National Unesco commission is almost there
PHILIPSBURG – Efforts are underway to officially install the St. Maarten national commission for Unesco, Minister Jorien Wuite (Education, Culture, Youth and Sport) said at Wednesday’s Council of Ministers press briefing. Names have been submitted to the Governor at the suggestion of Unesco-St. Maarten Secretary-General Marcellia Henry. The commission More...
Survivors take Troupe and Individual Titles
PHILIPSBURG — It was a combination of the uses of colors with huge doses of creativity that enabled the Survivors Productions who paraded under the theme ‘Simply Survivors’ to capture the awards More...
Road March Competition ends on a bitter sweet note
PHILIPSBURG — “I would never wish the level of embarrassment and heartache I went through last night on my worst enemy! What happened and how it happened was very unfortunate, but hey, c’est la vie.” More...
The 2018 Carnival season officially opened
FESTIVAL VILLAGE, PHILIPSBURG — The 2018 Carnival season was opened officially with a twist last evening when the SCDF allowed the trucks that provided music for the thousands of revellers to drive across More...
Balloon parade ushers in the colorful aspect of carnival
Cul-de-Sac — What began as an experiment back in the 14th century has since been incorporated into huge festivities like carnival. Case in point is the balloon parade that took place yesterday afternoon which More...
Children’s rights films at Belair Community Center
PHILIPSBURG – Friday at 7.30 p.m. five mini-movies will be featured at the Belair Community Center as part of Unicef’s Children’s Rights Film Festival. Minister Jorien Wuite (Education, Culture, Youth and More...
INDISU’s “Moana” is exactly what the island needs
PHILIPSBURG — On Saturday, March 24th, 2018, the theater show Moana was opened by the show’s director, Susha Hien, who recounted how initially their first choice was to do Beauty and the Beast, but More...
Volunteers help turning the Old House into natural history museum
QUARTIER D’ORLEANS – Just outside of French Quarter, the Old House is coming back to life again. Volunteers from both sides of the island spend their Saturdays cleaning up the place and getting it ready for More...
Crowd attends opening of the Art Box
PHILIPSBURG – Minister Jorien Wuite (Education, Culture, Youth and Sports) did the honours on Thursday evening, performing the ceremonial ribbon cutting together with Zdenka Ciric to mark the official opening More...
Large turnout for post-Irma art exhibition
PHILIPSBURG – When Hurricane Irma destroyed Tess Verheij’s Artcraftcafé’s location in Old Street on September 6 of last year, the artist was heartbroken. But she bounced back, revived her art classes and More...
