PHILIPSBURG:---- The House of Parliament will meet in an urgent public plenary session on Monday afternoon September 14th at the request of the National Alliance (NA) Faction.
The plenary session is set for Monday at 3.00pm in the General Assembly Chamber of the House at Wilhelmina Straat #1 in Philipsburg.
The first agenda point is: pending and urgent challenges being experienced by students and staff of the National Institute for Professional Advancement (NIPA); second on the agenda, a status update and the action plan of government as pertains to students who have been placed (or not placed) in Secondary Public Schools, and have to date not started school as yet; the third agenda point, students in the Netherlands and other countries abroad who have complained that they have not yet received their Study Financing Funds; and the fourth agenda point, status of Study Financing Ordinance.
This urgent plenary session of the House was requested by the NA parliamentary faction Members of Parliament (MPs), namely MP Hon. S.E. Jacobs, MP Hon. W.V. Marlin, and MP Hon. G.C. Pantophlet, in a letter dated September 10, 2015.
Members of the public are invited to the House of Parliament to attend parliamentary deliberations.
The House of Parliament is located across from the Court House in Philipsburg.
The parliamentary session will be carried live on St. Maarten Cable TV Channel 120, via Pearl Radio FM 98.1, the audio via the Internet www.pearlfmradio.com and via www.sxmparliament.org.
