Great Bay — The Sint Maarten Nature Foundation, in collaboration with the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, assisted in the delivery of Humanitarian Relief Supplies to Hurricane stricken Dominica. The Sint Maarten Nature Foundation was contacted by Sea Shepherd informing that they would be delivering Hurricane Irma relief supplies to Sint Maarten, more specifically veterinary and animal supplies, and that they would next be sailing to Dominica. With the Assistance of the Dominica Foundation, Mr. Romain Laville, The Ministry of Justice, Port Sint Maarten, the Fire Department and Customs, the two organizations were able to depart with some two tons of…
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PHILIPSBURG – The Sint Maarten Zoo board sent off a few of their last residents, eleven macaws and nine cotton-top tamarin monkeys, to Curaçao. A team of five experts connected to the Parke Tropikal Curaçao Zoo made sure the twenty animals were transferred safely on Saturday. Many of the board members of the St. Maarten Zoological & Botanical Garden Foundation had suffered their own losses during the storm. Board member Fons O’Connor, official zoo veterinarian Jovan Halley and volunteer Melanie Choisy took lead in dealing with the aftermath of hurricane Irma. Damage at the zoo. Photo: Laura Bijnsdorp Damage due…
SIMPSON BAY – The Simpson Bay Lagoon Authority (SLAC) announces that the Simpson Bay Causeway Bridge will be temporarily closed due to emergency repairs to motorized traffic on Tuesday, October 17 between 12.00PM and 2.00PM. The temporary closure has been discussed with the relevant authorities. Persons traveling to the Princess Juliana International Airport (SXM Airport) to travel during the aforementioned timeframe should leave or arrive earlier at the airport in order to avoid any potential inconvenience. The emergency repair closure is in connection with carrying out an operational assessment of the Causeway swing bridge. This could take approximately 30 minutes…
GREAT BAY – The Philipsburg Jubilee Library is history in its current form. Hurricane Irma dealt the building at the Voges Street a deadly blow on September 6. “The roof was already in a bad condition for a long time,” says Library-Director Monique Alberts. “We had planned to repair it one last time, but experts say that it is now useless to put money into renovating the building. My office is gone as well.” By Hilbert Haar The library is a private foundation that receives 1.2 million guilders in subsidy from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Youth and Sport. “That…
SXM Airport — The 3rd Caribbean Aviation Meetup conference will again be held on St.Maarten in June 12-14, 2018, provided that the appropriate conference facilities are available. “In a time like this, it is important to show our loyalty to Princess Juliana International Airport and to the community of St.Maarten,” commented Cdr. Bud Slabbaert, Chairman and Coordinator of the Conference. “After hurricane Irma, we received many inquiries from participants and speakers of this year’s event, expressing their sympathy and concern for St.Maarten. They all like to return to the island for another Meetup in 2018 and are offering their support…
OFFERS ONCE IN A LIFETIME DEALS WITH UP TO 70% DISCOUNTS ON ALL BRANDS In the wave of the aftermath of the recent hurricanes and storms, Motorworld Group of Companies has launched the ‘Hurricane Car Sale’ with up to 70% discount on new and used vehicles from all brands that are available at Motorworld, Caribbean Auto and Audi. This major sale begins today, and is valid for a limited time only, whilst stocks last. “Businesses and residents are working diligently to rebuild and survive beyond the damages and destruction throughout the community of St. Maarten/ St. Martin. Reliable transportation is…
Simpson Bay — The Princess Juliana International Airport (SXM Airport) is open for business and so is St. Maarten. That was the message that a delegation of the airport consisting of Michel Hyman, COO/Acting CEO and members of the Supervisory Board of Directors, Alex Dijkhoffz, Cleveland Beresford, Myra Lynch-York and Jimmy Temmer, as well as Director of the Tourist Bureau Rolando Brison, spread to participants at the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) Convention in Las Vegas, Nevada. The NBAA Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition is considered the sixth largest trade show in the US and the world’s largest business aviation…
GREAT BAY – On Sunday October 15 at approximately 12.30 p.m. police patrols were directed to the branch of the Windward Island Bank located in the Grand Marche complex on Bush road where a fire was reported. On the scene the patrols realized that the Fire Department was already on the scene and had extinguished the fire. According to the fire department the cause of the fire was still unknown and had yet been established. No one was injured. Photos by Facebook contributor, Josephine Dangleben.
GREAT BAY – The St. Maarten Police Force assisted by Police officers from the Netherlands, Aruba, Curacao, the Royal Marechausee, VKC and VKS continue to have general controls at different locations on the Dutch Side of the island. Over the weekend thus far a total of 443 cars and trucks and 63 scooters were controlled. Tint was removed from 165 cars. 15 cars and scooters were towed and four arrests were made for illegal drugs, weapon possession, threat and illegal status on the island. After hours establishments such as bars and nightclubs are also been controlled for irregular or illegal…
WASHINGTON – “First of all I want to express my sympathy to everyone who suffered from the hurricanes this year,” Minister of Finance Richard Gibson Sr. said at a meeting of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Washington on Friday adding that the islands in the hurricane belt have to be resilient and find ways to avoid these kinds of damages in the future. “We believe that the fastest way to economic recovery is to provide financing at low interest rates to the businesses in the private sector….” “We believe that the fastest way to economic recovery is to provide…
