TelEm Group Outside Plant (OSP) technicians are informing the general public of plans to repair and upgrade underground cables in several areas this weekend. The cables are being replaced due…
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Retraction Statement
Request for urgent rectification: The Daily Herald dated May 25, 2018 Article: “Court to decide on Port inquiry request June 26 –De Weever against request- pages 1 and continued on…
USM to Retake Law Programme Initiative
A team of lawyers and concerned citizens paid a courtesy visit to the University of St. Martin (USM) yesterday in hopes of rekindling the decade-long initiative to start a law…
VSA EXPANDS SOCIAL SUPPORT REACH WITH COMMUNITY-BASED ASSESSMENT PROGRAM
In the month of April, the Ministry of VSA launched the second phase of its Food Voucher Program, which offers residents most in need with financial assistance for basic necessities…
Shooting at Sint Maarten Medical Center
On Sunday May 27th at approximately 07.00 a.m. police patrols, detectives and Forensic Investigators were sent to the Sint Maarten Medical Center to investigate a shooting which had taken place…
USA Today highlights destination in Summer’s on sale at luxurious Caribbean resorts
Destination Sint Maarten/St. Martin is once again profiled in a major U.S. media publication, the USA Today. The most recent feature written by Melanie Reffes under the heading, “Summer’s on…
Carnival Cruise Lines Horizon to call for 2018-2019 season
Carnival Cruise Lines newest class Vista ship, Carnival Horizon, will be making its inaugural call to destination St. Maarten in October for the 2018-2019 high cruise season. The vessel carry’s…
Stefania Kong-Gumbs Wins Award of Excellence at 12th Annual IsLands’ Airport Safety Conference
Stefania Kong-Gumbs, Head of the Princess Juliana International Airport, SXM, delegation at the just concluded 12th Annual Is-Lands’ Airport Safety Committee, (IASC) conference was presented with the Committee’s first Award…
Little girl almost drowned at Mullet Bay
On Sunday May 27th at approximately 04.25 p.m. the Emergency Dispatch received its first call of the drowning of a little girl at the Mullet bay Beach. The caller also…
Delegation leaves for Tripartite and Interparliamentary Kingdom Consultations (IPKO) in the Netherlands
From May 29 – June 1, 2018 delegations from the Parliaments of the Netherlands, Curaçao, Aruba and Sint Maarten will be meeting in The Hague, Netherlands for the Interparliamentary Kingdom…