The Collective Prevention Services (CPS), a department within the Ministry of Public Health, Social Development and Labour, strongly advises against any swimming in Great Bay on Tuesday. This advisory…
Category: Islands’ News
CBS: More tourists on Bonaire and Saba
As reported by Statistics Netherlands, Bonaire received 5 percent more air passengers as tourists in the first half of 2015 than in the same period in 2014, Saba 4 percent.…
Library activist Satia Marshall Orange visits Sint Maarten
This week the Philipsburg Jubilee Library will receive a visit by influential and respected retired former Director of the American Library Association’s (ALA) Office for Literacy and Outreach Services (OLOS),…
11 Permanent/Ad Hoc Committee Meetings scheduled for Monday for the appointment of Chair and Vice Chair
There will be 11 Permanent/Ad Hoc Committee meetings of Parliament on October 26th. The Committee meetings are set for Monday, starting at 2.00pm with the last committee scheduled to start…
Press Release from the Prime Minister
The Government, consisting of the Governor and the Council of Ministers, will meet this coming Wednesday at the Governor’s Cabinet. At this meeting all the Ministers will make their positions available and…
Nature Foundation Participates in Scientific Survey of Saba Bank
The St. Maarten Nature Foundation recently joined with the World Wildlife Fund, the IMARES Research Institute of Wageningen University, the Dutch Institute for Oceanographic Research NIOZ and other scientific and…
Council of Ministers Recognizes USM as Pivotal Partof this growing Society
The Council of Ministers held a meeting with USM on Friday Morning. This meeting was attended by Valerie Giterson – Pantophlet Chairwoman of the Board of USM, Dr. Francio Guadeloupe…
Central Committee Meeting scheduled for Tuesday on Taxation Law with Holland
TheCentral Committee of Parliament will meet in public session on October 27. The public Central Committee meeting is set for Tuesday, at 10.00am in the General Assembly Chamber of the…
Minister Plenipotentiary Fleming-Artsen meets with Cft Sint Maarten Rep Maria Sliujs-Plantz
Sint Maarten Minister Plenipotentiary Josianne Fleming-Artsen, recently met with Sint Maarten’s Committee of Financial Supervision Cft representative Maria Sluijs-Plantz. “Filling the board position within the Cft means a lot for…
Police located numerous stolen vehicles
Based on a tip, the police department is presently busy investigating in case regarding numerous stolen vehicles. This tip led the investigating officers, on Friday October 23rd at approximately 04.00…