The Managing Director of the Sint Maarten Nature Foundation Tadzio Bervoets attended the fiftieth anniversary of the Bonaire National Parks Foundation STINAPA. The Guest of honor of the commemoration was Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands, Royal Patron of the Dutch Caribbean Nature Alliance, the Network Organization of Nature Parks in the Dutch Caribbean, of which Bervoets was both Vice and Acting Chair. Bervoets was a panel member during the DCNA Symposium of Environment and Economics in which the importance of the Environment in economic development was highlighted. Bervoets also had the opportunity to up-date Princess Beatrix on the environmental recovery of Sint Maarten after Hurricane Irma and the status of environmental conservation on Sint Maarten.

PHILIPSBURG:--- The Finance Committee of Parliament will meet on Tuesday, December 04, 2018.
The Finance Committee meeting is scheduled for 14.00 hrs. in the General Assembly Chamber of the House at Wilhelminastraat #1 in Philipsburg.
The meeting is a continuation of the meeting which adjourned on August 15, 2018. The Minister of Finance will be present.

The agenda point is:

Discussion on the request by MAHO Group/SUNWING on a financial package mixture of a soft loan with tax and other incentives (IS/478/2017-2018 dated April 20, 2018)

Members of the public are invited to the House of Parliament to attend parliamentary deliberations.

The House of Parliament is located across from the Court House in Philipsburg.

The parliamentary session will be carried live on St.Maarten Cable TV Channel 115, via SXM GOV radio FM 107.9, via Pearl Radio FM 98.1, the audio via the internet www.sxmparliament.org , www.pearlfmradio.com and Parliaments Facebook page: Parliament of Sint Maarten.

PHILIPSBURG:--- Last Friday, November 30th, the Mental Health Foundation had their first bi-monthly Happy Hour Lecture!
The first part of this event consisted of a presentation given by Inspector General Dr. Earl W. A Best and colleagues of the Ministry for Public Health, Social Development and Labor. The MHF staff was given an update on the newest developments regarding the publication of information by Dana Kweekel and reporting of calamities by John Connor.
After the discussion following the presentation, there was the opportunity to socialize and start off the weekend together!
Thanks again to Dr. W. A Earl Best and colleagues!

PHILIPSBURG:--- On behalf of the K1 Britannia Foundation, we’d like to invite one and all, but in specific students rounding off high school or recent graduates to join us on Monday, December 3rd at 12:30 PM for a one-hour resume building clinic followed by a one-hour personal impact skills workshop hosted by the executives of Menzies Aviation. The workshops will be held at Emmaplein #1 at the Corporate Training Center (previous office of SEL Maduro & Sons Travel Agency) which is located next to Jump Up Casino.

As of last Wednesday, the group of 12 leaders from the global business has been on St. Maarten engaged in their 2018 Cultural Leadership challenge. While here, they have partnered with K1 Britannia Foundation & Player Development after-school program to learn about our programs for vulnerable youth. They have learned masonry, electrical, and carpentry skills from the students of NIPA and baseball skills from the students of PD.

In the spirit of learning and giving, they will be hosting this workshop for individuals entering or re-entering the workforce since Irma. The skills they will be teaching, including resume writing, job interview skills, and maintaining a job, are things they as leaders in their business look for when hiring.

“We believe this is a great opportunity for young persons in particular to polish these skills and network,” said K1 Project Manager Iris Hakkens.

In conclusion to their trip and as part of their challenge, Menzies Aviation team has also made a film which they will launch on Monday, December 3rd at the same location starting at 2:30 pm. This event is open to all, so please do join us.