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Minister of Defense Bijleveld visits windward islands

Earlier this month the Zr.Ms. Johan de Witt and the Zr.Ms. Snellius already provided assistance in the Bahamas. Sint Maarten was hit hard two years ago by hurricane Irma. The island is still rebuilding. 

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Crisis in Sint Maarten: Council moves to dissolve Parliament, call elections

The UD/SMCP coalition was placed in limbo when UD faction leader MP Franklin Meyers announced during the closing of the parliamentary year that he was pulling his support from the coalition. He later declared himself independent, but said he was open to talks with the coalition he broke ties with. He later issued a lengthy statement outlining his reasons for leaving the coalition, but gave no clear indicatio

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Sint-Eustatius will go to the polls again next year

The four-phase plan aims at the final administrative standardization of the island. The first phase is the holding of elections for a new island council. In this phase there is no executive college and no

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Council of State sees nothing in the structure of dispute settlement

In an amendment to the bill, the House of Representatives has opted for a new Kingdom Disputes Division to be set up, in which the Netherlands and the three countries Aruba, Curaçao and St Maarten take a seat.

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6.3 Magnitude Earthquake hits Puerto Rico. Effects felt in St Maarten

Affected countries: Bahamas, British Virgin Islands, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Saint Martin, Sint Maarten, Guadeloupe, Haiti, Montserrat, Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Turks and Caicos Islands, United Sta Continue reading

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NO SCHOOL TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 24TH LETTER AND AUDIO

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TELEGRAAF: Regering Sint-Maarten gevallen/St Maarten Government Falls

The opposition therefore has a majority in parliament. The question is whether it can actually start to govern or whether there will be elections. It is clear that the current government of Prime Minister Leona Marlin-Romeo can n

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TCC renews partnership with St. Maarten Sponsors 34 St Maarten Students

TCC President Jim Murdaugh and delegates of the Ministry of Education of St. Maarten will discuss the continued efforts under the renewed Memorandum of Understanding agreement.

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New Elections: COUNCIL OF MINISTERS INVOKE ARTICLE 59, ALLOWING THE VOTERS OF SINT MAARTEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO DECIDE

As Prime Minister, I was given the mandate to bring home the 580 million USD to help reconstruct and build back Sint Maarten. That mandate was delivered. The same coalition that appointed us in the seats never, once stated to end the working relationship with the

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Latest From The Netherlands: Government Sint Maarten falls for the ninth time in ten years

The government of Sint Maarten has fallen. The cabinet of Prime Minister Leona Marlin-Romeo no longer had a majority after the departure, early this month, of MP Franklin Meyer and now loses two more seats in the parliament. Marlin-Romeo has … Continue reading

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