The Detective Department is presently investigating two separate break-ins at the two Burger King Restaurants located in Cole Bay on Welfare road and Union road. These two break-ins took place within a period of five days. At both locations the access was gained through a window in the drive through section. Only at one of these locations a small amount of petty cash was missing in addition to the damages to the establishment.
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Great Bay — St. Maarten — The United Nations’ (UN) World Refugee Day is observed on June 20 each year. This event honors the courage, strength and determination of women, men and children who are forced to flee their homeland under threat of persecution, conflict and violence. In some countries, it is a day when activists protest against using former prisons to detain migrants and asylum seekers while visiting them in detention to offer moral support. Some communities dedicate an entire week that includes World Refugee Day to encourage people to think about the lives of refugees and the human…
PORT ST. MAARTEN — Port St. Maarten will be establishing a human resources training outpost in the third quarter of 2018. Recent stakeholder meetings which included Global Port Training have been a success. Further discussions will take place with educational authorities to further explore the possibility of recruiting students from the high school system. The training outpost will lead to the certification of persons working in the logistics field such as heavy equipment operators, stevedoring activities, and other port-container related operations. The certification will elevate the skill set of persons who are going to be a part of the rebuilding of the…
The Inspectorate of Public Health, Social Development and Labor informs that Kellogg’s company in the United States has issued a recall for Kellogg’s Honey Smacks Cereals. This recall has been issued following indications that the bacteria Salmonella Mbandaka has been detected in some brands of Kellogg’s cereal and has been linked to multistate outbreaks in 31 states as of last week. The Kellogg’s company is advising consumers to throw away cereal boxes with the following denomination: Name: Honey Smacks Cereal Best by date: June 14, 2018, through June 14, 2019 Size of boxes: 15.3-ounce and 23-ounce The Kellogg’s company also…
SIMPSON BAY, St. Maarten (Monday, June 19, 2018) – The SXM Airport Air Traffic Services facility experienced catastrophic damage to its equipment during hurricane Irma last September. The company has taken on the difficult task of restoring all the equipment and components required for the safe and efficient operation of aircraft within St. Maarten’s airspace. PJIAE has chosen Thales as the provider of Primary/Secondary Surveillance Radar and Automation equipment. Thales is one of the most reputable providers of radar and automation systems worldwide and has been delivering on its obligations. The integration of radar, communication and navigation equipment is a…
On Thursday 14th June 2018, a Memorandum of Understanding was signed between the Mental Health Foundation and the Safe Haven Foundation in a joint effort to start a joint relationship with the objective to strengthen the mental and psychological health of domestic violence victims. This M.O.U. will function as an agreement to facilitate partnership and cooperation in the areas of: * Intake process * treatment/ care plans * joint treatment * medical and nursing technical support; * prevention programs; staff training support; * client training support * communication and cooperation with third parties * awareness and reintegration programs Safe Haven’s…
Philipsburg — Director of Sint Maarten’s Philipsburg Jubilee Library Monique Alberts received the president’s gavel of Acuril, the Caribbean Library Association for the year 2018-2019. The change of board took place on June 7th during the annual Acuril conference in the Dominican Republic. Monique Alberts represents the Dutch Caribbean Library association in the Executive council of Acuril. With the presidentship comes the privilege and responsibility for organizing several events, culminating in the 2019 annual Acuril conference. Alberts will organize the 2019 Acuril conference in Aruba from June 2nd and June 6th of next year. The conference will focus on the…
POND ISLAND — Sint Maarten — Minister of Justice Cornelius de Weever, who also acts in the absence of the Minister of Public Housing, Spatial Planning, Environment and Infrastructure (Ministry VROMI), hereby informs all boatowners, marina operators, salvaging companies and any other entity or persons that are presently in the act of discarding old boat wrecks and/or parts thereof on both landfills, to cease from doing so as this is not allowed. Reason for such lies in the fact that the fiberglass parts are extremely flammable and with the serious heat presently ongoing the change for sporadic combustion on the…
PHILIPSBURG — St. Maarten Chamber of Commerce & Industry (COCI) Executive Director Anastacio Baker, says that COCI statistics for the 1st Quarter of 2018 compared to the same period in 2017 revealed that new business openings are up; the number of business closures are down, and this says that the economy is showing a positive resilience of recovery. “St. Maarten is bouncing back despite the September 2017 hurricanes. The first quarter figures are a testament to that especially when you compare the first quarter figures of 2018 with 2017 when there were no hurricanes impacting the country at that time.…
GREAT BAY — Sint Maarten (DCOMM) — The lack of physical activity is seen as a health threat. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), around the world, not enough people are active; one in four adults and four out of five adolescents are not getting enough exercise. Some of the consequences of inactivity are overweight or obesity. Physical activity is good for health and can prevent heart disease, cancer and diabetes. Sint Maarten’s calendar of health observances is to promote in particular local or global health issues and encourage the male population – men’s health – to be proactive and consult…
