STEFLOGIX enlightens homeowners about summertime pest health and property threats
~ World Pest Day Recognizes How the Pest Control Industry Preserves Public Health and Property ~ PHILIPSBURG — STEFLOGIX, a pest control company based in Philipsburg, has joined the National Pest Management More...
Addiction
By Hilbert Haar If people need proof of how disinterested the government is in the wellbeing of the citizens it is supposed to serve they should read the advice from the Social Economic Council (SER) about lottery More...
A multi-million dollar sales pitch
By Hilbert Haar Finding the best possible solution in any situation requires first and foremost that you understand and acknowledge the problem. That’s why recovering alcoholics always begin their stories at AA-meetings More...
Therapy via the internet proposed as a solution for mental health care on St. Maarten
PHILIPSBURG — “Bringing mental health problems up for discussion is the best way to break the taboo surrounding mental illness,” says Fredericka Ford, CEO of Ethegrity Healthcare Consulting. Yesterday More...
Public Health vs Economic Health
We are of the opinion that we had this corona virus since November/December last year, long before the worldwide pandemic and lockdown. It is only now it is really rearing its ugly because of testing when people More...
Getting to a better place
By Hilbert Haar It always had to come to this. Protecting public health is an obvious priority to anybody with half a brain but what about protecting the economy? It is a horrendous dilemma. I recently saw a cartoon More...
A nightmare scenario
By Hilbert Haar For anybody who thought St. Maarten would be able to weather the corona-virus crisis on its own, José Jardim, the interim president of the Central Bank presented some sobering numbers during a press More...
Fire Advisory: Residents living downwind from a warehouse fire in Cole Bay
Fire Advisory: Residents living downwind from a warehouse fire in Cole Bay requested to close windows and doors GREAT BAY — Sint Maarten (DCOMM) — The Sint Maarten Fire Department is requesting residents More...
Lee signs collaboration agreement to improve public health within the Kingdom
Minister of VSA, Emil Lee returns to Sint Maarten from Curacao with confidence in the working relationship between the Netherlands, Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten towards strengthening health care within the More...
Recall of Kellogg’s Honey Smacks Cereal
The Inspectorate of Public Health, Social Development and Labor informs that Kellogg’s company in the United States has issued a recall for Kellogg’s Honey Smacks Cereals. This recall has been issued following More...