NV GEBE celebrate its yearly “Santa Comes to GEBE”, where students from the I can Foundation, Hope Out Reach Foster Care and the Public Schools received an early Christmas gift…
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Age Bakker (Cft): “Budget 2017 needs close monitoring”
The Board of financial supervision Curaçao and Sint Maarten (Cft) discussed the budgetary outcome for 2016 and the budget for 2017 with government officials. Cft has not yet formally received…
Governor Holiday receives final report from formateur William Marlin
On December 16th, 2016, His Excellency the Governor of Sint Maarten, drs. E.B. Holiday, received the final report, including the Governing Program 2016 – 2020, Stability For Prosperity from formateur…
Integrated Youth Policy plan stakeholders consultation session organized by the Department of Youth.
The Department of Youth hosted a consultation session with stakeholders to discuss the Integrated Youth Policy Plan (IYP) on Friday, December 9th, 2016 at the University of Sint Maarten. The…
CPS is Monitoring Strain of Avian Flu Circulating in Mainland Europe
A strain of Avian Flu, Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (H5N8) is circulating in mainland Europe. Since November 3, cases have been confirmed in France, the Netherlands, Germany, Austria, Denmark,…
CPS: For the holiday season, prepare diabetic friendly holiday dinners for love ones
Diabetes Mellitus is a chronic metabolic disease characterized by elevated blood glucose (hyperglycemia). It is associated with an absolute or relative deficiency in the secretion and/or action of insulin.…
Age Bakker (Cft): “Need to act decisively on public finances”
Oranjestad – The Board of financial supervision Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba (Cft) has stressed during its visit to Sint Eustatius on December 14 that the lacking visible results in…
Cft Chairman Age Bakker: “Saba still has its affairs well in order”
The Bottom – During its visit the Board of financial supervision Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba (Cft) concluded that Saba still has its public finances in good order. Although the…
Inspectorate TEATT announces annual inspection of BUS, TAXI, G and T public transportation as of Monday
The Inspectorate of Tourism, Economic Affairs, Traffic and Telecommunications, hereafter referred to as TEATT hereby announces the commencement of the annual inspection of BUS, TAXI, G and T public transportation…
Submarine cable damage causes telecommunication blackout of TelEm Group services Sunday
Damage to TelEm Group’s SMPR-1 submarine cable has been identified as the cause of a major island-wide outage of telecommunication services on Dutch Maarten Sunday. Mobile data as well…