PHILIPSBURG — National institute of Arts to host panel discussion TALK ART featuring Broadway Dance Center (BDC) Alumni Eolia Ada, Giovanni Webster, Natorii Illidge, Bianca Dijkhoffz and Marine Caillet. The 5 Artist have all recently in different stages, returned to St. Maarten during the latter end of 2017 and early 2018. “As some of the performing artists are schedule to depart in a relatively short time, this was an opportune moment to engage in conversation on their artistic Journey” says Ms. Reyes who will be hosting the panel discussion on Tuesday January 23. St. Maarten has a rich and vibrant…
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By Hilbert Haar Did anybody wonder about the astonishing donation of $46,694 the Jump Up Casino made to the Rotary Club and the Lions Club? I’m not questioning the gesture – on the contrary – but I was blown away by the sheer amount and even more by the source of this money. And no – before anybody starts – it’s not dirty. Nothing like that. This money is the proceeds of a “progressive bingo tournament” – whatever on earth that is – that was held in the month of December. Remember that we had a hurricane in September of…
PHILIPSBURG – The involvement of the World Bank with the reconstruction of St. Maarten is starting to take shape, after the World Bank’s representatives – Doekle Wielinga and Edouard Ereno-Blanchet – paid a courtesy visit to interim Prime Minister Leona Marlin-Romeo last Friday. Doekle Wielinga is a senior disaster risk management specialist; he is the deputy manager of GFDRR – the World Bank’s Global Facility For Disaster Reduction and Recovery. While the way this agency will go about its assistance to St. Maarten is still somewhat of a mystery to the public, a presentation Wielinga gave in 2010 in Brussels…
PHILIPSBURG – The financial situation of the Ministry of Justice is “alarming” former Minister of Justice Rafael Boasman writes in a national decree dated January 12, the Friday before the interim-government was sworn in on Monday January 15. Because of its financial predicament the ministry does not consider it opportune anymore to establish a new organization – the Department of Judicial Services (Dienst Justitiële Zorgverlening). Initially, the ministry wanted to bring the Court of Guardianship, the Foundation Judicial Facilities Windward Islands (SJIB) and the Miss Lalie Center under this umbrella. The decree – published in the national gazette on Friday,…
PHILIPSBURG — On Friday January 19th, Prime Minister Leona Romeo-Marlin welcomed a delegation of the World Bank at the Government Building. During the meeting, the Prime Minister and the head of the World Bank team, Mr. Doekle Wielinga, discussed how the World Bank can support the recovery and reconstruction efforts of the Government of Sint Maarten. It was agreed that urgent action is needed. Prime Minister Romeo Marlin said, “I am elated to welcome the World Bank to Sint Maarten as this symbolizes the continuation of the process of accessing the much needed Reconstruction Funds that has been available to…
Philipsburg — The St. Maarten Chamber of Commerce (COCI) and Industry would like to welcome its newest members to the Board of Directors. Small Business sector: The names are Annuska Friday-Illis, Bertaux Simon Fleming & Nikhil Kukreja. Large Business sector: The names are Edsel Gumbs and Louis Bute. Photo caption: Back row: L. Bute and E. Gumbs. Front row: A. Friday-Illis, B. Fleming and N. Kukreja.
PHILIPSBURG – Persons interested in becoming employed in the Building Construction sector now have a unique opportunity to follow a six (6) months training in Trinidad to become a certified tradesman. The Division for Study Financing, the Department of Youth of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Youth and Sport and The Department of Labor Affairs and Social Services of the Ministry of Public Health, Social Development and Labor have teamed up with the MIC Institute of Technology in Trinidad to provide young unemployed persons on St. Maarten with study financing, via its NL funded Studying in the Region Project, pursue…
Willemstad — The Dutch Minister of Justice and Security Prof. mr. Ferdinand Grapperhaus has paid a courtesy visit to the Common Court of Justice. Here he was received by President of the Court, mr. Eunice Saleh, accompanied by director of operations Coryse Barendregt MSc. BBA and vice president of the Curaçao and Bonaire branch mr. Mauritsz de Kort. The conversation went very well. The parties discussed, among other things, the consequences of hurricane Irma on Sint Maarten, housing on Bonaire and St. Eustatius, the Committee on the Code of Criminal Procedure and the mutual cooperation and support. Photo caption: Minister of…
Philipsburg — The Oranje Fonds, the main sponsor of SXM DOET, has made extra funding available for the annual SXM DOET volunteer event, due to the extra challenges Sint Maarten is facing in the aftermath of hurricane Irma. This year organizations can now request up to $1000, instead of the usual $650. SXM DOET coordinators – Melanie Choisy, Fleur Hermanides and Laura Bijnsdorp urge organizations to sign up this year to take advantage of this funding opportunity. SXM DOET 2018 will take place on March 9th and 10th. SXM DOET is perfect for organizations – local foundations, schools, clubs, community…
Great Bay — Commencing on Monday January 22nd, 2018, Minister of Justice, Cornelius de Weever, in cooperation with the office of the Representative of the Netherlands in Philipsburg will be hosting a two-day working conference between Sint Maarten and the Netherlands on the topics of Border Control and the recovery of the local Justice-chain post Hurricane Irma. Participating in the conference will be officials of the Sint Maarten Police Force, Prison, Customs, Coast Guard, Public Prosecutor’s Office, Royal Marechaussee, Court of Guardianship, the Foundation Judicial Institutes St. Maarten, the Sint Maarten Ministry of Justice, the National Security Service Sint Maarten,…
