St. Maarten Day Diamond Jubilee OneSXM Youth Concert
Philipsburg — Among the three St. Maarten’s Day celebration events taking place in November, including the Spiritual-Jollification (Sunday 10th at 4:30 pm), and a Concert for St. Maarten (Monday 11th at More...
St. Maarten Day 60th Diamond Jubilee Anniversary
Philipsburg – St. Martin Day 2019. A 60th Diamond Jubilee Anniversary celebration of Kinship, an indomitable spirit of solidarity, resilience, and endurance. This 60th Anniversary of St. Martin Day, a people’s More...
‘St. Maarten is a free port for counterfeit goods’
PHILIPSBURG — Knockoffs of popular brands, including Louis Vuitton, Gucci and Chanel, are being sold on the market in Philipsburg, in stores in Backstreet and Frontstreet, and online to customers on the island. More...
European Commission waiting on St Maarten to present plan
PHILIPSBURG — A breakthrough in the joint wastewater management program for St. Maarten and St. Martin is long overdue. While government secured some €6.1 million from the 10th European Development Fund More...
Motion Dutch Parliament targets St. Maarten’s law enforcement
PHILIPSBURG – A large majority of the Dutch Second Chamber (107 out of 150 possible votes) supported the motion Van Dam on Tuesday – a decision that is bound to create confusion if not outrage about what could More...
Razor-thin motivation
By Hilbert Haar The motion of CDA parliamentarian Chris van Dam that calls for Dutch involvement in law enforcement on St. Maarten comes across as a fine example of Dutch meddling in our island’s affairs. That More...
Let Our Environment Not be an Afterthought During our Crises
Dear Editor, I am no longer a resident of Sint Maarten; I now live on Bonaire. But I am a born and bred St. Maarten man and although I am not physically there, my spirit and my navel string still are. So seeing More...
Official police report: Sail boat with illegals intercepted
GREAT BAY — On Thursday, October 3rd, 2019, approximately 2:45 pm a concerned citizen call the police dispatched, concerning a suspicious yacht that just docked at Walther Plantz pier. At the More...
Sarah says St. Maarten can not afford financial “blacklisting”
PHILIPSBURG — “Crunch time for the Anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism legislation,” writes Member of Parliament Sarah Wescot-Williams in a press release. “St. Maarten can not afford More...
The nuts and bolts of US Pre-clearance for St. Maarten – Part 2
Part 2 in a multi-part series about US Pre-Clearance for St. Maarten and the SXM Airport. Read what exactly is pre-clearance and what it involves in this second installment. A review. LOGIN TO READ MORE... THIS More...
