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Governor Should Step Up and Answer Questions Related to Crime Says Maria.
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Philipsburg:--- Island Council lady Maria Buncamper Molanus is calling on the chairman of the island council and chief of police Franklyn Richards to answer the questions she submitted to him relating to crime. Buncamper Molanus told members of the media on Tuesday that while she received a receipt from the governor's cabinet acknowledging they received her letter to date the answers to her questions on crime was not answered. She said the behavior of the governor and failing to respond to the island council members are far from good governance. Buncamper Molanus said elected officials are the people's voice and when they speak out they are speaking on behalf of the people who elected them to office.[More....]
French Minister meets with Lt. Governor Richards
SMNN - PHILIPSBURG - High level talks about the land demarcation in Oyster Pond were held this past weekend between representatives of St. Maarten led by Lt. Governor Franklyn Richards and the French Minister of Overseas Departments & Territories Marie Luce Penchard. This is the Minister's first trip to the island.
Signing Ceremony takes place for Upgrading of Police Force.
SMNN - GREAT BAY---– Governor Franklyn Richards, Local Chief of Police signed on Wednesday a financial agreement on behalf of the Island Territory of Sint Maarten and USONA for the upgrading of the Windward Islands Police Force.
The signing ceremony took place at the Government Administration Building in the A.C. Wathey Legislative Hall. Technical assistance will be provided by Holland to upgrade and transfer knowledge to police personnel from the Forensic and Technical Departments of the Windward Islands Police Force.
DP writes to I.C. Chairman
PHILIPSBURG - It is days to go before the Government presents the 2010 draft budget and new questions are being asked ahead of the March 22nd meeting. One of them is whether or not the meeting should be called off. The Opposition Democratic Party (DP) has written two letters to the Chairman of the Island Council, Lt. Governor Franklyn Richards. [More....]
FN News 7th March 2010
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Abuse of civil servants must stop!
SMNN - Now it is that the Methodist Church was given a Building permit and not a building stop. If the Church had gotten a building permit, why would a building stop have to be issued? The Methodist Church did not have a building permit for Belvedere. What the Methodist Church did have was a liaison of the Church, a National Alliance member who expected to do what he wanted, and the taxpayers must now bear the brunt. A NAF 500.000 (half a million guilders) brunt. Not because the Public Works department is in disarray should Commissioner Frans Richardson blatantly lie, and who is caught in the middle? The Methodist Church.
When the Seventh day Adventist want to build a school and the Catholic Church wants to build another church in Cole Bay, or the Muslims a new mosque they too should disobey the law and have government correct their mistake. Where in the world, say where could something like this happen.
No changes as yet of Lt. Governors
The Daily Herald - PHILIPSBURG--No change has yet occurred concerning the Lt. Governor of any island. However, this could change, if any one of them finds a new job prior to October 10, when the Netherlands Antilles ceases to exist and the new countries St. Maarten and Curaçao, and the Dutch public entities Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba (the BES islands) emerge.
Prime Minister Emily de Jongh-Elhage said on Friday that the Lt. Governors of St. Maarten and Curaçao in particular would have to find new jobs, as their positions would become obsolete once the islands became countries. Lt. Governors are the Queen's representatives on the islands.
Lt. Governors to go home by 10.10.10
PHILIPSBURG - Prime Minister Emily de Jongh El-Hage says there could very well be a new Lt. Governor before October 10th, 2010. Sources have indicated that St. Maarten's Lt. Governor Franklyn Richards may leave office on March 1st. Reportedly Roland Tuitt or Reynold Groenevelt would replace him, but the Prime Minister is not confirming or denying these changes.[More....]
Police force to be expanded to 384 officers by 2017
PHILIPSBURG - Local Officials say they need to recruit 384 police officers by 2017. The revelation was made Thursday by Local Chief of Police Lt. Governor Franklyn Richards. There are currently 200 officers in the Korps Politie St. Maarten, Saba & St. Eustatius and Richards says the plan is to build to just under 400 in phases. The recruitment is part of a wider Organizational Plan for the Police Force which is still being discussed with Antillean and Dutch partners. Once approved, the plan will allow for continued training by officers from South Holland South who has formed a symbiotic relationship with the Police Force here.[More....]
Governor Richards to leave office in March
SXM Island Times - PHILIPSBURG - www.sxmislandtime.com has been reliably informed that the Lt. Governor of St. Maarten Franklin Richards will be leaving office as of the 1st of March 2010.
We have also learnt that Governor Richards will be replaced by Mr. Mr. Roland Tuitt who is a certified public accountant (CPA).
