Prime Minister William Marlin Attends South Reward Association Community Meeting

– On Thursday evening (December 8th) , Prime Minister William Marlin attended the St. Maarten Community Collective, South Reward Public Meeting which took place at the Milton Peters College.  …

Sint Maarten presents its progress to Convention for the Elimination of All forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) Committee

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – A delegation consisting of Ms. Joy Arnell, Secretary-General of the Ministry of Public Health, Social Development and Labor and Mr. Patrice Gumbs, Jr, Senior Policy Advisor at…

Dr. Martin Luther King School list of concerns

On Tuesday December 6th, the management and staff of the Dr. Martin Luther King School, provided a list of concerns. Minister Jacobs was surprised and dismayed to learn that the…

Information Session held on iSTEP for Public School Management

BELVEDERE – The Ministry of Education, Culture, Youth and Sport held an information session on iSTEP (Inspiring Students with Technology in Education Project) for the school managers, adjunct managers and…

MLK Jr. Primary receives ten tablets 

On Thursday morning the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Primary School received a contribution of ten tablets. The ten tablets will be utilized throughout the student population instead of granting…

SCDF continues to open door to new Carnival booth holders

In response to many public calls, Carnival Village will feature quite a number of new booth holders for Carnival 2017 as the St. Maarten Carnival Development Foundation (SCDF) continue to…

Simpson Bay Lagoon Authority Recommends to Government to Implement Traffic Solutions for Simpson Bay/Cole Bay

In June, 2014, the Simpson Bay Lagoon Authority Corporation (SLAC) – a subsidiary of Port St. Maarten – commissioned CH2M HILL, Inc. to perform a traffic study for the Simpson…

Partial road closure on Saturday of C.A. Cannegieter Street

Ministry of Public Housing, Environment, Spatial Development and Infrastructure (Ministry VROMI), announces that there will be a partial road closure on Saturday, December 10 of the C.A. Cannegieter Street.  …

Attempted Robbery

On Thursday December 08 2016, at approximately five past four pm (16.05) patrols were dispatched to Prime Distributors in Cole Bay for a robbery in progress. The robbers left before…

Home invasion/robbery

On Wednesday December 07 2016, at approximately eight thirty pm (20.30) a resident of Agate road in Pelican was attacked by four masked intruders at his home.  The homeowner was…