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On behalf of my team and my family, I SAY a heartfelt THANK YOU! To everyone that took the time on Monday evening to attend the launch of the N.O.W. Party (Nation Opportunity Wealth). It was an honor and privilege to meet with so many of you. I am truly grateful. We will have a full report and more images tomorrow. The work begins NOW!
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Sint Eustatius must regain a fully democratic government as soon as possible, says State Secretary Alexandra van Huffelen (Kingdom Relations).
With this, Van Huffelen is responding to a report by two former prime ministers of the Netherlands Antilles, who acted as mediators between the Caribbean island and the Netherlands.
In 2018, the Netherlands set aside the democratic governance of this special municipality in the Caribbean Netherlands, because it would neglect its tasks.
At the end of July 2020, a then 27-year-old man was arrested by customs officers for importing 12.55 kilos of marijuana; the narcotics were in barrels placed in a container unloaded at the port of Philipsburg. The individual was prosecuted but acquitted by the Sint Maarten court of first instance. The prosecutor had appealed the decision; a second trial took place.
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The individual maintained his version: he was approached by someone he did not know to pick up packages at the port, packages that were shipped in his name. “I didn’t ask any more questions, because I needed the money. The people I dealt with were not people to ask questions. In fact, I knew those weren’t the right things,” he explained. “I think I went there twice with a rental car and the other times with my own car. (…) I received 100 to 200 dollars each time, 500 is the maximum I have ever received”, he specified. And it was during a delivery that the customs officers carried out a check and the arrest.
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The defense argued that customs officers did not find any drugs in the barrels at the time of the check. So they had no proof of his involvement in the importation of marijuana.
For the court of appeal, the individual was aware of what he was doing insofar as he agreed to give his contact details for the marijuana to be shipped. He monitored the arrival of the container and was in contact with the shipping company.
The court then found the individual guilty of importing 12.55 kg of marijuana and sentenced him to 21 months in prison, six months of which were suspended. She specified that these six months could be revoked later by a judge because the author of the facts committed this offense before the end of a probationary period of three years.
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H.E. Governor Baly presents Royal Decree of Appointment to Parliament
His Excellency Governor Ajamu Baly presented to the House of Parliament on Monday morning a duplicate of the Royal Decree related to his appointment as the second Governor to be appointed for country Sint Maarten.
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His speech to the House of Parliament is as follows:
Madame Chairlady, members of Parliament
..My fellow Sint Maarteners…Good Morning!
And a happy Constitution Day.
I Ajamu Baly have just handed over to this esteemed body a duplicate of the Royal decree concerning my appointment and the official record of my oath-taking, and I am about to notify you, the residents, of my acceptance of the office of Governor.
A village;
Its greatest asset; &
Progress.
The Village
I stand before you today not as a product of my own concern, but of one molded, encouraged, invested in, loved and inspired by my village.
A village built on blood, sweat and tears inspired solely by a vision of a better tomorrow. The tomorrow of then that we experience today. A heritage of our ancestral village.
We are all here as a result of the struggles, actions and triumphs of our direct and distant ancestors.
You see, it took a village to raise this child.
You brought me to this point, it is only right that I do my part to ensure that we are able to bring the next villager to this or whichever point they wish to arrive at. This in order to keep the circle of life flowing maintaining our human capital.
To the Sint Maarten Diaspora; your village needs you!!
Its greatest asset
So, what is the greatest asset of our village?
Is it our beautiful beaches, the sunshine, our lush green hills, our expansive hilltop views, our world class cuisine, uniqueness of our French and Dutch side and the list goes on and on.
I once read that a person/people will never rise above the opinion they have of themselves. What opinion do we have of ourselves?
It is said that we are a traditionally hard-working, friendly, proud and resilient people.
We were entrepreneurs long before entrepreneurship was a thing. My Grandmother, Mrs. Olinie Sherwood-Romney ran a successful bakery right here on Backstreet selling amongst others some of the sweetest sweetbreads you ever tasted. And I say the following with all respect to those baking sweetbreads today; I have yet to taste another that comes even close. But hey, I am biased. She also had a franchise of this bakery on Anguilla where she also had property.
My Great Grandmother Ms. Eler Brown; we called her Gran, farmed cattle, on Bush Road, right here in Cul-de-Sac where I was raised. Gran fed that cattle with the best grass that Gran herself would go to Beacon Hill to cut. Gran used to go to Great Bay very early in the morning where she closed deals on the sale of the milk and meat of her cattle, then travelled back home to Cul-de-Sac to instruct (the eldest of her ten children Mrs. Floricia Baly-Brown) my grandmother; to deliver the products; said milk and meat to her clients in Great Bay and this was all done by foot mind you, before the midday hour. Yeah, I don’t know how either, I guess time really moved slower back then. But I digress…
These are just two examples of some phenomenal women of our island. And so there are many more examples of phenomenal men and women alike.
You see, it is important for us to remember where and who we came from, the challenges that our ancestors have overcome for us to be here. Our resilience is no happenstance it is engrained in our DNA.
So we owe it to them to give it our all everyday but we also owe it to ourselves and to the future. (A future whose blueprint is in our hands as architects of our own future and that of the next generation).
A tremendous responsibility. But, with our individual and collective brilliance, tenacity and propriety we are determined and destined to continue to rise to this challenge.
And in doing so inspire the next generation as we are inspired by the generations before us.
In the event it is not yet evident or I have not been clear on what our greatest asset is; it is you; our people of this great nation Sint Maarten/Soualiga.
But before I do that, Madam Chairlady please permit me to share with you a story. A story about:
the following with all respect to those baking sweetbreads today; I have yet to taste another that comes even close. But hey, I am biased. She also had a franchise of this bakery on Anguilla where she also had property.
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PHILIPSBURG, St Maarten (Monday, October 10, 2022) — For the first time, Social & Health Insurances SZV received a clean audit report for its 2021 financial statements. The clean audit report was issued on September 27, 2022, by the government audit bureau, Stichting Overheids Accountants Bureau (SOAB). A clean audit report also termed an ‘Approved Control,’ means that the auditors found that the financial reporting by SZV was accurate and transparent. SZV has prioritized improving both the timeliness and quality of its financial statements, which has contributed significantly to this year’s approved control and milestone.
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“We’ve worked very hard to improve our financial reporting and processes over the years, and receiving this approved control shows that we are moving in the right direction. I am extremely proud of our entire team at SZV. The commitment of every staff member to ensure that our processes are effective has made this milestone possible. We are advocates for sustainable solutions and could not do this without SZV’s Supervisory Council, which has an instrumental role in guiding me as the Director of SZV and Minister of VSA, Mr. Omar Ottley. I want to thank Minister Ottley for the strong collaboration and support in addressing the legislative areas that must be improved to safeguard the health care funds.
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Court Ruling Against Ansary: Mullet Bay Belongs to Ennia As part of Ennia’s restructuring, the Centrale Bank van Curaçao en Sint Maarten (CBCS),
on behalf of Ennia Caribe Investments B.V. (ECI), has removed Ansary as a director of Sun Resorts and appointed new directors in his stead
Sun Resorts is a subsidiary of ECI and owner of Mullet Bay on Sint Maarten, which is one of Ennia’s key assets. Ansary tried to block his removal from Sun Resorts and attempted to appoint Palm and Derby as co-directors.
Ansary claimed that Sun Resorts had never been lawfully transferred to the Ennia group. That is entirely at odds with Ansary’s own consistent previous claims, as well as with various financial statements and Sun Resorts’ shareholder register.
As in other lawsuits between Ennia and Ansary et al., today the Court ruled against Ansary et al., upholding all of the CBCS’s claims. Ansary, Palm and Derby are barred from posing as Sun Resorts directors, under penalties of up to USD 10,000,000 per injunction.
Mike Alexander and Geomaly Martes, the new directors appointed by the CBCS, are tasked with restoring order at Sun Resorts and initiating the process of selling and/or developing Mullet Bay, with the proceeds accruing to the benefit of Ennia’s policyholders.
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WILLEMSTAD – The Caribbean parts of the Kingdom will receive new rules for aviation. The employees of the various aviation departments involved have recently met to shape this project, according to Marius Sliedrecht, program manager for Caribbean Aviation at the Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management.
The organization of air traffic control is carried out jointly for the Caribbean Netherlands: Curaçao, Aruba and Sint Maarten. That is why the new regulations are good news for aviation safety in the Caribbean region, Sliedrecht writes on his LinkedIn.
According to Sliedrecht, the improvement of aviation safety starts with “Building a solid foundation for cooperation, the development of renewed regulations. In this way we ensure that all air traffic control services in the Caribbean region of the Kingdom continue to meet the latest safety requirements of the United Nations in the future.” ICAO civil aviation organization.”
These rules must be the same in terms of content, so that joint supervision of traffic control can be continued even more efficiently, says Sliedrecht.
This report comes from media partner Curacao.nu .
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Measures devised against study failure Caribbean students in the Netherlands
the Side Note- October 7, 2022, 15:17
The academy building of Utrecht University, located on Domplein (Image: Wikimedia Commons / Edoderoo)
At the University of Aruba, a package has been put together with measures to combat study failure of Caribbean students. The package was devised by representatives from the government and education of Aruba, Curacao, Sint Maarten and the Netherlands.
It was sorely needed for the representatives to meet under the banner of the Strategic Education Alliance (SEA). It recently became known that most Caribbean students in the Netherlands do not complete their studies within the prescribed period or stop there. In the meantime, they are building up a high student debt, of about 50,000 euros.
The SEA is now coming up with several proposals. Example: a student from the islands can go to all European countries, except the Netherlands, with an Erasmus grant. To rectify this, the SEA wants a “kingdom mobility program” for exchange.
The SEA also wants to better prepare students for their choice of study by offering a so-called ‘Pre-Acadamic Year’, but also by being able to take a ‘look’ at Dutch universities with technology such as apps and VR glasses.
The results of the conference will be presented in January during the ministerial Four-Country Consultation on Education, Culture and Science between Aruba, Curacao, Sint Maarten and the Netherlands.
Last month, the national Ombudsman reported some other problems that Caribbean students in the Netherlands face. For example, it is difficult for them to apply for a citizen service number and they are not entitled to basic insurance.
Maatregelen bedacht tegen studiefalen Caribische studenten in Nederland
de Kanttekening- 7 oktober 2022, 15:17
Het academiegebouw van de Universiteit Utrecht, gelegen aan het Domplein (Beeld: Wikimedia Commons / Edoderoo)
Op de universiteit van Aruba is een pakket samengesteld met maatregelen om studiefalen van Caribische studenten tegen te gaan. Het pakket is bedacht door vertegenwoordigers vanuit overheid en onderwijs van Aruba, Curacao, Sint Maarten en Nederland.
Dat de vertegenwoordigers bijeenkwamen onder de vlag van de ‘Strategic Education Alliance’(SEA) was hard nodig. Onlangs werd bekend dat de meeste Caribische studenten in Nederland hun studie niet afronden binnen de gestelde termijn of er mee stoppen. Ze bouwen intussen wel een hoge studieschuld op, van zo’n 50.000 euro.
De SEA komt nu met meerdere voorstellen. Voorbeeld: een student van de eilanden kan met een Erasmusbeurs naar alle Europese landen, behalve Nederland. Om dit recht te trekken, wil de SEA een ‘koninkrijk mobiliteitsprogramma’ voor uitwisseling.
Ook wil de SEA studenten beter voorbereiden op hun studiekeuze door een zogeheten ‘Pre-Acadamic Year’ aan te bieden, maar ook door met technologie zoals apps en VR-brillen en alvast een ‘kijkje’ te kunnen nemen op Nederlandse universiteiten.
De uitkomsten van de conferentie worden in januari aangeboden tijdens het ministeriele Vierlandenoverleg Onderwijs, Cultuur en Wetenschap tussen Aruba, Curacao, Sint Maarten en Nederland.
Vorige maand maakte de nationale Ombudsman melding van enkele andere problemen waar Caribische studenten in Nederland tegenaan lopen. Zo is het voor hen lastig om een Burgerservicenummer aan te vragen en maken ze geen aanspraak op een basisverzekering.
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King Willem-Alexander digitally waved off Sint Maarten governor Eugene Holiday on Thursday. The governor is leaving as his second term in office ends Monday.
The video call was therefore dominated by the farewell of 59-year-old Holiday. He became the first governor of Sint Maarten on October 10, 2010. Before that, he was Director of Winair and Managing Director of Princess Juliana International Airport on Sint Maarten.
As of Monday, Ajamu Baly (1977) will be the new governor of Sint Maarten. He was sworn in earlier this week. Until his appointment, Baly was secretary-director of the Advisory Council of Sint Maarten, deputy examining magistrate at the Joint Court of Justice and member of the Supervisory Board of the Central Bank of Curaçao and Sint Maarten.
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