Patios in trouble; MP Buncamper wants cleanup
PHILIPSBURG — A few hundred meters away from the Government Building on Pond Island, on government land next to the dump, a human drama unfolds. Residents are starving, and some had no running water or electricity More...
AUC students team up with Tzu Chi and residents to clean gutter
Four doctors in training from American Univerity of the Caribbean (AUC) School of Medicine teamed up with the St. Maarten Tzu Chi Foundation and Pond Island residents last Saturday, October 19, to transform a debris-filled More...
New dump-fire emits low-hanging smoke
PHILIPSBURG – A fire on the post-Irma dumpsite on Pond Island ignited on Tuesday night and continued to be a nuisance throughout the day on Wednesday. Low-hanging smoke wafted over Soualiga Boulevard and on social More...
No School on Tuesday for Philipsburg Schools. Evacuation of Pond Island continues. Government Administration Building Remains Closed for a Second Day
GREAT BAY, Sint Maarten (DCOMM) – Due to the fire at a landfill site on Pond Island, the Prime Minister and members of the Council of Ministers continue to assess the situation and based on discussions Monday More...
Fire on the new dumpsite/ hurricane Irma debris (updated)
Philipsburg — All streets leading to Pond Island are closed off by police due to the massive fire that started at the new dumpsite (hurricane Irma debris) on Sunday afternoon February 4th. The Fire department More...
Landfill Fire: CBA School Closed Monday
GREAT BAY, Sint Maarten (DCOMM) – Due to the fire at the Pond Island landfill, the Prime Minister/Minister of General Affairs Leona Romeo Marlin in consultation with the Minister of Education and other relevant More...
Blazing fire on Pond Island
Pond Island – A blazing fire of an unknown origin broke out in the site where vehicles and other forms of metal are stockpiled on Pond Island. Currently firefighters are working to contain the blaze which More...
APS Pond Island parking set to open in 2020
GREAT BAY – Plans for the construction of a car park on Pond Island are beginning to take shape as the general pension fund administrator, APS, has embarked on a series of activities related to the project. Just More...
Law school begins in September
GREAT BAY – Finance Minister Richard Gibson was elated at yesterday’s Council of Ministers press briefing. The reason: he announced that, “This dreams of mine that has been haunting me for so many years” More...
