PHILIPSBURG —The Philipsburg Jubilee Library (PJL) will be hosting her annual Christmas Market on Thursday, December 21st, from 10 am to 8pm at the library’s parking lot. The Library’s annual Christmas Market festivities will be hosting crafters from all over St. Maarten, displaying their arts and creative works. Individual decorated stands will offer handcrafted goods where shoppers can find one- of – a kind gifts, and decorations. This year is promised, just the same as previous years, to be a spectacular community event. In order to make this event a success we would like to invite all interested persons to…
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TelCell Breakthrough Youth Talent Show Winners take to the stage with TelEm Group Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Mr. Kendall Dupersoy (right) and Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) Mr. Brian Mingo (left) at the end of the event, held at the Habour Facility Saturday night. (Photo by Edgardo Lynch. Pond Island – TelCell’s Breakthrough Youth Talent Show finals, held for the first time at the Harbour Facility, Saturday, is being hailed the biggest and best to date by show organizers and an emotion-packed audience. Once again the performance brought the audience to its feet and some to tears, with all youngsters performing…
As was to be expected, former Prime Minister William Marlin countered Minister Emil Lee’s story with his side of the story: He never gave Minister Lee permission to use MR plate on his private vehicle. The saying goes, there is always three sides to a story, your side, his side and the truth. Whichever side prevails, we believe Minister Lee will continue to sweat bullets for a while as he continues to remain in the hot seat of the Ministry of VSA and the opposition continues to keep him in their firing sights. There is however another side of this…
Dear Editor, The vindictive Dutch politicians have achieved, with the help of local brownnosers, what they decided to make happen and that is the resignation of Prime Minister William MARLIN. The Dutch politicians could not accept the fact that William stood up to them as a true leader in defense of the self rule of Country St. Martin. How dare a local politician stand up to the “mighty” Dutch. That’s for the Dutch tantamount to a death sentence. And because of William’s reaction to their immoral action, William must “die”. politically. But the voters of St. Martin have the last…
Dear Editor As a board, we wanted the people of St. Maarten to know that we are EXTREMELY proud of our leader Prime Minister William Marlin. We realize that some people have been trying to discredit him as a politician and a person. We know the real man, the man devoted to family and friends and loyal to St. Maarten. We also felt the need to remind ourselves of some of his many accomplishments. Many politicians can claim to have vision or a record of accomplishments but upon scrutiny, their claims are easily discarded. Prime Minister Marlin can not only…
by Cdr. Bud Slabbaert Airlift is a major Caribbean problem that deserves top priority because it is vital for tourism and trade, subsequently for the economic well-being of all population members of the Caribbean communities. The problem has been acknowledged for many years. Just check the on-line archives of the news media to find the evidence. No one has come up with a true common solution. How to solve the airlift problem? It is quite complicated. Already because of the geography and the many jurisdictions. Try to define the Caribbean. It could be any area between Bermuda and the Guyanas,…
PHILIPSBURG — St. Maarten AIDS Foundation held a testing event at Gisela Salon on Cannegieter Street, Philipsburg, to commemorate World AIDS Day on December 1st, 2017. It was a much smaller-scale event than the usual World AIDS Day testing the island has become used to, due to the lingering effects of Hurricane Irma. Scotiabank, which normally offers the use of their premises for the annual World AIDS Day event, suffered too much damage to host this year, and American University of the Caribbean, which normally provides physicians-in-training for the event, has not yet returned to the island. The AIDS Foundation,…
PHILIPSBURG – A slight rain in the afternoon could not put a damper on Saturday’s royal visit to St. Maarten by King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima, but the visit still seemed a bit lackluster because – unlike during earlier royal visits – not many citizens came out on the streets to catch a glimpse of the royal couple. The royals arrived around 10 a.m. on a Winair flight where they were received by Governor drs. Eugène Holiday and his wife, Prime Minister Rafael Boasman and airport director Michel Hyman. From there the tour took the royals to the causeway bridge…
~ “People are resilient and they believe in the future” ~ PHILPSBURG – “I am still shocked when I see the island. I have never experienced anything like this before. There is a lot of destruction but the people are resilient and they believe in the future,’ King Willem-Alexander said at the end of Saturday’s royal visit to St. Maarten. “It is amazing what has been done, said the king who also visited the island shortly after Hurricane Irma struck. “Debris has been cleared and it looks like we’re ready for business. I also take back home the gratitude of…
PHILIPSBURG — Members of the Bervoets Family, both living in Sint Maarten and in Belgium, organized a Hurricane Irma Relief Supply Drive for the Charlotte Brookson Academy of the Performing Arts. Renown Belgian actor, Gene Bervoets, who used to reside on the island some years ago as a drama teacher, director of the Cultural Center and Director of the Council on the Arts; and his children Tadzio Bervoets, Manager of the Sint Maarten Nature Foundation and Ayumi Bervoets, Senior Policy Advisor to the Minister of Justice; on Friday presented the Charlotte Brookson Academy with much-needed Hurricane relief funds. “Sint Maarten…
