Sint Maarten continues to opt for tourism, despite warnings from The Hague
Sint Maarten continues to opt for tourism, despite warnings from The Hague
Latest From The Netherlands Letter to Parliament on implementation agendas Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten, 2nd quarter 2021
Letter to Parliament on implementation agendas Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten, 2nd quarter 2021: State Secretary Knops will inform the House of Representatives about the implementation agendas with Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten for the 2nd quarter of 2021. The Senate has received the same letter.
TRANSLATION:
In my letter of 26 March to your House in which I inform you about the
decision-making in the Reich Council of Ministers that day, I promised to inform yo
New Style! The Central Bank Of Curacao And St Maarten To Get ‘Penetrating’ Higher Supervision
That is the core of the change in supervision by the Central Bank of Curaçao and Sint Maarten (CBCS). “Focused means that we have a quick overview of the most important problems and shortcomings in supervision and know which institution or institutions are affected, so that we can take targeted action before there is any damage,” said the explanation. By penetrating we mean that we intervene quickly and firmly and continue to push for improvements until they are actually realized. There is more: “Intrusive also means that the CBCS takes increasingly strict supervisory measures if the repair by the institution takes too long.” The Central Bank says it does this “in a consistent manner” with “extra attention to clear communication of our expectations” through consultation, practical guidance and policy statements. “This makes us more predictable in our actions and as a learning organization we are open to feedback.” This is stated in the brochure “New Style”
No corona support for Sint Maarten due to racism complaint at UN
Sint Maarten is currently not receiving financial corona support from the Netherlands, because it has complained to the United Nations about alleged racism by the Dutch government . The conditions that Sint Maarten must meet in exchange for support return colonial rule, that is the complaint.
KNOP’S COHO PROPOSAL -ALL 51 PDF DOCUMENTS Translated To English: Proposal Of Kingdom Act On The Caribbean Body For Reform And Development COHO. Articles And EM
Articles 9 and 13, paragraph 1, of the Autonomous Administrative Bodies Framework Act, a member of the board cannot also be: a. Governor; b. minister or state secretary; c. King’s Commissioner or Commissioner; d. member of the States General or of the States of Aruba, Curaçao or Sint Maarten; e. mayor or alderman or island governor or island commissioner; f. member of the Advisory Board of Aruba, Curaçao or Sint Maarten; g. member of or state councilor of the Council of State of the Kingdom; h. member of the General Audit Chamber of a country within the Kingdom; i. ombudsman or deputy ombudsman of a country within the Kingdom; j. member of the Aruba Financial Supervision Board or of the Curaçao and Sint Maarten Financial Supervision Board; k. the Kingdom Representative of the public entities Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba; l. member of the Law Enforcement Council; or m. civil servant at a ministry or a subordinate institution, service or company of Aruba, Curaçao, Sint Maarten or the Netherlands. Article 10 (board regulations) 1. The
Irate Minister Knops Forced To Publish Confidential Advice, After Documents Were Leaked And Posted Here Yesterday: YOU CAN FIND THE LEAKED DOCUMENTS BELOW WITH ENGLISH TRANSLATION
On 11 March, the Council of State of the Kingdom issued advice on the Kingdom Act establishment of the COHO. In a consultation between State Secretary Knops and the three prime ministers of
the Landen was agreed on 18 March, as under the law with advice from the Council
of State is customary, that the advice is confidential and is only published when
the bill and the joint response to it from the four countries to the House of Representatives
and the States are sent.
Because the confidential advice is apparently already leaked and widely distributed, which we
LATEST FROM THE NETHERLANDS: KNOPS “CORE OF COHO REMAINS INTACT DESPITE CRITISM” Dutch Sint Maarten
The Hague State Secretary Knops (BZK) believes that the core of his draft Kingdom Act on the Caribbean Body for Reform and Developments remains intact despite the fundamental criticism of the Council of State
DOCUMENTS With English Translation: Just In… Council of State, St Maarten Harshly Criticized In The Hague Today For Their Resistance To COHO
Relationship COHO – Minister of the Interior and Kingdom Relations and government
According to the proposal, the COHO appears to perform its tasks with a high degree of independence. Large parts of the Independent Administrative Bodies Framework Act have been declared applicable. This does not alter the fact that on a number of important points the proposal gives the Minister of the Interior and Kingdom Relations the authority to issue instructions or to limit or complete the powers of the COHO. For example, the Minister of the Interior and Kingdom Relations can determine how the COHO should spend financial resources made ava
Just In From The Tweede Kamer, The Hague: Members of Parliament Kuiken And Diertens Questions The Legitimacy Of COHO. Knops Never Ran The Agreement By The Tweede Kamer first
The Hague Members of Parliament Attje Kuiken (PvdA) and Antje Diertens (D66) Question the Legitimacy Of COHO, they want to know from State Secretary Knops (BZK) why he did not ask the Council of State for advice in advance about the draft Kingdom Act on the Caribbean Body for Reform and Development.
Updated Breaking! Minister Knops Power Overrules The Council: COHO Controversy Fully Explained English & Dutch
On Monday, Dossier Kingdom Relations reported that the Council of State has passed a damning judgment on the draft Kingdom Act for the establishment of the Caribbean body for reform and development (COHO) that must direct and supervise the spending of loans that the Netherlands has on Curaçao, Aruba and Sint Maarten will provide as well as the implementation of the required reforms. Today the sequel. In a way, the Minister of the Interior and Kingdom Relations comes above the governments of the countries In its 20-page advisory report, the Council of State of the Kingdom of the Kingdom Act filters the Caribbean body for reform and development (Coho). It starts off nicely: The Advisory Division of the Council of State appreciates the intentions expressed
Latest Update Coho / BZK: According To Antilliaans Dagblad, Coho / BZK Is LEGIT and Does NOT Overstep The Boundaries Of The Kingdom Act
The Advisory Division of the Council of State (RvS) has several criticisms of the proposal for a consensus Kingdom Act Coho, such as by the Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations (BZK) with regard to the CAS (island) countries of Curaçao, Aruba and Sint Maarten.
Breaking News: COHO Is NOT LEGIT And Conflicts With Kingdom Statutes. Sint Maarten V. Holland
The Hague The Kingdom Act on the Caribbean Body for Reform and Development (COHO) is in conflict with the Statute for the Kingdom. According to the Council of State, which therefore advises State Secretary Knops (BZK) not to present the bill in its current form to the parliaments of the four countries, because it falls short.
The MFK Victory Has Been Confirmed In Curacao. More Head Aches For Holland
The MFK Victory Has Been Confirmed In Curacao. More Head Aches For Holland
Dutch State Secretary Knops Turned A Whiter Shade Of Pale When He Heard That Anti-Dutch MFK Won The Curacao Election Saturday
State Secretary Knops must have turned white when he heard the results of the Parliamentary elections in Curaçao at breakfast on Saturday. It was expected that the government parties PAR and MAN would lose ground. But that the victory of the MFK based on anti-Dutch sentiments with 9 out of 21 seats would turn out so great, he could not have imagined in his darkest nightmare.
Parliament’s petition aims to end 75 years of Dutch’ abuse and violation of int’l laws
A petition sent to the United Nations requesting two of its bodies to investigate “systemic discrimination, and racism perpetrated against the people of St. Maarten” has been met with loud rhetoric and threats from three opposition members of Parliament and Dutch Parliamentarians, respectively. On Sunday, Faction Leader for the United People’s Party (UPP) in Parliament Grisha Heyliger-Marten said: “The sudden outbursts of threats and rhetoric by some politicians suggest that we should just shut up and accept anything, including abuse, for money. Money which can’t reach
RACIAL RECKONING UPDATE: St Maarten vs. The Netherlands Feud Makes It In Washington Post. FULL STORY
She needed a financial lifeline. Four thousand miles away, Mother Holland was prepared to throw one — but with strings attached. What followed would be a racial reckoning in the Caribbean: A bitter dispute between Sint Maarten’s Dutch overseers in Europe and local politicians representing an island populated predominantly by Afro-Caribbeans and other people of color.
Information for students from Aruba, Curaçao, St. Maarten and the Caribbean Netherlands
Information for students from Aruba,
Curaçao, St. Maarten and the Caribbean
Netherlands for registration in the
Personal Records Database
If you are going to the Netherlands as a student, you must take
care of some things before you can study there. One of them is
registration in the Personal Records Database (in Dutch:
Basisregistratie Personen, hereinafter the BRP). If as a student you
want to go study in the Netherlands for a period longer than four
months, you must be registered as a resident in the municipality in
the Netherlands where you are going to live.
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Arguments Between Silveria’s Government And Dutch Minister Knops Caused St Maarten’s Ratings to Plummet
The key driver for the review for downgrade is the decision by the Netherlands, the sole funding source for Sint Maarten’s government, to withhold certain liquidity payments which in turn resulted in payment delays on bilateral loans owed to the Dutch Treasury. The Netherland’s decision to temporarily deny liquidity support resulted from an ongoing political disagreement between the two governments on the pace of domestic policy reform in Sint Maarten. The delays in providing liquidity support also highlighted Sint Maarten’s limited funding options and amplified the challenges posed by Sint Maarten’s growing funding requiremen
Breaking:Knops Answers Parliament’s questions in writing about the Sint Maarten prison system, the reconstruction and the third tranche liquidity support English/Dutch
State Secretary Knops offers the House of Representatives an answer to parliamentary questions about the prison system on Sint Maarten, the reconstruction of Sint Maarten and the third tranche of liquidity support for Sint Maarten.
To the chairman of the Lower House of Parliament
Pg1 of 14
I hereby offer you the answers to your questions about the prison system
on Sint Maarten, the reconstruction of Sint Maarten and the third tranche
liquidity support Sint Maarten. Regarding the prison system of Sint Maarten,
I also answer the questions on behalf of the Minister for Legal Protection.
In the answer I have chosen to
Dutch Caribbean Hospital Alliance” founded
The Minister of Health, Environment and Nature of Curacao, Zita Jesus Leito, the Minister of Tourism, Health and Sports of Aruba, Danguillaume Oduber, the Minister of Health, Social Development and Labor Affairs of Sint Maarten, Richard Panneflek and the State Secretary of Health, Welfare and Sport, Paul Blokhuis, formally approved the establishment of a cooperative between the hospital institutions on the islands of Curaçao, Aruba, Sint Maarten, Bonaire, Saba and Sint Eustatius on Tuesday 9 February, with the signing of a decision doc
So These Dutch Crew Members Tested Positive For Covid 19 In St Vincent…But You Sent Them To St Maarten Anyway🐒???
When the group subsequently arrived on Sint Maarten, everyone was tested again, again all negative. Then it was concluded that it was a false positive test.
HIGH CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS OF OUR DUTCH HOLLAND GOVERNMENT: Het Strafblad Van De VVD…
HIGH CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS OF OUR DUTCH HOLLAND GOVERNMENT: Het Strafblad Van De VVD…
Antillian Autonomy On Paper Only. The Dutch Tighten Their Grasp On The Dutch Antillian Islands
Antillian Autonomy On Paper Only. The Dutch Tighten Their Grasp On The Dutch Antillian Islands
Dutch Parliament: No money to Curaçao, Aruba and Sint Maarten without strict conditions
Dutch Parliament: No money to Curaçao, Aruba and Sint Maarten without strict conditions
Agreement on corona loans will certainly take weeks
Agreement on corona loans will certainly take weeks
Saint Martin will be open again to tourists from 1 July
PHILIPSBURG – Sint Maarten is open from 1 July for tourists from Europe and America. Tourism minister Ludmila de Weever announced this.
U.S. Air Force and Curaçao Partner to Enhance Regional Counternarcotics Efforts
U.S. Air Force and Curaçao Partner to Enhance Regional Counternarcotics Efforts
Prime Minister Sint Maarten calls Knops behavior ‘inappropriate’
St. Martin Prime Minister Silveria Jacobs has sent a letter to Prime Minister Mark Rutte complaining about the behavior of Secretary of State Raymond Knops (Kingdom Relations). He is said to have behaved “inappropriately, unkindly and rudely” during a video meeting on further liquidity support from the Netherlands for Sint Maarten this week.
Four new judges Joint Court of Justice Dutch Antilles
four-new-judges-joint-court-of-justice”>Four new judges Joint Court of Justice THE HAGUE – T.E. van der Spoel and G.P.M. van den Dungen will become new members of the Joint Court of Justice of Aruba, Curaçao, […]
St Maarten Government News 