PHILIPSBURG:--- The House of Parliament will sit in an Urgent Virtual Plenary Public session on April 24, 2020. The Public meeting is a continuation of the meeting which was adjourned on April 23, 2020. The continuation meeting will be reconvened on Friday, April 24, 2020, at 10.00 hrs. The Minister of Public Health, Social Development, and Labour (VSA) will be in attendance.
The agenda points are:
1. State of affairs from the Minister of Public Health, Social Development and Labour (VSA) with regards to the mass illegal labor dismissals in connection with COVID-19
2. Elucidation on food packages distributed thus far to persons by the Government (IS/768/2019-2020 dated April 21, 2020)
This meeting was requested by MP C.A. Buncamper, MP A.E. Arrindell, MP M.D. Gumbs, MP R.A. Peterson, and MP C.T. Emmanuel.
Due to measures taken to mitigate the coronavirus (COVID-19), the House of Parliament is currently closed to the general public until further notice.
The parliamentary session will be held virtually and will be carried out live on St. Maarten Cable TV Channel 115, via SXM GOV radio FM 107.9, via Pearl Radio FM 98.1 www.pearlfmradio.sx, via the internet www.sxmparliament.org, and Parliament’s Facebook page: Parliament of Sint Maarten
