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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

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United Democrats (UD) MP Sarah Wescot-Williams rejected and strongly opposed petition submitted by States to United Nations

This petition ends with a request to essentially re-examine the Coho (Caribbean Body for Reform and Development). The parliament and the presidium of the parliament, by endorsing this presentation of the Choharis Law Group of Washington, have actually endangered the provided and agreed liquidity support for Sint Maarten ”, says the assistant government member. “Why am I so convinced of this? The agreement between the Prime Minister and State Secretary for the Interior a

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Video Youth Doing Motorbike Stunts Fall. St Maarteners Love A Good Buss Ass

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Protest Against Mandatory Mask In School! Marigot Waterfront, FRENCH Saint Martin

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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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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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King Willem-Alexander Spoke To Saba & Statia Government vía Video Conference Call Today

ORANJESTAD / THE BOTTOM – King Willem-Alexander spoke in separate video conversations on Wednesday afternoon, March 10, with the government commissioner of St. Eustatius and the Island Governor of Saba. The monarch was informed by government commissioner Marnix van Rij of St. Eustatius and Lieutenant Governor Jonathan Johnson of Saba about current events and developments on the islands. The King regularly receives the government commissioner, rulers and governors of the Caribbean part of the Kingdom to be informed about recent developments. Because unnecessary travel is discouraged due to the corona vi

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Cft: Political authorities in Philipsburg do not pay (pension) contributions

The debt position of the Country of Sint Maarten increased in the fourth quarter of 2020 by 61 million guilders to 1,232 million (over 1.2 billion). This brings the government debt ratio to 67 percent of the gross domestic product (GDP).
The debt of the Sint Maarten public sector is estimated at 936 million and the debt ratio of the public sector at 51 percent of GDP. The calculation of the debt ratios is based on a GDP of Sint Maarten – the total size of the economy – of 1,835 million (over 1.8 billion). The Implementation Report up to and including the fourth quarter shows a provisional budget deficit of 197 million. This deficit is lower tha

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