PORT ST. MAARTEN — June 14, 2018, the Joint Court of Justice rendered a provisional judgment with regard to the Public Prosecutor’s request for a civil inquiry and several injunctive measures. The Court took into consideration that, based on several measures already taken by the Port, the Public Prosecutor withdrew several of the requested injunctive measures against the Port. For example, the demand to suspend the entire supervisory board and to have the Court appoint an interim Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and new supervisory board, were already dropped by the Public Prosecutor before the hearing on May 24, 2018. At…
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Philipsburg — The first round of a series of weekly meetings between the St. Maarten School Bus Owners Association (SSBOA) and the Government of Sint Maarten spearheaded by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Youth and Sport (MECYS) ended with a number of conclusions, agreements and an enhanced relationship between the two entities. School bus transportation has had the attention of the Ministry for the last three years as matters related to improved safety of students and efficiency and increased costs resulted in a Council of Minister’s decision in 2017 to introduce adjusted measures to streamline services. The assignment was given…
Philipsburg — On Wednesday June 12th, Prime Minister Leona Romeo-Marlin and Steering Committee member Mr. Marcel Gumbs returned from Washington D.C. where they attended the first official meeting of the Steering Committee. After landing on Sint Maarten, the Prime Minister announced that the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP) is now fully ready: “After months of intensive preparations with the World Bank and stakeholders, I am excited to announce the presentation of the National Recovery and Resilience Plan. The NRRP will be our roadmap toward building Sint Maarten back better. It offers a comprehensive strategy to guide our country to…
Simpson Bay — St. Maarten (Wednesday, June 13, 2018) — 32 Insel Air passengers were elated when flight PJ-KVN touched down safely on the runway of the Princess Juliana International Airport – SXM on Wednesday June 13, 2018 at approximately 1:19pm. The Fokker 50 aircraft originally departed from St. Maarten en route to Curaçao at 12:59pm and later turned around due to engine failure. The aircraft reportedly had four hours of fuel. Following a code red call from an Insel Air pilot, the SXM Airport Air Traffic controllers executed its safety procedures for an emergency landing. The pilot had an…
GREAT BAY — St. Martin — The World War II autobiography Schoolboy in Wartime — Memories of My Early Years is the newest book published in St. Martin and its author Gerard van Veen is in demand. Gerard van Veen was invited by Rotary Club St. Maarten-Mid Isle to be its guest speaker last week (6.5.18), at which time he presented Schoolboy in Wartime to the Club, said Jacqueline Sample, president of House of Nehesi (HNP), the book’s publisher. Dutch journalists from newspapers such as Alkmaarse krant and Telegraaf have been seeking out the veteran author for interviews or a review copy of…
PORT ST. MAARTEN – Port St. Maarten attended the Florida-Caribbean Cruise Association (FCCA) Platinum Associate Membership Advisory Council (PAMAC) meeting from June 6-9 in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. Leading the destination delegation to PAMAC was Acting Minister of Tourism & Economic Affairs Cornelius de Weever. During the closing reception of the conference, Port St. Maarten received the baton and opportunity to host the PAMAC Conference to be held in June 2019. “This is a plus for our country that we will be able to host this very important conference which brings together key decision makers from the cruise lines that…
GREAT BAY — St. Martin — The book Una suave, tierna línea de montañas azules: Nicolás Guillén y Haití, by Emilio Jorge Rodríguez, received the Honorable Mention prize from the Caribbean Studies Association (CSA) on June 8, according to the Gordon K. and Sybil Farrell Lewis Book Prize committee for 2018. The book, which explores “the communicating ties between Haitians and Cubans,” according to journalist Marilyn Bobes, is already a winner of the prestigious Casa de las Americas literary prize (2017). Una suave, tierna línea de montañas azules (A Gentle, Tender Line of Blue Mountains), is now the first Spanish-language book to receive the CSA academic…
Dutch Quarter — The Filipino Community of Sint Maarten visited the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Primary (MLK) School on Wednesday morning as part of their Independence celebrations. “I deeply appreciate the Filipino Community contributing to our school as they celebrate the 120th year of independence of their country” remarked MLK School Manager Stuart Johnson. The special visit to the Kindergarten classes included brief remarks by the members of the Filipino Community. Additionally each student received a package of gifts and toys. The toys were donated by ACE and the Filipino Community “Congratulations to the Filipino Community of St.Maarten on their…
POND ISLAND — Sint Maarten — The St. Maarten Carnival Development Foundation (SCDF), the entity that organizes the annual Carnival festivities, this week started a campaign to garner ideas for the 50th anniversary of the country’s largest cultural display. SCDF is asking for ideas about events, slogans, projects, activities ect., and persons have until June 10, 2018 to submit them to email address: sxmcarnival50@gmail.com SCDF stated this week that submission of an idea does not mean it would automatically be included in the way the person who submitted it intended, but it could be incorporated in some form or fashion.…
GREAT BAY — Sint Maarten (DCOMM) — According to the World Health Organization (WHO), health care-associated infections, infections acquired during delivery of health care, are common and are a risk factor for developing sepsis but it can be prevented. In review of the existing reports and theories, the Collective Preventive Services (CPS), a department within the Ministry of Public Health, Social Development and Labour (Ministry VSA), from an awareness and public information perspective, emphasizes the need to routinely clean your hands, simply wash hands in every action and step in order to mitigate the spread of infectious diseases. Very young…
