POND ISLAND--The TelEm Management Board, Supervisory Board, and staff collectively spent XCG 230,885 on travel over the past nine months, Finance Minister Marinka Gumbs said during a Parliamentary Question Hour on Thursday.
PHILIPSBURG--The Court of First Instance has ordered National Alliance (NA) Member of Parliament Ardwell Irion to publicly correct statements he made about attorney Jairo Bloem in connection with Bloem’s proposed appointment as Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Central Bank of Curaçao and St. Maarten (CBCS).
CUPECOY--Former Governor Eugene Holiday has called on the custodians of St. Maarten’s future to unite behind a shared national vision to transform the country into “the Gold Standard for progress, governance and innovation in the region.”
WILLEMSTAD--Finance Minister Javier Silvania of the Movimientu pa Futuro Korsou (MFK) has resigned amid mounting tensions within the government over the handling of the Tax Department and the ongoing investigation involving Receiver Alfonso Trona.
The Saint Martin Tourism Office team poses at the entrance to Baratié Restaurant. (Robert Luckock photo)
MARIGOT--The Saint Martin Tourism Office invited the press to a dinner at the intimate Baratié Restaurant in Concordia on Saturday as part of its promotion for the upcoming fifth Festival de la Gastronomie, scheduled for November 11-22.