Frans: New coalition broke government, now can't form one
Great Bay - Leader of the United St. Maarten (US) party MP Frans Richardson on Thursday asked the people of St. Maarten to remember who manipulated the country into the chaos and instability that it is currently in, with a DP/UP/Brownbill...
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Dear Reader
Today Members of Parliament will sit in an urgent plenary public meeting at 10am in the General Assembly Chamber of the House of Parliament at Wilhelminastraat #1 in Philipsburg. The Minister of Finance will be present for this meeting.
The agenda point is:
Draft National Ordinance to amend the National Ordinance Budget 2017 in connection with changes to the Ordinary Service (IS/252/2017 - 2018 dated December 21, 2017) (ZJ 2017 - 2018 105)
Ontwerp van Landsverordening tot wijziging van de Landsverordening begroting 2017 in verband met wijzigingen van de Gewone Dienst (IS/252/2017-2018 d.d. 21 december 2017) (ZJ 2017-2018-105)
Members of the public are invited to the House of Parliament to attend this parliamentary deliberation.
Now why is this meeting of Parliament so important?
60% of the poll-takers of
yesterday's poll know why........ Else, there is no money!
Prime Minister Boasman said during this week's Council of Minister's press briefing that the Government would need a financial injection in order to survive the 2018 budget cycle. Boasman said that budget amendments have been presented to the House of Parliament and that he is hoping for a speedy approval of these amendments and the subsequent budgetary assistance from the Netherlands.
So let's hope Parliament has a quorum today.
Boasman also said things are not looking good for 2018, and that the country could expect a large deficit. The Prime Minister also pointed out that it was unrealistic to expect a balanced budget due to the effects of the hurricanes on the country.
Well, two more days to go and it will be the end of 2017. It will also be the end of a lot of things for a lot of people.
Prime Minister Boasman also stated during the Wednesday Council of Ministers press briefing that many people within the community are going through a very difficult time and with the year coming to a close in a few days, and a new one about to begin, he appealed to the community to help those individuals by spending time with them during the transition and giving them hope for the new year.
That seems to be sensible and good advice. What better way to open the year than to be together and give each other hope and a sense of purpose in 2018.
The Publisher,
StMaartenNews.com
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Doncher: Government's money for boxing event missing
Philipsburg - Minister of Tourism and Economic Affairs Mellissa Arrindell-Doncher disclosed on Thursday that government has no clear indication where or to whom tax-payer money designated for a boxing event in 2015 ended up. "The people's money...
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StMaartenNews.com Police News
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Justice Minister Boasman pleased with safety and security
POND ISLAND - Prime Minister Rafael Boasman who is also Minister of Justice, was very pleased that the entire Christmas holiday season went over incident free. There were no major mishaps or incidents. The Prime Minister did acknowledge that a...
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Police News items post Christmas holidays
#1. Police officer injured during traffic control. #2. Man falls from three story building. #3. Man arrested with illegal firearm (after pulling gun on father in heated argument). Click here to read more of the details on these police reports....
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Yes - 20%
No - 20%
They had Better. Else, there is no money! - 60%
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Is it still necessary to form an interim government?
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No, the present caretaker government is doing a good job!
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StMaartenNews.com Carnival News
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SCDF release Carnival 2018 schedule on Christmas Day
The St. Maarten Carnival Development Foundation (SCDF) released the official schedule of events for Carnival 2018 on Christmas Day. Framing the release of the schedule as a gift to Carnival lovers on Christmas, the foundation erased all doubt...
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StMaartenNews.com Local News
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Christmas Lunch for hurricane victims hosted by La Courtar
POND ISLAND - In light of the holidays, Labriska Courtar organized a Christmas Lunch for the Shelterees living in the Festival Village and the Little League Ball Park who lost their homes due to the major hurricanes Maria and Irma. A lunch was...
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Consumer prices Sint Maarten August 2017 Increase
PHILIPSBURG - Prices have increased compared to June 2017 The Consumer Price Index for Sint Maarten has increased in the month of August 2017 by 0.5 percent compared to that of June 2017. When comparing average consumer prices over a twelve month ...
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StMaartenNews.com Dutch News
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Hospitality industry on Saba trying to recover after Irma
THE BOTTOM - Post-Hurricane Irma, the business community on Saba slowly begins to receive tourists back to their respective companies. But companies continue to face financial burdens. With the timing of the holiday season, the business community ...
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King swears in state councils in extraordinary service
SINT MAARTEN/THE HAGUE - His Majesty the King recently successively sworn in at Noordeinde Palace Dr AE Harteveld and PJ Wattel. Harteveld has been appointed a state council in extraordinary service in the Advisory Division of the Council of...
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Electricity tariffs increase effective from January 1st
SABA - Effective from January 1 st, 2018 the Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM, Autoriteit Consument en Markt) establishes the new maximum tariffs for electricity on Saba. It regards the fixed distribution tariff and the variable...
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StMaartenNews.com Online News Stories
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Community Bulletin Board Notices & Announcements
December 28th, 2017 SZV will be closed on Friday December 29th as of 12:00 p.m. SZV will open back the offices on Wednesday January 3rd, 2018. Customers with scheduled appointments will be contacted by SZV to re-schedule. December 27th, 2017 The...
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Central Bank: Economic Developments in 2017 and Outlook 2018
WILLEMSTAD - In her foreword on the latest report of the Central Bank of Curaçao and St. Maarten, Interim President Mrs. L. Matroos - Lasten said that the preliminary data suggest that real GDP contracted in the monetary union of Curaçao and Sint ...
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Safe holidays: Don't Drink & Drive
GREAT BAY, (DCOMM) - The Collective Prevention Services (CPS), a department within the Ministry of Public Health, Social Development and Labour, and the Department of Communication (DCOMM), in a collective public service message is urging...
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Let's Cruise - Eastern, Western, Southern Caribbean...
Lets-Cruise.co is offering cruise vacations on the best and biggest cruise ships in the world with brand name cruises and destinations in the Eastern, Western and Southern Caribbean, Alaska, Europe and the Mediterranean, ...
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Future GZE drawing to a close
WILLEMSTAD - After a local newspaper hastily printed a fake news claiming that the Chinese state owned enterprise Guangdong Zhenrong Energy (GZE) had pulled the plug on the multi-billion-dollar refinery modernization project in Curaçao, the...
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Early Recovery Funding to Go Towards Seniors and Most...
POND ISLAND - The Dutch Government has reserved seven million Euros that will go towards seniors and the most vulnerable in the Sint Maarten community who were impacted by Hurricanes Irma and Maria, Prime Minister Rafael Boasman disclosed during...
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Online news kiosk Blendle in talks about capital injection
Online news kiosk Blendle is in talks with investors about a possible new capital injection after booking a loss in 2016. According to the Financieele Dagblad, the Dutch start up, which has big international ambitions, posted a loss of €2.4m last ...
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Boasman: recovery underway with multiple cruise ships inport
POND ISLAND - During the Council of Ministers press briefing on Wednesday, Prime Minister Rafael Boasman said he was very pleased to see multiple cruise ships back in port on Christmas Day and Boxing Day. Boasman said that he had a very good...
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StMaartenNews.com Statianews
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Statia on its way to 2018 - By Koos Sneek
On our way to 2018 By Koos Sneek As I am writing this we are in the final days of 2017. It is therefore the time to look back and evaluate how this year went, the progress we have made as well as the obstacles and setbacks we have met along the way.
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New Electricity and drinking water tariffs for Statia
ST. EUSTATIUS - Effective from January 1 st, 2018 the Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM, Autoriteit Consument en Markt) establishes the new maximum tariffs for electricity and for drinking water on Sint Eustatius.
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