The Philipsburg Jubilee Library along with Foundation Educonsult represented by Dr. Maria van Enckevort will be presenting their very own book “S’Maatin Then and Now! A historic and photographic excursion”…
Category: Islands’ News
Police investigate armed robberies
The Special Robbery Unit is presently investigating two armed robberies which took place on Saturday August 27th 2016. One robbery took place at approximately 10.00 p.m. at the Garden Bar…
Covenant signed by OM and CAP enabling a more efficient background check of airport personnel
Willemstad – The Public Prosecutor Office and Curaçao Airport Partners (CAP) have agreed to collaborate directly with each other in order to enable a more efficient background check for persons…
TelCell deploys emergency measure to allow mobile pre-paid customers to make calls following Monday’s outage
TelEm Group management this evening instructed technicians and engineers to deploy emergency measures to allow mobile pre-paid customers to make and receiving calls following a day-long blackout of mobile pre-paid…
MP Leona Marlin-Romeo sends letter to Minister of Finance on state of affairs at Central Bank
On August 29th 2016, Member of Parliament Leona Marlin-Romeo sent an extensive letter to the Chair of Parliament for the Minister of Finance questioning the financial situation of the country…
UP parliamentarians hold talks with Florida Adventist Hospital
SINT MAARTEN/FLORIDA – Preliminary talks were concluded recently with top brass of Florida Adventist Hospital by United People’s (UP) party Members of Parliament (MPs) Theo Heyliger (leader), Dr. Lloyd Richardson, …
SMCU clarification and statement.
The smcu wants to make a clarification and a statement on the press release from the prime minister where Crporate Governance council was asked to make their position available. …
CBS: Economic contraction on St Eustatius, growth on Bonaire
On two of the three islands of the Caribbean Netherlands, the value of the gross domestic product (GDP) increased in 2014. On Bonaire the increase was 4.1 percent, on Saba…
‘Middle Passage’ Viewed at Philipsburg Jubilee Library
August 23rd was the International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition. To commemorate the UN observance, the Sint Maarten National Commission for UNESCO in collaboration…
Acting Island Governor visits Public Prosecutor’s Office, St. Eustatius
During a recent visit of acting Island Governor Julian Woodley of St. Eustatius to the office of the Public Prosecutor, the Governor experienced firsthand how the citizens come in contact with the…