SMPA and UFA Conclude Second Performance Based CLA

After a long period of negotiating between the UFA Union representatives and the negotiation team of St. Maarten Ports Authority (SMPA), the second performance based Collective Labour Agreement (CLA) was…

 Minister Connor presents School Garden Pumpkin to I-CAN Foster Home

Minister of Tourism, Economic Affairs, Transport and Telecommunications (Ministry TEATT) Hon. Claret Connor, recently presented the I-CAN Foster Home a pumpkin that he received from the school garden at the…

USFOL Volunteers Support the Encelia Foundation

On May 14, 2015, seven volunteers from the U.S. Forward Operating Location (USFOL) visited the children and staff of the Encilia Halfway House – formerly known as Kinderdorp Hebron –…

LEADERCAST 2015: Inspiring, Impressive & Rejuvenating

The consensus among the over 200 attendees at Leadercast 2015 hosted by Victorious Living Foundation, was that Leadercast was inspiring, impressive, enlightening and rejuvenating. “It was really a pleasure and…

Port St. Maarten prepares staff for first medical response

Due to the massive growth over the years of Port St. Maarten into a mature cruise facility, the staff at the harbour must also be able to meet certain basic…

Multidisciplinary Control Team visits 13 Businesses related to Operational Licenses and Noise Levels  

Under the Inspectorate of Ministry Tourism, Economic Affairs, Transport and Telecommunications (Ministry TEATT), the Multidisciplinary Control Team carried out a control of 13 businesses last week Friday during the evening…

Minister Plenipotentiary Fleming-Artsen receives courtesy visit from Governor Holiday

Minister Plenipotentiary, Hon. Josianne Fleming–Artsen, on 19th of May received a courtesy call from His Excellency Governor Eugene Holiday at the Sint Maarten House in The Hague, the Netherlands. This…

To the Chairman of Parliament Dr. Lloyd Richardson

May 19, 2015 The undersigned Member of Parliament George Pantophlet Is requesting in accordance with article 62 of the Constitution that the Minister of General Affairs Marcel Gumbs provide him…

Prime Minister Gumbs attends opening of 10th ICG/CARIBE EWS

Prime Minister Hon. Marcel Gumbs opened the 10th Session of the Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Tsunami and Other Coastal Hazards Warning System for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions (ICG/CARIBE…

Representatives of the Caribbean Netherlands meet on St. Maarten

Monday and Tuesday, May 18th and 19th, all island representatives (Island-Governors, Commissioners, Island Secretaries, Registrars and Island Council members) of the Caribbean Netherlands came together in St. Maarten. There they…