19-year old admits “while I was busy panicking, I forgot to prepare properly”
St. Peter’s Hill — “To be honest, I wasn’t ready for Irma or even ready for what happened after it.” says 19-year old Linda Gibson, a former student of St. Maarten Academy who graduated this year, in an interview with TODAY reporter, Julie Alcin. St. Maarten Academy graduate recounts her personal experiences during Hurricane More...
Post-Hurricane Irma Interview: “Tim Dowling”
ST. JOHN’S — “Seeing Hurricane Irma increase in strength on the weather channel just made us worried.” says Tim Dowling, animation illustrator and owner of the art gallery, Art House St. Maarten. Animation More...
Post-Hurricane Irma Interview: “Sophia Kelly”
CUPECOY — Unless you want to be heroic, self-preservation is a natural instinct of the human being in any disastrous situation, but that depends on the area of responsibility of the individual in question. More...
Post-Hurricane Irma Interview: “Sylvia Carty”
CAY Hill — “I went through my list of things I had to do just like I always do.” says Silvia Carty, visual arts teacher and owner of an art school called Sabrina’s Production located in Cay Hill, More...
The reason why certain roofs survived hurricane Irma
PHILIPSBURG — Today photo journalist took a series of photographs of buildings whose roofs have withstood the category 6 storm force winds of Hurricane Irma without much of a scratch. You can view these photographs More...
TODAY newspaper interviews Laser 101
“Two days after Irma people had no more food and water” By Hilbert Haar GREAT BAY – Radio station Laser 101 was the heart and soul of the disastrous month of September that began with Hurricane Irma. The nine More...
Rhoda Arrindell says looting will need to be addressed
“The day before, I knew I had to prepare. Having had the experience of a few hurricanes ever since childhood, and after seeing what was to come on the radar, I thought I would prepare as best as I could for More...
Detained casino owner Francesco Corallo: “One day I will be acquitted”
Please login to read the exclusive interview with casino owner Corallo Francesco incarcerated at the Philipsburg Police Station in St. Maarten while awaiting a hearing date to be set for his extradition to Italy. More...
“Establish a purchasing agency today”
Professor Van de Ven about National Health Insurance: “Establish a purchasing agency today” GREAT BAY – It could take another two to three years before the National Health Insurance is up and running but in More...
“Parties are distributing tons of money”
DP candidate Perry Geerlings says: “St. Maarten is run like a grocery store.” Photo Today / Hilbert Haar GREAT BAY – A man who speaks his mind and, he says, is considered a traitor because of it by some, More...
