Wayne Johnson named Rotarian of the Year

During the Change of Board ceremony of the Rotary Club of St. Maarten Mid Isle, Rotarian Wayne Johnson was recognized as Rotarian of the year 2014/2015. Rotarian Wayne Johnson, although…

Rotary Club of St. Maarten installed its New Board 

Rotary Club of Sint Maarten–Mid Isle installed its new board for 2015-2016 at their Changing of the Guard ceremony at Holland House last Saturday.

Prospective students on Bonaire prepair for studying abroad

From the 6th  until the 8th of July approximately 35 prospective students, who are going to study abroad, attended the VOBESS course on Bonaire (VOBESS stands for Preparation BES students).…

Nature Foundation Warns of Increased Influx of Sargasso Seaweed in the Coming Weeks Concerned with the Effects on Nesting Sea Turtle Populations

Since its initial warning of a renewed influx of Sargassum Seaweed in May 2014, the St. Maarten Nature Foundation is again warning of a significant influx of the invasive seaweed…

PUBLIC INFORMATION

The Police Department is informing the general public and in particular all businesses on the island of the following. Recently there have been several armed robberies or attempted robberies at…

NAGICO’s Little Stars – Back to School Campaign

Eight (8) students from the Dr. Martin Luther King School in Dutch Quarter, were named the Nagico Little Stars for the 2014- 2015 school year. The NAGICO Little Stars project,…

Organizers happy with turnout at 4th annual TelEm Group Family Fun Day

Organizers of the annual TelEm Group Family Fun day are happy with the huge amount of youngsters who turned out for a Disney-styled Sunday in the company’s transformed parking lot.…

Fourteen Persons become Certified Job Trainers

Fourteen persons were successful in following and completing a Job Trainer training and are now certified job trainers. The Job Trainer Training was given by the Council of Education and…

Council of Education and Labor of the Dutch Caribbean gives presentation to Government stakeholders

The Council of Education and Labor of the Dutch Caribbean (known as ROA CN) made a working visit to St. Maarten in June 2015 in which one of its activities…

Internet domain names with extension .AN will stop by July 31st , 2015

Because the Antilles were dismantled as a separate country, agreements were made on the abolishment of all internet domain names with extension .AN (Antilles). Initially this was going to take…