PHILIPSBURG St. Maarten and the Netherlands are seeking to come to an initial agreement by Monday, February 15, on the United Nations Office of Project Services’ (UNOPS’) proposal to build a new prison to replace the outdated Pointe Blanche prison. This is what Justice Minister Anna Richardson said in response to written questions posed by
The Daily Herald about the plans to build the new prison.
UNOPS submitted a proposal on November 23, 2020, and it was shared with the Dutch government, which has allocated some 30 million euros for the project via the yet-to-be-realised Caribbean Body for Reform and Development COHO. The St. Maarten government accepted the Dutch financing agreement that would establish the COHO in December 2020.
Jacobs: Talks with Knops mark ‘new beginning’ for Netherlands, St. Maarten
PHILIPSBURG - “A new beginning for the Netherlands and St. Maarten” was the description used by Prime Minister (PM) Silveria Jacobs to describe talks held with Dutch State Secretary for Interior Affairs and Kingdom Relations Raymond Knops and his delegation last Thursday, January 7.
Jacobs, the Minister of General Affairs, Finance Minister Ardwell Irion, Justice Minister Anna Richardson and Ministry of Public Housing, Spatial Planning, Environment and Infrastructure VROMI Minister Egbert Doran and their support staff met with Knops and his delegation in a series of meetings at the Government Administration Building to update and follow-up on agreements made prior to the end of 2020.