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Fights Galore In Jouvert 2016

PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten - The islands emergency services had to deal with a number of violent incidents during the huge 2016 Juvert morning event on Wednesday.

One of the serious fights took place in the vicinity of 5 star Hardware where one person was reportedly seriously stabbed.

It should also be noted that many of these fights involved females. One girl fight was also observed on the Pondfill Road behind the Government Administration Building where one female fighter pulled the breads (false hair) out of the head of another fighter.

Off duty Police Officer Wallace who was in the area at the time tried to stop the fight however it was so violent that the off duty officer was thrown to the ground by the share power of the female fighters.

Fights were also witnessed at the entrance to the Festival Village Read more

Parliament Hears More About Insurance For Police Officers

PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten - The Parliament of St. Maarten met on Tuesday.

The purpose of the meeting was to further discuss the status of insurance coverage for police officers and their families.

The meeting was at the request of Members of Parliament, Leona Marlin-Romeo, Tamara Leonard and Franklin Meyers Read more

Police Report; Report On The “Jouvert Jump-Up”

PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten - The Public Prosecutors Office and the Police Force are glad to report that the “Jouvert Jump up” which was held on Wednesday April 27th 2016 and which was very well attended by thousands of residents and visitors to island was a success. The jump-up started at approximately 04.15 a.m. on the Walter Nisbet road at the Salt Picker round about and headed around the Salt Pond via the Freedom Fighter round about, Sucker garden road, Arch road, A Read more

Minister Lee Opens Sustainable Roof Garden Green House At Ideal Pre-School

GREAT BAY, Sint Maarten (DCOMM) – Minister of Public Health, Social Development and Labor Emil Lee, paid a visit to Ideal Pre-School to officially launch their Sustainable Roof Garden (Green House) which was featured on Earth Day.

Minister Lee was given the honor of cutting the green ribbon and declared the green house to be officially open! He also planted some pumpkin seeds in the pumpkin patch of the green house and thereafter took a brief tour of the pre-school with Agnes Kapoor, owner and director of Ideal Pre-School Read more

Szv And Vsa Joint Controls To Begin This Week

PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten - In the Ministry’s effort to increase labor compliance, Minister of public health, Social development, and Labor Emil Lee held discussions with SZV and the inspectorate of VSA about joint controls, and informed that this week, they will start to conduct joint controls.

“This is a good idea because both inspectors will have complimentary authorities, and responsibilities Read more

The University Of St. Martin (Usm) Well Represented At The Leeward Island Debating Competition (Lidc)

PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten - The USM is proud to announce the accomplishments of two students who participated in the LIDC as part of team St. Maarten, Mr. Dwayne Griffith who is enrolled in the USM GED Tutorial program and Ms. Alexandria Baly Stanford who is a second year student in the General Liberal Arts program.

Team St. Maarten participated in three debates; Debate 1 which was won by the team with Dwayne Griffith as 1st speaker. Debate 2 which were also won by Team St. Maarten with Alexandria Baly Stanford as 2nd speaker, finally Debate 3 where team St Read more

Scell & Telem Fiber Optic Training Big Success

PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten - The University of St Martin’s School of Continuing Education & Lifelong Learning (SCELL) and Telem’s Fiber Optic Training Certification course commenced on Tuesday April 5th 2016 and is a big success.

The training is facilitated by professional, certified Light Brigade instructors, the company is based out of Washington State, Washington. Light Brigade offers certification for all trainings.  

The training established a great partnership between Telem and The University of St Read more

Mp Tamara Leonard – Regulation Welcomed, But Only Existing School Bus Drivers Should Be Considered

PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten – United People’s (UP) party Member of Parliament Tamara Leonard says she is a strong proponent of regulating and properly structuring of the school bus system, but she is against any move by Government to undercut existing school bus drivers. 

Leonard said the bidding process for the supply of school bus services should only be open and available to the existing school bus operators Read more