La Recuperacin

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten – El lder del Partido del Pueblo Unido, Rolando Brison, est elogiando al equipo de EHAS de St. Maarten por su arduo trabajo y dedicacin durante la pandemia mundial de COVID-19 y apelando al Ministro de Salud, Omar Ottley, para que considere establecer un departamento permanente “para desarrollar, revisar e implementar pautas de salud para todos los pasajeros entrantes”.

Brison dice que el equipo del Sistema Electrnico de Autorizacin de Salud (EHAS) junto con los ministros Panneflek, de Weever y Ottley del Partido Popular Unido UP son los “hroes annimos que han salvado la economa y “la viabilidad de St Read more

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WomenS Desk Honours Nine Women WhoVe Broken Barriers

Dr. C. Fleming (centre) and VSA Minister Omar Ottley (third from right) surrounded by CDFHA/Womens Desk representatives.

PHILIPSBURG--In observance of International Womens Day, Womens Desk is honouring and highlighting nine women who have broken barriers and defied the odds in the field of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathemati Read more

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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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