GREAT BAY--RISE Foundation has officially introduced the Elevate Youth & Family Program, a one-year holistic development initiative designed to provide wraparound support for young people and their families as they navigate the transition into adulthood.

GREAT BAY--Prime Minister Luc Mercelina on Wednesday said he hopes to see the draft National Ordinance establishing the Healthcare Professionals Registry (HCPR) create a faster, clearer, legally anchored system for registering qualified medical professionals in St. Maarten.

GREAT BAY--Minister of Finance Marinka Gumbs presented the National Ordinance Revised Procedural Tax Law (“Landsverordening herzien formeel belastingrecht”) to Parliament of St. Maarten, describing the proposed amendments as a first step in a broader tax reform process focused on modernizing procedures, strengthening compliance, and improving legal certainty.

GREAT BAY--Peggy-Ann Dros-Richardson, Head of Labor Affairs for the Government of St. Maarten, delivered a stern warning at the Strategic Economic Stakeholder Consultation Workshop, saying the country is “not doing well” and that residents are being left behind despite record tourism and constant headlines about growth.

GREAT BAY--Coalition Members of Parliament Dimar Labega, Ludmila DeWeever, Veronica Jansen-Webster, Sjamira Roseburg, Franklin Meyers, and Christopher Wever motivated their votes against the motion of disapproval brought against Prime Minister Luc Mercelina, stressing that mediation was underway, that the motion would not resolve the underlying issues facing firefighters and warning against turning an active dispute-resolution process into a political show.

GREAT BAY--During the vote motivation segment of today’s parliamentary meeting, four Members of Parliament, Omar Ottley, Lyndon Lewis, Ardwell Irion, and Francisco Lacroes, provided their reasons for voting in favor of the motion of disapproval against Prime Minister Luc Mereclina connected to the government’s handling of the Fire Department matter.