Dutch college wants to increase awareness about safety and security management in St. Maarten
~ Wants to teach students to place security issues in a broad perspective ~ PHILIPSBURG — A delegation of NHL Stenden, a college established in Leeuwarden, was in St. Maarten consisting of Denise Jacobs, Sander Mooibroek and Marije de Bruin. Jacobs is the former head of the National Detectives Agency (Landsrecherche) and of the Detective Department More...
Caribavia-founder Slabbaert envisions huge expansion
PHILIPSBURG — Cdr. Bud Slabbaert founder of the annual aviation conference Caribavia envisions a huge expansion of this event into a multifunctional organization that covers everything from the establishment More...
Digital banking is taking the world by storm
PHILIPSBURG — The banking industry is in the middle of a digital revolution that will affect banking in never before seen ways. Policy Officer Farah de Haas and Information Risk Officer Marc Kross examined More...
Two new fire trucks to offer advanced technologies for PJIAE N.V.
SIMPSON BAY – Following an acceptance handing over in Austria from March 6 through 9, 2023, the Airport’s Rescue and Firefighters (R&FF) will acquire two (2) new fire trucks for emergency response at the More...
TelEm Group CEO Kendall Dupersoy appointed to CANTO board
Pond Island — TelEm Group CEO, Mr. Kendall Dupersoy has been elected to the board of CANTO (Caribbean Association of National Telecommunication Organization). The appointment was made during the 39th annual More...
Diversifying our economy with local call centers
Dear Editor, I hope one of the outcomes of the pandemic would be a real discussion on the dependence of our island’s economy on tourism. Every election there has been much talk on the economy, but besides More...
Lack of management facilitated cyber attack on GEBE
PHILIPSBURG — Aurora InfoTech submitted a report to utilities company GEBE about the circumstances that led to the Blackbyte ransomware attack on the company on March 17. Its findings are at times staggering. More...
Doing business in St. Maarten: bottlenecks and solutions (part 4)
4. Electricity and internet PHILIPSBURG — Establishing a business in St. Maarten is an at times an expensive road littered with stumbling blocks. The Ministry of Home Affairs and Kingdom Relations and the More...
The potential and benefits of geothermal energy for the islands (incl. St. Maarten)
~ The Leeward Islands Geothermal and Digital Interconnexion Hub Project and it’s benefits to Country Sint Maarten/St Martin ~ From our French-side correspondentMARIGOT — The Geothermal and Digital Interconnexion More...
St. Maarten’s hurricane resiliency to improve with upcoming GEBE underground cabling works
PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten – In collaboration with N.V. GEBE and the National Recovery Program Bureau (NRPB), more than nine (9) kilometers of overhead low-voltage electricity lines will be placed underground More...
