MP Claude “Chacho” Peterson sarcastic comments misunderstood
PHILIPSBURG — Faction Leader in Parliament for the St. Maarten Christian Party SMCP and Member of Parliament Claude “Chacho” Peterson has sought to explain his “sarcastic” comments during last Friday’s More...
Financial Safeguards in place for the new St. Maarten General Hospital
PHILIPSBURG — St. Maarten Medical Center (SMMC) has been notified by Italian construction company INSO that its parent company, Condotte d’Acqua (Condotte) has filed for Extraordinary Administration, which More...
SMMC receives building permit for new hospital
CAY HILL — St. Maarten Medical Center (SMMC) is elated to announce that it has officially received the building permit for the construction of the new hospital for which a groundbreaking ceremony is planned More...
Saba Airport renovation well underway to be completed by October 8th
ZION’S HILL, SABA — Saba Airport renovation and runway resurfacing is well underway to be completed by the scheduled date of October 8th, 2018. StMaartenNews.com visited Saba on Thursday, September More...
APS to start construction of 62 residential units this summer
Signs construction contract for ORYX residences to be completed in 12 months On Monday June 18th, Algemeen Pensioenfonds Sint Maarten (APS) signed the construction agreement with contractor Liccom NV for the construction More...
Pointe Blanche: renovation or a new prison?
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Construction new hospital to begin soon
PHILIPSBURG – Construction of the new general hospital could begin as early as March or April, Minister Emil Lee (Public Health) said at Wednesday’s Council of Ministers press briefing. “we have secured financing More...
Smart Homes continues to annoy its neighbor
PHILIPSBURG – In May of this year Fernett Payne called in the help of the now defunct Today newspaper to report about a dispute with real estate developer Smart Homes. The developer broke Payne’s fence, put More...
Arrindell-Doncher breaks ground for new FBO facility at airport
SXM Airport — Minister of Tourism, Economic Affairs, Traffic and Telecommunication (TEATT) Mellissa Arrindell-Doncher “broke ground” on Friday for the construction of the new Fixed Based Operator (FBO) More...
Think first
The ambition to rebuild St. Maarten as fast as possible is understandable. Everybody wants to go back to business as usual, the economy needs to get going and people need jobs and an income. But fast is not always More...
