NV GEBE hosts St. Maarten Parliament Members for Power Plant Tour
On Wednesday, October 2, 2024, NV GEBE hosted several Members of the Parliament of St. Maarten for an insightful presentation and tour of the Power Plant. The delegation in attendance included: the Hon. Chairlady of Parliament Sarah A. Wescot-Williams, along with the following Honorable MPs: Melissa D. Gumbs, Viren V. Kotai, Francisco A. Lacroes, Ludmila More...
World Tourism Day Awards 2024 in St. Maarten
GREAT BAY, St. Maarten – Honor to Whom Honor is Due: For World Tourism Day 2024, eight individuals who have significantly contributed to the development of tourism on the island were honored by Minister of More...
Steady progress on Caribbean guilder project – First Strike of Cg1 and Cg5 Coins
WILLEMSTAD/PHILIPSBURG – For the past week, the flags of Curaçao and Sint Maarten have flown on the property of the Royal Canadian Mint (RCM) in Winnipeg, Canada. The raising of the flags symbolically More...
FiX25 Returns to Help Catalyze Global Fintech Innovation in the Caribbean
The international Fintech Islands Experience (FiX) returns to the Caribbean for its third successive year, from January 22-24, 2025, focusing on three core pillars, as it seeks to fulfil its mission to build More...
Barbados Launches First Bio-CNG Vehicle Powered by Sargassum
Rum and Sargassum Inc., a local deep-tech start-up, and The University of the West Indies Cave Hill campus have launched the first vehicle powered by bio-compressed natural gas (CNG). The bio-CNG uses rum distillery More...
“Acting Governor Bird-Lake swears-in new MP’s”
HARBOUR VIEW, PHILIPSBURG — On Friday September 20, 2024, Her Excellency Acting Governor Emiko Bird-Lake, in accordance with article 56 of the Sint Maarten constitution, administered the oath to the Members More...
Success factors in business
Success factors By Hilbert Haar The idea to establish a support fund for struggling local businesses sounds sympathetic and I agree that businesses that have trouble making ends meet through no fault of their own More...
Making a case for Civic Education in our Schools
By WENDELL MOORE At the moment we do not teach Civics in our Schools. Some Educators will argue that Civics is taught as part of the subject called Social Studies. First off, we need to define what is Civics and More...
Power of the people
By Hilbert Haar Something stuck in my mind about the address of attorney David Comissiong at the Governor’s Symposium about the Trans-Atlantic slave trade. Related article: Comissiong makes strong case for slave More...
Former MP Fritsma still wants to get rid of the Kingdom’s Caribbean territories
PHILIPSBURG — “Every discussion about the future of our kingdom is completely meaningless as long as article 73 of the United Nations Charter is considered as a given.” This statement is part of an article More...
