What would it take, in your opinion, for St. Maarten and all its institutions to become an integrity leader in the Caribbean by 2020?’ That is the question Transparency International poses to the citizens of our country. The corruption watchdog,
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on December 9, 2014
St. Maarten /BERLIN – Transparency International, the global civil society organization leading the fight against corruption, started its visit to St. Maarten yesterday. The team will be here until Friday, for work on its National Integrity Syste
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on December 9, 2014
St. Maarten – Media reports about candidate-ministers that “failed the screening” appear to be mere speculation. At best, the reports are based on hearsay and at worst, they are based on leaks from interested parties with a political agenda. So
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on December 9, 2014
St. Maarten -The University of St. Martin and the St. Maarten/St. Martin Alliance For Equality (Safe) Foundation host a lecture on human rights tomorrow from 7.30 to 9 p.m. at USM. Lecturer for the evening is Denise Vijber from Curacao. Vijber,
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on December 9, 2014
St. Maarten – The price of diesel will drop today from 1,893 guilders to 1.781 guilders ($0.995) per liter, the ministry of economic affairs announces last night. Due to falling oil prices, the price of diesel has rapidly come down from 2,.006 last
French St. Martin News - Posted by admin on December 9, 2014
MARIGOT – SXM Autism organizes a tombola during the festive season with a four day stay for two people in New York – between May 1 and June 30 - as the main prize. Other prizes are a Haier D85 tablet and a dinner for two at Sol et Luna in Mont Ve
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on December 9, 2014
St. Maarten – The Cooperating Foundations celebrated International Volunteer Day on Saturday at the Seaside Nature Park in Cole Bay. Twelve non-governmental organizations (NGOs) made a brief presentation about their activities and the organizations
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on December 9, 2014
St. Maarten - All movements within the confines of the Princess Juliana International Airport came to an abrupt halt Monday after a report of a bomb threat which resulted in almost three hours of work stoppage. According to an official police re
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on December 9, 2014
St. Maarten - TelEm Group is kicking off this year’s Christmas campaign with a special offer to the company’s fixed pre-paid customers. The campaign begins with a media promotion from today after which special offers for mobile and ADSL ser
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on December 9, 2014
GREAT BAY – St. Maarten Harbour Holding Company has filed an appeal against the building permit issued of Dock Maarten shortly after the court ruled that it could not grant an order to have Dock Maarten cease construction in the area because the co
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on December 9, 2014
GREAT BAY--The St. Maarten Nature Foundation took part in the wide-scale cleanup of the Simpson Bay Lagoon spearheaded by Vromi Minister Maurice Lake and his ministry, in collaboration with the St. Maarten Marine Trades Association. The logistics wer
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on December 9, 2014
GREAT BAY-- The St. Maarten Lions Club is focusing its expertise and resources on a significant project for 2014-2015. “The easy access & large consumption of alcohol among our young people is alarming. Therefore the St. Maarten Lions Club has
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on December 9, 2014
St. Maarten – Minister of Tourism, Ted Richardson came to the rescue of a group of an estimated 50 stranded KLM passengers who reportedly were unable to find lodgings in the country on Saturday. This situation was due to the KLM flight that has
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on December 9, 2014
St. Maarten - On Friday, December 12, the Public Service Center in Simpsonbay hosted a “Customer Appreciation Day” to mark a successful year of existence on St. Maarten. The Public Service Center was established with the purpose of providing a
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on December 9, 2014
St. Maarten - Groups of dancing girls and boys gyrating to accompanying music filled the streets of Philipsburg late yesterday afternoon, to date it was the very first event in a series of activities planned for the holidays. The parade which was
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on December 8, 2014
St. Maarten – The government paid 78.2 million guilders in subsidies to 58 different organizations in 2013, but it has no clue whether these organizations used the money in an appropriate manner. The subsidy-amount represents 20.1 percent of the 20
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on December 8, 2014
St. Maarten – Karis Development NV obtained a building permit for the construction of seven apartment buildings in Little Bay, between Little Bay Pond and the beach. The permit department at the Vromi-Ministry approved the permit on October 20. The
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on December 8, 2014
St. Maarten - When the new mall opens it’s doors today for the first time, in addition to having a variety of items on the shelves only available in Panama, they will be making it possible for at least 15 persons to be employed for now, but that fi
Some people are good at giving other the impression that time stands still. Especially parliamentarians seem to be gifted in this field. To illustrate our point, read here what we wrote more than two years ago in November 2012 – and keep in mind th
St. Maarten is not the only place on earth where banning single-use plastic grocery bags takes longer than the education of the average law student. After all the promises, motions and more promises, St. Maarten is still nowhere. How difficult could
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on December 8, 2014
St. Maarten - The Collective Preventive Services (CPS), is appealing to garage owners and tire repair shops to take measures to remove mosquito breeding sites from their establishments and to maintain on a daily basis control measures to eliminate an
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on December 8, 2014
St. Maarten—The price of unleaded gasoline and diesel will be reduced at the pumps today from Naf 2.193 per litter for unleaded gasoline to Naf 2.067 per litter and from Naf 2.006 per litter for diesel to Naf 1.893 per litter. The Government of
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on December 3, 2014
St. Maarten – The Executive Council of the Island Territory of St. Maarten established already twenty years ago a beach policy. In August 2014, acting Island Secretary Rafael Boasman and Lt. Governor Dennis Richardson signed off on this policy, whi
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on December 3, 2014
St. Maarten - Around twenty team leaders and acting team leaders of the police force received on Friday certificates for the leadership course they took last summer. David McGregor, the senior trainer at the UTS Training and Development Center (TDC)
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on December 3, 2014
St. Maarten —The introduction of a local living wage is one of the goals that the newly elected board of the Wifol union hopes to introduce in 2015 through dialogue with its social partners, according to union president Theophilus Thompson. “
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on December 3, 2014
St. Maarten—Traffic delays are expected at the flood gates expansion project on the A Th. Illidge Road today as the next phase of the Floodgate Expansion Project commences with asphalt binding. “There will be partial closure of each lane betwe
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on December 3, 2014
St. Maarten—The newly elected board of the Wifol will have its inaugural meeting on Thursday where the division of portfolios will take place. The board was elected last week during the Wifol congress—held every three to five years—by the de
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on December 3, 2014
St. Maarten—A clean up of the Simpson Bay Lagoon is scheduled to take place this Saturday December 6 and Vromi Minister Maurice Lake is calling on the marine community, organizations, businesses, volunteers and students to come out and support this
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on December 3, 2014
St. Maarten - The Rotary Club of St. Maarten-Mid Isle recently contributed $ 3,127.50 to the Rotary Foundation for the Eradication of Polio, one of the club’s International Service programs. This was the result of two months of events and fund r
Uncategorized - Posted by admin on December 3, 2014
DEN BOSCH---Hamza from Den Bosch was furious when he went to visit his 10 day old nephew in the Jeroen Bosch Hospital in Den Bosch and found the name Zwarte Piet on the name board at the child’s room. “This really is a mistake that should neve
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on December 3, 2014
GREAT BAY—St. Maarten joins the rest of the world today in celebrating International Day of People with Disability, which is a United Nations (UN) sanctioned day geared at promoting the understanding of people with disability and encourage support
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on December 2, 2014
THE HAGUE - The Netherlands cannot force the Caribbean islands to change the Kingdom into a Commonwealth. In spite of this, the Second Chamber reflected yesterday on a plan (from the Socialist Party and the VVD) to do this, Jamila Baaziz reports on C
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on December 2, 2014
St. Maarten – On November 17, three Rottweilers killed their neighbor’s dog. The incident happened in the Beethoven Street in Cay Hill – and it was not the first incident. The owner of the dog, Paula Diasz, filed a complaint at the police stati
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on December 2, 2014
St. Maarten - The American man discovered dead at his Dawn Beach home has been identified as 56-year old J. Michael Mann – author of Cruise Control, a boom about the cost of cruise tourism to the ecology in the Caribbean and a veteran timeshare sal
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on December 2, 2014
GREAT BAY—As St. Maarten joined the rest of the world in observing World Aids Day yesterday, December 1, the local Aids foundation continued their year round efforts to keep the awareness of the disease at the forefront while breaking down stigma a
