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…

St. Martin Book Fair in the New York Daily News, Writer’s Digest, Trinidad’s Guardian

The St. Martin Book Fair, slated for mid-2016, is already being profiled in the USA and Caribbean media. “Readers and authors will be gathering in the Caribbean for the 14th…

Telem Management mislead the Parliament and the public of Sint Maarten and the Mrs. Helma Etnel, Chief Financial Officer of Telem Group, lied to the Parliament of St. Maarten when answering questions regarding why the Help Desk of Telem is in Curacao and why it cannot be here.

  During the Central Committee meeting 19 on Wednesday February 10th, 2016, the Parliament of Sint Maarten was informed by Mrs. Etnel that there is a help desk in house…

Minister of Education, Culture, Youth and Sports Silveria Jacobs extends congratulations  on behalf of the government and entire community of St. Maarten to Keacy Carty and the West Indies U19 team on the West Indies win in the U19 World Cup Cricket finals Sunday morning in Bangladesh. 

I  The team surpassed expectations by reaching the finals, defeating the home team of Bangladesh on Thursday.  They faced favorite India in the finals but were able to secure the…