St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on June 25, 2012
St. Maarten - Prime Minister Sarah Wescot-Williams signs the Single Programming Document for Curacao, St. Maarten, Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba for the implementation of the 10th European Development Fund (EDF) this afternoon. The main activities
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on June 25, 2012
St. Maarten - The Dance Dimensions & Arts Foundation - the organizers for Saturday’s Youth Summer Expo - came in for high praise from Minister of Education, Culture, Youth & Sports Silvera Jacobs during the opening ceremony for the Youth Summer Exp
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on June 25, 2012
St. Maarten – Telem’s management recently asked thirteen employees who have not been placed in its new company to stay home on full pay while the company considers whether to hire them for open functions in the new company. The request is part of
Telem has woken to the statement that time and technology waits for no man and no company. The recognition jumps out for all to see from the statement the company’s management issued on Sunday about the ongoing restructuring. In one line it points
July 1st must be a holiday* Friday, July 1 (1983 edi.,) marks exactly 120 years since slaves on Dutch St. Maarten were officially proclaimed free. Officially, because unoffi¬cially, three days after slavery was abolished on the French side, 26 f
“In recent years, people from cultures of sex with animals, pedophilia, homosexuality, abortion [the murder of unborn babies] and euthanasia [the killing of old people when they deem them to be not useful to society] came to tell us we can’t own
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on June 25, 2012
St. Maarten – The Board of financial supervision (Cft) has committed to delivering its advice on an amendment to the 2012 budget by July 2 at the latest. The projection is based on the government’s recent submission. The amendment was requested
We have many foreign people always insulting the people of St. Maarten/St. Martin heritage but it seems only a few people of St. Maarten/St. Martin get offended. We have foreigners telling us that part of our culture is wrong (cock fighting) but yet
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on June 25, 2012
St. Maarten - Imbali Centre for Creative Movement and HeadMade Factory inked a collaboration agreement on Saturday night to continue to work towards the promotion of cultural and contemporary artistic expressions in St. Maarten/St. Martin. To celebra
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on June 25, 2012
St. Maarten – President of the Windward Islands Teachers Union (Witu) Claire Elshot has rejected the notion that secondary school teachers who move here from other parts of the region are unqualified. She’s also pointed that it is “the educatio
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on June 25, 2012
GREAT BAY – The St. Maarten Harbour Group of Companies soft opened it Commercial Department recently. The new department, which is housed in the John Craane Cruise Terminal, will be responsible for sales and marketing, yachting and cruise operation
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ORANJESTAD – Commissioner of Tourism and Economic Affairs in St. Eustatius Koos Sneek announced recently that both St. Eustatius and Saba are preparing to construct wind farms as a first step to using alternative energy. The project is being done i
Culture historian Mirjam Hommes strongly opposes the idea launched by Education Minister Marja van Bijsterveldt to oblige youngsters to stay in school until they are 23. If youngsters want to leave school, just let them go, is her advice in an opinio
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on June 25, 2012
St. Maarten – The Ministry of Public Housing, Spatial Development, and Infrastructure (Vromi) invites all general contractors and heavy equipment owners to an informative meeting on Wednesday, June 27 at the Ministry of VROMI located in the Savance
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on June 25, 2012
GREAT BAY – Prime Minister Sarah Wescot-Williams believes that Aruba provides St. Maarten and the rest of the region with an example of how to move forward on energy issues. She made the statement during an interview with ATV on the sidelines of th
Dear Editor, In the days when I grew up on St. Maarten, we had no ball fields, no basketball courts, no television and one radio station “The Voice of St. Maarten PJD2” with two disc jockeys Brother Maher and Sidney Lejuez. They simply played
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on June 25, 2012
GREAT BAY - Prime Minister Sarah Wescot-Williams issued a statement Sunday congratulating the St. Maarten Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Postal Savings Bank (PSB) on the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that will enable smal
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on June 25, 2012
ST. PETERS - Some 55 students who attended and completed early stimulation at the Hillside Christian Schools graduated last Friday. The students of Teacher Florence Blaize and Teacher Doris George’s classes surprised the audience, which consisted o
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on June 25, 2012
St. Maarten - The Windward Islands Chamber of Labor Unions is carefully studying a new policy with guidelines for employment agencies with an eye to suggesting potential amendments. Unions united Wiclu believe the agencies contribute to the infringem
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on June 25, 2012
GREAT BAY – The St. Maarten Insurance Brokers Association (Siba) issued an eight point advice on Sunday that covers what people will need to come into consideration for compensation if their home is damaged by a hurricane. The tips include readin
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on June 25, 2012
St. Maarten - President of the Windward Islands Teachers Union (Witu) Claire Elshot has said a stressful work environment is one of the reasons that teachers are absent from the classroom. She also named the continuous introduction of more rules and
