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Govt to seek Dutch help to set up Audit Chamber
The Daily Herald - PHILIPSBURG--The General Audit Chamber is one of the key institutions that have to be in place for country St. Maarten, scheduled to be born on October 10.
The National Alliance (NA)-led government continues to seek support from the Dutch with setting up some vital institutions. Government has maintained since taking office in June 2009 that, unlike Curaçao, St. Maarten will need all the help it can get. Curaçao will inherit much of the Central Government framework and infrastructure, while St. Maarten has to build its own from scratch.
Monitoring committee to oversee tasks, plan
PHILIPSBURG--A committee that will include a St. Maarten Government minister and the Dutch State Secretary for Kingdom Relations (currently Ank Bijleveld-Schouten) will monitor tasks St. Maarten cannot perform fully when it becomes a country. This committee will also ensure that plans of approach formulated by St. Maarten to improve areas such as Justice and Finance are carried out. The monitoring committee will be in place for two years, with an extension of two more years if this becomes necessary.[More....]
Atacho confident that Dutch Chamber will approve Consensus Kingdom Laws
SXM Island Times - PHILIPSBURG - Today, the Dutch Second Chamber will begin debating the Consensus Kingdom Laws in the presence of a special committee comprising members of the Netherlands Antilles parliament, the commissioners of constitutional affairs of the various islands and a group from Aruba.
Head of the Antillean delegation and president of parliament, Pedro Atacho commended the special delegation of the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba for doing a good job in the preparatory meetings leading up to Monday's session of questioning in the Chamber.
St. Maarten to Get Help to Deal With Budget Issues.
SMNN - Amsterdam/ St. Maarten:---The Island Government of St. Maarten on Monday received a response from the Committee for Financial Supervision CFT on its budget 2010 says leader of government William Marlin.
In its response, the CFT has requested that certain information be provided and certain adjustments be made to the budget within 14 days. The Island Government is currently working diligently to provide the necessary information and make the necessary adjustments.
Executive Council Did Not Prepare for Netherlands Trip—No PCCA Meeting Held Prior to Trip ---Sarah.
SMNN - Philipsburg:--- Members of the Democratic Party told members of the media on Tuesday that while the trip to the Netherlands has been dubbed as being very important there was no preparation meeting on St. Maarten. The opposition island council members said that St. Maarten did not even send a delegation to Holland since the commissioner of constitutional affairs William Marlin went as an invited guest of the Parliament of the Netherlands Antilles.
Former commissioner of constitutional affairs commissioner Sarah Wescot Williams said the other members of the National Alliance who are currently on the trip is not representing St. Maarten instead they are there as parliamentarians. She further explained that she was not invited neither was she informed about the trip. "The only thing I got was an e-ticket and spending monies on my desk.
Cft, DP Continue Questioning Budget 2010
SXM Island Times - PHILIPSBURG - The College Of Financial Supervision remains critical of the Budget 2010 for the Island Territory of St. Maarten.
In an April 6th letter, the Council says it is unable to know how the Government intends to collect outstanding taxes.
Antillean delegation objects to proposed police law amendment
THE HAGUE--The Netherlands Antilles objected Friday to the proposed amendment of the Kingdom Consensus Police Law to hold off on the Joint Police Facility in favour of a more permanent role for the Kingdom Detective Cooperation Team RST. The proposed amendment has the support of the vast majority in the Dutch Parliament's Second Chamber. Curaçao Commissioner of Constitutional Affairs Zita Jesus-Leito, part of the Antillean Parliamentary delegation, strongly advised against the amendment proposed by Members of the Dutch Parliament Johan Remkes of the conservative VVD party, John Leerdam of the Labour Party PvdA and Bas Jan van Bochove of the Christian Democratic Party CDA.[More....]
Motion to continue financial supervision in lighter form
THE HAGUE--Three parties in the Dutch Parliament's Second Chamber will submit a motion today, Monday, to give the temporary financial supervision of Countries Curaçao and St. Maarten a more structural character and to continue this supervision after five years, albeit a lighter version. Labour Party PvdA, Christian Democrat Party CDA and green left party GroenLinks, together forming a majority in Parliament with 81 seats, intend to submit the motion during the second day of the handling of 10 Kingdom Consensus Laws. One of the laws deals with financial supervision for the two future countries.[More....]
BES islands to participate in municipalities workshop
PHILIPSBURG - Municipalities in Holland have invited all five islands of the Netherlands Antilles to Holland have invited all five islands of the Netherlands Antilles to participate in workshops for a week. The workshop is from April 22 to the 27th. Councilman Julian Woodley of St. Eustatius said the workshops involve various municipalities that teach the islands governmental administration such as how dualism works. [More....]
Dutch debt relief at 962 million to date
The Daily Herald - WILLEMSTAD--The Netherlands has paid NAf. 962.1 million since the beginning of the debt restructuring for the Antilles. This consisted of NAf. 732.8 million in loan payments (both Central Government and Curaçao at 366.4 million each) and 70 per cent of the interest: NAf. 229.3 million (Central Government 124.1 million and Curaçao 105.2 million).
The Netherlands Antilles and Curaçao have debt titles, while the other islands including St. Maarten and other entities only have payment arrears. The debt restructuring for the Central Government began January 1, 2009, and for Curaçao, April 1 of last year.
