St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on February 20, 2013
St. Maarten - Princess Juliana International Airport projects in its master plan the arrival of 1.7 million passengers by 2020 in a worst case scenario and 1.9 million in a more robust market, managing director Regina Labega said yesterday morning
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on February 20, 2013
GREAT BAY - The St. Maarten Tourist Bureau partnered with Environmental Protection in the Caribbean (Epic) in 2009 to establish the Blue Flag Program on St. Maarten and launch a continuous environmental awareness campaign aimed at encouraging residen
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on February 20, 2013
St. Maarten - No vehicles will be allowed to park anymore alongside the SXM Airport’s fence, according to a decree issued by Justice Minister Roland Duncan. The decree is in keeping with the international aviation safety requirement established by
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on February 20, 2013
St. Maarten - The President of the Windward Island Teachers Union Claire Elshot yesterday reacted to statements made by Finance Minister Roland Tuitt two weeks prior on the payout of the 2011 cost of living adjustment (Cola). At that time, Tuitt, whi
Is there a relationship between profit and unemployment? There is enough evidence that would suggest yes. In the past when trade was done via bartering, the village concept was such that persons in a village produced in so far possible what they n
We would not dare getting on the case of women who want to get ahead in life, but when a woman – in this case writer Lisette Tooft – attacks members of her own sex, we are curious enough to examine what on earth is going on. Tooft wrote a flaming
The airport foresees a maximum growth to 1.9 million passengers by 2020, managing director Regina Labega said yesterday. Compared to the benchmark year 2008 - the year the economic crisis hit - that is an increase of 10 percent. Over a period 2008-20
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on February 20, 2013
St. Maarten – Minister of Sports Silveria Jacobs opened the first ever National Primary & Secondary Interscholastic Olympiad on Monday organized by the Ministry of Sports. The goal of the Olympiad is to increase the number of sports particip
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on February 20, 2013
St. Maarten - Several teachers have been on sick leave for an extended period and no proper provisions have been put in place to cushion the effects of their absence in schools, the Windward Island Teachers Union (WITU) says. During its weekly press
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on February 20, 2013
St. Maarten - Nagico Insurances donated a brand new copier and over 200 copy books to the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. school yesterday morning to assist with teaching material for the children enrolled there. “Education is one of the areas we giv
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on February 20, 2013
St. Maarten - The Caribbean welcomed close to 25 million visitors in 2012, up 5.4% over 2011, according to the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO), the online newsletter for the cruise industry Travel Weekly reported. The forecast for 2013 calls
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on February 20, 2013
St. Maarten – Yesterday the St. Maarten Seniors and Pensioners Association (SMSPA) held an information session for the senior citizens at the Hope Estate Senior Citizens Recreational Center, which was hosted by Vice President Raymond Jessurun. P
