Philipsburg — At the recent reception for the visiting Governor (DG) of district 7020 Dr. Robert Leger, well-known singer Helen Hart was recognized with a Paul Harris Fellow (PHF), for her many contributions to the youth of St. Maarten in the field of music. Helen has also brought many local talents to light in her musical stage productions of “Jesus Christ Superstar”, “Les Miserables” and “Grease”. Both Helen and her husband Neville “Fats” James are involved in teaching youngsters music, voice and entertainment lessons, and have started the signing group “Arias”, who have displayed their angelic voices at various functions…
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CAY BAY — The Cay Bay Community Care Taker Team is extending an invitation to all residence of Cay Bay to a General Meeting where the members of the Community that postulated themselves for a position on the Community Council will be presented and the residence will have the opportunity to vote for their new council. This new and dynamic team is so excited and pleased to turn over a new leaf. The new postulated members have decided to step up and serve the community by running for a seat on the board of the Cay Bay Community Council. The date…
PHILIPSBURG — The St. Maarten Tzu Chi Foundation continued its efforts to assist persons in the community still suffering in the aftermath of the devastating hurricane Irma on Sunday, March 4, 2018 when it donated a number of basic food items to 70 persons from the St. Peters Kingdom Life Ministry Church. This was the Foundation’s tenth “three goods” relief effort. The “three goods” relief effort is significant in that it encourages recipients and the public to “think, speak and do good” in all that they do, a principle also followed by the Foundation’s volunteers. Tzu Chi said a half…
by Wycliffe Smith After one week of discussions with party leaders, MPs-elect, social partners and others, informateurs Mr. Jan Beaujon and Dr. Arduin will be submitting their findings to His Excellency, Governor Eugene Holiday. The first question on everybody’s mind is “which parties are going to form a coalition?” Since the people of Sint Maarten are so accustomed to government-coalitions being formed almost immediately after the election results are made known, this week became a week of speculation, anxiety and having things done differently. In my opinion this has also been a good week for political parties because they got…
POND ISLAND – Acting Minister of Tourism, Economic Affairs, Transportation and Telecommunications (Ministry TEATT) Cornelius de Weever, who just recently returned after leading a delegation to Seatrade Cruise Global, said there is still a great demand for the destination, and concluded that representing the country at the leading annual global business-to-business event for the cruise industry was a success. Seatrade Cruise Global was held at the Broward County Convention Center from March 5-8, and the minister lead a delegation that included Port St. Maarten, the St. Maarten Chamber of Commerce & Industry, SXM Airport, and the St. Maarten Tourist Bureau.…
POND ISLAND – Minister of Justice and Acting Minister of Tourism, Economic Affairs, Transport and Telecommunications (Ministry TEATT) Cornelius de Weever after doing a walk through in Philipsburg on Saturday, said cruise line executives at the recently concluded Seatrade Cruise Global Conference, pointed out that safety and security of cruise passengers are essential for the cruise passenger experience while visiting a destination. The Minister of Justice/TEATT was accompanied by Minister of Public Housing, Spatial Planning, Environment and Infrastructure Management (Ministry VROMI) Miklos Gitterson, Minister of Finance Michael Ferrier, and representatives from the St. Maarten Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Port…
PHILIPSBURG — The St. Maarten Carnival Development Foundation (SCDF) has put together a Reggae lineup that it says will “groove and move you in all the right ways” for Carnival 2018. The foundation on Friday announced the lineup for the One Love Reggae Concert in collaboration with CC1 St. Maarten and Presidente Beer. This will be the third consecutive year that the foundation has taken it upon itself to host the popular Reggae concert for Carnival. The Lineup will feature love Reggae crooners Sanchez, Etana and Christopher Martin, who will be complimented by Dancehall stars Aidonia and Ishawna. “We wanted…
DIVINE ALIGNMENT & EDUCATION IS KEY TO SELECTION OF REAL LEADERSHIP Jimmy Challenger ran on a platform of Political Stability, establishing a multiannual plan to achieve Financial Independence, allowing us to comfortably pay for the Social Wellbeing of the people – his concerns for the country continue to grow day by day – and foresees that St. Maarten will face one of two things within the next governing period: An instruction from the Netherlands to take over the Country’s (Political) Management or another Snap Parliamentary Election. Challenger who has a background in International Business – a former graduate of the…
SIMPSON BAY — “A strong link between St. Maarten and Nevis is rather important; there are lots of people who go to shop there for business,” said Greg Phillips, CEO of Nevis’ Tourism Authority at a meeting he hosted last week on Nevis with a delegation of the Princess Juliana International Airport, headed by its Chief Operating Officer (COO) Michel Hyman. According to Hyman, the purpose of the meeting was to reactivate the Air Service Development Committee (ASDC) which has been dormant for some time now. The ASDC consists of hub partners Nevis, Anguilla, French St. Martin, St. Barths, Saba,…
CAY HILL — Visiting medical specialists continue to make life better for patients at St. Maarten Medical Center. The hospital this week drew our attention to two such specialists: vascular surgeon Dr. Mirza Idu and Dr. Jesse Jessurun, an interventional radiologist. “Vascular” refers to the veins and arteries, the specialist area of Dr. Idu, who is based at the Academisch Medisch Centrum (AMC) in Amsterdam, while Dr Jesserun’s branch of radiology, the science best known for X-rays, involves procedures such as the insertion of probes up towards the heart, to investigate problems which would otherwise not be clear. Dr. Idu…
