Spelling Bee Set to Start this Sunday
PHILIPSBURG — The 8th Annual Rotary/Rotaract Spelling Bee 2019 will kick off on Sunda,y October 20th, at the Belair Community Center, organized and hosted by The Rotary Club of St. Maarten-Mid Isle and The Rotaract Club of St. Maarten Sunrise. Thirty-five participants from thirteen schools have registered to participate, nine from St. Maarten More...
Schools Closed on Tuesday
~ Fire Dept./ODM/Ministry MECYS: Schools Closed on Tuesday. Coastal residents advised to be vigilant. Swimmers stay away from the beach. ~ GREAT BAY, Sint Maarten (DCOMM) – The Ministry of Education, Culture, More...
NIPA board held strategic planning sessions to strengthen its forward trajectory
CAY HILL – The National Institute for Professional Advancement (NIPA) is continuing to strengthen its forward trajectory into the world of professional training and advancement. Following the recent extension More...
NIPA and MIC-IT sign One-year Extension Agreement
CAY HILL — The National Institute for Professional Advancement (NIPA) has partnered with Trinidad-based MIC Institute of Technology (MIC-IT), initially under a one-year contract slated to end December 2019, More...
94 persons graduated NIPA’s Carpentry, Masonry, Property Maintenance, Plumbing and Electrical Installation Training Programs
CAY HILL — On Thursday, September 5, 2019, the campus of the National Institute for Professional Advancement, NIPA, was the site of the graduation of the second cohort of the St. Maarten Emergency Income More...
MP Wescot-Williams adamant about her quest to place English above Dutch language
Philipsburg – In a recent letter to Minister of Education, Culture, Youth and Sports Affairs (ECYS), Honorable Wycliffe S. Smith, regarding English as the first official language for St. Maarten, Member of Parliament More...
Kidz at Sea celebrates graduation of new Boat Captains
PHILIPSBURG — On Tuesday August 20th, the Kidz At Sea Foundation organized a Graduation Ceremony for the third ‘Zero to Hero’ class. Participants that graduated from this three-month full-time course More...
Many children in Curacao without school supplies
WILLEMSTAD – Caribisch Netwerk writes that the new school year has started and again it appears that quite a few families can urgently use help with the purchase of school supplies. “My grandson is More...
MP Irion bemoans lack of action on motion
PHILIPSBURG — National Alliance MP Ardwell Irion queried Education Minister Wycliffe Smith on Monday about a seemingly reasonable issue: why had the ministry not done anything with a motion Parliament passed More...
Government cuts electricity budget for schools
PHILIPSBURG — The power consumption at public schools varies wildly it appears from the draft 2019 budget. The government intends to save more than 46,000 guilders ($25,720) in 2019 on the electricity bills More...
