Telecom provider UTS is a partner in a deal that will bring a high speed submarine internet cable from Florida via Puerto Rico and Tortola to Curacao and Aruba and from thereon to South America. St. Maarten is a shareholder in UTS, but from the re
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on December 3, 2012
St. Maarten – While most winners at the Crystal Pineapple Awards accepted their trophies calmly Friday evening, rookie of the year Julian Pop celebrated his election as if he’d just broke Usain Bolt’s world record on the 100 meter dash. He thre
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on December 3, 2012
St. Maarten – The United People’s party wants an audit of the investment the government made in the Temp Turns 7 birthday bash. “We need to know if the tax payer’s got their monies worth! Tax payer’s monies cannot be thrown around just like
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on December 3, 2012
St. Maarten - Caribbean News Now reported on Saturday that telecom providers United Telecommunication Services (UTS), Cable & Wireless Communications, Setar, Telconet, and Telefónica a Global Solutions have signed a turnkey contract with Alcatel
Politicians live in a dream world. Maybe not all of them, but many of them still think that they are able to shape society by writing legislation and making rules for anything and everything. Maybe that worked like, a hundred years ago. But these day
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on December 3, 2012
St. Maarten – The results of the re-submittance postulation of candidates for the election for the Board of Directors of the St. Maarten Chamber of Commerce & Industry, were released yesterday. The re-submission of candidates were examined a
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on December 3, 2012
St. Maarten - Democratic Party President Michael Ferrier shed some light on the electoral law in the following discourse that we publish here as food for thought. “Let’s say for argument sake that in the next election there are 15 seats up for
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on December 3, 2012
St. Maarten – The Ministry of Public Health held a recognition ceremony last Monday to commemorate its partnership with the private sector regarding to the SEI project ‘Employability through Training’. The goal of the project is to assist unski
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on December 3, 2012
St. Maarten - The finals in the male and female singles in the first annual Breaking Barriers Wheelchair tournament was as competitive as it was entertaining when Esther Veergeer from Holland and Stephane Houdet from France won their respective
Prime Minister Wescot-Williams wants to review the electoral laws and determine whether there is a way to make elections result in more stable governments. But the PM did not give any hint in which direction she wants to take this matter. The only pr
St. Maarten Sports - Posted by admin on December 3, 2012
St. Maarten - In a weekend packed with activities, the United Volleyball Club (UVC) scored two victories, both on Saturday. After the regular training activities on Friday evening, the UVC men team went immediately to their playoff game against th
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on December 3, 2012
St. Maarten– An international favorite and a memorable treat during the holiday season, "The Nutcracker Ballet", was performed on Saturday night. Organized by the Motiance Dance School, the show was held at the Westin Dawn Beach Resort and Spa with
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on December 3, 2012
St. Maarten - Drs. Gracita R. Arrindell, attended, together with MP Sylvia Meyers-Olivacce, the regional meeting of parliamentarians in Panama last week. “The three day conference was not only a meeting to assess the progress and remaining obsta
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on December 3, 2012
St. Maarten – Prime Minister Sarah Wescot-Williams commemorated World Aids Day over the weekend by organizing a ‘Zumba me Red’ event on the Clem Labega Square on Friday evening, in cooperation with the HIV/Aids working group. The PM also attend
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on December 3, 2012
St. Maarten - The Beyond Writing Foundation and the Motiance Dance School welcomed the Dutch crew of the World Statues Foundation (artistic director Ron Miltenburg, the teachers Afke Wesdijk and Eveline Beuman) and Curacao makeup artist Franceen Denb
