Line-up for Carnival’s flagship show announced “live” online Pond Island– Performing artistes, Burning Flames, Jah Cure, T-Vice and local favourites, The Control Band, will be headlining this year’s TelCell Night of the Hit Makers flagship show for Carnival 2018. The artistes were announced live online to Facebook, Youtube and google audiences by show promoter, Berteaux “Mr. Rude” Fleming, during a press conference at the John Larmonie Center, Longwall Road, Tuesday. According to “Mr. Rude” neither the devastation of Hurricane Irma in September last year, nor the tightening of sponsorship belts has curbed his enthusiasm to stage his premier carnival show…
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CAYHILL: The St. Maarten Medical Center (SMMC) is pleased to announce the in service of Pediatrician Dr. Thibisay Morvan as of December 21st, 2017. Dr. Morvan brings 20 years of experience to the SMMC with the enthusiasm to utilize her knowledge and experience in her specialty of pediatric intensive care. She was born and raised in Venezuela, where she studied and began her practice. She gained a Master’s degree in Tropical Medicine at Liverpool University in England. She speaks both Spanish and English fluently. Upon completing her education Dr. Morvan worked for several years at the Maternidad Santa Ana in…
Philipsburg — On Tuesday, January 30th, at approximately 11.10 a.m., police patrols and detectives were directed to Old Simpson Bay Road #36 to investigate a case of a man who had hung himself. On the scene the investigating officers located a white male hanging from a tree with a rope tied around his neck. The victim was not showing any signs of life. Dr. Mercuur who arrived shortly at the scene pronounced the death of the victim as “death by hanging”. On the scene the investigators identified the victim with his passport and had also learnt that he had recently…
Dear Editor, The main motivation when postulating one’s self to political party is to serve the people. It’s why we are called Civil Servants. Unfortunately, however; not every postulated candidate shares this motivation. Also noticeable are persons postulated with the best of intentions, and later unfortunately corrupted by others. As a member of the National Alliance I am extremely fortunate that no such pressure was ever placed upon me by any member of the party. As I climbed in rank, supported by the voters of St. Maarten, the former leader and Prime Minister William Marlin, embraced the rise and started…
PORT ST. MAARTEN – MSC Divina cruise ship from MSC Cruises made an unscheduled port call on Tuesday morning January 30. The cruise line was scheduled to return to the destination on March 28, more than two months away. Port St. Maarten Management took the opportunity Tuesday morning to welcome the vessel to the ‘Friendly Island.’ MSC Divina was scheduled to call at a nearby island, but due to berthing challenges the vessel was diverted to St. Maarten. Port St. Maarten accepted the vessel request as additional berths were available and the vessel docked alongside safely. “One of the strengths…
SMART CONVERSATION, is a thought provoking, interactive, informative and knowledge focused one-hour talk show with two dynamic co-hosts, Dr. Natasha Gittens, Ph.D. and the Real Deal Cuchi the Captain. The show airs every Friday and debuts on Friday, February 16, 2018 at Noon -1pm on 101.5FM. The duo will share their perspectives, supported by real-world experiences and incorporate research on everyday happenings in the Workplace, Home-life, Community, Career, Banking, Relationships, Family & Finances. Topics like, “Should I date in the workplace?” “Should I pay cash or finance?” “What is the appropriate age for parents to allow their teenager to date?”…
by Jacob Gelt Dekker Sex, romance, and true love played out with Hiram Beakes. Hiram Beakes was a young man and a scion of the ruling family on the island of Saba. His story of licentious sex that turned into true love, stolen gold, ruthless murder, and a dreadful suicide is something no author could have made up; the Hiram account is true history.He was born as the second son of the Councilor of the Island and had lived nothing but a privileged and protected youth. Naturally, like any young man, he was eager to venture out into the world.…
Simpson Bay — After the great success of the first Simpson Bay Lagoon clean-up on the 14th of January, Environmental Protection in the Caribbean (EPIC) and the St Maarten Nature Foundation are announcing the next event Simpson Bay Lagoon cleanup event. On Sunday the 4th of February the two Foundations will join forces to support the ‘A Bit at a Time’ initiative of Mason Chadwick in cleaning up parts of the Simpson Bay Lagoon. “On Sunday we will be cleaning up the shores and lagoon area from Gateway Marina (where Pink Iguana used to be) up to Sixt Car rental…
SIMPSON BAY – Demolition works started on Monday, January 29, 2018 at the Princess Juliana International Airport, SXM, when the honorable Minister of Tourism, Economic Affairs, Transportation and Telecommunications (TEATT), Cornelius De Weever swung a sledge hammer to symbolize the beginning of work that includes the removal of the interior walls and fixtures of the terminal building which suffered severe damages at the hands of the category 5 Hurricane Irma. Operations at the terminal building had to be moved to the airside when the airport reopened for commercial flights on October 10, 2017. “As the demolition begins and a new…
Cay Hill – CC1 St. Maarten, the exclusive distributor of Coca Cola®, has commissioned a Limited Edition 12oz Coca-Cola can for St. Maarten. In the aftermath of “Irma”, CC1 wanted to do something to commemorate the strength and resilience of St. Maarten and its people and so the idea to immortalize the phrase “#SXMSTRONG” on the world-famous Coca-Cola can was born. In addition to “#SXMSTRONG” the Limited Edition can also feature the St. Maarten flag and the iconic Coca-Cola wave is depicted by two hands reaching out to help each other. On hand to witness the arrival and opening of…
