~ Will St. Maarten Politicians fight back, or will they play dead for Liquidity Money? ~
PHILIPSBURG: --- Clearly the recent articles published in the Netherlands and on St. Maarten with the new demands made by Raymond Knops, Dutch State Secretary for Kingdom Relations have once again raised eyebrows. Knops said unless the Members of Parliament pass the necessary legislation to reduce their salaries by 10% as stated in the motion presented by MP Sarah Wescot Williams then St. Maarten will not get the much-needed liquidity support, and while this...
PHILIPSBURG:--- Minister of Tourism, Economic Affairs, Transport & Telecommunication the honourable Stuart Johnson returned last week from a fact-...
PHILIPSBURG (DCOMM):--- The Ministry of Tourism, Economic Affairs, Traffic and Telecommunications (TEATT), Driving Exams Department (DED) has commence...
PHILIPSBURG:--- Detectives are presently investigating an attempted robbery which took place in the vicinity of the Princess Juliana International Air...
PHILIPSBURG:--- On Sunday, July 14th at approximately 11.50 a.m. a police patrol was sent to Gold Finch road in Point Blanche to investigate a case in...
PHILIPSBURG:--- Caribbean sharks have gained a new ally. On July 13th, the eve of Shark Awareness Day 2019, SXM Shark Foundation was launched with a c...
The Hague:--- Minister of Education, Culture, Youth and Sport, the Honourable Wycliffe Smith, during a personal visit to The Netherlands, made use of ...
PHILIPSBURG:--- Chief Executive Officer of International Airline COPA, Pedro Hilebron announced during a meeting held on Tuesday last week with Touris...
PHILIPSBURG:--- Member of Parliament Rolando Brison (USP) on Sunday said the very recent news about the tragic deaths of several tourists in the Domin...
French Quarter:--- The public is invited to stop by Amuseum Naturalis for an end-of-season happy hour from 4-6pm this Saturday, July 20th. The Amuseum...
Employers are obliged to report all occupational accidents to the Labor Inspectorate. This duty to report applies not only to employees but also to persons who work under the authority of the employer, such as temporary employees.
What to do in case o...
The Collective Prevention Services (CPS) is inviting parents/guardians to bring their child (ren) to have their vaccination status checked, updated, or receive information about vaccinations, at its free outreach at the Ministry of Public Health, Vin...
PHILIPSBURG (DCOMM):--- Ministry of Public Housing, Environment, Spatial Development and Infrastructure (Ministry VROMI), announces that the following streets will be closed on Wednesday, July 17 in connection with Justice Day activities.
The followin...
PHILIPSBURG:--- The Faraja day treatment centre of the MHF, has about 30 clients, of which most come to the Faraja Centre daily. In the last half-year, three clients required (new) glasses to continue their Faraja programs, education and jobs. Since ...
PHILIPSBURG (DCOMM):--- The Inspectorate of Tourism, Economic Affairs, Traffic and Telecommunications (TEATT), Section School Bussing, would like to inform school bus owners and drivers that the Annual School Bus Inspection will take place on July 23...
Honorable Parliamentarians,
We commend your cabinet’s recent historical declarations on July 1, 2019, in commemoration of July 1, 1863, 156 years after your government’s proclamation of the abolition law, finally a sign, a sprout, of compassion and hu...
Can tourism-dependent Caribbean governments learn something from oil producing countries? When relatively small and poor oil-producing governments sought to get a fair price for oil – their main source of national revenue – they banded together to ne...
Dear Mr. Editor,
I wonder sometimes if politicians really wake up every day thinking that they lord over a community of fools. In some ways I understand why they could feel this way because the same “fools” keep electing them over and over again. But ...
Objectifs : Santé & Qualité
La dernière réunion s’est tenue le 08 juillet. A cette occasion, un certain nombre de mesures ont été définies afin de rétablir les standards de potabilité et de qualité de l’eau. Rappelons que la problématique n’ayant ...
Dans le cadre de la préparation de la saison cyclonique en cours, la Collectivité de Saint-Martin testera son système d’alerte SMS, le mercredi 17 juillet 2019.
Nous informons les personnes qui sont déjà inscrites sur le site de la Collectivité, qu’el...
