Prime Minister, The Hon. Marcel Gumbs, officially introduced himself and members of the Council of Ministers to members of the Supervisory Board of Directors and Management of the Sint Maarten…
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Minister Fleming-Artsen visits Aruba House
Minister Plenipotentiary Hon. Josianne Fleming-Artsen last week visited Aruba House where she met with Minister Plenipotentiary Hon. Adolphus Boekhoudt. Minister Fleming-Artsen introduced herself as the new minister representing Sint Maarten…
Stolen jewelry returned to rightful owner
In June of the year 2006 a burglary was committed in a house in Nazareth. The home owners reported this burglary with the police department. During the burglary some jewelry…
Statistics Netherlands: Inflation Caribbean Netherlands down in fourth quarter 2014
Statistics Netherlands announced today that inflation has fallen on the three islands collectively referred to as Caribbean Netherlands. The rate on Bonaire fell from 1.5 to 0.9 percent in the…
Minister Connor meets with SMTA
Minister of Tourism Claret Connor on Tuesday met with members of the board of the St. Maarten Timeshare Association (SMTA) to look at, among things, the possible litigation of timeshare…
2015 National Budget submitted to Governor
The 2015 National Budget has been submitted to his Excellency the Governor of St. Maarten Eugene Holiday on Wednesday, January 14 to be sent on the Parliament. The Submitted version…
Permanent Committee of Kingdom Affairs and Inter-parliamentary Relations to Meet about IPKO on Friday
The Permanent Committee of Kingdom Affairs and Inter-parliamentary Relations of Parliament will meet in session on January 16th. The Permanent Committee of Kingdom Affairs and Inter-parliamentary Relations Central Committee meeting…
Reps from Prosecutors Office and Police Department meet.
On Wednesday, January 14th a meeting was held between the Public Prosecutors Office and the Police Department. The main topic of this meeting was to put a better structure where…
U.S. Coast Guard Holds International Port Security Seminar on Sint Maarten
Members of the U.S. Coast Guard’s International Port Security Program facilitated a three day International Shipping and Port Facility Security Seminar with maritime security stakeholders in December 2014. The Department…
Ministry VSA continues to Implement Recommendations Coming out of 30th Caribbean EPI Managers Meeting
Ministry of Public Health, Social Development and Labour (Ministry VSA) Collective Prevention Services (CPS) Dr. Virginia Asin, says CPS is busy with the implementation of the recommendations that came out…