MP Lacroes proposes causeway toll of 25 or 50 cents to help cover bridge costs.

MP asks government to examine whether users of the Simpson Bay Causeway should contribute directly to its cost

PHILIPSBURG:---  MP Francisco Lacroes has proposed introducing a small toll for vehicles using the Simpson Bay Causeway, suggesting a charge of 25 or 50 cents as a possible way to help cover costs borne by Sint Maarten.

Lacroes raised the idea during Monday evening’s Central Committee debate on the draft 2027 national budget. Before reading his ministry-by-ministry questions, he aske...

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Minister Connor Leads Sint Maarten Delegation to 63rd PAHO Directing Council.

Washington, D.C.:--- Minister of Public Health, Social Development and Labor (VSA), Hon. Claret Connor, is leading a delegation from Sint Maarten to the 63rd Directing Council of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), to be held at PAHO Headquarters in Washington, D.C.

The Directing Council brings together Ministers of Health and other high-level health authorities from across the Americas to discuss regional public health priorities, review progress, and consider policies and strategi...

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Doran demands Ministry-by-Ministry answers: “What will people actually see in 2027?”

MP questions food prices, GEBE bills, housing, justice-worker payments, school supplies and the government’s progress on its own program

PHILIPSBURG:---  MP Egbert Jurendy Doran used Monday’s Central Committee debate on the draft 2027 budget to press ministers for dates, costs and measurable results. His central question was what residents will actually experience from the spending Parliament is being asked to approve.

“A budget cannot only look good on paper,” Doran told Parliament. He ackno...

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Doran demands proof that 2027 budget promises will reach households.

MP questions food prices, GEBE bills, housing, school resources and the government’s progress on its own program

PHILIPSBURG:--- MP Egbert Jurendy Doran challenged ministers during Monday’s Central Committee debate to show how the draft 2027 budget will improve daily life, pressing for dates, costs and measurable results across nearly every ministry.

“For me, a budget cannot only look good on paper,” Doran told Parliament. He said the 2026 budget debate ended only about a month ago, so he did not ...

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