Challenging government to establish
vendor market on ring road
Dear Editor,
In line with my vision to promote small business development, I challenge government to promote entrepreneurship and assist the people of St. Maarten by creating a vendors’ market for the sale of food, crafts, cultural items, etc., on Ring Road in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma.
Ring Road has been standing and cannot be completed any time soon. It's a shame, and it is time we give entrepreneurs a fighting chance by giving them opportunities to establish themselves in this country. With micro loans that are available from Qredits St. Maarten, St. Eustatius and Saba, this can happen in the shortest of time. Government needs to take its role as facilitator seriously and pave the way for this economy to bounce back by empowering the people.
I am candidate number 5 contesting in the upcoming snap elections on February 26, with the United St. Maarten Party (USP) under the slogan "The Face of Change". and this is the change in thinking that I wish to bring to Parliament.
Valya Lake- Pantophlet
Candidate Number 5 on the United St. Maarten Party (US Party) list
