Philipsburg — Detectives are presently investigating a case of ill-treatment which took place on Monday November 13th at approximately 06.15 p.m. in the vicinity of Lucky star Supermarket located on the A.T. Illidge Road. Police were sent to the scene to investigate what had taken place. On the scene the investigating officers learnt from the victim that he was beaten by a person he does not know. This person seriously ill-treated him by pushing his head through the rear windshield of a vehicle causing him to receive cuts and bruises to his head and face from which he was bleeding. The…
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PHILIPSBURG — Minister of Tourism and Economic Affairs Mellissa Arrindell-Doncher on Tuesday said St. Maarten will get marketplaces in Philipsburg residents can be proud of, long overdue suitable spaces for Philipsburg taxi’s, an organized tour bus terminal and a green area in the heart of Philipsburg. ~ Tour bus terminal also included ~ All three aspects are part of the Minister’s vision to revamp and enhance the cruise visitor experience in Philipsburg while giving St. Maarten’s capitol a much-needed face-lift which in turn enhances its tourism product. She explained that instead of a jumbled marketplace, vending kiosks will be built…
GREAT BAY — Minister Lee congratulates Red Cross on their parallel launch of their food voucher program. We are thankful for their coordinated effort to support and expand on Government’s Basic Necessities Voucher Program. These two programs allow persons who have experienced a serious financial setback as a consequence of the impact of the recent hurricanes to receive a voucher valued at NAF 150.- that can be redeemed at participating supermarkets – Le Grande Marche, Prime Distributors, Sang’s Supermarket, and Sunny Foods. Vouchers can be used to purchase basic necessities which include food, water, hygiene and sanitation products excluding tobacco…
Great Bay – The Ministry of Public Health, Social Development & Labour (VSA) partnered with SXM Power Project to provide generators to households without power since the passing of Hurricane Irma. Certain areas within some of our districts such as St. Peters, Sucker Garden, Dutch Quarter, Middle Region, South Reward, Saunders and Bush road were still without electricity, notwithstanding that GEBE is working diligently on restoring electricity throughout the island in order to bring back a sense of normality to all residents. The SXM Power Project, established by the Neus family residing in the United States of America and St.…
Philipsburg — Three hundred and sixty eight families in St. Maarten benefited from a relief exercise hosted by the St. Maarten Tzu Chi Foundation on Sunday, November 5. The relief activity, which was held at Tzu Chi’s location on the LB Scott Road, was organized to enable the foundation to continue its relief distribution efforts in the country. A total of 33 Tzu Chi volunteers got together to help ensure that the drive ran smoothly. The volunteers lovingly distributed a total of 5,000 (2,272.72 kg) pounds of rice, 690 polo tops, 720 pairs of sandals and 600 packages of cookies to…
Philipsburg — ENGAGE foundation and the Coffee Lounge have teamed up to support the Philipsburg Jubilee Library with a 10 hour read-a-thon. The Read-a-thon is the brainchild of the Engage Foundation, as the foundation strongly believes in the power of literature and its importance in building our nation and empowering its people. The foundation was saddened to learn of the damages hurricane Irma caused to the Philipsburg Jubilee Library. As Andrew Carnegie so fittingly stated “A library outranks any other one thing a community can do to benefit its people. It is a never failing spring in the desert.” The…
PHILIPSBURG — Gracita states: “just recently back home after attending an intense work-shop of the ‘Living University’, this time in Rotterdam, Holland, I am grateful for the overwhelming support extended during the seminars to the People of Sint Maarten in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma.” ‘LIVING UNIVERSITY’ WORK SHOP HELD IN ‘BLUE CITY‘ Professor Gunter Pauli together with his team (Javier Morales, Charles van de Heijden) special guest-lecturer, legendary Dr. Anders Nyquist founder of EcoCycleDesign and attendees many who hail from a diverse innovative -professional backgrounds, dedicated part of the sessions to provide hands on solutions to some of the…
Kamau Brathwaite in Liviticus – like the Psalmist in Babylon; like the weeping prophet, a book review by John Robert Lee MARTIN, Caribbean (November 2017)—Liviticus, published in 2017 by House of Nehesi Publishers, is a new collection that is at once a moving confessional poem, in which Kamau Brathwaite writes honestly, frankly, disturbingly on what he calls his “cultural lynching.” He holds nothing back as he cries, like the prophet Jeremiah, about his suffering: “The caul of fat around my liver and the shining budget of my kidneys / are laid out upon the altar of the Lord / surrounded…
Maybe there is some silent diplomacy going on behind the scenes; we don’t know that. But to the public eye it seems right now that St. Maarteners who fled to the Netherlands after Hurricane Irma and who are encountering difficulties registering in municipalities like Haarlem are left out in the cold by the government of St. Maarten. It is bad enough that Haarlem stubbornly denies Irma-refugees their most basic rights as Dutch citizens. The national ombudsman, Reinier van Zutphen, has in the meantime intervened with questions to Home Affairs Minister Kasja Ollongren. But the refugees have so far, and as…
PORT ST. MAARTEN – Port St. Maarten Management is leaving no stone unturned to make sure that the first cruise passenger experience on December 4th when the first commercial cruise ship returns to the destination, will be one of discovery for the guests to return on another cruise to the destination in the future. “We want the world to know that we are open for business and the first ambassadors to greet our guests will be our various cruise stakeholders. I want to commend Port St. Maarten management for initiating these sessions to ensure that everyone is on the same page…
