Philipsburg: ---- Some twenty persons, fourteen of which are females and six males received their declaration of naturalization from Acting Lt. Governor Millicent de Weever. The recipient hails from St. Lucia(4), Dominican Republic (4) Haiti (3) Jamaica (3), Suriname (2) Guyana (2) China (1), and India (1).Wednesday's ceremony is the first for the year 2010 and it is the smallest group to receive their Dutch Nationality since the process began in December 2008. Seven of the twenty recipients took the declaration of solidarity.
Acting Lt. Governor Millicent De Weever admonished the group to always respect and love St. Maarten. De Weever said you should all show respect and love for St. Maarten and if necessary and above all defends St. Maarten.
