PHILIPSBURG:--- Nature Foundation St. Maarten is organizing an environmental event to educate residents and visitors about our environmental issues and the harmful impacts of single-use plastics while incorporating a competition element. An environmental pub quiz event will be held at Dinghy Dock Bar in Simpson Bay on the 23rd of May starting at 7 pm. St. Maarten is experiencing many environmental issues, which our residents can take a part in the solution, such as solid waste pollution, plastic pollution, hazardous water issues, dying coral re...
PHILIPSBURG:--- Each year, the Oranje Fonds, the initiator and funder of all the Kingdom DOETs, hosts an evaluation meeting. This is where the organiz...
PHILIPSBURG:--- The Rotary Club of St. Maarten-Mid Isle and The Rotary Club of St. Catharine’s Canada continue to support the efforts of the children ...
WILLEMSTAD:--- on May 9th and 10th a joint symposium on migration, was convened under the auspices of the Social Economic Councils (SERs) of Aruba, Cu...
PHILIPSBURG:--- On Wednesday, May 15th, 16 police officers from the Class of 2016 attended their graduation ceremony that was held in front of the Pol...
PHILIPSBURG:---- A male suspect identified with initials D.D.K. (29) was arrested by police on Wednesday, May 15th in connection with an ongoing attem...
PHILIPSBURG:--- Detectives are presently investigating a case of ill-treatment with a weapon which took place on Tuesday May 14th at approximately 10....
PHILIPSBURG:--- May 17th marks the day on which the telecommunications community at large celebrates “World Telecommunication and Information Society ...
PHILIPSBURG (DCOMM):--- “Bridging the Standardization Gap,” is the theme for World Telecommunication and Information Society Day (WTISD) 2019. The Int...
PHILIPSBURG:--- Sint Maarten will be hosting the Wet/Hurricane Season Caribbean Climate Outlook Forum (CariCOF) next week from May 21-24.
This is a col...
~ Elected Members of Parliament should visit the home says Van Putten~
PHILIPSBURG; --- The two appointed Ministers namely Stuart Johnson and Miklos Gi...
The Tax Administration Sint Maarten, Inspectorate department, would like to remind the general public that the deadline to file the Income Tax forms 2018 is the 31st of May 2019. The opening hours of the front desk of the Tax Administration will be e...
In the event of the upcoming Carnival 2019 Festivities, we hereby inform all users of the waterfront parking spaces of the temporary measures in place for the following areas:
- all areas reserved for taxis (with the exception of the ferry terminal li...
Next Saturday, February 16th, the Mental Health Foundation organizes the third edition of our Family Support Meeting!
Do you have a friend or family member who is having a hard time or could need help? The support of the people close to you can make a...
GREAT BAY (DCOMM):--- Ministry of Public Housing, Environment, Spatial Development and Infrastructure (Ministry VROMI), announces that the Sister Regina Road in Simpson Bay will be closed to motorized traffic on Saturday, May 18.
The closure will take...
GREAT BAY (DCOMM):--- With the extreme heat that the country has been experiencing during the past couple of days, residents and visitors are requested to take measures to prevent heat-related illnesses, the Collective Prevention Services (CPS), a de...
GREAT BAY (DCOMM):--- Last Sunday, May 12 marked International Nurses Day which was celebrated around the world representing the anniversary of Florence Nightingale’s birth.
Nursing staff in the Americas Region represent the largest health workforce, ...
Honorable Mr Knops,
We took note of your recent press media communications that you don't see the BES-islands, Bonaire, Saba and Sint Eustatius in the future as autonomous self-governing islands. Reason given that they are too small. I would like to r...
Dear Editor:
In Sint Eustatius, one constantly hears that the island is “in much need of development.” Development will bring much-needed change ultimately solving the island’s many challenges. We are further told that development will “build economic...
Dear Editor,
Over the years, the words good government, integrity, and transparency have moved to the forefront of consultants and internal government reports. In St. Eustatius efforts were made to “teach” the government representatives what and how t...
La Collectivité de Saint-Martin et la CTOS sont parvenues à trouver un accord de fin de conflit avec les représentants du syndicat UTC-UGTG, ce vendredi 17 mai 2019.
Concernant la situation des ex-agents de la CTOS, principale revendication du syndica...
Nous avons appris avec tristesse le décès de Madame Yvonne Elenore COCKS dans l’année de ses 103 ans. Le décès d’une personne centenaire entraîne toujours une émotion particulière pour un territoire et ses habitants. Madame Yvonne COCKS était la doye...
Vendredi soir, c’est le début du week-end ; nos équipiers-sauveteurs bénévoles sont tranquillement chez eux (ou pour certains de sortie), mais ils ont à peine le temps de commencer à se reposer de leur semaine de travail quand leurs téléphones sonnen...
