Police patrols around St. Peters / South Reward school district.

PHILIPSBURG:--- The Police Force of St. Maarten KPSM has begun implementing an action plan based on the ministerial decree, issued by the Minister of Justice, to reduce the fights and other illegal acts committed in and around the schools especially in St. Peters and South Reward.

To tackle these types of behaviors and lay a foundation to reduce incidents, KPSM recently put together a team of officers to carry out actions around the schools.
These operations have yielded the following positive results. In the last few days, police have been patro...

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Prostate Cancer screening, COVID-19 vaccination pop-up and health check corner at SMMC

CAY HILL:--- On Saturday, September 25th, 2021, St. Maarten Medical Center (SMMC) will resume its annual prostate cancer screenings in collaboration with the Positive Foundation and the Elektralytes Foundation. From 9:00 am to 3:00 pm, attendees have the opportunity to be screened for prostate cancer by SMMC’s Urologists.
In addition to prostate cancer screenings for men, SMMC will offer blood pressure and glucose monitoring for men and women, and CPS and the Ministry of VSA will host a COVID-19 vaccination pop-up at SMMC. Healthcare professiona...

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Saba Island Council visits Bonaire.

SABA:--- A delegation of the Saba Island Council paid a working visit to Bonaire earlier this month. The official four-day program included meetings with members of the Bonaire Island Council, Bonaire’s Island Governor Edison Rijna, Commissioner Nina den Heyer, the national parks foundation STINAPA, the Health Insurance Office ZVK, the Immigration, and Naturalization Department IND and BES(t)4Kids, as well as the Bonaire Day celebration.
The Saba delegation consisted of Island Council Members Vito Charles and Esmeralda Johnson, and Island Regist...

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Banco di Caribe Committed to Further Growth as Part of United Group Holdings.

Willemstad/Philipsburg:--- Banco di Caribe N.V. ("Banco di Caribe") is being sold to United Group Holdings B.V. ("United"). The sale will include all of Banco di Caribe's banking activities in Curaçao, Aruba, Bonaire, and Sint Maarten, as well as the insurance and investment activities of Van der Lubbe Assurantiën N.V., Bancarib Real Insurance Curaçao N.V. and BdC Investments B.V. The sales agreement was signed on September 11, 2021, by the seller, Ennia Caribe Holding N.V. ("ECH"), represented by Centrale Bank van Curaçao en Sint Maarten ("CBC...

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