On Tuesday August 13th at approximately 07.50 a.m. the Emergency Central Dispatch received a call from Point Blanche Prison informing them that one of the guards on duty in one…
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Pedestrian struck by motor vehicle
The police traffic department is presently investigation a traffic accident which took place on Monday August 12th at approximately 07.25 p.m. on the Sucker garden road in the vicinity of…
Continuation Urgent Plenary Public session of Parliament about the current situation regarding Erfpacht land in St. Maarten
The House of Parliament will sit in an urgent Plenary Public session on Tuesday, August 13, 2019. The Public meeting which was adjourned on May 29, 2019 will be reconvened…
St. Maarten students capture top prizes in the annual FCCA Poster competition.
Aquila Pemberton (15) from the St. Maarten Academy and Tefari Prevoo Francisco (12) of the St Dominic Primary School are St. Maarten’s latest winners of the Florida Caribbean Cruise Association’s…
Minister Geerlings meets with SHTA to Inform about the Tax Transformation Plan to Secure the Country’s Future
On July 31, Minister of Finance Hon. Perry Geerlings presented the Tax Transformation Plan to the board of directors of the Sint Maarten Hospitality and Trade Association (SHTA). The SHTA…
Controls on illegal workers
On Friday August 9th a multi disciplinary-team consisting of members of the KPSM Mobile Unit, Human Trafficking Unit, Alpha Team, Uniform Division, the Prosecution Service, Coast Guard, Inspectors of the…
Apparent suicide
In the early morning on Monday August 12th a police patrol was sent to the corner of Welfare road Wellington road in Cole bay, behind the lottery-office of Robbie’s Lottery…
ODM: Are You Ready? It’s Your Personal Responsibility to Be Prepared this Hurricane Season!
Fire Chief and National Disaster Coordinator Clive Richardson, is once again appealing to the community of Sint Maarten to be prepared for the 2019 Atlantic hurricane season. The U.S. National…
Ministry VSA Inspectorate: Reporting Obligation in Case of Occupational Accidents
According to the Ministry of Public Health, Social Development and Labour (Ministry VSA) Inspectorate, employers have a reporting obligation in case of occupational accidents. Employers are obliged to report all…
Ministry VROMI Traffic Alert: Road closure Dutch Quarter from 29 July to August 12
Ministry of Public Housing, Environment, Spatial Development and Infrastructure (Ministry VROMI), announces that there will be a traffic interruption on the A.T. Illidge Road (Dutch Quarter) from Gibbs Drive. This…