Urgent Virtual Plenary Public session of Parliament about the state of affairs from the Minister of VSA regarding the mass illegal labor dismissals in connection with COVID-19 and an elucidation on food packages distributed thus far by the Government

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten - The House of Parliament will sit in a Urgent Virtual Plenary Public session on Thursday, April 23, 2020. The Public meeting is scheduled for 11.00 hrs. The Minister of Public Health, Social Development and Labour (VSA) will be in attendance.

The agenda points are:

1. State of affairs from the Minister of Public Health, Social Development and Labour (VSA) with regards to the mass illegal labor dismissals in connection with COVID-19

2. Elucidation on food packages distributed thus far to persons by the Government (IS/768/2019-2020 dated April 21, 2020)

This meeting was requested by MP C.A. Buncamper, MP A.E. Arrindell, MP M.D. Gumbs, MP R.A. Peterson and MP C.T. Emmanuel.

Due to measures taken to mitigate the coronavirus (COVID-19), the House of Parliament is currently closed to the general public until further notice.

The parliamentary session will be held virtually and will be carried out live on St. Maarten Cable TV Channel 115, via SXM GOV radio FM 107.9, via Pearl Radio FM 98.1 www.pearlfmradio.sx, via the internet www.sxmparliament.org, and Parliament’s Facebook page: Parliament of Sint Maarten