Minister Interior Knops Answers Parliament Questions: Municipalities Independent Investigations of Statelessness
Minister Interior Knops Answers Parliament Questions: Municipalities Independent Investigations of Statelessness
André Bosman And Ronald Van Raak Retired From Parliament Today: Don’t Let The Door Hit Ya, Where The Good Lord Split Ya
The Hague The Lower House today said goodbye to 69 parliamentarians, including 6 members of the Parliamentary Committee for Kingdom Relations: the veterans Ronald van Raak (SP) and André Bosman (VVD) and Antje Diertens (D66), Nevin Özütok (GroenLinks), Stieneke van der Graaf (Christian Union) and Chris van Dam (CDA) who have to leave the field after one term. In one fell swoop, the House loses more than 40 years of knowledge and experience in the field of kingdom relations.
Local businesses support the COVID-19 vaccination program Sint Maarten
Both Domino’s Pizza and Movida Bar & Grill have provided the vaccination team at the Belair Community Center with a delicious lunch in the last two weeks. Additionally, the Belair Community Center has made the facility available for the COVID-19 vaccination campaign.
PFP Calls on coalition to withdraw petition to UN: Party for Progress St. Maarten ONE OF THEIR SLATE MEMBERS TRIED TO COME AT ME IN DEFENSE OF GRISHA AND THEO
PFP Calls on coalition to withdraw petition to UN: Party for Progress St. Maarten ONE OF THEIR SLATE MEMBERS TRIED TO COME AT ME IN DEFENSE OF GRISHA AND THEO:
Personal agendas, lack of strategy at center of current crisis. PFP Calls on coalition to withdraw petition to UN
The Party for Progress (PFP) faction members Melissa Gumbs and Raeyhon Peterson called on the current coalition to withdraw the petition submitted on March 9th to UN Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance, and the Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent.`
Latest Info English/Dutch PDF Letter to Parliament on the decision-making of the Kingdom Council of Ministers on the liquidity need of Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten (ACS), second quarter 2021
At the end of 2020, an agreement was reached with the autonomous countries of Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten (hereinafter: the countries) regarding the country packages, in which reforms were agreed. This with the aim of strengthening the financial, economic, institutional and social resilience of the countries in such a way that the countries will be better able to independently absorb external shocks, such as the current COVID-19 pandemic, in the future. As a condition for receiving the necessary liquidity support for the countries, Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten must implement these reforms.
Prime Minister Jacobs and Préfet Gouteyron discuss synchronization of current health protocols and vaccination strategy on St. Martin
Prime Minister Silveria Jacobs attended a high-level meeting together with Préfet Délégué for Saint Martin and St. Barths Serge Gouteyron and his support staff. Joining Prime Minister Jacobs were Head of the Department of Interior and Kingdom Affairs Angelique Gumbs, Head of the Department of Foreign Affairs Patrice Gumbs, and support staff. During this meeting, the synchronization of Dutch and French St. Martin’s current health protocols and vaccination strategy, travel restrictions, and the Platform for the realization of the proposed St. Martin United Congress were discussed.
No vaccinations at Belair Community Center Friday. Close to 11.000 registered for a vaccine, Dutch Sint Maarten
The Vaccination Management Team (VMT) would like to inform the public that the Belair Community Center will not be open for the administering of COVID-19 vaccinations on Friday, March 26th, due to a previously planned event. Vaccinations at Belair will resume on Monday the 29th of March.
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
Aruba hospital can hardly handle the influx of corona patients anymore
Aruba hospital can hardly handle the influx of corona patients anymore
The Horacio Oduber Hospital in Aruba can hardly handle the influx of corona patients. On Wednesday, five new patients were admitted to the corona ward and one person to intensive care. This means that the number of corona patients here has risen to 41 and the critical limit has been reached. Chairman of the Board of Directors Jacco Vroegop sounded the alarm the day before
Ministry VSA expands COVID-19 Vaccine to 18+ for Dutch side Residents. Register today
On Tuesday, March 23rd, during the meeting between the four ministers responsible for public health of the Four Countries in the Kingdom, the Minister of Public Health, Social Development and Labor (Ministry VSA), Richard Panneflek, decided in consultation with the Netherlands that Sint Maarten will now offer the COVID-19 vaccine to all residents 18+ residing on the Dutch
St Maarten Corona Support In Danger Because Gold Digging Grisha’s Kursed Kleptomaniac Husband Theo Heyliger Stole $17 MILLION, But Does NOT Want To Pay It Back!
St Maarten Corona Support In Danger Because Gold Digging Grisha’s Kursed Kleptomaniac Husband Theo Heyliger Stole $17 MILLION, But Does NOT Want To Pay It Back!
LETTER FROM THE SECRETARY OF STATE OF HOME AFFAIRS AND KINGDOM RELATIONS
The residents of Aruba, Curacao and Sint Maarten have faced major challenges since COVID-19 and the consequent loss of tourism. The poverty problem has increased sharply on the islands. At the moment, a total of about 80,000 people are helped with food aid made possible by the Netherlands.
Two wrongs: OPINION | petition submitted to United Nations (UN) in New York by US-based law firm Choharis Legal Solutions on behalf of SXM Parliament
Two wrongs
OPINION | A petition submitted to the United Nations (UN) in New York by US-based law firm Choharis Legal Solutions on behalf of Parliament last week raised eyebrows throughout the kingdom. It asked to investigate violations of the people of St. Maarten’s right to a full measure of self-government.
Stay-over visitors figures show recovery is underway.
Stay-over visitors figures show recovery is underway. SINT MAARTEN (PHILIPSBURG) – The Sint Maarten Tourism Bureau (STB) says that the number of stay-over visitors to the destination is on the increase and this is a sign that recovery of the tourism sector is underway.
Today Tuesday March 16 2021 Covid 19 Update Dutch Sint Maarten
Today Tuesday March 16 2021 Covid 19 Update Dutch Sint Maarten
WYCCF & SMMC now administering second COVID-19 vaccine dose
SINT MAARTEN (GREAT BAY, (DCOMM) – Everyone who received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine three weeks ago at the White & Yellow Cross Care Foundation (WYCCF) and the Sint Maarten Medical Center (SMMC), is scheduled to receive their second dose this week or next week.
New LIVE Video: Grisha Marten & The SXM Government do NOT Represent The St Maarten People. LOCK THEM UP! But Make Sure They Pay Back EVERY RED CENT first!
I want to see you go to the Chinese grocer to steal a bread. When the police show up and cuff you, demand your independence! They will lock your Black ass up, […]
CURACAO GOVERNMENT LEANING TOWARDS ACCEPTING SAME SEX MARRIAGE. SOON DUTCH ST MAARTEN WILL HAVE TO DECIDE Dick Drayers
Martel is gay and in 2019 married to Jean Franco Cence from Venezuela. “We got married on Bonaire, because that island is part of the Netherlands and it is allowed there. Thanks to a ruling by the Supreme Court, Aruba, Curaçao and St. Maarten must recognize a marriage certificate from the Netherlands and register us as married in the population register. ”
French Saint Martin Begins AstraZeneca Vaccines Next Week As Other Countries Cancel Shipments Due To Bad Batches & Reactions
French Saint Martin Begins AstraZeneca Vaccines Next Week As Other Countries Cancel Shipments Due To Bad Batches & Reactions
Sint Maarten Covid19 Numbers Are Strikingly Low Compared To Aruba, Bonaire, Curacao. They Can’t Figure Out Why.
The Netherlands Is Surprised By Dutch Sint Maarten’s Strikingly LOW Covid19 Numbers Compared To Aruba, Bonaire And Curacao Info
Curaçao and Bonaire have had to deal with a sharp increase in the number of corona infections in the past week. On Thursday, there were 205 active infections on Curaçao, compared to 70 a week earlier. On Bonaire there were 164 on Thursday compared to 55 a week earlier.
As a result, Curaçao introduced an extension of the curfew last Monday; the clock now applies from 10 pm instead of midnight. Bonaire tightened up the corona measures a week ago, partly by closing unnecessary shops. Is
March 12th marks one-year since last commercial cruise call
March 12 marks one-year since last commercial cruise callOptimism is starting to grow as vaccines are rolled out across the world bringing closer the resumption of cruise. File photo of seven ships […]
MP Duncan Proposes Roundtable Discussion on Kingdom CharterSINT MAARTEN
the meeting also called on her colleagues to deliberate on matters at three levels; international, kingdom and local. “A majority in Parliament supported the international trajectory towards fixing our democratic deficits with the submission of a petition at the UN. Some are against and they have a right to be however there has also been debate and a lack of action taken at the Kingdom level with the Kingdom Charter being the key instrument in need of reform. For som
€15.2 MILLION New support for food aid for Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten
News release | 12-03-2021 | 2:30 PM
At the suggestion of State Secretary Knops of the Interior and Kingdom Relations, the Dutch cabinet is allocating an additional 15.2 million euros for the food aid program in Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten. The inhabitants of the three islands have faced major challenges since the COVID-19 pandemic and the consequent loss of tourism. The poverty problem has increased sharply on the islands.
Ronald Van Raak Wants ALL Aid And Assistance To Sint Maarten STOPPED! NOW!
PHILIPSBURG Ronald van Raak of the SP wants to stop financial support to Sint Maarten for the time being. The Member of Parliament is afraid that Dutch support will not go well if the politicians on the island do not support it.
Dutch Politician André Bosman Goes In On Sint Maarten Government Petition. English Translation.
The Hague Member of Parliament André Bosman (VVD) has put written questions to State Secretary Knops (BZK) about the indictment that was submitted on Wednesday on behalf of the States of Sint Maarten to the special rapporteur of the United Nations. The Netherlands is accused of violating Sint Maarten’s right to self-government and of favoring white residents in the Kingdom over those with African roots.
Bosman wants to know whether the petition was also submitted on behalf of the five other islands and whether the accusations against the Netherlands have been brought forward by Sint Maarten in the Council of Ministers of the Kingdom or other consultation
UPDATE: ST MAARTEN POLITICIANS CROSS THE LINE… Antilliaansdagblad
It is one thing to wholeheartedly disagree on the principle of whether a donor (the Netherlands) may attach conditions to the large-scale interest-free provision of liquidity support to an island (Sint Maarten) in need. It is even possible to argue that the decolonization process has or has not been completed – even if it is very late, after all, the Statute is already 66 years old and in 2010 Sint Maarten voluntarily agreed to the status of autonomo
It’s Not Sint Maarten Vs. The Dutch. It Is Grisha Marten Vs. Sarah Wescot Williams And Melissa Gumbs
“In questioning and strongly objecting to this modus operandi of the presidium of Parliament in the meeting of this morning [Wednesday], which regretfully was closed-door, reference was constantly made of the motion of November of last year. It seems to be that the supporters of that motion of last year regarding decolonisation are of the opinion that their president/presidium of Parliament has carte blanche where it pertains to contacting services and firms based on that moti
Video Youth Doing Motorbike Stunts Fall. St Maarteners Love A Good Buss Ass
Video Youth Doing Motorbike Stunts Fall. St Maarteners Love A Good Buss Ass
Protest Against Mandatory Mask In School! Marigot Waterfront, FRENCH Saint Martin
Protest Agsinst Mandatory Mask In School! Marigot Waterfront, FRENCH Saint Martin
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/
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.
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.
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
THE NETHERLANDS IS IN THE TOP FIVE WHEN IT COMES TO TAX HAVENS. THE ANTILLES DON’T EVEN CHART
Curaçao is in 29 place on the Corporate Tax Haven Index, the international list of tax havens. That is far below the Netherlands, which is in fourth place, after the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands and Bermuda. The list is published every two years. Earlier, the Netherlands was also fourth. Aruba is in 56th place. Sint Maarten has not been investigated.
Curaçao staat op de 29 plek op de Corporate
St Maarten’s 2021 Financial Outlook: Unprecedented Challenges Ahead. Economic/Fiscal Growth Reversed
The governing coalition between the National Alliance and United People’s Party faces an unprecedented challenge as economic growth and fiscal consolidation are thrown into reverse in the context of the coronavirus pandemic and shutdown in global tourism.
Answers To Written Questions About Ombudsman Report That More Attention Must Be Paid To Obstacles Facing Dutch Caribbean Students In The Netherlands
Caribbean students in the Netherlands. As a result of the results, I raised this issue with my fellow ministers from
Education of Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten. In November 2019, in the Ministerial Four-Country Consultation on Education and Culture, we agreed to conduct a joint investigation into the less good study results of Caribbean students in (Dutch) secondary vocational education and higher education, the causes of this and possible solutions to this, so that measures can be taken jointly. can be taken to ensure that Caribbean students can do better in (Dutch) further education. This investigation has been completed and the draft report was on the agenda of the Ministerial Four-Country Consultation on
Many New Covid 19 Variants discovered in St Maarten
Many New Covid 19 Variants discovered in St Maarten
St Maarten Government News 