StMaartenNews

March 13, 2023

Thirty volunteers clean up Fort Amsterdam PHILIPSBURG:--- On Friday 10th of March, 30 volunteers gathered early in the morning at Fort Amsterdam for a clean-up event organized as part of SXM DOET. After two hours, participants were proud of the large ...

March 13, 2023

Willemstad/Philipsburg:--- The Centrale Bank van Curaçao en Sint Maarten (CBCS) recently issued the three core guidelines for the credit institutions’ sector: the Guideline for the Sound Management of Liquidity Risk, the Guideline for the Sound Managem...

March 13, 2023

PHILIPSBURG:--- Peridot Foundation President Gracita R Arrindell said: “International Women’s Day March 8th event hosted on Tuesday, March 7th was celebrated together with a very appreciative audience. Persons in attendance included former Ombudsman Dr...

March 13, 2023

PHILIPSBURG:--- Firefighters are busy trying to put out a large fire on L.B Scott Road across from the Jose Lake Ballpark. Eyewitnesses said that the fire is taking place across from Emilio Wilson Park. Police Spokesman Joe Josepha said that one of the...

March 12, 2023

PHILIPSBURG:--- The House of Parliament will sit in a Central Committee meeting on March 13, 2023.  The Central Committee meeting is scheduled for Monday at 10.00 hrs. in the Genet ral Assembly Chamber of the House at Wilhelminastraa #1 in Philip...

March 12, 2023

~1400 volunteers completed 91 community projects during the two-day event~   PHILIPSBURG---  The SXM DOET Project Coordination team is proud to announce that this year’s event was a huge success, as an estimated 1400 volunteers complet...

March 12, 2023

by Cdr. Bud Slabbaert A vision is a catalyst to raise aspirations for what can become, and to release energies to get there. In 2015, a visiting British aviation journalist suggested to me that I would be the designated person to create a Caribbean B...

March 10, 2023

~ Hearing continues on Tuesday. ~ PHILIPSBURG: --- The Court of First Instance has denied the Government of St. Maarten its request to take urgent measures to end the ongoing strike at the Pointe Blanche Prison.The court considers that there is n...

March 10, 2023

PHILIPSBURG:--- In the spirit of giving back to the community of St. Maarten, the community officers have partnered up with SXM DOET to execute several community projects across the island. The community officers worked with various organizations such...

March 10, 2023

PHILIPSBURG:--- The Sint Maarten police have been busy with general controls at various locations across the island.These controls that are being carried out are related to the technical requirements of vehicles as well as violations of the Opium and F...

March 10, 2023

WILLEMSTAD/PHILIPSBURG:---  The Centrale Bank van Curaçao en Sint Maarten (CBCS) decided to tighten its monetary policy stance further by raising the pledging rate1 by 75 basis points to 5.50%. The smaller increase compared to the hikes in 2022 is...

March 10, 2023

PHILIPSBURG:--- As the date of 15 March is coming closer and the pressure from the Police workers is growing, there was a TOPMEETING yesterday between the Governor, the Minister of Justice, and the Chief of Police.In a nutshell, TOPMEETING agreed with ...

March 10, 2023

WILLEMSTAD:--- Dutch Navy ship HNLMS Holland executed a drug interdiction on the 25th of February, in cooperation with the Colombian navy in the Caribbean Sea. The go-fasts were discovered by a maritime patrol aircraft from the Dutch Caribbean Coast G...