Port de Gustavia reaches full capacity, Port Director Brin praises regional cooperation
ST. BARTHS — Port de Gustavia in St. Barthélemy reached full capacity ahead of Christmas, forcing six of the largest mega yachts to anchor outside the harbor. Port Director Ernest Brin noted a sharp increase in maritime traffic compared to last year’s holiday season, with both more vessels and larger yachts arriving. “All our docks are full,” More...
Dr. Arrindell in Geneva: France, the Netherlands hide behind “farcical colonial structures” in St. Martin
Dr. Rhoda Arrindell, president, One SXM Association, Geneva, Switzerland GREAT BAY (October, 2024)—France and the Netherlands must not be allowed to hide “behind farcical colonial structures like ‘country More...
Pan-American Life Insurance Group Appoints Youil Homsi – CEO Caribbean
New Orleans, LA, October 15, 2024 — Pan-American Life Insurance Group (PALIG) has appointed Youil Homsi as CEO Caribbean Region, effective October 1st. Mr. Homsi steps into the role following Ms. Greer Quan’s More...
Dr. Rhoda Arrindell Represents One St. Martin Association at the BIG Conference at the UN
GREAT BAY, St. Martin (June 24, 2024)—Dr. Rhoda Arrindell, president of the One St. Martin Association (One SXM), was the sole delegate from St. Martin at the BIG international conference on decolonization More...
St. Maarten continues to ignore climate change threats
PHILIPSBURG — Climate activist Riddhi Samtani asked attention for St. Maarten during the recently concluded United Nations climate conference in Dubai, wondering why her island cannot get help from climate More...
Investigative journalism consortium dives into the ENNIA-saga
PHILIPSBURG — The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) has published an article about the dispute between ENNIA’s majority shareholder Hushang Ansary and the Central Bank of Curacao 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...
Van der Sloot finally confesses to killing Natalee Holloway
BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA — More than eighteen years after her disappearance, Joran van der Sloot confessed to an American judge that he killed 18-year old Natalee Holloway on May 30, 2005 on a beach in Aruba. More...
Bankruptcy looms for Air Antilles
PHILIPSBURG — The future of Air Antilles Express and Air Guyana hangs in the balance now that the commercial court in Point-á-Pitre is expected to rule on the possible bankruptcy of the Caire Group, the More...
