Given this fact, I have now turned to the Chair of the Parliament for his intervention. Make no mistake, the Chairperson of Parliament was appointed to serve in that position…
Category: Islands’ News
The Fire Brigade finalises training Duty Officer with practical exercises
Between June 1st and 12th final practice exercises of the training for Duty Officer of the fire department, will take place. In the port of Bonaire a fire on a…
PGs from Kingdom gathered in St. Maarten
Strengthening law enforcement and crime high on the subversive approach agenda The Attorney General (PG) of Curaçao, Sint Maarten and the BES islands, Mr. Guus Schram, was Thursday, June 4th,…
Governor’s Symposium 2015 entitled Governance The value of checks
Today, the Governor of Sint Maarten, His Excellency drs. E. B. Holiday, announced details regarding the 2015 Governor’s Symposium. The theme for this year’s event is Governance: The Value of…
Robbery
On March 27th a burglary was reported in a house on Fan Coral road in Beacon Hill. Several items were stolen by an unknown person. Detectives and the Forensic Department…
NAPB (section Sint Maarten) holds general election
The Police Union NAPB section Sint Maarten held a general election on Wednesday June 3rd 2015. These elections were held after the former president Inspector E. Josepha resigned from this…
Ministry of Public Health calls on Garage Owners and Tire Repair Shops to take Steps to Eliminate Mosquito Breeding Sites
The Collective Preventive Services (CPS), a department within the Ministry of Public Health, Social Development and Labour, is appealing to garage owners and tire repair shops to take measures to…
The Minister of Justice gives notice on the entering into force of the New Penal Code.
On June 1, 2015 the new Penal Code (AB 2013, no. 2) came into effect in country Sint Maarten. As of that date the outdated Penal Code of the Netherlands…
Sint Maarten Lions Club receives multiple awards at district convention
The Sint Maarten Lions Club was recognized for its work in the 2014-2015 Lionistic year at the Multiple District 60 Convention which was held in Jamaica from May 6th –…
MPs representing Sint Maarten at Health Care Conference Aruba
A delegation from Sint Maarten’s Parliament is currently in Aruba attending the Health Care Conference Aruba (HCCA) which is being held from June 1-3 at the Renaissance Convention Center. President…