St.Maarten awarded Best Caribbean Island by Porthole Magazine

A delegation from the Sint Maarten Tourist Bureau who attended the Cruise Shipping Conference in Miami recently are proud to report that the destination was awarded by Porthole Cruise Magazine’s…

Royal Decorations for Minister Roland Duncan & Member of Parliament Patrick Illidge

On March 30, 2011, Her Majesty Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands through her representative on St, Maarten, His Excellency Governor drs. Eugene Holiday bestowed the honor of a Royal Decoration…

President of Parliament offers condolences on behalf of Parliament on the passing of Edgar Lynch

Honourable President of Parliament Drs. Gracita Arrindell, expresses her sympathy to Ombudsman Nilda Lynch-Arduin the wife of Edgar Lynch (59) and the Lynch family on the passing of Edgar Lynch…

Shane Shillingford making good progress

St John’s, Antigua – Off-spinner Shane Shillingford is making encouraging progress as he makes a bid to return to competitive cricket. The 28-year-old from Dominica has had several sessions under…

USM Lecture Series looks at the Blackberry®Smartphone, as a practical tool for today’s techno-hungry

The University of St. Martin Lecture Series continued on Wednesday, March 30, 2011 with a discussion on one of the world’s premier brands of mobile devices: Blackberry ® Smartphone, and…

Fun and fundraising at this Saturday’s Love the Lagoon event

  Businesses, residents, and reggae come together to make a real differencefor the Simpson Bay Lagoon at EPIC’s April 2nd fundraiser Environmental Protection in the Caribbean (EPIC) will hold the…

Central Committee of Parliament to meet twice on Wednesday

On Democratic Deficit within the Kingdom and with Minister of Education Arrindell Honourable President of Parliament Drs. Gracita Arrindell would like to announce that the Central Committee of Parliament will…

Council of Ministers to discuss CFT proposals in COM meeting on Tuesday & make formal response

Honourable Minister of Finance Hiro Shigemoto says the Council of Ministers (COM) will be discussing several proposals made by the Committee for Financial Supervision CFT and the 2011 Budget in…

Exploratory research into soil and groundwater contamination

  The Dutch Ministry of the Environment in collaboration with the Department of Nature and the Environment of DROB currently has commissioned an exploratory research into the contamination of the…

Minister Duncan meets with JCI

Honorable Minister of Justice Roland Duncan met this past Sunday 27th March, 2011 at the Westin Resort, with Local JCI St. Maarten President Lionel Lawrence and JCI International Vice President…