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First Spanish-language book to receive Honorable Mention prize from Caribbean Studies Association
GREAT BAY — St. Martin — The book Una suave, tierna línea de montañas azules: Nicolás Guillén y Haití, by Emilio Jorge Rodríguez, received the Honorable Mention prize from the Caribbean Studies More...
MP Brison suggests enviro-tax to finance waste processing
PHILIPSBURG – Covering the $11.2 million financial burden of garbage collection and processing with fees charged to the approximately 7,000 households would cost these households $1,600 per year, Member of Parliament More...
Save Lives Clean Your Hands
GREAT BAY — Sint Maarten (DCOMM) — According to the World Health Organization (WHO), health care-associated infections, infections acquired during delivery of health care, are common and are a risk factor More...
Steering committee looks at salary scales for teachers
PHILIPSBURG – Minister Jorien Wuite (Education) presented the establishment of a steering committee for repositioning and strengthening public education at a press conference in the government administration More...
Open letter from Maurice Lake to all Community Councils
Dear Editor, I have listened, heard, and read the recent discussions and workshops on hurricane preparedness. For this Hurricane season which officially starts June 1st, 2018. As a Community spirited person, my More...
Dispute regulation on IPKO agenda – again
PHILIPSBURG – Three faction leaders – Silveria Jacobs (National Alliance), Rolando Brison (United St. Maarten party) and Wycliffe Smith (St. Maarten Christian Party) will travel on Wednesday to the Netherlands More...
Stellar reputation
By Hilbert Haar You always have to pay attention when politicians start making statements that seem to be too good to be true – or realistic. I definitely got a bit of that vibe from statements the Dutch Prime More...
URGENCY PRISON SITUATION BROUGHT TO THE ATTENTION OF THE FORMATEUR
Progress Committee discussed risk for public safety with Theo Heyliger PHILIPSBURG – “If action is not taken soon, the prison situation can turn into a serious risk for the public safety.” Chairman of the More...
Dump management requires more money
PHILIPSBURG – MP Theo Heyliger, leader of the United Democrats, was right when he observed in a meeting of Parliament in February that the government gets what it is paying for with the management contract for More...
The question nobody ever asked
By Hilbert Haar The dump remains a hot item and for good reason. For decades dump fires have affected the health of citizens and for decades the government had failed to do something about it. The construction of More...
