Cul de Sac:--- St. Maarten Academy on Friday last opened its doors to all high school students and educators to showcase exciting opportunities they can experience through the school’s Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examinations (CAPE) Programme.
The CAPE Open House highlighted the various Caribbean Associate degree programmes offered by its Sixth Form division, thereby bridging the gap between secondary education and higher learning.
The event aimed to expose students and their parents not only to the CAPE structure and curriculum, but als...
PHILIPSBURG:--- The political theater in St. Maarten reached a new low today, and the audience—the hardworking frontline workers of this country—is ti...
PHILIPSBURG:--- Day Three of the Strategic Economic Stakeholder Consultation Workshop moved the national conversation into deeper, more candid territo...
PHILIPSBURG:--- Serious questions are being raised about a potential conflict of interest involving Judianne Hoeve, the Head of the Bureau Telecommuni...
PHILIPSBURG:--- During a recent Council of Ministers press briefing, a pointed question was directed at the Minister of VROMI (Public Housing, Spatial...
PHILIPSBURG:--- Minister of Justice Nathalie Tackling recently provided an update on the status of the immigration services backlog, reporting signifi...
PHILIPSBURG:--- During his weekly press briefing, Prime Minister Dr. Luc Mercelina provided an update on the ongoing dispute between the government an...
PHILIPSBURG:--- During the weekly press briefing, Prime Minister Dr. Luc Mercelina announced a historic step toward strengthening patient s...
PHILIPSBURG:--- PM Mercelina Criticizes Political Games in Parliament, Cites Disservice to Frontline Workers
Philipsburg — During the government’s week...
PHILIPSBURG: --- The Ministry of Public Housing, Spatial Planning, Environment and Infrastructure (VROMI) has successfully completed demolition operat...
PHILIPSBURG: --- The Ministry of Public Housing, Spatial Planning, Environment and Infrastructure (VROMI) is taking significant steps to reform waste ...
PHILIPSBURG:--- On Wednesday, 28 and Thursday, 29 January, police forces, chain partners, and training institutes gathered in Curaçao for the annual Training Conference. The two-day conference focused on how to organize a sustainable, professional, a...
PHILIPSBURG:---The House of Parliament will sit in a Public meeting on February 5, 2026.
The Public meeting is scheduled for Thursday at 10.00 hrs. in the Legislative Hall at Wilhelminastraat #1 in Philipsburg.
The agenda points are:
1. Incoming documen...
PHILIPSBURG:--- Public-private partnerships (PPPs) are a cornerstone of the current government's strategy for national development, according to Minister of Public Housing, Spatial Planning, Environment and Infrastructure (VROMI), Patrice Gumbs Jr., ...
Dear Editor,
We are writing today not out of choice, but out of necessity, to denounce an unacceptable and deeply disturbing situation involving the handling of a death in Philipsburg. What we are witnessing is an institutional failure.
The deceased is...
Dear Editor,
Traffic congestion on St. Maarten is nothing new. For residents, it has long been a daily frustration; for visitors, it is often their first and lasting impression of the island. Nowhere is this more evident than in the Cole Bay–Simpson B...
Dear Editor,
I would like to draw attention to an issue that affects me, and likely many other pensioners as well: the irregular and unpredictable payment of the ‘Uitkering bij wijze van Pensioen’ (Pension-like Allowance).
Over the past two years, I ha...
La Commission de l'OECO félicite l'Institut mondial pour la croissance verte (GGGI) pour ses réalisations significatives dans la Caraïbe orientale au cours de l'année 2025, marquant une nouvelle année de collaboration fructueuse en faveur du développ...
Dans le cadre de l’opération de création du mini-parc sur le Front de mer de Marigot, les usagers sont informés de la reprise des travaux et de la fermeture du site durant 7 semaines.
Afin de garantir la sécurité dans le mini-parc pour enfants sur le ...
Fort du succès des deux premières éditions, le Conservatoire Européen d’Écriture Audiovisuelle renouvelle l’opération ATOM, qui permet depuis 2022 à
des talents ultramarins d’intégrer la formation longue certifiante de scénariste du CEEA. Gr...
