Port St. Maarten receives next generation of princess cruise ships. Regal Princess makes inaugural visit

Port St. Maarten management welcomed the new Regal Princess to the destination for the first time on Thursday, November 13th.  The vessel is considered the next generation of innovative Princess…

THIS SATURDAY POST-HURRICANE CLEAN UP DUTCH QUARTER! COME AND JOIN!

At 9AM the Oasis team, the Dutch Quarter Community Council and anybody who cares to join are gathering at the pond near the mainroad. We’re going to kick off the…

Minister Lake meets on Monday with government ministries and agencies about Disaster Management Planning and Response

Minister of Public Housing, Environment, Spatial Planning and Infrastructure (Ministry VROMI) Hon. Maurice Lake in the wake of the recent torrential rainfall event last weekend and Hurricane Gonzalo mid-October, will…

STAT – Business Cycle Survey

The Department of Statistics (STAT) informs the business community about the start of its Business Cycle Survey this week. This semi-annual survey is geared towards capturing estimates of business developments…

Massive search at Point Blanch Prison

On Wednesday November 12th a massive search was carried at the Point Blanche Prison by members of the police department in collaboration with Dutch Marines, Customs Department, Immigration and Naturalization…

Evaluation Committee to visit Saba November 17th

The Evaluation Committee that will study the effects of the new constitutional status of Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba will be visiting Saba on Sunday November 16th and Monday November…

MP Tamara Leonard talks careers with pupils

United People’s (UP) party Member of Parliament Tamara Leonard recently discussed career choices with sixth graders of Sister Maria Laurence Primary School in Middle Region. The sixth graders will head…

Governor Holiday receives list with candidate ministers

On November 12th, 2014, His Excellency the Governor of Sint Maarten, drs. E.B. Holiday, met with formateur Theo Heyliger to discuss the progress of the formation process. During the meeting…

Price Build-Up Petroleum Products

Currently there is much discussion on the cost of Petroleum Products, whereby the public has indicated that government is over-charging by including turnover tax (TOT) in the price build-up. The…

DEI Conducting Desk Research for National Study Database

The Division for Educational Innovation (DEI) is currently conducting a desk research within several government departments, divisions, government owned companies and schools subsidized by government in order to lay the…