Corruption-riddled UNOPS making international headlines
~ Involvement with new Point Blanche prison-project remains to be seen ~ PHILIPSBURG -- Plans for the development of a new prison in cooperation with UNOPS, the United Nations Office for Project Services, have More...
NRPB negotiates extension of trust fund deadline
PHILIPSBURG – “A high-level overview of the Trust Fund, applicable procedures, ongoing projects and challenges.” This is how the National Reconstruction Program Bureau (NRPB) describes the Focus Audit on More...
Medical expenditures explode
PHILIPSBURG - Medical expenditures in St. Maarten went through the roof between 2014 and 2017 and increased by 48.2 percent from 82.3 to 122 million guilders. In 2017 alone SZV collected 74 million in premiums More...
The Learning Unlimited Student Government, under the guidance of Danny Fleming
The Learning Unlimited Student Government, under the guidance of Danny Fleming, LU’s Dean of Students, Head of Middle and High School, presented Coach Tom Burnett with much needed supplies for families in More...
Bureaucracy
We can’t help the feeling that it is going to be a while before St. Maarten sees the funds from the World Bank allocated to where it is badly needed. In our report on the World Bank, we read too many big words More...
Samuel discusses reconstruction with Erwin Arkenbout
GREAT BAY — On Friday November 17th, MP drs Rodolphe Samuel met with the Dutch Representative for Reconstruction Projects in St Maarten, dr Erwin Arkenbout. Also in attendance was Faction Policy Advisor, More...