CSMA CONFIRMS ST. MAARTEN CUSTOMER SERVICE WEEK 2017 IS FOR THE WHOLE ISLAND & SURROUNDING ISLANDS
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Simpson Bay, St. Maarten, Customer Service Mobile Academy, CSMA opened its doors on Wednesday, May 31, 2017 with their immersed, highly anticipated partnership with the Holland House. CSMA is a new, affiliate company that falls under the auspices of Training Professionals International Firm, (TPI) the leading training and development firm that has More...
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“We need help with autism”
A mother cries out “We need help with autism” GREAT BAY – The heart of a mother who has struggled for years with her son who was diagnosed with autism continues to cry out. Ingrid Nadal-Rombley (see photo) More...
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Minister Jacobs stonewalls AUIS-request for meeting
GREAT BAY – Attempts by the American University of Integrated Sciences (AUIS) to settle their differences with Minister Silveria Jacobs (Education; see photo) have been stonewalled by the ministry it appears from More...
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Tess Verheij: “Important that children engage in creative activities”
By Hilbert Haar GREAT BAY – With a grant from the Prince Bernhard Fund, artcraft café and art school owner Tess Verheij thought she had it made for at least fifteen underprivileged but talented local children: More...
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“All students have to pay back their study debts”
Education Minister Jet Bussemaker: “All students have to pay back their study debts” GREAT BAY – Dutch Education Minister Jet Bussemaker said yesterday that she does not know how much local students owe in More...
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Guadeloupe and Wolthuis rethink multiculturalism
GREAT BAY – Dr. Francio Guadeloupe and Drs. Erwin Wolthuis, respectively the president of the University of St. Martin and the division head of its hospitality program, have written a theoretical essay on More...
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Jacinth Hunkins wins FCCA essay contest
GREAT BAY – Jacinth Hunkins, a 15-year-old student of the St. Maarten Academy School, won the senior division of the annual Florida-Caribbean Cruise Association (FCCA) essay contest. This year’s essay competition More...
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Dr. Gittens gives reason for sudden departure from USM-SCELL
Dr. Natasha Gittens about her departure from Scell: ”I weep quietly inside” By Terrance Rey GREAT BAY – The business community in St. Maarten was set alight on Friday with the announcement that Dr. Natasha More...
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C-TEC attracts more than one thousand participants
GREAT BAY – From October 23 to 25, the Hillside Christian School and the adjoining NIPA were the scene of an array of lectures and workshops on applying twenty-first century technology in education, constituting More...
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Pre-USM students graduate
GREAT BAY – The University of St. Martin hosted the USM Preparatory Program (PRE-USM) class of 2016 Graduation Ceremony in the presence of Minister Silveria Jacobs (Education, Culture, Youth and Sports Affairs). More...