PHILIPSBURG – The Ministry of Public Housing, Urban Planning, Environment and Infrastructure (VROMI) does not spend a word on the…
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By Hilbert Haar In June 2008 I wrote an article under the headline “Landfill remains until the end of 2010.”…
By Hilbert Haar An alert reader pointed out to me that the price the waste-to-energy plant would charge GEBE for…
By Hilbert Haar The dump remains a hot item and for good reason. For decades dump fires have affected the…
PHILIPSBURG – “Dear His Majesty King Willem Alexander, His Excellency the Governor Eugene Holiday, Council of Ministers, Honorable Members of…
PHILIPSBURG – A fire on the post-Irma dumpsite on Pond Island ignited on Tuesday night and continued to be a…
By Hilbert Haar PHILIPSBURG – Hurricane Irma put the Rainforest Adventure Park to the test in September of last year…
THE BOTTOM – Scientist of Wageningen Marine Research and the Royal Dutch Institute for Sea Research have discovered a previously…
COLE BAY — The St. Maarten Nature Foundation is again warning of a potential influx of Sargassum seaweed in the…
LE GALION — Local residents visiting Le Galion beach today for the first time since the passing of hurricane Irma…


