The Duncan Law by Minister Roland Duncan
Minister Roland Duncan give an illustration on why this law was put into place enabling the Island Council to change the setting of from Island Government to a Parliament setting and for S t. Maarten and Curacao to have an early election.
Areas for instance for Country St. Maarten which yet needs to be finalized are Aviation, Telecommunication, the Justice system together with the Curacao and Aruba.
Minister Roland Duncan spoke about the Caribbean Guilder and also about the joint court with Aruba and the other islands.
Minister Roland Duncan said St. Maarten is becoming a country and will be in our own hands to negotiate.
The National Health Insurance information was facilitated by Drs Jorien Wuite
Drs Jorien Wuite explained about the Nation Health Insurance , being implemented for 2012.How it wil be designed according to the same package as that of the Dutch Model in the Netherlands, and what studies yet has to be done to compile a package which will include everyone and will have justified premiums. The question from the audience was what about BZV after 10-10-10 and why St. Maarten did not have their own specialists.
The SVB by Dr Lloyd Richardson
The doctor explained how SVB functiond and which level has the authority and for what. We will have to go a little longer with SVB untill all the studies for the the National Health Insurance is completed. He elaborated on the various levels of insurances we have in our community and how at time these differences makes things difficult for our care givers.
Questions from the audience were; why not services from the French side instead of having to go to Curacao.Where we have to go to collect pension after 10-10-10. They answers were, we have to remember Frenchside is foreign country and measures have to be put in place for such possibilities. In regards to pension an SLA will be signed and it will be paid out in the same manner untill changes are made.
The Pensioneers by Drs. Raymond Jessurun
Mr. Jessurun spoke about Humnan Right and the right of the pesioneer. He explained that these rughts are part of the Dutch Kingdom where it concern the Human Right.
The new upcoming Informative session will be on Wednesday the 25th of August 2010 at the Salvation Army Community Hall and the topic is;
Taxes in Country St. Maarten.
