St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on October 22, 2014
St. Maarten —The traffic lights into Philipsburg have been non-operational since the passing of hurricane Gonzalo over a week ago causing a number of near accidents and a level of confusion as a few motorists take advantage of the opportunity and
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on October 22, 2014
St. Maarten—Port boss Mark Mingo will be traveling on Wednesday to meet with representatives of the Florida-Caribbean Cruise Association (FCCA) in connection with the cruise industry’s ebola screening measures. Some cruise lines already have a
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on October 22, 2014
St. Maarten —“Although Hurricane Gonzalo caught St. Maarten by surprise with its rapid development accompanied by its destructive force, there is plenty for which to be thankful,” that’s according to Wim de Visser, General Director of the SVO
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on October 22, 2014
St. Maarten - The second annual Sint Maarten aviation photography competition is set to take place from November 7 to the 13 and once again the lucky winner will walk away with US$2,500 plus bragging rights. This year’s competition is sponsored
French St. Martin News - Posted by admin on October 22, 2014
GRAND CASE—Hurricane Gonzalo is being viewed as a test that proved that St. Martin’s efforts at storm proofing are on track, according to president of the St. Martin Tourism Office Jeanne Vanterpool, who said that St. Martin is open for business
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on October 22, 2014
St. Maarten —The post hurricane Gonzalo assistance that has been offered by the Department of Social Services will close on Wednesday at 3:30pm. To date the department has provided post Gonzalo assistance to fifty persons and other victims of G
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on October 22, 2014
St. Maarten - Cable service to areas affected during the passage of hurricane Gonzalo is anticipated to be restored mid eek, according to WTN Cable TV. During the passing of Hurricane Gonzalo on October 13th, WTN Cable suffered damages to some of
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on October 20, 2014
St. Maarten – Mike Ferrier has terminated his membership of the Democratic Party out of disappointment over the way party-leader Sarah Wescot-Williams handled the defection of her number 2 candidate Cornelius de Weever to a coalition with the Unit
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on October 20, 2014
St. Maarten / By Hilbert Haar – The anger, indignation and apparent frustration about the instruction the Kingdom Council of Ministers gave to Governor Drs. Eugène Holiday has left many seething – not only in St. Maarten, but also in Curacao an
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on October 20, 2014
St. Maarten – Kingdom Relations Minister Roland Plasterk asked Prime Minister Sarah Wescot-Williams to let the Dutch secret service AIVD operate in St. Maarten under the flag of the country’s own security service VDSM “to carry out the screeni
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on October 20, 2014
St. Maarten — All schools have received the all clear to reopen today following a week unplanned break to access and repair the damages sustained by hurricane Gonzalo last Monday. The St. Maarten Vocational Training School, Martin Luther King P
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on October 20, 2014
St. Maarten – Minister of Public Health, Social Affairs and Labor Cornelius de Weever has summoned Dutch VVD-parliamentarian André Bosman in an open letter – written by his attorney Jairo Bloem – to retract his statement that UP-leader Theo H
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on October 20, 2014
St. Maarten – United People’s party leader Theo Heyliger released another statement to the media yesterday, announcing that the Dutch government will be held liable for the damages its “unconstitutional intrusion” is causing St. Maarten.
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on October 20, 2014
St. Maarten - A man, identified as Jean Claude Samuel, lost his life in a fatal traffic accident on Saturday on Coco Plum Rd in the St. Peters area. Samuel had been the passenger in a white pickup that had been driven off the hill and crashed, fro
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on October 20, 2014
St. Maarten – The voting period for the St. Maarten Hospitality & Trade Association officially opens today. “This puts you in the perfect position to vote for those individuals and organizations you think should really be recognized for thei
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on October 20, 2014
St. Maarten —“ The recent instruction from the Dutch Government to Governor Eugene Holiday to carry out an invasive screening of candidate ministers in addition to the mandated security screening has put the governor yet again in a very awkward
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on October 20, 2014
GREAT BAY –St. Maarten will review, analyze and adjust its disaster response mechanisms according to disaster coordinator and fire chief Clive Richardson who believes there are many lessons to be learnt from the passing of hurricane Gonzalo. Ric
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on October 20, 2014
St. Maarten – The 11-month old boy who lost his life in a bizarre accident at home last week Monday did not die as the result of a crime, the Public Prosecutor’s Office stated in a press release yesterday. The investigation into the circumstances
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on October 20, 2014
THE HAGUE – The Kingdom Council of Ministers gave an instruction to Governor Drs. Eugène Holiday yesterday to put the appointments of candidate ministers and the candidate prime minister on hold. “The governor will only be able to sign the natio
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on October 20, 2014
St. Maarten – The United People’s party has requested an urgent meeting of Parliament for this upcoming Monday at 2 p.m. to discuss the instruction given by the Kingdom Council of Ministers to Governor Holiday (see related story). Party-leader T
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on October 20, 2014
St. Maarten - A business information session that was carded to be held on Friday past, has been postponed to next Friday October 24th. The information session is organized by the Department of Statistics (STAT) and the Chamber of Commerce and In
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on October 20, 2014
St. Maarten – “Just as we are cleaning up the island after the passing of Hurricane Gonzalo, now is the time to clean the streets of illegal firearms with Stop, Drop & Go. This is a golden opportunity to surrender your firearms,” Attorney G
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on October 20, 2014
St. Maarten - UTS Boss Glen Carty has reiterated calls for all utility and telecoms cables on the island to be placed underground, saying that this method is safer, more reliable and ultimately less costly than the current situation. He believes the
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on October 20, 2014
St. Maarten - With school set to resume on Monday after the passage of Hurricane Gonzalo, the exercise to make the schools user friendly has been stepped up and the staff at the schools that were affected have been receiving technical assistance.
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on October 20, 2014
St. Maarten - Danielle Carbonneau will be the first female from St. Martin to participate in the Miss Elite Model Look which is said to give young aspiring women the chance to become models. Director of Elite John Bilboa said that they are “look
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on October 20, 2014
St. Maarten - Tour operators, taxi drivers and other stakeholders were briefed on Friday morning with respect to the state of affairs since the passing of Hurricane Gonzalo on Monday in preparation for the return of cruise ships to the destination.
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on October 17, 2014
Audit Chamber report Optimizing Tax Revenue St. Maarten – All efforts to increase tax compliance and tax revenue during the past three years have failed. This appears from the performance audit Optimizing Tax Revenue the General Audit Chamber pu
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on October 17, 2014
St. Maarten - “We can’t continue to live in the dark ages,” Vromi Minister Maurice Lake noted as he cited the current location of NV Gebe’s water transformer house in Cay Bay as a reason for the lengthy utility outage in the wake of hurrican
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on October 17, 2014
Constancia Eduardo Illidge, points to the damage to her the roof of her apartment on Madrid Drive in Dutch Quarter during the passage of Hurricane Gonzalo on Monday evening. Today Photo/Milton Pieters.St. Maarten / By Milton Pieters - A few res
Uncategorized - Posted by admin on October 17, 2014
A yacht which was run aground during Hurricane Gonzalo. Credit: St. Maarten Nature Foundation/Tadzio BervoetsSt. Maarten - In the wake of Hurricane Gonzalo, Tadzio Bervoets, ecologist and manager of the St. Maarten Nature Foundation, and his tea
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on October 17, 2014
St. Maarten - The local community have a responsibility to get themselves hurricane ready all through the hurricane season according to Paul Martens of the office of disaster management within the fire department. Martens invited comment comes on
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on October 17, 2014
St. Maarten - In its annual report for 2013, the Dutch Caribbean Nature Alliance (DCNA), which is a regional network of protected areas whose goal is to safeguard nature in the Dutch Caribbean, reported that sharks are no longer human prey in the wa
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on October 17, 2014
St. Maarten - The last of the Power Hour events original carded for today October 17 has been cancelled and will now be merged with the Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) carded for November 17-23. The power behind both the Power Hour and local pa
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on October 17, 2014
St. Maarten - The airport sprang back into operations early on Tuesday morning following the passage of Hurricane Gonzalo on Monday. St. Maarten airport shut down at noon on Monday as a precautionary safety measure consistent with international n
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on October 17, 2014
St. Maarten -“All in all, between property damage, damage to boats and business interruption, I don’t think it will exceed 5 million dollars in losses,” said Neil Henderson, CEO of Henderson Insurances, when asked for an assessment of the dama
