Video 2 Ministers Weekly Press Briefing May 21 2025 Mercelina and Brug Dutch St Maarten
Video 2 Prime Minister Richelin Brug Dutch St Maarten Government Weekly Minister Press Briefing Wednesday May 21 2025 Full Question and Answer sessionRICHINEL BRUG: Thank you. Thank you, Ms. Roach. Lessons St. Martin. Good morning to the members of the press. My notices are as follows. As we approach the third quarter of Mental Health Awareness Month, I stand before you with deep gratitude and pride in the momentum we have created together under the team, under this year’s team, it’s okay not to be okay. Over the past weeks, we have been nothing short of impactful. From online conversations to in-personal workshops and community outreach, we have seen a unified St. Martin raising awareness on mental wellness with compassion, urgency, and purpose. The ministry partnered with several key organizations to execute various key initiatives to improve mental health awareness. Key events in this month. The Spectrum Support Box online session entitled Parenting Through Challenges in Mental Health and Raising Children with Disabilities was held on May 14th. This online session drew robust participation from parents, caregivers, and educators island-wide. Participants were equipped with practical tools to navigate emotional and behavioral challenges along with vital self-care strategies. Most importantly, they were remembered that they were not alone. The feedback was overwhelmingly positive and many shared how this space gave them hope, validation, and confidence to seek help when needed. We thank the Spectrum Support Box for their excellent facilitation and continuous support. We thank the Spectrum Support Box for their excellent facilitation and continuous support. We thank the Spectrum Support Box for their excellent there will be another workshop focusing on mental health of our youth.
The theme is, When to Ring the Bell. This will be led by Ms. Peterson, an experienced clinical mental health counselor. This session is crucial, given the growing concerns we face in our country regarding youth mental health. This workshop would explore detection of early signs of distress and suicide risk, starting supportive conversations with children, connecting youths with professional help, among other things. This is about saving lives.
We urge every parent, teacher, counselor, and concerned community members to attend. The sessions will be held here at the government. The session will be held at the government administration building on the 24th of May from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Despite the fact that the Mental Health Awareness Month is coming to an end, the Ministry of VSA will continue throughout the year to raise awareness and partner with stakeholders who are aligned with our mission and vision. Let us keep the momentum.
Let us continue to build a safe place for dialogue, understanding, and healing. Let us do it together. With regard to labor affairs, on May 19th to 21st, a labor symposium was held under the theme Empowering Workers and Employers, Know Your Rights, Build Your Future.
This was a very successful event. It was a platform for knowledge sharing, dialogue, and transformation in the labor sector of St. Martin. I want to take this opportunity to thank the Department of Labor for its support. once more to congratulate Wixu PSU and particularly the President Sharon Kanagida and the Y2 led by Ms. Roxana Panteflet for their leadership and sacrifice that they and their team made to pull off this much this much impactful event.
What made this symposium so great was that they were stakeholders from every sector of the labor economy, employers, employees, both private and public sector and even regional union representatives. It was a very interactive symposium. I must applaud all the attendees that shared their opinions and concern during those three days.
I want you to know that I see, I heard, I appreciate you I am definitely looking forward to the final report from the organizers if need be this event has to be reported and repeated it will have my support again on another note I would like to announce that the Ministry of Public Health Social Development and Labor VSA have published several open tenders opportunities across various departments interested and qualified individuals or organizations are invited to applied before the respective deadlines the following tenders are currently open legislative legislative draft men for EVSA interim head of EVSA project leader of EVSA medical advisor for public health organizational development specialist IT
system specialist and a project manager for full details on these tenders including scope of work and eligibility criteria please visit the official government website of Saint Martin Continuing with the aspect of labor the division of labor affairs and social services in collaboration with Zeng Cheng construction company pardon me if I didn’t say the correct name is Chinese name is pleased to announce a construction registration drive on Saturday May 31st 2025 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the labor affairs Lobby ground floor of the government administration building if you are if you are a Dutch national or a permanent resident holder with specialized skills set in the field of construction, please visit the division during this important construction registration drive. Remember to bring a valid ID, resume, and a copy of your diploma or certificate. Come prepared. Peer registration is also strongly encouraged and this can be done via the division’s social media pages where you can access the QR code for registration form as well. Available vacancies include carpenter, steelworker, reinforcing steelworker, bricklayer, construction finisher, plumber, electrician, and structural steelworker. Attendees will have the chance to make a strong contribution to the division. Please make sure that you have a strong first impression with the representative of the company who are actively scouting talent for the immediate and future employment. On another note, with regard to ethical business practices.