Philipsburg — The latest book by author Loekie Morales, beautifully illustrated by the realistic artist-painter Penka Petkova, named ‘Chella and the Weird Woman/’Chella en het Vreemde Vrouwtje’, is being baptized on Friday coming, December 8th during its book launch at OBA OBA, Lapa Lapa Center, Simpson Bay from 6.00 to 7.00 pm. Rita Aikman, the treasurer of Beyond Kultura Events Foundation (BKE) stated: ‘It is with great pride, that Beyond Kultura is announcing that the book launch of this bilingual (Dutch and English), full colored THRILLER for 8 years and older is published, thanks to the donations of the Windward…
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Philipsburg — Over the next week, the Sint Maarten Hospitality and Trade Association (SHTA) will be holding a recovery photo contest. By means of collecting pictures of the rebuilding of Sint Maarten, SHTA wants to break the vicious circle of international media still portraying pictures of the devastation directly after hurricane Irma. The continued use of those pictures spread the image of the island not being ready to receive visitors – even though many tours and restaurants are already open for business. As the association sees progress being made on many fronts, SHTA wants to share images of the island getting…
Philipsburg — On Wednesday, December 5th at approximately 01.15 p.m. several police patrols, detectives, Forensic Department and paramedics were sent to Madrid Drive in Dutch Quarter where according to incoming reports a shooting had taken place. On the scene the investigating officers encountered the victim who was bleeding from several stab wounds he had suffered. The victim was treated on the scene by paramedics and rushed to the Sint Maarten Medical Center for further medical treatment. The scene was immediately closed off for the detectives to question potential witnesses and for the Forensic Department to collect evidence. As the investigation…
Dear Editor, The parliament of St. Maarten has set aside this Thursday, December 7, 2017 to hear from the ministers individually and the Council of Minsters collectively on their plans and projects for the immediate recovery funding. “The parliament is still awaiting the final NRP as announced, but what we see are initiatives being taken by the individual ministers, mostly uncoordinated, while an overall plan of action is lacking. 3 months following hurricane Irma, there is no excuse for the absence of this plan.” “In addition, I have again reminded the Council of Ministers of the urgency of the draft…
By Hilbert Haar The financial quagmire the University of St. Martin finds itself in should not come as a surprise to anyone, especially not to politicians and decision makers. Under its previous president, Annelies Oliver-Van den Assem, the institution teetered already on the brink of financial disaster and under her successor, Francio Guadeloupe, things apparently went from bad to worse. Is this a surprise? Something the Parliament woke up to after Hurricane Irma? Or did the USM only got the attention of decision makers when it became clear that it would have to close its doors because now there is…
PORT ST. MAARTEN—Minister of Tourism and Economic Affairs Mellissa Arrrindell-Doncher on Tuesday announced that the Disney Fantasy cruise ship will be returning to the destination in January 2018, a major accomplishment for destination St. Maarten. The Disney Fantasy sails seven-night Eastern and Western Caribbean itineraries. The vessel will also be making several port calls in February and March. “We are very excited to welcome Disney back to our shores. This shows great confidence in the destination and our product and we thank Disney Cruise Line for being a great partner to St. Maarten as we continue to rebound from a…
Great Bay – The Secretary General for the Ministry of General Affairs, Mr. Hensley Plantijn, recently became the first recipient of a hard copy of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) report. Within short the hard copies of the report will be distributed to all stakeholders, among which are non-governmental organizations (NGO’s) who have played a key role in contributing to the report. Others scheduled to receive copies of the report are Secretaries General of the various government ministries, department heads, cabinet ministers, members of parliament as well as the MDG work group members and the Millennium Acceleration Framework experts group.…
PHILIPSBURG – “Is the university open or not? And did the Minister of Education offer a rescue budget, yes or no?’ those were two of the pertinent questions NA-MP Rodolphe Samuel asked during a second meeting of the central committee with the board of the university of St. Martin. Samuel will however have to wait for his answers because Valerie Giterson-Pantophlet, president of the USM-board, asked for a continuation of the meeting at a later date so that she is more prepared to answer additional questions members of Parliament asked on Tuesday morning. On November 28, the Central Committee met…
KRALENDIJK – Clyde van Putten calls the new State Secretary of Kingdom Relations Raymond Knops “arrogant” and “a modern Napoleon,” Ronald Muyden reports on Caribisch Netwerk. Van Putten made the statements during a pro-autonomy symposium in Bonaire last weekend. He refused to receive Knops during his recent visit to Statia. Van Putten said that Knops’ statement during a recent visit to neighboring island Saba that he will financially reward it for good governance, is totally out of bounds. ”The story is that Saba will get more autonomy, not based on more responsibilities as established in the United Nations Charter, but…
Philipsburg – The Ministry of VROMI is very disappointed that persons found it fit to dump a huge amount of garbage on the parking lot of the Jose Lake Cooper ballfield which has already been cleaned up fully and disinfected. The ministry has requested all contractors and residents to please make use of the sanitary landfill. The continuous illegal dumping of garbage all over the place doesn’t help the island regain a clean status which is very important for our touristic product and our over social and hygienic well-being.
