St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on September 17, 2011
GREATBAY– At least one school that is not subsidized by the Government of St. Maarten has seen its student population drop by roughly 50 percent since compulsory education was implemented. Claire Elshot, who is the director of All Children Educatio
French St. Martin News, St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on September 17, 2011
MARIGOT - Chairman of the Caribbean Tourism Organisation (CTO) Richard Skerritt told Thursday night’s opening of the CTO’s State of the Industry Conference that confidence is the defining factor for success in the tourism industry. He’d go on t
Last time we checked, we realized that we did not know anybody who likes insurances – except of course the companies that are selling policies. Most people don’t want to be bothered with the finer points of insurance-related issues, even though d
Today we announce the establishment of a new political party that will solve once and for all the problems our government seems unable to handle. We’ve had enough of the shenanigans of the United People’s Party, the Democratic Party, the National
Opinion, St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on September 17, 2011
Dear Editor, Many citizens of this country are extremely dissatisfied with the manner in which our present government is taking care of the business of the people. We are a democratic country, so we do have an opposition in parliament. The one and
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on September 17, 2011
THE NETHERLANDS – The Dutch government has reserved 428 million guilders for Kingdom Relations in its budget for 2012 and will continue the theme of Promoting the Autonomy of the Kingdom Partners. This policy ideal is part of leaked budget docume
St. Maarten News, St. Maarten Sports - Posted by admin on September 15, 2011
GREAT BAY, St. Maarten – The organizers of the St. Maarten Heineken Regatta have struck a deal with Gill for the company to sponsor the technical gear for the 32nd edition of the St. Maarten Heineken Regatta. Gill, which is already known in North
Dear Editor, While I thank you for printing my article on St. Maarten’s murder rate, I am not entirely sure you read it correctly and that it warranted a correction. I used the words, “so far, for 2011” indicating the year was not yet finish
The title of the governing program that was presented on Tuesday is all wrong: A foundation of hope for our country. What is wrong with it? There is no hope. It does not exist. It is a figment of people’s imagination. To build a foundation of ho
Jobs that pay $125,000 a year before taxes and come with a package of fringe benefits worth approximately $20,000 are thin on the ground in St. Maarten. People who hold such a job are fortunate souls. We know at least fifteen of them: they are the Me
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on September 15, 2011
“Use existing networks for developing foreign policy” GREAT BAY, St. Maarten – Within the Kingdom there is an agreement that the Kingdom is in charge of foreign policy, but if St. Maarten wants to develop its own policy, those agreements hav
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on September 15, 2011
Kian Stenz, the son of the late Anthony Francisco Elisabeth aka Tommy & Chiki looks down at an image of his father while posing with Chief Commissioner of Police Peter de Witte during the private ceremony inside the Police Station. (Leo Brown
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on September 15, 2011
Vice Prime Minister and Leader of the United People’s (UP) Party Theodore Heyliger prepares to speak at Wednesday’s Council of Ministers press briefing. Coalition partner and Prime Minister Sarah Wescot-Williams is seated at his left GREAT BAY
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on September 15, 2011
GREAT BAY / WILLEMSTAD – Devon Otto, the killer of census office employee Stanley Gumbs has a new criminal trial ahead of him after he shot down two fellow-inmates in the prison in Willemstad. Otto, who is serving a 30-year sentence for the murder,
Entertainment, St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on September 15, 2011
GREAT BAY, St. Maarten - The fundraiser for the Imbali Center for Creative Movement, which is spearheaded by Lady Ruby Bute, has been moved to the Belair Community Center. The production entitled “St. Martin for Thee I Weep...” was organized in a
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on September 15, 2011
Executive Director of the St. Maarten Hospitality and Trade Association (S.H.T.A.) Valya Pantophlet (2nd right) and President of the St. Maarten Pride Foundation Jadira Veen stands with staffers of Kooijman following Wednesday’s donation. GR
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on September 15, 2011
GREAT BAY, St. Maarten – Specific aspects of the draft Sports Policy will be up for discussion on Saturday during part two of the Sports Conference that was initiated by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Youth and Sport. The half day event will r
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on September 15, 2011
ScotiaBank’s Country Manager Elie Bendaly presents the bank’s $5, 000 contribution to the Stronger Together Red Ribbon Campaign to President of the St. Maarten AIDS Foundation. They are joined by HIV/AIDS Programme Manager Suzette Moses-Burto
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on September 15, 2011
GREAT BAY, St. Maarten – Only four members of parliament recorded a near perfect attendance record at Central Committee meetings during country St. Maarten’s first parliamentary year. Parliament President Gracita Arrindell, and her fellow United
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on September 15, 2011
Prime Minister Sarah Wescot-Williams presents the youngest member of the media Luduska Dongo with a copy of the governing program – A Foundation of hope for our country - just after Wednesday’s abbreviated version of the Council of Ministers
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on September 15, 2011
Six options on table for upgrading Raoul Illidge Sports Complex GREAT BAY, St. Maarten – Minister of Education, Culture, Youth and Sport Rhoda Arrindell met the board of the foundation that manages the Raoul Illidge Sports Complex on Wednesday m
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on September 15, 2011
Improving waste disposal still under review GREAT BAY, St. Maarten – The government has commissioned a study called St. Maarten Housing Vision 2012 – 2017 in order to come up with a five year policy plan on developing housing for low and middl
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on September 15, 2011
GREAT BAY – The Government of St. Maarten is to spend time reviewing the pension system this year as part of a wider effort to review and revamp its social security system. This effort will run alongside efforts to finalize and introduce a national
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on September 15, 2011
Admittance and establishment policies being reviewed GREAT BAY, St. Maarten – Governor Eugene Holiday has said that the government will hold the police force to its commitment to reach the minimum strength laid out in the General Kingdom Resolut
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on September 14, 2011
GREAT BAY, St. Maarten – The Ministry of Education, Culture, Youth and Sport is to begin work on a new plan for education in the 2011 – 2012 parliamentary year. This is one of the announcements that Governor Eugene Holiday made in his State of th
The government of St. Maarten will spend its second year studying what actions to take. This is the strong impression that we take away from the State of the Nation address delivered by Governor drs. Eugene Holiday on Tuesday. We are disa
It’s always nice to see a happy human being and MP Frans Richardson was definitely in an exuberant mood when he drove onto the parking lot of our newspaper on Monday evening. As we were just about to leave and already sitting in our car, Richardson
To say that Marc Jan Ahne had a brush with the law is probably an understatement. Ahne, an alderman in the Executive Council of the municipality of Deventer seems to be a hands-on guy, given the fact that he went to a hardware store recently to buy s
Ho, ho, stop the press. Young people are dying in the streets every day. No we’re not talking about Darfur, Afghanistan or Libya; we’re talking about St. Maarten. The statement is from United People’s party-leader Romain Laville, made during t
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on September 14, 2011
GREAT BAY, St. Maarten – Politicians, leaders of advisory bodies and private sector organizations have called Tuesday’s State of the Nation Address a good starting point for further analysis. The speech, delivered by Governor drs Eugene Holiday,
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on September 14, 2011
GREAT BAY – “The coming year shall be a tough year, but by no means impossible.” Those words frame the entire context of the first State of the Nation Address delivered by Governor drs Eugene Holiday at Tuesday’s opening of the 2011 – 2012
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on September 14, 2011
GREAT BAY, St. Maarten – Gus Priest, the head of visitor Services and Product Development at the Tourist Bureau has taken up the case of Jacky Evans, the British tourist who feels fleeced by a local jewelry store. Today reported about the case on M
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on September 14, 2011
GREAT BAY – The St. Maarten version of the International Coastal Cleanup will return to Mullet Bay Beach between 7:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. on Saturday September 17. The event is being coordinated by the St. Maarten Pride Foundation. This year’s ev
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on September 14, 2011
GREAT BAY, St. Maarten – Ombudsman Nilda Lynch-Arduin hopes a meeting last Friday will lead to the approval and execution of several projects that the Bureau has put forward. The Bureau of the Ombudsman had experienced delays with several projects,
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on September 14, 2011
GREAT BAY – The St. Maarten Tourism Bureau is organizing two activities to mark World Tourism Day on September 27. The event’s theme this year is ‘Tourism – Linking Cultures.’ It is aimed at celebrating tourism’s role in linking the cultu
