Virtual currency

by Jacob Gelt Dekker In December 2017, Nicolas Maduro, President of Venezuela, announced a new currency. This time not in thick wads of paper bills but virtual. Venezuela will have no cash any longer but only virtual More...

Statia on its way to 2018

On our way to 2018 By Koos Sneek As I am writing this we are in the final days of 2017. It is therefore the time to look back and evaluate how this year went, the progress we have made as well as the obstacles and More...

Paradise on the edge of demise

Once upon a time there was a sleepy salt blasted mosquito ridden island called Soualiga or Qualichi by the Caribs and more recently dubbed Sunshine City by the DJs of Voice of St. Martin. This island‘s history, More...

St. Maarten presides at 11th EDF Caribbean OCT Regional Meeting

~ European commission suggests redirecting monies to disaster fund ~ Great Bay – St. Maarten is among Caribbean overseas countries and territories attending the 11th EDF (European Development Fund) Caribbean More...

Farmers find new source of energy: cow manure

THE HAGUE – Two hundred farmers will soon be generating electricity from cow manure and there are plans to recruit 1,000 in four years, reports NOS on Tuesday. FrieslandCampina, the largest dairy collective More...