MP says retirees should live to enjoy money owed to them, presses Mercelina to hear facilities staff and asks ECYS how its new care center will serve struggling students.
PHILIPSBURG:--- MP Lyndon Lewis challenged government over the treatment of essential workers during the 2027 budget debate, calling for faster settlement of Justice Ministry payments and stronger attention to low-paid facilities employees.
Lewis argued that workers who keep public institutions operating should not remain trapped...
TEATT Minister links diversification ambitions to the new hospital and proposed legislation, but say...
PHILIPSBURG:--- Member of Parliament Sarah A. Wescot-Williams (DP) has written to Minister of Financ...
Proposed 103.7 million guilder allocation leaves financial assistance below projected current spendi...
Minister identifies an estimated 11.8 million guilder funding gap, warns of mounting student support...
Heyliger-Marten outlines approximately 722,000 guilders in economic-relief activities and explores s...
Minister calls for fresh feasibility assessment and permanent private-aviation facilities, citing gr...
Minister raises ambition for a billion-guilder national budget but explicitly rejects treating a fiv...
TEATT minister says investigation must protect consumers, with fuel procurement, tariff transparency...
Executive Council also awards water-management study, adopts procurement guide and records two plann...
PHILIPSBURG:--- The Ministry of Justice has recruited 22 new correctional officers as part of i...
Prime Minister outlines neglected facilities and staffing failures as General Affairs spending rises...
Prime Minister defends higher allocations as a correction of longstanding weaknesses, with electrici...
Finance minister’s 2027 budget presentation identifies serious fiscal risks behind the projected sur...
Acting Justice Minister Marinka Gumbs identifies a 5.67 million guilder gap in Kingdom institution c...
Acting Justice Minister Marinka Gumbs presents 113.77 million guilder budget while Minister Nathalie...
VROMI Minister’s 2027 presentation includes proposed household waste contributions, permit digitization, sewage upgrades and a new cemetery, while key financing and implementation decisions remain outstanding.
PHILIPSBURG:--- Minister of Public ...
MP demands permit dates, locations and backlog figures from VROMI, while warning that administrative failures may also be obstructing existing government revenue.
PHILIPSBURG:--- MP Lyndon Lewis has demanded that VROMI Minister Patrice Gumbs Jr....
DP MP presses VROMI on implementation, questions delays in support for local talent and renews his call for dedicated sports funding.
PHILIPSBURG:--- Democratic Party MP Dimar Labega has challenged the government to explain how its poverty reduc...
Dear Editor,
We took note from the press that the Fixed Committee on Kingdom Relations of the Dutch House of Representatives will visit Bonaire on Thursday, 22 October 2026. However, the program, including planned activities and meetings with local of...
Dear Editor,
I request space in your publication to address what I consider a deeply troubling takeover of WIFOL union leadership. In my view, the circumstances raise serious questions about democratic procedures, membership eligibility, financial acc...
Dear Editor,
The making of Gods, from wo/man
Today—now, more than ever —with the political and technological distractions, the shifting truths on an earth within an incomprehensible universe, and a world with no inherent meaning except maybe the adulat...
La Collectivité de Saint-Martin informe les usagers, de la fermeture temporaire de la Délégation Attractivité, Économie et Emploi à compter du lundi 19 octobre 2026.
En raison de travaux dans ses locaux de Concordia, la Délégation Attractivité, Économ...
La Caisse Territoriale des Œuvres Scolaires organise un Accueil Collectif de Mineurs Sans hébergement, durant les vacances de la Toussaint, pour les enfants de 3 à 12 ans, du 19 au 29 octobre 2026.
Ces accueils se tiendront dans la limite des places d...
La Collectivité de Saint-Martin informe les propriétaires fonciers que des investigations environnementales sont programmées du 15 au 21 octobre 2026, dans le cadre de la révision partielle du Plan d’Occupation des Sols (POS) de Saint-Martin. Cette m...
