On Thursday August 18th at approximately 01.00 a.m. a police patrol was directed to Sea Breeze Hotel in Cay Hill to intervene in a matter. While on the scene the…
Category: Islands’ News
Two employees arrested
Detectives are presently investigating a break-in at the Sun Set Beach Bar which took place during the night of Thursday August 18 and Friday August 19th 2016. During the break-in…
Theft at local casino
On Thursday August 17th a police patrol was sent to Starz Casino to investigate a case of theft. On the scene the investigating offices learnt from the casino manager that…
Former science teacher Peter Mazereeuw donates family train set to Benjamin foster home
Last community gesture before returning to Netherlands Former St. Dominic High School, and Milton Peters College Physics and General Science teacher, Peter Mazereeuw and his two children left the island…
Minister Lee Responds to Dr. Petit
I am very surprised by the press release of the former chairman of the supervisory Board SZV, Dr. Michel Petit. I find it strange that during my time in office, Dr. Petit…
On Central Bank alleged irregularities: Priest urges cooler heads to prevail; reiterates call for meeting
Amidst news that the director of the Central Bank of Curacao and St. Maarten is under investigation and may face criminal charges over irregularities at the Central Bank and allegations…
Sharine Daniel is first woman to Head USZV Board as Chairperson
Sharine Daniel from St Maarten is the first female to head the Supervisory Board of Directors of the Social Health Insurance USZV as Chairlady. She joined the board…
Minister Jacobs attends ribbon-cutting ceremony of S.E.C.D.A
On Sunday, August 21, Honorable Minster of Education, Culture, Youth and Sport Silveria Jacobs attended the official opening the St. Maarten Early Childhood Development Association (SECDA) at the Rupert Maynard…
Ombudsman Dr. Nilda Arduin reports to Parliament about her concerns regarding the failure by government to provide the Ombudsman a status report on the manner by which the Timeshare industry is supervised in accordance with the Permit Ordinance.
Pursuant to the authority provided to the Ombudsman by law, Dr. Arduin presented a copy of a ‘letter of concern’ sent to the Minister of Tourism, Economic Affairs, Traffic &…
TelEm Group begins migration to new local/international switch Sunday
TelEm Group’s technical division has announced plans to migrate residential and business customers on St. Maarten from the company’s outdated CS2K switch to a brand new Metasphere Softswitch. The migrations…