St. John’s, ANTIGUA – Following a recent announcement by the Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, Hon Gaston Browne, that it will partner with the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB)…
Day: July 5, 2016
Airport, Customs, Nature Foundation Seize Illegally Transported Conch from Outbound Passengers
The Princess Juliana International Airport, Customs Department and the Nature Foundation recently collaborated in the seizure and confiscation of some two hundred kilos worth of conch from outbound passengers. It…
DP LEADER CONDEMNS RACIAL ANTICS IN PARLIAMENT, CALLS ON PARTY LEADERS TO SPEAK OUT
.Call it whatever you want, but I cringe every time I hear members of parliament (MPs), who think it’s the popular thing to do, in parliament express the kind of…
DP Leader, Sarah Wescot-Williams proposed public covenants between political parties and their (prospective) candidates and a public code between all political parties to curb “ship jumping”.
The prospects that we would have some type of legislative electoral reform before the September 26 election, are getting dimmer by the day. I remain optimistic, but also realistic. With…
ROTARY CLUB OF SINT MAARTEN NAMES THREE AS ROTARIANS OF THE YEAR
Mr. Pierre DeCelles, Mr. Kishore Idnani and Mr. Robert Judd were named as Rotarians of the Year by the Rotary Club of Sint Maarten during the Change of Board Celebration…
Advancing Health and Wellness as a Priority in CARICOM Countries Development
Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago- Health and wellness are essential factors to the Caribbean region’s development. Taking a very strong stance, Dr C. James Hospedales, Executive Director of the Caribbean Public…
AUC students volunteer at Tzu Chi Agricultural Station*
Twenty three doctors-in-training at American University of the Caribbean (AUC) School of Medicine set aside their stereoscopes and thermometers on Saturday, June 18, to engage in voluntary work at the…
The Door Is Still Open -Deliverance Crusade heads to Suckergarden-
Canadian based Guyanese Apostle Colin Esseboom will be in St. Maarten from July 3 to July 10, 2016 as the main speaker at an evangelistic crusade put on by Thy…
Secretary of State Kerry Releases 2016 Trafficking in Persons Report
On June 30, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry released the 2016 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report, the U.S. government’s principal diplomatic tool to engage foreign governments on human trafficking.…
Home invasions
The Special Robbery Unit is presently investigating three home invasions, at different locations on the Dutch side of the island, which occurred over the past four days. These acts were…