Philipsburg – November the 20th is the International Day of the Rights of the Child. The Sint Maarten branch of the Common Court of Justice also puts emphasis on the importance of this day. As part of the Day of the Rights of the Child, the Courthouse in Sint Maarten will publish a video explaining the child-friendly sessions, known as the Child-Friendly Court, that have been held since August 2019. The child-friendly sessions Judge Paula van der Burgt and court recorder Leona Patrick-Gibbs explains in the short film about the sessions in which children are personally invited to talk to…
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CARIBBEAN –This November, the National Ombudsman’s team will be visiting the Caribbean Netherlands. Three times a year, the researchers come to Bonaire, Saba, and Statia to assist residents with their complaints about the Government. Consultation sessions will be held, which are open to anyone who has a complaint. Whenever necessary, the researchers will also visit people at their homes to see if they can offer them assistance to solve their problems with the Government. People who have complaints about, for example, the tax authorities, the Public Prosecutor’s Office, the police, the Public Bodies or the National Office for the Caribbean Netherlands,…
MAHO — Thursday, November 21st, 2019 is the last chance to cast your votes for the 11 voting categories for the 12th Crystal Pineapple Awards (CPA), to be held this Saturday 23 rd 2019 at the Sonesta Maho Beach Resort & Casino. Voting stops at 3 PM sharp on Thursday afternoon. If you haven’t voted as yet for your favorite hospitality and trade professionals, restaurants, media personalities, entrepreneurs, community and environmental organizations, SHTA calls to do so before 3 pm. A public call for nominations went out on October 28th, 2019, resulting in 50 nominated professionals. The Crystal Pineapple Awards…
In connection to the ongoing Maximus investigation, suspect R.A.d.S. of Curaçao was arrested this morning, November 18th, 2019, on Sint Maarten. The Public Prosecution Service had filed a request with the supervisory judge on Curaçao to have the suspect detained. The supervisory judge had determined from the investigation, thus far, that there was sufficient evidence for the arrest. R.A.d.S. will be held 8 days in pre-trial detention and will be heard today by the supervisory judge on Sint Maarten. Thereafter the grounds for his transferral to Curacao, for further investigation, will be determined. No further information about this ongoing investigation…
PHILIPSBURG — Police arrested three suspects over the weekend: two suspects were arrested for falsified documentation and a third was arrested for scooter theft. Routine traffic controls over the weekend lead to two arrests The police stopped and controlled a number of vehicles and issued fines during routine traffic controls held in various locations on the island over the weekend. During one of these controls in the area of Cole Bay on Saturday evening November 16th, 2019, the police stopped suspicious white Hyundai H-100 truck which had on a P-number plate as opposed to the V-number plates which are typically…
WILLEMSTAD, Curaçao, Nov. 18, 2019,/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ — Today, the Dutch Caribbean Air Navigation Service Provider (DC-ANSP) announced it has deployed Aireon’s space-based ADS-B surveillance service in the Curaçao Flight Information Region (FIR). This milestone follows years of collaboration, with the two organizations signing the data services agreement (DSA) in October of 2015. Effective immediately, DC-ANSP will have 100 percent air traffic surveillance over the 300,000 square kilometers that make up Curaçao’s FIR. Adjacent to Venezuela, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica and Colombia, the majority of this FIR is oceanic. “Space-based ADS-B will revolutionize how DC-ANSP ensures the highest…
Since 2014, a new coral disease has been spreading through the reefs of the Caribbean. Known as Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease (SCTLD), this disease appears to be fast-spreading and extremely lethal to the corals that are susceptible to it. In August a meeting was organized by MPA Connect where experts met to discuss lessons learned from Florida’s management of this disease and discuss best practices for identifying and treating infected corals for the future. These results have been summarized in DCNA’s Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease Management Letter for the Dutch Caribbean. The capacity-building efforts done throughout the Caribbean…
SINT MAARTEN (PHILIPSBURG) – The St. Maarten Chamber of Commerce & Industry (COCI) is inviting members of the business community to register for their next “Grow Your Business with COCI Workshops set for Thursday, November 21. The fourth workshop will be given by Adelena Chandler-Schaap and will be about Human Resources which are a key asset of any business operation. The workshop will take place at the COCI Conference Room from 7.00 PM to 8.30 PM. Those interested in attending the workshop must register and pay a registration fee of US$20. Seating is limited and potential attendees need to register…
POND ISLAND, Sint Maarten – Caretaker Minister of Finance Hon. Perry Geerlings has developed a detailed proposal to grow the economy through a stimulus for micro-, small and medium-sized enterprises. The proposal was developed as part of the World Bank project to enhance financing possibilities for enterprises in Sint Maarten. It was recently submitted for final approval to the Steering Committee of the Trust Fund. In November 2018, the Steering Committee of the Sint Maarten Recovery and Resilience Trust Fund approved an Enterprise Recovery Project. This project aimed to use the lending and credit facilities on Sint Maarten to give…
PHILIPSBURG – The National Recovery Program Bureau (NRPB) has launched a tender for the salvaging, decommissioning and disposing of around 80 shipwrecks in the Simpson Bay Lagoon and Mullet Pond. In addition, the NRPB is procuring services to supervise the clean-up activities, which also includes the removal of shoreline and shallow water debris. Cleaning up the lagoon, after hurricanes Irma and Maria, is one of the key activities under the Emergency Debris Management Project, which is financed by the Sint Maarten Trust Fund. During the implementation of the clean-up activities, careful consideration will be given to the environment. Measures are…
