Ministry of Tourism, Economic Affairs, Transportation and Telecommunication (Ministry TEATT), announces that effective immediately the moratorium on car rental permits and expansion of fleets has been removed. The Minister…
Category: Islands’ News
Preparing for the Future -Workshop on “How to Apply to Schools in the USA and Canada”
Student Support Services Division (SSSD) of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Youth and Sports Affairs is organizing an interactive workshop entitled, “How to Apply to Schools in the USA and…
Latin American support for regional Ombudsman Offices
Ombudsman Dr. Nilda Arduin recently attended a Conference of the Latin American Ombudsman Institute (ILO) in Cali Colombia. The importance of this event for the Ombudsman of Sint Maarten is…
Moving ahead with the Golden Rock School
In November 2013 the renovation of the Golden Rock School was started up by the Rijksvastgoedbedrijf and a contractor. This renovation is part of the master plan education accommodation for…
Man arrested for fire-arm possession
On Saturday August 30th at approximately 11.20 p.m. in the vicinity of “Reggea Pool Bar and Grill” a Simpson Bay Police patrol was approached by a man who stated that…
Agreement on labor conditions Rijksdienst Caribisch Nederland
Agreement reached The unions reached an agreement with the RCN director, Mr. Sybren van Dam, concerning the labor conditions 2013-2014. This result was reached after a year and a half…
GOVERNOR STARTS CONSULTATIONS FOLLOWING ELECTIONS
Following the Parliamentary elections of August 29th, 2014, His Excellency Governor Eugene B. Holiday decided to start consultations regarding the formation of a new government. It is noted that the…
Jan Helmond started in his new position
On Monday September 1st Jan Helmond started in his new position of secretary to the Kingdom Representative/director of RCN/Central. “I expect in my dual function to contribute to the necessary…
UTS completes 200MB Fiber circuit for Coastguard
UTS has completed the delivery of 200 Megabyte (MB) fiber optic cable circuit to the Coastguard headquarters in Simpson Bay. The new connection is a symmetrical 200MB (200MB upload and…