Challenges can be overcome, courage to change is needed.
PHILIPSBURG:--- On November 16, 2013 the tenure of the first Corporate Governance Council comes to an end. The last act was to complete the 2013 Annual Report over the period January 1 2013 to November...
View ArticleMaking Politics Work: Draft Electoral Reconciliation Ordinance.
PHILIPSBURG:--- Off the heels of the 3rd anniversary of St. Maarten, in its own right, becoming a constituent state of the Kingdom of the Netherlands (October 10th) and the observance/celebration of...
View ArticleGuyanese Born Keoma Hamer, President of the KeLaHa Projects Foundation...
GARDEN CITY, NY:--- NAPW honors Keoma L. Hamer, Founder and President of The KeLaHa Projects Foundation, as 2013/2014 Professional Woman of the Year for leadership with this prestigious distinction. As...
View ArticleJean Rene Duret Criminal Case sent to Constitutional Court for Clarifications...
MARIGOT:--- Territorial Councilor Jean Rene Duret who is also an employee of SEMSAMAR has some more waiting to do since his lawyer Maître Jean Yves Leborgne posed several questions about the articles...
View ArticleMinister of Youth Affairs Hon. Patricia Lourens Speech for 24th Anniversary...
Good morning,Protocol: (staff of the Department of Youth Affairs, representatives from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Youth & Sports, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen), On November...
View ArticleRotary Club of St. Martin Sunrise Charity Flea Market A Huge Success.
PHILIPSBURG:--- A Charity Flea Market organized by the Rotary Club of St. Martin Sunrise was a big success. The Charity Flea Market was held on Saturday November 16 on the premises of Air Lekkerbek in...
View ArticleWITU Calls School Boards to Inform and Update their Staff on COLA Payments.
PHILIPSBURG:--- The Board of the Windward Islands Teachers Union (WITU) has received numerous inquiries from teachers wondering as to why there is still no information on WHEN Teachers and members of...
View ArticlePrime Minister Wescot-Williams Congratulates Library on 90th Birthday.
The Service the Library has provided is unmissable in the Community and integral to the development of the Country PHILIPSBURG:--- The Prime Minister of St. Maarten the Honorable Sarah Wescot-Williams...
View ArticlePresident Arrindell presents check to Filipino Community Foundation to help...
PHILIPSBURG:--- President of Parliament Hon. Gracita Arrindell on Wednesday morning met with representatives of the Filipino Community of St. Maarten Foundation led by its President Ferdinand Odono,...
View ArticleMinistry VROMI announces side street road closures near GEBE and Cadastre...
PHILIPSBURG:--- Ministry of Public Housing, Environment, Spatial Planning and Infrastructure (Ministry VROMI), hereby announces that there will be a side street road closure starting, Friday, November...
View ArticleTelEm Group Personnel Association Donates funds from Bike-A-Thon event.
GREAT BAY:--- Funds raised from a Bike-A-Thon event for Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October, was presented to the Positive Foundation by TelEm Group's Personnel Association Tuesday.Positive...
View ArticlePUBLIC NOTICE: UVI holding information session at USM next Wednesday.
Exam, pre-exam, and GED students invited to attend PHILIPSBURG:--- The University of the Virgin Islands (UVI) will be holding an information session on St. Maarten on Wednesday, November 27, 2013. This...
View ArticleJustice Minister Dennis Richardson represented Kingdom at OAS-conference in...
MEDELLIN, Colombia:--- The Minister of Justice of Sint Maarten, the Hon. Mr. Dennis Richardson, represented the Kingdom of the Netherlands as Permanent Observer at the fourth Conference of Ministers of...
View ArticleST. MAARTEN'S PRINCESS HEIGHTS LUXURY BOUTIQUE HOTEL OFFERING 'BLACK FRIDAY'...
PHILIPSBURG:--- Holiday shoppers can look further than retail stores on "Black Friday" this year with Princess Heights Luxury Boutique Hotel's Black Friday Special, offering reduced rates and added...
View ArticleApartheid in the Dominican Republic: Are you Haitian?
Dominican Republic racist law against its Black citizens affects quarter of a million peopleBy Myriam J.A. Chancy, Ph.D. [OES Dispatch from St. Martin, Caribbean, November 21, 2013]:--- The...
View ArticleMaster Class EUROPOL organized by Immigration and Border Protection Services...
MOUNT WILLIAM HILL:--- On Monday November 18, 2013, the EUROPOL Master Class was started, for the Departments of Immigration & Border Protection Services, Coast Guard and Customs in collaboration...
View ArticleST. MAARTEN INTERACTORS CONTINUE COLLECTIONS FOR COLE BAY FIRE VICTIMS.
L.B. SCOTT ROAD:--- The Learning Unlimited Interact Club, the St. Maarten Academy Interact Club and the Milton Peters College Interact Club take "service above self" to heart and continue to collect...
View ArticleMinister of Sports Lourens flips switch to turn the lights on at the Raoul...
GREAT BAY (DCOMM):--- On Wednesday Minister of Education, Culture, Youth and Sports Affairs Hon. Patricia Lourens – Philip, flipped on the light switch at the Raoul Illidge Sports Complex in Cay Hill....
View ArticleINCIDENT AT ROYAL OPENING OF SLAVERY EXHIBITION IN ST. EUSTATIUS.
ORANJESTAD, St. Eustatius:--- The opening of the exhibition 'Days of Slavery on St. Eustatius' by King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands in the Museum of the St. Eustatius Historical Foundation...
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