
Residents Unite to Re-establish St. Peters Community Council
St. Peters, August 22, 2024 — A dedicated group of St. Peters residents convened to explore the revival of the Community Council of St. Peters. The meeting, organized by members of the St. Peters Activity Committee, More...

AN OPEN LETTER TO ALL EVENT ORGANIZERS WHO USE THE CARIBE LUMBER BALL PARK (THE CRICKET FIELD IN CUL DE SAC)
Dear Sir/Madam, We appeal to all sports (cricket), school, church, and organizers of private events to your sense of consideration for the residents of Isis Road to keep the volume of the music and of the microphone More...

Concerned St. Peters residents discuss forming Community Council
St. Peters – A group of concerned residents in the St. Peters community met on Thursday evening June 9th, with residents of the community, to discuss establishing a Community Council. The district has been missing More...

Beacon Hill residents: “You would expect Government to care for your safety, wouldn’t you?”
BEACON HILL — Residents of Beacon Hill paid $250,000 to pave Beacon Hill Road in 2007 and have since come up with other initiatives to improve accessibility and safety on the small peninsula. But today Pride More...

SER policy-brief about dump: Turn Pond Island into residential area – UPDATED
PHILIPSBURG — The landfill on Pond Island, commonly referred to as the dump, remains a bone of contention now that 200 residents who live near it have to be relocated. The government has done basically nothing More...

July 18 set for repatriation flight organized to bring students and residents home
PHILIPSBURG – In collaboration with the Department of Foreign Relations (DBB), the Ministry of Education, Culture, Youth, and Sport (ECYS), and the Ministry of Tourism, Economic Affairs, Traffic and Telecommunication More...

Legislation on Health Care to be ready by March
PHILIPSBURG — The legislation for general health insurance is now with the Council of Advice and it is expected to be completed in March. This was announced by the Minister of Health Emile Lee at the weekly More...

Dutch Quarter construction manager refutes allegations of non-payment of workers
DUTCH QUARTER—The construction manager of the Dutch Quarter project Stefan van de Tonnekreek has dismissed reports that his employees on the road project was not paid which prompted them not to report to More...

Dutch Quarter businesses and residents complain about stalled trench works
DUTCH QUARTER — The business owners and residents are complaining about the deplorable conditions of the Dutch Quarter road. According to some residents the contractor who is responsible for the road had promised More...

Residents frustrated after GEBE turns off water
PHILIPSBURG — Several residents who live in the St. Maarten Housing Development Foundation project in Cole Bay have expressed their frustration after the water to their homes have been turned off by the island More...