The St. Maarten Chamber of Commerce (COCI) herewith wishes to inform the public that the use of the ring road property, located directly across from Beach Plaza Casino- John Larmonie…
Day: April 19, 2017
Sint Maarten Nature Foundation Records First Sea Turtle Nests of the Season
The 2017 Sea Turtle Nesting Season has started on St. Maarten, with the Nature Foundation recording the first two nests on Simpson Bay last week and a third on Tuesday…
Sharks Swim Team Nets Three Medals at Regional Swim Meet
Castries- A small but powerful delegation of the Sint Maarten Sharks Swim Team travelled on April 5th, 2017 to compete in the 18th annual invitational at the Rodney Heights Aquatic…
Number of foreigners working with work permit slightly declined
Foreigners are frequently employed in the Caribbean Netherlands. The Wet arbeid vreemdelingen BES forbids foreigners to work in the Caribbean Netherlands without a valid work permit (TWV). The law is…
E kantidat di strañero ku ta traha ku un pèrmit di trabou a baha levemente
A base di e Wet arbeid vreemdelingen BES ta prohibí pa laga un strañero traha na Hulanda Karibense sin un pèrmit di trabou bálido (TWV, tewerkstellingsvergunning). Meta di e lei…
Continuation Central Committee meeting about Governing Program 2016-2020
The Central Committee will meet in a session on April 19, 2017. The members of the Council of Ministers will be present. The Central Committee meeting which was adjourned…
Several arrests during “Carnival 2017 Opening Jump up”
On Monday April 17th the “Opening Jump Up” for the 2017 Carnival Season was held. The parade left the Reward/Sint Peters area shortly after 08.00 p.m. destined for the Festival…
UP MP Connor presents Copies of Constitution and Organic Laws to the Prison and the Library
Last week, Member of Parliament (MP) Claret Connor made presentations of the English version of the Constitution and the other Organic laws to both the Prison and the St. Maarten…
Satellite tracking tiger sharks in the Dutch Caribbean
Tiger Shark ‘Quinty’ swims from the Saba Bank to Trinidad in four weeks! During an expedition last year, a number of tiger sharks were caught on the Saba Bank…
CBS: Inflation rate Bonaire slips to 0.1 percent
On the basis of the consumer price index (CPI), Statistics Netherlands (CBS) reports that the rate of inflation on Bonaire slipped to 0.1 percent in Q1 2017. Year-on-year, prices of…