~ Food prices are soaring worldwide, and the minimum wage must be increased. ~
PHILIPSBURG:--- Acting Minister of TEATT Omar Ottley said that the Prime Minister of St. Maarten and his person are busy discussing with Suriname and other Caribbean countries to secure leased land for agriculture. Ottley said this is one way the government of St. Maarten is looking at since almost every commodity on the supermarket shelves is imported.
Ottley said if the government managed to secure the much-needed land space then St. Maarten will embark on agriculture and the produce will be imported here. He described the ...
