SZV RECEIVES BIDS FOR NEW NATIONAL HOSPITAL OF ST. MAARTEN

PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten (Monday February 15th, 2016) — In keeping with the principles of openness and transparency, Social and Health Insurances SZV has received four bids for the first phase of…

New steel pans for Dow School from Island Gems Foundation

Island Gems Charity Foundation continued its commitment to children and music with a recent donation to Dow Musical Foundation’s steel pan school. The school received several pans made in Trinidad,…

Inspector R.V. HENSON    JOINT PRESS RELEASE PUBLIC PROSECUTORS OFFICE AND KPSM Search for escaped_A prisoner

Prison guards, Detectives are presently searching for an escaped prisoner by the name of Kathron Fortune a.k.a “CUCHI”. The escape occurred in Cay Hill on Monday February 15th at approximately…

Coast Guard with Open Day on Sunday February 21

Have you always wanted to see how a Coast Guard cutter or a Navy ship looks like on the inside? Always wanted to know how they operate and what they…

EU Ambassador unveils plaque in Middle region

The European Union and Sint Maarten have over the years enjoyed cooperation in a number of development areas. The Head of Delegation of the European Union to Guyana, Suriname, Trinidad…

Plenary Committee meeting regarding 2016 National Budget postponed until February 29

The House of Parliament will meet in a plenary public session on February 29th.   The plenary public meeting that was scheduled for February 15 in the General Assembly Chamber…

Owner requested to remove abandoned boat from Ring Road

Ministry of Public Housing, Environment, Spatial Development and Infrastructure (Ministry VROMI), would like the owner of a boat (see picture) which is located on the Ring Road in Philipsburg, to…

SHOOT HOOPS NOT GUNS BEGINS WITH EMPOWERING ALL COMMUNITY COUNCILS

The ‘SHOOT HOOPS NOT GUNS’ project kicks off its yearlong series of events on Tuesday February 16th, where one of the facilitators and founder of Oasis Caribe Movement, Mr. Kurt…

Minister of VROMI visits the Landfill

In November the Government of St. Maarten held the Public Tender for the management of the Sanitary Landfill and this tender was won by the locally owned company Robelto &…

The Salt Reaper “seasons the listener with a local and global flavor”

Rediscovering the collaboration of Lasana Sekou and Angelo Rombley   By Tamara Groeneveldt   The Salt Reaper – selected poems from the flats by Lasana M. Sekou is a poetry-music CD…