GREAT BAY, Sint Maarten (DCOMM) – Influenza, better known as the flu, is a highly contagious viral infection. Unlike the common cold, influenza can cause severe illness and life-threatening complications such as pneumonia and bronchitis, which often require hospitalization. The Collective Prevention Service (CPS), a department within the Ministry of Public Health, Social Development and Labour (Ministry VSA), is urging those who fall within the high risk group to get their flu shot (vaccine) by first consulting with their physician. The flu is dangerous for elderly people (65-years and over), pregnant women, and very young children (aged six months and…
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Philipsburg — The United St. Maarten (US) party will host the first of many town hall meetings for the 2018 campaign on Tuesday, January 23. The meeting will be held at the Rupert Maynard Community Center in St. Peters from 6:30pm to 8:00pm. Leader of the US party, MP Frans Richardson, said although the party is still very young, but going into its third campaign, the principle of going to the people remains the same. He said the meetings will give all US party candidates the opportunity to engage with the people and share their ideas for the recovery of…
PHILIPSBURG — The Minister of Public Housing, Spatial Planning, Environment and Infrastructure, Mr. Miklos Giterson, accompanied by his cabinet members, conducted an initial visit to NV GEBE yesterday. Minister Giterson met Wednesday with the members of the Managing Board of the utility company, Mr. Kenrick Chittick, Chief Executive Officer, Ms. Veronica Jansen-Webster, Chief Operations Officer and Ms. Iris Arrindell, Chief Financial Officer. The Managing Board presented Minister Giterson with the financial challenges the company now faces due to the loss of revenue directly related to the damage Hurricane Irma has caused to the economy of the island. CEO, Mr. Kenrick…
Adhering to no fishing rules of the Marine Park important to rebuilding local fish stocks Great Bay — Staff of the Sint Maarten Nature Foundation intercepted the vessel Oyster, with registration number SX1438, that was found poaching illegally in the Man of War Shoal National Marine Park at the location 17 ̊-59.511 N and 63 ̊-03.327 W close to the ‘Mike’s Maze’ dive site. The Spanish-speaking fishermen were approached but did not comply with the instructions of Nature Foundation staff. The vessel left the area but was followed by the Marine Park patrol vessel and the fishermen were met by…
Airport Road – Winair commenced service to Port-Au-Prince, Haiti, on Wednesday, January 17th, 2018 utilizing a state of the art Airbus 320. This aircraft is operated by Sunrise Airways, all seats are sold and marketed solely by Winair. This aircraft offers 138 economy seats and 12 business class seats. Winair will operate these services on Wednesdays and Saturdays, departure time in Haiti is 08:15AM for St. Maarten and the aircraft departs St.Maarten at 12:00 noon for Haiti. These services connect with the entire Winair network, making connections available from 12 destinations. Customers can book online at Winair. Photo credit: Photos…
PHILIPSBURG — Radio host Elektra was pleased to have Winair’s President & CEO, Mr. Michael Cleaver, in an interview in her new morning program Elektra Groovin on Oasis 96.3 started on January 8th, 2018, to talk about the recovery of Winair post-hurricane Irma. The Groove Theory is the interview segment of Elektra’s show where her guests talk about various topics and serious issues. It’s about real talk in the “Groove Theory” Elektra says. Mr. Cleaver and Helena de Bekker, Marketing & Media Manager, accepted my invitation to the program to review and share progress of Winair post Irma. Candid and…
The Minister of VSA, Mr. Emile Lee, finally came out from his secure hiding place to appear on the talk show, People’s Voice. The Minister used the first part of the program or at least the part that I heard, to blame Prime Minister William Marlin just like his Leader Sarah did for St. Maarten not being able to receive the funds from the Netherlands. Mr. Lee also took a jab at the Honorable Minister of VROMI by stating that after the hurricane in 1995, the then government brought in emergency houses for the people. He followed by asking, “where…
Philipsburg — On January 29th the period provided to the Ombudsman by the Constitution to possibly present the new National Ordinance Integrity Chamber, ratified on 18 December 2017, to the Constitutional Court for review, expires. After all that have been said and done pertaining to the Integrity Chamber, and certainly not the least by the Ombudsman of Sint Maarten, Dr. Nilda Arduin, the new National Ordinance Integrity Chamber ratified on 18 December 2017 will take effect not at the lapse of the date stated above, but on a date yet to be established by National Decree. This in order to…
Solange Ludmila York-Duncan, a young, strong and progressive professional has made the ultimate decision and postulated herself as #10 on the National Alliance slate. Ludmila was born and raised on St. Maarten and currently holds the position of Policy Advisor in the Ministry of Education. She is a wife and mother of two, driven by the complexities of political science and policy making and the innovation of marketing and branding. A self-defined strategic, hip-hop loving, 80’s baby, Ludmila hails from a well-known local family with strong legal, political and educational influences. She aims to empower our people, one community at…
Our colleagues over at SMN-News reports that GEBE CEO scored low in his evaluation and therefore the Supervisory Board intends not to renew his contract and to suspend or terminate his position citing arrogance and disrespectfulness. Whether all of this is accurate or not remains to be seen. We will soon know for sure in about a week or less. However, there is a pattern here and that pattern is consistent and therefore worthy of our attention and a StMaartenNews.com opinion piece on the matter. We see another example of a son of the soil appointed to a top position…
