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May 27, 2024

SINT MAARTEN (GREAT BAY) - Honorable Prime Minister (PM) Dr. Luc Mercelina and his esteemed delegation welcomed European Union (EU) Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen and her team on Sunday in a productive and cordial lunch meeting, underscoring the importa...

May 27, 2024

SINT MAARTEN (GREAT BAY) – Former Member of Parliament (MP) Tamara E. Leonard has tendered her resignation to the United People’s Party (UPP) board with immediate effect. In her undated letter, the former MP writes: “Dear Board of The United People’s ...

May 27, 2024

SINT MAARTEN (GREAT BAY) - “Implementing a Child Safety Code will ensure that professionals working with children understand their responsibilities and know what steps to take to report suspected cases of abuse against children,” said Kimberly Dort-Bro...

May 26, 2024

SINT MAARTEN (GREAT BAY) - Last week, Bureau Telecommunications and Post St. Maarten (BTP) participated in the FRED Job Fair & Conference held in Amsterdam. The primary objective was to attract students for internships and young professionals intereste...

May 26, 2024

SINT MAARTEN (SIMPSON BAY-AIRPORT) - On Saturday, May 25, 2025, an unexpected shortage of immigration officers at Princess Juliana International Airport (PJIA) due to a mass sick call, reportedly linked to unpaid overtime, prompted immediate action fro...

May 25, 2024

SINT MAARTEN (GREAT BAY) - The board of the Unified Resilient St. Maarten Movement (URSM) has issued a statement regarding the recent actions of Independent Member of Parliament Kevin Maingrette. According to the reports, MP Maingrette retracted his su...

May 25, 2024

SINT MAARTEN/TRINIDAD - The Caribbean Pearls Toastmasters Club recently participated in the D81 Caribbean Toastmasters Conference, held in Trinidad from May 15th to 19th, 2024. The conference, themed "ELEVATE 2024: Imagine the Possibilities," brought t...

May 24, 2024

SINT MAARTEN (SOUTH REWARD) - St. Dominic High School hosted the International Baccalaureate (IB) Pinning Ceremony for the Class of 2024, celebrating the culmination of their two-years in the pre-university Diploma Programme. This event, themed "Unpac...

May 24, 2024

SINT MAARTEN (GREAT BAY) - On Tuesday, May 21st during a press briefing, MP Wescot confirmed what she had posted on Facebook on Monday, that she had made the position as president of parliament available. This she explained was to preempt the move by t...

May 23, 2024

SINT MAARTEN (GREAT BAY) - The Dutch Ministry of Home Affairs and Kingdom Relations (BZK) is establishing two new professor chairs for the Kingdom. There will be a political sciences/public administration professor chair and an anthropology/sociology p...

May 23, 2024

SINT MAARTEN (GREAT BAY) - “This project has been funded by the Government of the Netherlands via the Sint Maarten Trust Fund. The R4CR program is administered by the World Bank, Implemented by VNGI, and overseen by the NRPB. In March of 2023, the Hel...

May 22, 2024

SINT MAARTEN (GREAT BAY) - In response to recent political developments and Prime Minister Dr Luc Mercelina's decision to invoke Article 59 of the Constitution, the United People's Party (UPP) has announced its readiness to contest in the upcoming snap...

May 21, 2024

SINT MAARTEN (HARBOUR VIEW) - On May 20th, 2024, Member of Parliament (MP) Mr. Kevin Maingrette (NOW) withdrew his support from the URSM/PFP/DP/NOW-coalition government and subsequently declared himself an independent Member of Parliament. His Excelle...