Nature Foundation Conducts First Water Quality Assessments in Wetlands and Beaches Post Hurricane Irma. Has Serious Concerns Regarding Water Quality at Kim Sha Beach
PHILIPSBURG — The Nature Foundation carried out water quality tests at seven sites surrounding St. Maarten. These tests, which were conducted for the first time since the passage of Hurricane Irma, were carried More...
Ombudsman starts Systemic Investigation regarding Rent Committee
Philipsburg — The Bureau of the Ombudsman continues to receive visits from citizens concerned about their housing conditions, as well as complaints about the Rent Committee allegedly not cooperating or responding More...
WIB took loss of 6 million on hurricane relief
PHILIPSBURG – The Windward Islands Bank has taken a loss of 6 million guilders on the grace period it extended after Hurricane Irma to private clients, WIB-director Derek Downes, chairman of the Bankers Association, More...
Viking Sea brings first cruise tourists to St. Maarten
PHILIPSBURG – The luxury cruise liner Viking Sea docked at the port in Philipsburg on Monday morning at 7 a.m. – the first cruise vessel to arrive at St. Maarten after Hurricane Irma destroyed the island on More...
Appeals court returns to St. Maarten – seventy days after Hurricane Irma
PHILIPSBURG – The Common Court of Justice returned for its first session at the courthouse in Philipsburg on Wednesday, exactly seventy days after Hurricane Irma ripped through St. Maarten. It was not a More...
Be The Change Raises $500 for EPIC’s Replanting Efforts
PHILIPSBURG – During the month of October, Be The Change Foundation, through their online crowd funding platform, raised a total of USD$500 for Environmental Protection in the Caribbean (EPIC) Foundation’s project More...
SHTA holds sober, but busy first Post-Irma event
Oyster Bay — This Tuesday, the Sint Maarten Hospitality and Trade Association (SHTA) held its first post-Irma mixer on October 31st. The event was hosted by Infinity Restaurant, reopening as of today. By More...
Government, Businesses & Psychologists come together to support employees
PHILIPSBURG – The Ministry of TEATT, Public Health Department, Representatives of the Business Community and the Association of Psychologists and Allied Professionals has come together to give support in the psychological More...
APAP SXM offers psychological recovery assistance after hurricane
PHILIPSBURG — In the early morning of September 6, 2017, Hurricane Irma made landfall on the island of Sint Maarten. When she left, she took a great deal with her. She took lives, roofs, cars and complete More...
Labor Office on Responsibilities of the Employers, Rights of the Employees
PRESS RELEASE Ministry of Public Health, Social Development and Labor Department of Labor Affairs and Social Services Topic: Responsibilities of the Employers, Rights of the Employees On Wednesday 6 September, More...
