Cul de Sac — The Chuchubi Foundation organized its first successful ”Chuchubi’s Day Out with Dad” at the Emilio Wilson Historical Park, on June 24th2018. The “Dads” present enjoyed the day with their family and went back to their boyhood days by competing in the Marble Games and other games of the “good old days” where they won fabulous prizes. The over-all winner won the 200 pieces tool set donated by Kooyman. All participants were winners as they all received gifts for participating in the games. The winner of the raffle for two (2) Round trip airlines tickets to “Dushi Aruba,” generously…
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By Shola Blessing “Mi amour, let me do your nails today, it will look very good on you” my hairstylist said as she tried to cajole me once again to fix artificial nails on my fingers but for the umpteenth time I said no. I noticed that every visit to the salon is like pulling teeth. The hairstylist either wants me to color my hair or fix well designed artificial nails. Sometimes, those who are faint of heart succumb to their request and within a short while become addicted to fixing artificial nails. As attractive as it may seem, fixing…
Minister of Education, Culture, Youth and Sports, the Honorable Wycliffe Smith celebrated the success of the Oranje School’s Graduating Class of 2018 at their school leaving exercise held at the Dutch Quarter Community Centre on Thursday, June 28, 2018. The theme set was “My Passion Leads Me to My Purpose… Today My Life Begins!” Minister Smith addressed the gathering of students, parents and teachers, commending them for demonstrating the Sint. Maarten spirit of resilience after hurricanes Irma and Maria. He applauded the teachers for being able to push forward with the education of the children, “despite their own family…
PHILIPSBURG — On June 26th, 27th and 28th Minister of Public Housing, Spatial Planning, Environment and Infrastructure (VROMI) Miklos Giterson attended the Resilient Infrastructure Forum (RIF) for Latin America, Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico. The three-day forum, held in Punta Cana Dominican Republic, aimed at bringing together key stakeholders from the public and private sectors of the region in the hopes of creating a synchronized long-term strategy to combat challenges caused by natural disasters. Over the two days plans, projects and investment opportunities were presented to the attendees with an overall objective of strengthening capacity to plan, design and implement investment…
POND ISLAND — Sint Maarten — The Department of Statistics (STAT) from the Ministry of Tourism, Economic Affairs, Traffic & Telecommunications, embarked upon an Economic Census Survey (ECS) back in May and has received information from more than 1400 entities. “I would like to encourage the continued cooperation and participation of the business community with respect to the ECS. “This information is very important as it helps Government and other entities understand the current situation of the national economy and plan accordingly. “The information is also very valuable for such international entities as the International Monetary Fund and the World…
THE HAGUE — THE NETHERLANDS –The recently appointed Minister and Deputy Minister Plenipotentiary of Sint Maarten in the Romeo-Marlin Cabinet II coming forth out of the United Democrats and Sint Maarten Christian Party the Honorable Drs. Jorien Wuite, and the Honorable Michael Somersall, during their introductory meeting with the staff members of her Cabinet in The Hague, Netherlands introduced the vision and mission of their respective tenures as representatives of Sint Maarten. Honorable Minister Wuite, no stranger to the Executive branch of Government as she has held the position as Minister of Education, Culture Youth Affairs and Sports, prior to accepting the responsibility…
The company on Thursday donated two travel vouchers that will go towards the to-be-crowned Prom King and Queen at Teen Times’ upcoming Prom Night. The event will be the 21st annual Prom which has grown into one of the most anticipated end of the year events for high school seniors. Travel Planners has supported Teen Times for over a decade with its monthly print publication as well as its efforts to showcase talented St. Maarten youth abroad by exposing them to bigger opportunities in the performing arts. “Travel Planners has been Teen Times steadfast partner for what seems like forever…
On Wednesday, June 27th, the St. Maarten Medical Center received a visit from the State Secretary of the Dutch Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sports, Mr. Paul Blokhuis. Mr. Blokhuis and his team of representatives met with the Management Team and Medical Director of the SMMC. This visit presented the hospital with the opportunity to share current updates. During the meeting parties discussed the developments of SMMC over the years and its current status of services after the impact of hurricane Irma. Also on the agenda was the ongoing expansion of specialties and services as well as the new hospital…
TelEm Group colleagues on Thursday mourned the sudden passing of beloved colleague, in the Finance & Accounting Department, Mr. Junior Lake (right) pictured here with his characteristic smile. Pond Island — Emotions ran high amongst TelEm Group workers Thursday upon hearing of the sudden passing of popular colleague, Junior Lake, earlier in the day. Staff were visibly moved with some resorting to tears upon hearing the unexpected news of Mr. Lake’s passing. Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Mr. Kendall Dupersoy, ordered the public area in the main building on Pond Island, where Mr. Lake worked, closed for the afternoon so that staff and colleagues could compose themselves, comfort each other and…
On Tuesday we read the headline in the daily paper, “Qredits discontinues soft-loan programme.” The information in the newspaper was based on a press release that was issued by Qredits in the Netherlands. I was sworn in as Minister of TEATT the day before. After learning about the aforementioned on Tuesday, I requested information in order to understand what the situation with Qredits is and what can be done for the program to continue. Qredits has been very beneficial to micro, small and medium-sized enterprises on the island. Today, Wednesday, is also micro, small and medium-sized enterprises day. Congrats to…
