St. Maarten News - Posted on May 11, 2015
St. Maarten -Students generally were satisfied with the news that the St. Maarten Government will be terminating the service level agreement with St. Maarten Student Support Services S4 in the Netherlands effective July 1, 2015. Students
St. Maarten News - Posted on May 11, 2015
St. Maarten/THE CARIBBEAN---Caribbean leaders on Saturday further advanced their policy position on climate change ahead of the 21st Conference of Parties, also known as COP 21, scheduled for Paris during November and December of this year.
St. Maarten News - Posted on May 11, 2015
Saba - The investigation, with the code named Hector, of the young woman found dead on Saba on April 15, is in full swing. The investigation is the responsibility of the Chief Public Prosecutor of the Public Prosecutor's Office BES and the chief of t
St. Maarten News - Posted on May 11, 2015
St. Maarten—Inspections and investigations are still being carried out in the Oyster Pond area by the Vromi department to determine where exactly the sewerage running into the trench originates from, Vromi official Henry Ellis said in an invited co
St. Maarten News - Posted on May 11, 2015
St. Maarten/USA---The first named storm for the year Ana, made an earlier than usual appearance over the weekend. The yearly active tropical period starts June 1st and lasts through the end of November. Since 1981, the average hurricane sea
St. Maarten News - Posted on May 11, 2015
GREATBAY---St. Maarten AIDS Foundation and Scotiabank announced the launch of the annual Stronger Together/ Red Ribbon fundraising campaign for 2015. It is the ninth year that Scotiabank spearheads the fundraising effort for the benefit of the AIDS F
St. Maarten News - Posted on May 11, 2015
St. Maarten -A working and cooperation methodology where feedback and input would be sought from the Council of Advice on initiative laws thereby foregoing a long tedious process to get legislation approved, is the result of a recent meeti
St. Maarten News - Posted on May 11, 2015
St. Maarten —A number of road repair and upgrading projects are currently being carried out by the infrastructure department of the Vromi Ministry including the patching of roads and the hard surfacing of some 16 roads, department head Claudio Bunc
St. Maarten News - Posted on May 11, 2015
GREAT BAY - St. Maarten Carnival Development Foundation (SCDF) fired six volunteers last week, days after the carnival season concluded. According to one of the volunteers who asked to remain unknown, years ago, the volunteer started assisting the
St. Maarten News - Posted on May 11, 2015
St. Maarten -Students enrolled in the new Mandarin Course offered by the University of St. Martin are said by course facilitator Steven Huang to be showing a keen interest in learning the new language. The new Mandarin course began last week and w
St. Maarten News - Posted on May 11, 2015
St. Maarten/USA---The first Atlantic tropical storm of the year—Ana-- weakened as it made landfall in South Carolina early Sunday. Ana is now a tropical depression, the National Hurricane Center said in its 2 p.m. ET update. Warnings and watches we
St. Maarten News - Posted on May 11, 2015
GREAT BAY - St. Maartener Alfonso Rolando Blijden has been appointed as the country’s representative on the United Nations Educational, Scientific, Cultural Organization (Unesco) Regional Committee for Latin America and the Caribbean of t
St. Maarten News - Posted on May 11, 2015
THE HAGUE--The Netherlands and Cuba will be working more closely together in future. Minister Bert Koenders of Foreign Affairs made this agreement during his visit to Cuba, the ministry announced on Friday. Koenders said that the Netherlands has a �
St. Maarten News - Posted on May 11, 2015
St. Maarten - The 13th annual St. Martin Book Fair is set for June 4 - 6, 2015, book fair coordinator and president of Conscious Lyrics Foundation Shujah Reiph, said yesterday. “Novelists, poets, historians, scholars, drama and perform
St. Maarten News, St. Maarten Sports - Posted on May 11, 2015
St. Maarten - The Future Champs A team, Nagico United, MNO Spartans and the Winair Conquerors have all advanced to the semifinal round in the Prime /Pepsi T/20 competition, the decider is scheduled to take place on June 7th. After the l
St. Maarten Sports - Posted on May 11, 2015
Olympian Dee Dee Trotter edges Italy’s Libania Grenot to the line in the 400m race. St. Maarten - In viewing the program for the 4th annual International Track & Field meet which was held at the Alberic Richards Stad
St. Maarten News - Posted on May 11, 2015
St. Maarten - The last games were played over the weekend to determine the finalist and consolation finalist in each category of the schools soccer tournament. The finalists will play for first and second place. The consolation finalists will play f
Opinion - Posted on May 7, 2015
By David French This past weekend, noted progressive-Christian writer Rachel Held Evans published a widely shared and widely read piece in the Washington Post decrying the Evangelical church’s shallow attempts to appeal to Millennials by trying
Opinion, St. Maarten News - Posted on May 7, 2015
Mindful living has to do with present moment awareness. However, if one is not here, it becomes difficult to know that one isn’t here. One of our greatest character flaws is stemmed from the fact that we are mindless. One-tracked and tunnel visione
St. Maarten News - Posted on May 7, 2015
St. Maarten - The economic permit for AVA Airways has been rejected by Curacao, according to Interim Minister of Traffic, Transportation and Urban Planning, Dr. Jose Jardim. AVA Aiways is a new airline company hoping to operate in St. Maarten and Cu
St. Maarten News - Posted on May 7, 2015
St. Maarten—Despite NAF 14, 351.22 in fines, 40 Arrests of which 27 were men and 13 women, 7 lost children, the confiscation of weapons and drugs, carnival 2014 has been billed as a success by the police department and the Prosecutors office, which
St. Maarten News - Posted on May 7, 2015
St. Maarten - The vote buying case, commonly called the "Masbangu case” was referred back to the Court of first instance by the Court of Appeal in a verdict rendered yesterday. The case was dismissed by the Court of First Instance when the judge r
St. Maarten News - Posted on May 7, 2015
GREATBAY--The St. Maarten Chamber of Commerce & Industry (COCI) enhanced its accessibility to the general public on Thursday with the launch of their new toll free number. Clients can now contact the Chamber for free via: 1-844-SXM-C0CI (1-84
St. Maarten News - Posted on May 7, 2015
St. Maarten —New kids on the block Fantasy lottery St Maarten sank their teeth into the market this carnival season with a great promotion campaign. A lucky winner could pay US$ 10 for their many services and could walk away with a brand
St. Maarten News - Posted on May 7, 2015
GREATBAY--The St. Maarten Carnival Development Foundation (SCDF) has given persons/entities who might be interested in hosting a concert night for Carnival 2016 until June 1, 2015 to request such. The foundation usually awards the concert nights duri
St. Maarten News - Posted on May 7, 2015
St. Maarten - The Department of Youth Affairs has announced the start of the application period for the annual Business Outreach and Placement Program (BOPP) 2015. The BOPP, coordinated by the Department of Youth Affairs, is dedicated to placing pre
St. Maarten News - Posted on May 7, 2015
St. Maarten - Carnival 2015 has come to an end and work has already started for the 2016 carnival season. St. Maarten Carnival Development Foundation (SCDF) President Michael Granger, Minister of Tourism, Economic Affairs, Transport and Telecomm
St. Maarten News - Posted on May 7, 2015
St. Maarten - The Permanent Committee of Kingdom Affairs met on Tuesday morning in preparation for the Inter-Parliamentary Consultation of the Kingdom (IPKO) conference in the Netherlands from May 25th to May 29th. The council of Ministers is sti
St. Maarten News - Posted on May 7, 2015
GREATBAY - The St. Maarten Carnival Development Foundation (SCDF) on Monday wasted little time in announcing the dates for next year’s Carnival season. The official period of the 2016 Carnival will be from April 14 until May 3, 2016. As usual, ther
St. Maarten News - Posted on May 7, 2015
GREAT BAY - St. Maarten is hosting the 10th Session of the Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Tsunami and Other Coastal Hazards Warning System for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions (ICG/CARIBE EWS-X). The conference will take place from 19
St. Maarten News - Posted on May 7, 2015
GREATBAY -The St. Maarten Tzu Chi Foundation is raising funds to assist persons affected by the devastating 7.8 magnitude earthquake that wreaked havoc when it hit Nepal on Saturday, April 25. Local Tzu Chi Commissioner Sandra Che
St. Maarten News - Posted on May 7, 2015
St. Maarten – Acting Minister of Public Health Rita Bourne-Gumbs says she is pleased that the Americas region which also includes the Caribbean is declared the world’s first to eliminate rubella. Rubella is a contagious viral disease that can ca
St. Maarten News - Posted on May 7, 2015
St. Maarten - The Central Committee of Parliament will meet in public session tomorrow at the request of the National Alliance (NA) faction to discuss the controversial security contract between the Port and Checkmate Security. The Minister of TE
St. Maarten News - Posted on May 7, 2015
Picture shows the training vessel Danmark. Photograph by Jean Jarreau MARIGOT---The open ship day on board the Sail Training Vessel Danmark in Galisbay Port de Marigot St. Martin is being billed as a huge success by organizers. The event was h
St. Maarten News - Posted on May 7, 2015
(Extracted from The Caribbean Voice) GREATBAY/THE CARIBBEAN---A regional Summit to prepare and mobilize for the 21st Conference of Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change will be held in Martinique on 9 May and will be
