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St. Martin News Network - Caribbean Lottery donates personal protective equipment supplies to the Public Education School Board.

Published: 12 March 2021
PHILIPSBURG:--- A donation of personal protective equipment (PPE) supplies was recently presented to the St. Maarten Public Education School Board towards bolstering the ongoing COVID-19 safety measures for the teachers and students of the nation.
The equipment which included 1,500 Disposable children’s masks and 26 Touch-free soap dispensers with Soap refills, was presented by the Caribbean Lottery during a private handover at the Caribbean Lottery’s headquarters.
Ms. Marcellia Henry, Interim Head of Public Education, and Mr. Dennis Pantophlet, Financial Officer, accepted the donation on behalf of the Public Education School Board.
“The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the education system in a variety of ways, more specifically in the way that education was offered with a major change in students receiving instruction online/digitally or in a hybrid approach,” said Ms. Henry. “Our teachers were also affected in the sense that they had to learn quickly how to provide instruction and educate their students primarily in an online setting,” she added.

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St. Martin News Network - EXCLUSIVE: Division Inspection ECYS in limbo as COM saga among Ministers raises its ugly head.

Published: 12 March 2021
~ TEATT Minister stopped moving process, even though cost-cutting measures are necessary. ~
PHILIPSBURG: --- Some 12 civil servants from the Division of Inspection ECYS are at home for the past 12 days as they await the moving of their offices from the Brooks Tower Building to the BTP building.
SMN News learned that the civil servants are not able to provide optimal services from their homes and they do not know when the moving will be completed even though they must vacate the Brooks Tower building by the end of the month.
According to the information provided to SMN News, the Head of Facilities Rick Martina started the moving process after he was instructed by the Council of Ministers to move all government offices from rental properties to available spaces in Government-owned buildings. This decision was taken by the Council of Ministers in order to cut costs for the government of St. Maarten.

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St. Martin News Network - Saba receives US $1 million in additional funding.

Published: 12 March 2021
SABA:--- The Public Entity Saba receives a one-time amount of US $1 million from the Dutch Government. State Secretary of Home Affairs and Kingdom Relations Raymond Knops wants to add the monies in 2021 to the free allowance, allowing Saba to take its own decision on how to spend these funds, he informed the local government in a letter on Friday, March 12.
State Secretary Knops: “I have been consulting with the Saba Executive Council for a while about the height of the free allowance and the shortage of structural means. Saba has in the past years shown that it has its financial management and the rightful spending of means. With this contribution, I want to accommodate Saba.”

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St. Martin News Network - Prices up from last quarter (0.89%) and up from last year (1.65%)

Published: 12 March 2021
PHILIPSBURG:--- The Consumer Price Index (CPI) for Sint Maarten in the 4th Quarter of 2020 is 102.09. This represents an increase of 0.89 percent when compared to that of 3rd Quarter 2020.
When comparing the consumer prices from the same period 12 months previously (4th Quarter 2019 to 4th Quarter 2020), an increase of 1.65 percent was recorded.
Quarter-to-Quarter Percentage Change: Comparing 2020 Q3 with 2020 Q4
For the 4th Quarter 2020, prices in seven of the twelve expenditure categories recorded increases while five decreased in price when compared to the 3rd Quarter 2020. The increases were in the categories: ‘Food and non-alcoholic beverages (+0.23%), ‘Clothing and footwear (+1.45%), ‘Housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels’ (+2.22%), ‘Communication’ (+2.10%), ‘Education’ (+0.33%), ‘Restaurants and hotels’ (+0.03%) and ‘Miscellaneous goods and services (+1.70%). Decreases were seen in the following categories: ‘Alcoholic beverages, tobacco & narcotics’ (-0.44%), ‘Furnishings, household equipment, and maintenance’ (-0.16%), ‘Health’

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St. Martin News Network - MP Duncan Proposes Roundtable Discussion on Kingdom Charter.

Published: 12 March 2021
PHILIPSBURG:--- The Committee for Constitutional Affairs and Decolonization (CCAD) held its first committee meeting on Wednesday 10th March 2021. Chairperson of the Committee MP Ludmila Duncan requested that the first meeting be closed-door in order to discuss the working methods of the committee.
“In my capacity as Chairperson, I presented a proposal on the contextual framework for the committee as well as a proposal to host a roundtable discussion of experts to discuss the democratic deficits in the Kingdom Charter and possible ways forward,” stated the MP. Local experts will be invited to present position papers and present their views in Parliament. This would be the first roundtable discussion held in Parliament.

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St. Martin News Network - 3 COVID-19 recoveries today.

St. Martin News Network - Latest News in and around the island of St. Maarten/St. Martin.

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St. Martin News Network - CIBC FIRSTCARIBBEAN "CHOOSE TO CHALLENGE" FOR INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY.

Published: 11 March 2021
PHILIPSBURG:--- CIBC FirstCaribbean celebrated its female staffers on Monday in recognition of International Women’s Day (IWD).
In keeping with this year’s theme “Women in Leadership: Achieving an equal future in a Covid-19 World”, the staffers were thanked for their continued dedication and were reminded of their call to action, irrespective of their professional and personal roles or statuses. They were also treated to a sumptuous lunch, served by Branch Manager, Perry Wilson.
Invited guests Joenne Louis, Financial Administrative Officer, and Othneilia Binns, Care Team/House Mother of Safe Haven, were presented with a donation as a tribute to IWD and in support of their work against domestic violence, particularly for women in the community, faced with abusive situations.

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St. Martin News Network - A development allocation of SDRs should benefit all developing countries irrespective of their income levels

St. Martin News Network - Latest News in and around the island of St. Maarten/St. Martin.

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St. Martin News Network - COVID-19 Vaccine: Effectiveness And Safety.

St. Martin News Network - Latest News in and around the island of St. Maarten/St. Martin.

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St. Martin News Network - Emmanuel questions construct Trust Fund steering committee.

Published: 09 March 2021
~ Says Marcel Gumbs a failure for St. Maarten ~
PHILIPSBURG:--- Independent Member of Parliament Christophe Emmanuel on Tuesday said that considering the lack of progress on Trust Fund projects for St. Maarten, the entire construct of the Trust Fund Steering Committee should be re-evaluated. He also questioned if the three members of this committee will be replaced considering the slow progress on St. Maarten, going on four years after hurricane Irma.
MP Emmanuel pointed out that even State Secretary Raymond Knops has admitted that the World Bank was not the ideal entity to channel reconstruction funds through and criticized the pace of work being executed. Moreover, the MP continued, outside of not working efficiently, "nobody seems to know how this committee actually works, how they evaluate what has to be done, how they measure progress, nothing. It all feels shady because of a lack of transparency. We should be getting monthly updates. We get nothing," the MP said.

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