United People’s (UP) party Member of Parliament (MP) Hon. Maurice Lake, visited grade 5 students at the Sister Magda Primary School last week Friday as a guest speaker. Sister Magda…
Category: Islands’ News
Ad Hoc Committee of Integrity to meet on Thursday
Parliament’s Ad Hoc Committee Integrity will meet in a House session on June 11th. The Ad Hoc Committee meeting is set for Thursday at 10.00am in the General Assembly Chamber…
Ministers Plenipotentiary Fleming-Artsen accompanies Minister Bourne-Gumbs visit to Dutch Minister of Education
Minister Plenipotentiary, Hon. Josianne Fleming–Artsen accompanied Sint Maarten’s Minister of Education, Culture, Youth and Sports Hon. Rita Bourne-Gumbs, to visit Dutch Minister of Education, Culture and Science Hon. Jet Bussemaker,…
Statistics Netherlands: fewer young people in the Caribbean Netherlands than in the Netherlands have a side job
Around three in ten young people in the Caribbean Netherlands are employed. It is more difficult for young inhabitants on the islands than those who live in the European part…
Labour force in Caribbean Netherlands: relatively more people in work
According to the latest figures from the Caribbean Netherlands Labour Force Survey, released today by Statistics Netherlands, the labour force in the Caribbean differs from that in the Netherlands in…
PAHO and WHO Advises Measles and Rubella Vaccination for Travelers to the 2015 Americas Cup
Collective Preventive Services (CPS) department in the Ministry of Public Health, Social Development and Labour, supports the recommendation of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and the World Health Organization…
Minister of Security and Justice announces construction of a new fire station at the airport of Saba
During his introductory visit to the Windward Islands of the Caribbean Netherlands, the Minister of Security and Justice, Gerard van der Steur, announced that a new fire station at the…
Oysterbay Beach Resort supports DigiKidz Project
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 they like this…
Pedestrian struck by motor vehicle
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…
Small Entrepreneur Business Plan Competition 2015
The St. Maarten Chamber of Commerce & Industry (COCI) is organizing its first annual ‘Small Entrepreneur Business Plan Competition 2015’ contest. The competition will launch on Wednesday, June 10, 2015.…