Monthly Archives: March 2021

11 mars 2021 – Journée de commémoration nationale en hommage aux victimes du terrorisme.

La cérémonie s’est tenue ce matin en présence du secrétaire général de la préfecture, le sous préfet Mickael Doré, du Conseiller territorial Raj Charbhe et des forces de gendarmerie et de police.
Des gerbes de fleurs ont été déposées au pied du monument aux Morts en souvenir des victimes des attentats.

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PFP: Petition Is Poor Start to Decolonization Discussion.

PFP: Petition Is Poor Start to Decolonization Discussion.
PFP Members of Parliament Melissa Gumbs and Raeyhon Peterson once again reiterated their faction’s distance from the 5 November 2020 motion of Parliament relating to the “decolonization process,” after Parliament received a copy of a petition submitted by the Choharis Law Group to the United Nations’ Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner’s Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Racism and the Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent.

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The Dutch corona support is a return to colonial times. So says Prime Minister Silveria Jacobs in The Washington Post.

The Dutch corona support is a return to colonial times. That says Prime Minister Silveria Jacobs in The Washington Post. The newspaper quotes the Prime Minister of Saint Martin as saying it is about a racial settlement in the Caribbean. Jacobs thereby refers to the conditions her island had to agree to in order to receive corona support. This week, Sint Maarten filed a petition with a UN special rapporteur on racism, accusing the Netherlands of racial discrimination and violations of international rights. https://curacao.nu/coronasteun-sint-maarten-is-terugkeer-naar-koloniale-tijd/

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Debate: ‘taking over law enforcement does not help, but combating poverty does’

This is what Quinsy Gario of BIJ1 says in a debate with CDA Member of Parliament Chris van Dam, about whether law enforcement on the islands should be taken over by the Kingdom.

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UVI TAKING STUDENTS INABLE TO ATTEND CLASSES SINT MAARTEN.

UVI TAKING STUDENTS INABLE TO ATTEND CLASSES SINT MAARTEN. UVI Board of Trustees Approves FY 2022 Budget and MOU with the St. Vincent and the Grenadines Community College In the regular session of its quarterly meeting on March 6, via … Continue reading

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Sint Maarten Prosecutor’s Want To Seize $17 Million From Theo Heyliger

The Prosecutor’s Office wants to seize from former Member of Parliament (MP) Theodore Heyliger more than US $17 million in what it deems to be criminal proceeds. The prosecutor announced this during a brief sitting of the Court of First Instance on Wednesday morning.

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CENTRAL BANK CURACAO ST MAARTEN PROJECTED TO LOSE ALMOST FLS 90 MILLION Guilders.

It is a projection and not the expected outcome,” says a spokesman. And: ,, It concerns the operating income and costs; the operational budget. Not for Central Bank duties. Our foreign exchange position is excellent. The newspaper Sint Maarten reported about it based on answers from Finance Minister Ardwell Irion to the States in Philipsburg. To the explains the press officer that “as a result of the corona crisis, interest rates on the international market have fallen sharply.” As a result, the interest income of the CBCS decreased, which resulted in a decrease of the interest income of approximately 18 million guilders in 2020. ” According to the Central Bank in Scharlo

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Sint Maarten Parliament Submits island’s first Petition to the United Nations (UN) requesting investigation into Mandate violation

Sint Maarten submits a historic petition to UN calling for investigation The Parliament on Sint Maarten has submitted the island’s first Petition to the United Nations (UN) requesting it to investigate violations of a UN Mandate right to a full measure of self-government for the people of Sint Maarten.

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Dutch health insurance for islands’ students looked at. THE HAGUE

The Members of Parliament (MPs) sought clarity in December last year after the alarming report of the National Ombudsman about the great challenges that Dutch Caribbean students face in the Netherlands.

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Woman dumps hot water on husband in St MaartenTwo unrelated domestic violence incidents in SXM

Woman dumps hot water on husband in Sint Maarten
Two unrelated domestic violence incidents in Sint Maarten have caused police to become concerned about the continuing increase in the number of reports of domestic and family violence.

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