Ministry of Public Health says check your measles and rubella vaccination status if planning to travel for World Cup

Collective Prevention Services (CPS) of the Ministry of Public Health, Social Development and Labour, are advising those who are planning to travel to the World Cup in Brazil to check…

Governor Holiday issues Royal Decoration to Prof. Dr. Levendag

His Excellency Governor Eugene B. Holiday decorated Professor Dr. Peter C. Levendag as Officer in the Order of Orange Nassau on Friday morning, June 6 during a ceremony at the…

Snowy Plover Bird Goes Extinct on St. Maarten

Research carried out by Environmental Protection in the Caribbean (EPIC), the content of which was recently published in the Journal of Caribbean Ornithology, found that a shorebird, the Snowy Plover,…

Super hero children at St. Martin Book Fair on Saturday; Hair, media, mental illness at home, “French writing,” and e-Parenting workshops

All Children, ages four to 12, are invited to “In The Children’s Room” at the 12th annual St. Martin Book Fair, Saturday, June 7, from 9 AM to 1 PM,…

SXM Social Workers Association Meets With Minister DeWeever

Recently the board members of the recently in cooperated none governmental organization, the Sint Maarten Social Workers Association (SSWA), held an informative meeting with the Honorable Minister Dr. Cornelius De…

Police Report: Two men fight, one left dead; Suspect arrested

Thursday 06 of June at approximately 10:00 am, the police central dispatched a unit to Manilla drive in Dutch Quarter for a fight between two men. On arrival the patrol…

Emergency Medical Services week opens on Sunday

St. Maarten Emergency Medical Services is celebrating EMS Week from June 8, 2014-June 13, 2014 with various activities to commemorate the event, such as lectures at Leopold Bell and Sister…

Prime Minister Meets with Permanent Representative of the Netherlands to the UN van Oosterom

The Prime Minister of St. Maarten the Honorable Sarah Wescot-Williams held a meeting with the new Permanent Representative of the Netherlands to the United Nations Mr. Karel J. G. van…

Civil registry department staff undergoes training

BOBZ (Basic Administration Studies on the Civil Registry) and MLOBZ (In-depth Studies on the Civil Registry). Both courses are being given by Albert Schut and Ger Lutter two experts from…

Lagoon Authority gives green light for study of traffic bottlenecks in Cole Bay and Simpson Bay

The Simpson Bay Lagoon Authority (SLAC) has contracted GMB Engineers and Planners Inc. and CH2M Hill to carry out a traffic survey of the Cole Bay and Simpson Bay areas…