MADAME ESTATE — St. Maarten Cable TV in a press announcement today states that on Monday, September 25th, they have disconnected all Cable TV accounts in order to process September 2017 credits. Customers that paid their September 2017 bill – yearly accounts included -, will see their credit reflected from September 6th, 2017 for the month of September. Customers owing for August 2017 or prior will be billed up to September 5th, 2017. Going forward monthly billing will only be processed to accounts that reconnected after September 26th, 2017. Going forward monthly billing will only be processed to accounts that…
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SIMPSON BAY — In a press release issued today by Winair, the company updates the general public on its present situation. The press release stated that Winair had repositioned its aircrafts in St. Vincent prior to hurricane Irma and that currently the fleet is operating from the island of St. Kitts as fuel and security for aircraft are not yet present in St. Maarten. To date, Winair has performed in excess of 60 relief flights, evacuating non-nationals and providing transportation to legal residents of St. Maarten. Winair suffered massive damage to its facilities and consequently basic telecommunications, internet, electricity and…
GREAT BAY – Military personnel and Gebe-employees worked on the installation of a reverse osmosis water production installation in front of the Festival Village yesterday. The installation will produce fresh drinking water and is expected to be operational today, Wednesday September 27. The installation takes water from a nearby fire hydrant. It is pumped into a tank sends the water through the purifying machinery into a second tank. From there it will be pumped on a regular basis into mobile tanks that will be sent to four Or five strategic locations across the island. The Ministry of Home Affairs and…
DOMINICA — The Dutch Navy ships Zr.Ms. Zeeland and Zr.Ms. Pelican are currently active in Dominica. At the request of the Dominica Government they have been rendering emergency relief after the passage of Hurricane Maria since last Friday. The emergency assistance they have been providing will most likely continue for another 7 days. HMS Zeeland helped to assess the damage immediately after the passage of Huricane Maria. For this purpose a NH-90 helicopter was deployed. In addition to frequent medical evacuations – the counter currently stands at 46 – the helicopter is also being used in the distribution of food…
Building a better and stronger St. Maarten after Hurricane Irma; That is the intention of our government, but achieving this lofty goal is easier said than done. We see trucks drive around with sheet metal roofing material, suggesting that somewhere on the island some roof will be restored to its previous condition. We have seen companies in the process of replacing huge store windows with walls made of breeze blocks – something that looks like a solid alternative; but according to architects, it isn’t, because these makeshift little walls are not an integral part of a building’s construction. In other…
Cul-de-Sac, St. Maarten – Like the majority of the island’s infrastructure, the St. Maarten Academy School was not spared the wrath of Irma, when she made landfall as a dangerous category 5 hurricane on Wednesday September 06, 2017. According to Principal, drs. Tallulah Baly-Vanterpool, the school suffered severe damage to its physical infrastructure. These included damaged roofs, blown-out windows and doors, flooded classrooms and other loss as a result of looting. Of the thirty-nine classrooms, only eleven suffered minor damages, and will be functional upon resumption of classes on Monday, October 2nd, for our Pre-Exam and Exam classes (Forms 4,…
St. Maarten (September 22, 2017) – The Dominica Foundation Sint Maarten wishes to express its solidarity with the people of the Commonwealth of Dominica after the passing of Hurricane Maria which devastated our beautiful country. Having just suffered the same terrifying experiences with Hurricane Irma on September 6, 2017, we sincerely feel your pain and loss amidst the chaos now engulfing entire communities in Dominica. We are not in Dominica in person, but rest assured we are there in spirit. We Dominicans on St. Maarten, some of us having lost our homes and our possessions, were touched and consoled when…
PHILIPSBURG –The Police Force of Sint Maarten with the assistance of the police forces from Aruba, Curacao, the Netherlands, the Royal Marechaussee, and the V.K.C. that are presently on the island along with the V.K.S. and the Customs Department, continue to make great progress in the arrest of persons, who have been identified as suspects in the mass looting of many businesses on the island, in the aftermath of hurricane Irma. The amount of arrests in the looting investigations continues to grow rapidly and this is due to the amount of reliable information that continues to pour into the police…
PHILIPSBURG — Minister of Tourism & Economic Affairs Mellissa Arrindell-Doncher on Tuesday announced that Spirit Airlines, in its continuing efforts to assist the people of St. Maarten after the hurricanes, will execute a free relief flight from Fort Lauderdale to St. Maarten and back to Fort Lauderdale this Thursday, September 28. The flight will carry residents of St. Maarten wishing to return to the island and will also transport to St. Maarten relief supplies that have been donated to the people of St. Maarten, and will carry back to the U.S. anyone that is eligible to travel to the US…
PORT ST. MAARTEN – Cargo operations at the Captain David Cargo Quay have resumed after a side scan sonar was carried out of the seabed to see if there were any underwater obstructions. Over the weekend the Model 6 Mobile Gottwald Harbor Crane was back in operation offloading containers from Motor Vessel Tropic Sun. The assessment was carried out after the passing of Maria and there was no additional damage to the nation’s port facilities. It was confirmed by the Port Maritime Department that the water depth remains the same at the quay and there was no visual debris on…
