Dr. Richardson presents book for Mother Tongue Language Day
~ More and more English is now being used in court to support language rights ~ Great Bay, Sint Maarten – On Monday, February 19, Dr. Linda Richardson officially presented her book “Trilingual Terminology in Criminal Proceedings” to the Prime Minister of Sint Maarten, Honourable Silveria Jacobs. This book is a reference tool, ideal for those More...
Artist Deborah Jack creates a map of St. Maarten’s memory
PHILIPSBURG — Artist Deborah Jack took some time out of her busy schedule to speak with StMaartenNews.com about the Open Society Foundations 2023 Soros Arts Fellowship: Art, Land and Public Memory, that came More...
Deborah Jack recipient of Soros Arts Fellowship
PHILIPSBURG — St. Maarten-born artist Deborah Jack is one of eighteen recipients of a 2023 Soros Arts Fellowship from the New York-based Open Society Foundations that comes with a grant of $100,000. Jack More...
Wycliffe Smith installed as Chief in Ghana
GHANA/ST. MAARTEN — On October 14, 2023, in a momentous display of cultural and spiritual significance, former Pastor and Minister of Education, Culture, Youth and Sport of Sint Maarten, Wycliffe Smith, was More...
One SXM dissatisfied with king’s slavery-apology
PHILIPSBURG – The One SXM Association is not satisfied with the apologies King Willem-Alexander offered on July 1 during the commemoration of the end of slavery 160 years ago, in 1863. The association More...
State Secretary Van Huffelen to St. Maarten on Emancipation Day
PHILIPSBURG – State Secretary Alexandra van Huffelen (Kingdom Relations) will attend the ceremonies during Emancipation Day on July 1 in St. Maarten. This appears from a letter she wrote to the parliament’s More...
Wathey’s statue-rock symbolizes the unity of the island’s people
PHILIPSBURG – The fate of Dr. AC. Wathey’s statue has caught the attention of M Sarah Wescot-Williams, a member of parliament for the United Democrats and the leader of the resurrected Democratic Party. Wescot-Williams More...
Concerns about the future of Claude Wathey’s statue
PHILIPSBURG — The old Government Administration Building will finally be demolished by a company called Limitless Infrastructure at a cost of approximately 660,000 guilders ($368,715). A ceremony to “celebrate” More...
Former Minister Rhoda Arrindell is looking forward to independence-referendum
PHILIPSBURG — “What I do know is that there are no direct benefits for St. Maarten to remain within the kingdom,” Dr. Rhoda Arrindell told StMaartenNews.com. She emphasized that the debate about independence More...
Jumbie in the Kadaster
By Terrance Rey Originally published in Dutch on DossierKoninkrijksrelaties.nl as "Jumbie in het Kadaster" To access the English version here, you need to buy at least a Cusha Column, Yearly or Insider subscription More...