On Thursday June 18th at 02 p.m. the Honorable Minister of Education Mrs. Rita Bourne-Gumbs, the Honorable Minister of Justice Mr. Dennis Richardson and representatives of the School board for…
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Permanent Committee of Country’s Expenditures to Meet on Tuesday with the Minister of Finance
The Permanent Committee of Country’s Expenditures (CLU) of Parliament will meet in a session on the 23rd of June with the Minister of Finance Hon. Martin Hassink. The permanent committee…
Central Committee Meeting scheduled for Tuesday with Saint Martin Territorial Council Representatives
The Central Committee of Parliament will meet in public session on June 23rd. The Central Committee meeting is set for Tuesday at 10.00am in the General Assembly Chamber of the…
Checks and Balances in the Civil Society
I am not here today to talk about checks and balances on bank accounts but moreover about the checks and balances in the Civil Society. If someone would ask me…
Port St. Maarten empowers MPC Science Technology Project ‘Near Space Experience’
Students and teachers of the HAVO/VWO Department of the Milton Peters College (MPC) have embarked on a unique Science/Technology project called the N.S.E. “Near Space Experience.” Port St. Maarten is…
Minister Plenipotentiary Fleming-Artsen receives courtesy visit from new Cft Secretary Twisk
Minister Plenipotentiary, Hon. Josianne Fleming–Artsen received a courtesy visit from drs. Manus Twisk recently who was appointed as Secretary to the Board of Financial Supervision (Cft) as of August 1st,…
MP Lake prepares legislation agenda for second half of 2015
United People’s (UP) party Member of Parliament (MP) Hon. Maurice Lake, says he has drafted a legislation agenda which he will be working on during the second half of 2015…
New directive opium offenses
The Attorney-general has issued a new directive for opium offenses for the Public Prosecutors (OM) of Curaçao, Sint Maarten and the BES islands. The new directive goes into effect July…
Checks and Balances, A Societal Imperative Opening Address By The Governor of Sint Maarten His Excellency Drs. Eugene B. Holiday Delivered at the Governor’s Symposium 2015 “Governance: The Value of Checks And Balances”.
Ladies and Gentlemen, Good Morning, It is with great pleasure that I welcome you to the fourth annual Governor’s Symposium to deliberate on “Governance: The Value of Checks and Balances”.…
The University of St. Martin (USM) Hospitality and Tourism Management students visited Monroe College
Eight USM students carried out a study tour in New York City. The tour was coordinated in close cooperation with Monroe College, New York and was an integral part of…