Oysterbay Beach Resort supports DigiKidz Project
PHILIPSBURG:--- Recently Oysterbay Beach resort (OBBR) owners and managers showed again their support for the DigiKidz Project by donating US$ 5,000 towards the next DigiKidz School. Management said...
View ArticleThe International Floralies of Martinique, «Caribbean Bouquet »: the first...
Martinique:--- From June 17th to 21st 2015, Martinique will host the fourth edition of the International Floralies in Trois- Ilets, as part of an innovative concept called «Caribbean Bouquet». Twenty...
View ArticlePedestrian struck by motor vehicle
PHILIPSBURG:--- On Tuesday June 9th at approximately 09.50 p.m. police patrols, Traffic Department and paramedics were sent to the Walter Nisbeth road in the vicinity of Plaza China to investigate a...
View ArticlePSS attends UPU/UPAEP Regional Conference in the Dominican Republic
The international office of the Union Postal Universal (UPU) and the Secretary General of the Postal Union of the Americas, Spain and Portugal (UPAEP) had the honor in inviting our Chairman of the...
View ArticleSCDF Board changed Foundation Articles of Incorporation so they could be...
Board Members now being paid, Granger denies. PHILIPSBURG: --- President of the St. Maarten Carnival Development Foundation Michael Granger on behalf of the board of SCDF amended the articles of...
View ArticleAVE Board Dismissed NIPA Director Vernon Richards for non-compliance.
Board did not want dignitaries to their open house to be held on Thursday. PHILIPSBURG:--- The board of Advanced Vocational and Adult Education dismissed the Director of NIPA Vernon Richards on...
View ArticlePermanent Committee of Kingdom Affairs and Inter-parliamentary Relations to...
PHILIPSBURG:--- The Permanent Committee of Kingdom Affairs and Inter-parliamentary Relations (CKAIR) of Parliament will meet in an informal closed door session on June 12th. The Permanent Committee of...
View ArticlePetroleum Products Price Changed
PHILIPSBURG:---The Government of St. Maarten regulates the prices of petroleum products by imposing a maximum price at which wholesalers and retailers can sell these products on St. Maarten. Due to the...
View ArticleMinisters Plenipotentiary Fleming-Artsen discusses various issues with SZV
PHILIPSBURG:--- Minister Plenipotentiary, Hon. Josianne Fleming–Artsen on Tuesday met with representatives of the Social and Health Insurances (SZV) at the Sint Maarten House in The Hague, the...
View ArticlePrime Minister Gumbs administers Oath to Civil Servants. Stresses integrity...
PHILIPSBURG:--- Honorable Prime Minister Marcel Gumbs on Wednesday administered the oath to a number of civil servants in the A.C. Wathey Legislative Hall at the Government Administration...
View ArticleWestern Union Initiative Reaches One Million PASSes Milestone
On the eve of the 2015 UEFA Europa League Final between FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk and Sevilla FC at the National Stadium in Warsaw, Poland, Global Partner of the UEFA Europa League, the Western Union...
View ArticleHurricane Relief Exercise
Since the beginning of this week, military personnel has arrived on the islands of Sint Maarten, Saba and Statia. They are preparing for the annual hurricane relief exercise. Yesterday, the Commander...
View ArticleBe The Change Foundation attends Evaluation Meeting in Curacao for SXM DOET 2016
WILLEMSTAD:--- From June 3rd to June 5th, part of the SXM DOET Project Team attended the evaluation meeting hosted by the Oranje Fonds for the entire Koninkrijk Doet ('Kingdom Does') initiative in...
View ArticleUSM Film Course.
PHILIPSBURG:---- The Film Course, entitled, An Introduction to Film Studies: Activism, Caribbean Nation Building, and the Politics of Filmmaking for Social Work, has been completed at the University of...
View ArticleMinistry of Public Health receives water bottle donation from NV GEBE for...
GREAT BAY (DCOMM):--- NV GEBE is supporting the department of Collective Prevention Services (CPS) of the Ministry of Public Health, Social Development and Labour, with respect to water bottles for...
View ArticleGEBE Supervisory Board Says COO Maduro not Legally Authorized to represent GEBE.
PHILIPSBURG:--- The Supervisory board of directors of GEBE means business and they are sticking to the decision they have taken not to renew the contract Romelio Maduro’s as the Chief Financial...
View ArticleLagoon Authority Enhances Area near Simpson Bay Causeway Round-a-bout
SIMPSON BAY:--- The Simpson Bay Lagoon Authority for the past two days has been busy shifting sand next to the Simpson Bay Causeway Round-a-bout in order to enhance the aesthetics of the area that is...
View ArticleUSP Leader hand deliver letter to Minister of Justice Dennis Richardson...
PHILIPSBURG:--- The leader of the United Saint Maarten Party (USP) Frans Richardson hand delivered a letter to Minister of Justice Dennis Richardson on Friday when he met with him at his office around...
View ArticleMinister Plenipotentiary Fleming-Artsen says FRED Expo 2015 Impressive and a...
PHILIPSBURG:--- Minister Plenipotentiary, Hon. Josianne Fleming–Artsen accompanied Minister of Education, Culture, Youth and Sports Hon. Rita Bourne-Gumbs, to the Flinx Recruitment Expo Dutch Caribbean...
View ArticleMinister of Culture Bourne-Gumbs National Flag Day June 13th Message
PHILIPSBURG:--- June 13th is National Flag Day. The movement for Sint Maarten to have its own flag started in August 1983. Two years later, the design of the flag that was presented was proclaimed the...
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