HILVERSUM – Blocked on Facebook, out of a job or publicly unmasked as a racist. These are all scenarios you have to consider if you sent a racist message into the world, Natasja Gibbs reports on Caribisch Netwerk. An increasing number of people, among them Antillean-Dutch, are fed up and they have only one goal: naming and shaming racists. They are the busiest in the period around the Sinterklaas-celebration. “Can’t we just exterminate all niggers? At least that will put a stop to all that whining about racism.” This is one of hundreds of public social media posts that have…
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As we at stmaartennews.com like to sometimes take our inspiration from Facebook – most times we take our inspiration anywhere we can get it – we sent our cartoonist James Baggett to the drawing board for this one specially for Mrs. Benders. Her post on Seasonal vs Seasoned Politicians reminded us of the story of a reporter who went out for dinner with two politicians to interview them for their upcoming election. After her night out with the first politician, she reported back to her editor that she thought he was the most interesting person in the world. Everyone in…
Willemstad, Curacao — From November 16th to 19th Pony affiliated members of the Caribbean Zone got together at Lagun Court in Banda Bow in Curacao, for the Pony Annual Baseball/Softball meeting. During this meeting the Pony Caribbean Zone were discussing the results of the 2017 tournaments and planning for the upcoming 2018 events. The Countries of the Pony Caribbean Zone that attended the meeting were Curacao, Santo Domingo, Aruba, Panama, Nicaragua, Guatemala and Puerto Rico and St. Maarten. Attendees from St. Maarten were Esmay Thomas, Wilfred James, Nadia Brown and Gabriel Brown.
GREAT BAY — The Sint Maarten Nature Foundation, together with volunteers from the Cruise Operator Sector, cleaned up a large portion of Great Bay Beach this week. Great Bay Beach is not only a critical nature area in terms sea turtle nesting but it is also the major tourism beach. “We have been cleaning the beaches systematically and one of the most important is definitely Great Bay Beach.” said Tadzio Bervoets, manager of the Sint Maarten Nature Foundation. “With the announcement that the first cruise visitors will start to arrive in December we placed Great Bay Beach on the priority…
PORT ST. MAARTEN – Approximately 200 persons from the public and private sectors attended two-days of cruise sector stakeholder sessions last week organized by Port St. Maarten, in preparation for December cruise ship calls. The stakeholder sessions attracted various companies from the private sector that included jewelers, taxi associations, tour companies, excursionists, dive shop operations, small hotel sector, restaurants, watersports, media, and many other hospitality related businesses that cater to the cruise sector. Employees from Port St. Maarten also took part as well as civil servants from several government departments including the St. Maarten Tourist Bureau. The objective of the…
GREAT BAY — On Friday November 17th, MP drs Rodolphe Samuel met with the Dutch Representative for Reconstruction Projects in St Maarten, dr Erwin Arkenbout. Also in attendance was Faction Policy Advisor, Oswald G. Bell. The discussion centered around the €550,000,000,= that the Government of the Netherlands has earmarked for St. Maarten’s Reconstruction Fund, the detailed plan of how the funds will be used is seemingly not yet finalized. Also a determination has to yet be made as to how much of the funds will given as a grant and how much as a loan. It was learned that the…
SCHIPHOL – According to the public prosecutor the officers who were involved in the arrest of Aruban Mitch Henriquez in 2015 are guilty of ill-treatment. There is no causal connection between Henriquez’ death and the police violence, the prosecutor said on Monday, adding that he will not demand punishment against the officers, identified only as DH01 and DH02. “They are guilty, but they have already been punished enough.” Initially the assumption was that Henriquez had died due to the application of the controversial choke hold, but a new report and new statements from expert witnesses created doubt about this, the…
~ Children’s Rights observed amidst the Recovery Plan of the Country Sint Maarten ~ PHILIPSBURG — The month of November has always been a very special month in the lives of the children where as a country we have promoted the awareness of children’s rights for over three decades in collaboration with our counterparts of French St. Martin. This year a unique occasion has been presented to us since the passing of Hurricane Irma to truly demonstrate our sincere commitment towards the wellbeing of our children. The devastation of the Hurricane, I dare say challenged almost every article as presented…
~ Public Service Announcement ~ Saba/Statia — The representatives of the National Ombudsman will return to Statia and Saba once again. They will be on Statia on Monday, November 27 and Tuesday, November 28, and on Saba on Wednesday afternoon, November 29 and Thursday, November 30. The National Ombudsman deals with complaints about the government. People may be at an impasse with, for example, the Dutch Caribbean Tax Authorities, the Police, ZVK or the Rijksdienst Dutch Caribbean. The representatives have arranged for consultation hours during which anyone may visit. Let us know if you have experienced not being listened to…
~ Community encouraged to play a role in making day relevant for children ~ Great Bay – The United Nations’ (UN) Universal Children’s Day, which was established in 1954, is celebrated on November 20 each year to promote international togetherness and awareness among children and improving children’s welfare. It is a date on which parents, teachers, nurses and doctors, government representatives and civil society activists, religious and community elders, corporate moguls and media professionals as well as young people and children themselves are encouraged to play an important part in making Universal Children’s Day relevant for their societies and communities.…
