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St. Maarten – Medical facilities in the Pointe Blanche prison are outdated and not easily accessible, a report written by the Inspection of the ministry for public health, social development and labor concludes. Five inspectors visited the prison o
St. Maarten - Governor drs Eugene B. Holiday has called the emancipation proclamation signed by Governor J.D. Crol in 1863 the end of system that “goes against the core of human nature which is against the will of all men and women to be free.” T
A dancer leaps into the air during a performance atop the Salt Pickers roundabout in Philipsburg as part of the Emancipation Day celebration on Monday. (Milton Pieters photo)St. Maarten - Hundreds converged at the Salt Pickers monument roundabout on
St. Maarten - It was a spectacle to behold on Saturday afternoon as men and women in uniform representing the police, fire department, prison and military departments joined with the Voluntary Korps of St. Maarten (VKS) in its 15th anniversary celebr
St. Maarten - Sunday’s 149th anniversary of emancipation from slavery was commemorated on Monday with a blessing by members of the clergy at a moving ecumenical service at the St. Martin of Tours Catholic Church. The service was overseen by Captain
(Left to right) Minister of Education, Culture, Youth and Sport Silveria Jacobs standing with Martin Luther King Jr. teachers. (DCOMM Photo) St. Maarten – Minister of Education Hon. Silveria Jacobs recently told a school leaving exercise at the Dr
St. Maarten - Priest of the SS Simon and Jude Anglican Church on Back Street, Father Terrence Rawlins gave a stirring homily at Monday’s ecumenical service for the 149th national emancipation day celebrations. Speaking from the pulpit of the St. Ma
Minister of Education, Culture, Youth and Sport Silveria Jacobs (second left) standing proudly next to one of the graduating students. (DCOMM Photo)St. Maarten – Minister of Education, Culture, Youth and Sport Silveria Jacobs recently spoke to
(from left to right) Miniature horse Skippy, volunteer Heleen Hoekman and Alexandra van Luycken from Intervision Foundation, Gianne de Weever, Angela Dekker, Leon Lake and Saskia Kliphuis from Cooperating FoundationsSt. Maarten – Seaside Nature
AMSTERDAM – “Slavery dehumanizes, outgoing Prime Minister Mark Rutte said on Sunday during the national commemoration of the Dutch slavery past at the National Monument slavery past in Amsterdam. “Slavery robs the individual of the freedom to
St. Maarten - The Maho Group, widely recognized as the leading leisure, real estate and resort company in St. Maarten, announces the promotion of Armando Pizzuti to Vice President of Hotel Operations. In addition to his General Manager position at So
St. Maarten – The Central Committee of Parliament will meet in public session on July 5 at 10:00 a.m. in the General Assembly Chamber of the House of Parliament at Wilhelmina Straat #2.1 in Philipsburg. The first agenda point is related to a prese
St. Maarten - Prime Minister Sarah Wescot-Williams opened the annual Ram Goat Competition beauty contest in Colombier on Sunday. The prime minister, who has been a staunch supporter of the event since it first started in 2000, commented that she was
On Sunday and Monday the nation collectively stopped to look at how on July 1, 149 years ago slavery ended in Suriname and the Netherlands Antilles. But there’s a remark that we cannot ignore. That remark is the simple fact that businesses were sti
St. Maarten – Some 72 students were recognized by the Education Department of the Philipsburg Seventh-day Adventist Church on June 30. The event was themed “Use Me Lord” and the honorees were presented with awards for excelling at schools acros
Dear Editor, Quite a few St. Maarten students are studying abroad. In the holidays they want to come back to St Maarten. They love the island and they love their parents and their friends. To not be completely dependent on their (poor) parents, they
If you live in a place with a lot of sunshine (and yes: St. Maarten qualifies) there are a lot of things one is able to do using this energy source. Initiatives in this field are seldom born in the places where they are most needed, but that’s okay
Minister of Education, Culture, Youth and Sport Silveria Jacobs (second from left) at the head table during the Department of Public Education’s end of year breakfast and program last week. (DCOMM Photo)St. Maarten – Minister of Education, Cultur