Minister of Tourism Mellissa Arrindell-Doncher on Sunday announced that Head of the St. Maarten Tourist Bureau (STB) Rolando Brison will lead a small team to the Netherlands to participate in…
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Sarah: “Plastic Bags ban a small but important step in the process of effective waste management”
As one of her first stakeholders’ consultation, MP Sarah Wescot-Williams met with Nature Foundation’s manager, Tadzio Bervoets to discuss her proposal to ban the use of plastic bags. As the…
Nature Foundation Warns About Potential for Increased Sargassum Invasion
The St. Maarten Nature Foundation is again warning of a potential influx of Sargassum seaweed in the coming weeks: “We have been coordinating our monitoring efforts with our partners in…
Minister Arrindell Doncher: Hotel occupancy at 85 percent through April
Minister of Tourism and Economic Affairs Mellissa Arrindell-Doncher on Thursday disclosed that the current hotel occupancy from now through the end of April averages out at 85 per cent, verifying…
A way out of what seems to be a head-on collision
Sarah: “A reset, not a retreat is what is necessary as far as the relationship between the Kingdom government and St. Maarten is concerned.” I don’t remember a time…
Stop Dutch anchoring of the BES islands and reunification of the ex-Antilles
A delegation of ‘Nos Ke Boneiru Bek’ (We Want Bonaire Back) left for St. Maarten last week on a mission with the objective to unify the Caribbean islands of the…
STENAPA Catches Imported Invasive Green Iguana
An invasive Green Iguana was caught by STENAPA national park ranger Rupnor Redan last week at the harbour. It arrived on the island with a shipment of concrete blocks from…
New Chairman for Boards of financial supervision
WILLEMSTAD – The Council of Ministers of the Kingdom has appointed prof. dr. R.H.J.M. Gradus as the new Chairman of the Boards of financial supervision as per July 1, 2017.…
PROPOSALS TO IMPROVE FUNCTIONING OF PARLIAMENT
The Sint Maarten Christian Party welcomes the two proposals made by President of Parliament, Sarah Wescot-Williams, to improve the functioning of Parliament. One proposal increases the transparency and accountability of…
The Award Winning SHTA St. Maarten Culinary Team is set to compete in 2017 Taste of the Caribbean with support from St. Maarten Tourism Bureau.
The Sint Maarten Hospitality and Trade Association (SHTA) has announced the program for preparing the Sint Maarten Culinary Team for the annual CHTA Taste of the Caribbean Competition in June.…