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Police Officers Receives Promotions

PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten - On Friday May 29th 2015 during a well attended ceremony at the Philipsburg Police Station in the presence of the Chief Commissioner Peter de Witte and Acting Chief of Police Commissioner Carl John after quite some delay the Inspectors Carlyle Rogers, Head of the Simpson Bay district and Ricardo Henson Head of t Read more

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Power Hour: Boss Edition A Huge Success! Mr. Imran Amjad Inspires Close To 100 Aspiring Leaders To Be Leaders First And Then Be Innovative

GREAT BAY, St. Maarten – Close to 100 aspiring leaders came to the POWER HOUR: Boss Edition on May 27, 2015. Held at the University of St. Martin for the first time, the quarterly networking event for entrepreneurs and entrepreneurial professionals, attracted a variety of participants at different stages of their career.

In the accompanied booklet for the evening, INFOBIZZ defined BOSS to mean Building Others' Success Stories and encouraged all participants to help others to achieve success by becoming extraordinary leaders and by staying innovative.
With a focus on innovative leadership, the program of Boss Edition of POWER HOUR consisted of three main activities: 1) a networking activity facilitated by the founder and director of INFOBIZZ, Ms Read more

Na Congratulates Newly Elected Wicsu/Psu Board

PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten - The National Alliance family hereby congratulates the newly elected board of the WICSU/PSU, Mrs. Henrietta Doran-York (President), Mr. Francisco Mariana (Treasurer) and Mr. Riegnald "Bakari" Arrindell (General Secretary) as you take up this most important task of regulating and protecting the rights of the civil servants and workers in the private sector of St Read more

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Ombudsman Attends Anti-Corruption Training Session In Curacao

PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten - Ombudsman of St. Maarten Dr. Nilda Lynch Arduin is currently heading a delegation to an anti-corruption training.

The session, which is being held on Curacao, is being organized by the International Anti-corruption Institute.

Attendees at the event are dealing with a wide range of topics, including the United Nations Convention of Anti-corruption.

St. Maarten is being represented at the training session by representatives from the Ministry of Justi Read more

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Dp Leader Questions Integrity Chamber Protocol

PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten - More questions are being asked about the details of the Integrity Chamber agreement which was signed in The Hague last Saturday.

The agreement was signed between St. Maarten's Minister of Justice, the Honorable Dennis Richardson and the Dutch Government.

Many members of Parliament have expressed their disapproval about the manner in which the agreement was signed and the impact it will have on the authority of the island's highest legislative body, the Parliament of St Read more

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Emil Lee And Leopold James- Agents Of Change

PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten - Dear Ladies and Gentleman, thank you for attending this ceremony. For many reasons, this is a moment that I wanted to share with family, friends and colleagues.

Without a doubt, being recognized and appreciated as a valued member of the community by a group like the St Martin Grass Roots People's movement is wonderful. Many thanks to Leopold, Jessie and the rest of the movement.

But in my opinion, this isn't the real story here tonight. There is a much more interesting story to tell.
Up to about 3 or 4 years ago, Leopold James and Emil Lee would have been perceived as polar opposites and perhaps even as adversaries or enemies Read more

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Prime Minister Gumbs Expresses Condolences To The Hooft Family And The Civil Servant Corps

PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten – Hon. Prime Minister and Minister of General Affairs Marcel Gumbs expresses his deepest sympathy to the family of Pieter Hooft, a civil servant who worked with the Government of Sint Maarten for more than 25-years.

"My condolences on behalf of the Council of Ministers also go out to civil service corps of country Sint Maarten Read more

Ministry Of Public Health Cps Adds Hand-Held Foggers To Mosquito Fighting Arsenal

GREAT BAY, Sint Maarten (DCOMM) – In order to secure the continuous mitigation of the Aedes Aegypti mosquito population in the aim to minimize the number of dengue and chikungunya and possibly in the future, the zika virus, the Collective Prevention Services (CPS), a department in the Ministry of Public Health, Social Development and Labour (Ministry VSA), has added four hand-held foggers to eliminate adult mosquito's.

The hand-held foggers are to ensure an effective response, but the population still has a major responsibility to eliminate mosquito breeding grounds in and around their homes and businesses to prevent the spread of mosquito-borne diseases.

A work visit in the past by the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) at the request of Sint Maarten's Ministry of Public Health, resulted in a number of recommendations being made to improve the vector management and surveillance in order to make financial investments in obtaining additional resources.

The recommendations included setting up mosquito traps at the harbour and within the community; acquisition of hand-held fogging machines; and the hiring of additional staff for field work.

The hand-held foggers will be used when reports are received of large mosquito populations are a particular address Read more

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Sxm Services Provider Not Paid For Services Rendered By Gebe

PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten - Local Public Relations and Marketing Company SXM Services Provider has issued a release stating that the Supervisory Board of NV GEBE must first clean up their own mess and ensure that COO R. Maduro pays the bills he has for services he requested on behalf of NV GEBE.

Our company is duly registered and has provided all information requested by the Management Team, since it learnt that the Supervisory Board started questioning how it was possible that a local company got to make money from NV GEBE when so many international consultancy firms are out there.

SXM Services Provider says it was contracted early this year, first to provide media and public relations services to help turn around what was believed to be a negative image of GEBE, likely created by alleged mismanagement and the high cost of energy Read more

Up Board Congratulates Hiro Shigimoto

PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten - The board of the United People's Party (UP) wishes to congratulate Hiro Shigimoto on his full acquittal from all charges by the Court of First Instance on Thursday.

"This is a clear indication of vindication as we know this has been a long judicial journey," the UP board declared.

Hiro Shigimoto was a former Minister of Finance Hiro Shigimoto under a UP supported government.

"We strongly believe this positive news will be well received by his family and longstanding well-wishers," the UP board added.

"May Mr Read more

Minister Connor Attends Another Oath-Taking Ceremony Of Civil Servants Describing Oath-Taking An Integral Part Of The Country's Integrity System

PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten – Minister of Tourism, Economic Affairs, Transport and Telecommunication (Ministry TEATT) Honorable Claret Connor earlier this week attended an oath-taking ceremony of civil servants from the Ministry TEATT that took place in the A. C. Wathey Legislative Hall.

The oath-taking complies with the regulation that all civil servants must take the oath in order to receive their National Decree and be appointed as a civil servant of the national government administration body.

Oath-taking is also an integral part of the integrity system of the Government of Sint Maarten.

The civil servants were read their oath in both English and Dutch, and thereafter they made their pledge and Minister Connor pinned them with the national Coat of Arms of the country Read more

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Up Board Denounces Statements On Smn-News Website

PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten - The United People's Party (UP) board recently met to discuss a number of pressing issues inclusive of a recent statement found on the online news site SMN-News.

"We the board of the UP board would like to denounce a recent statement made on one of the local online media outlets Read more

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Mp Lake Travels To Curacao To Participate In Anti-Corruption Procurement & Integrity Training Course

MP Lake travels to Curacao to participate in Anti-Corruption Procurement & Integrity Training Course

PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten – United People's (UP) party Member of Parliament (MP) Hon. Maurice Lake, has travelled to Curacao to participate in a two-day Anti-Corruption Procurement & Integrity Training Course in Willemstad that starts on Wednesday.

The course is an initiative of the International Ombudsman Institute (IOI) in collaboration with the International Anti-Corruption Academy which is based in Austria.

The IOI has decided to make this training available to its members and opened it to members of the Caribbean Ombudsman Association (CAROA).

"I am along with my colleague Member of Parliament Emmanuel Christophe, will be representing the Parliament of Sint Maarten at this two-day course since the opportunity was provided for other entities to also partake in this very important training course.

"Our own Ombudsman approached parliament and presented this opportunity for one or more MPs to take part in the course Read more

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Sxm Delegation To Ipko Continue Talks

PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten - The delegations of Parliamentarians from Aruba, Curacao and St. Maarten currently in Holland for the Inter-parliamentary Kingdom Consultations (IPKO), have been meeting in a tri-partite setting.

The IPKO meeting is set to start on May 27th, and according to Member of Parliament and leader of the United St. Maarten Party, the Honorable Read more

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Minister Connor Attends Oranje School Anti-Bullying Session

PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten – Minister of Tourism, Economic Affairs, Transport and Telecommunications (Ministry TEATT) Hon. Claret Connor attended an anti-bullying session at the Oranje School on behalf of Minister of Education Hon. Rita Bourne-Gumbs.

The theme for the session was: "Bullying is mean and should not be seen," drafted by Michelle Vicioso.

During the session an original song was performed by three students, namely Chenieu Quailey, Marva Granger, Smijdin Penthiere.

The song was: "Bullying is Wrong Read more

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Obersi-Xerox Supporting Digikidz Projects

PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten - Recently the Obersi Group of Companies, represented by WTN-Cable Sales and Marketing Manager, Mr. Fernando Clark and Mr. Aldemier Mingeel, Sales and Marketing Executive for Obersi Electronics/Xerox paid a visit to Hillside Christian School.

After equipping Asha Stevens Christian School and Seventh Day Adventist School, with ICT equipment and a training program, Foresee Foundation, the brain behind the DigiKidz project, committed itself to raise funds for the next school, Helmich Snijders in St Read more

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Bureau Telecom Staff Attends 4G-Lte Training

PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten - Technical staff of Bureau Telecommunications and Post St. Maarten; Sidney de Weever, Angelo Moeslikan and Giovanni King, participated in a 5-day Telecom Boot Camp that was hosted by a USA based company 'Celplan' to extend their knowledge on the deployment and commercialization of future mobile networks (4G-LTE).

Celplan is a leading provider of radio frequency (RF) planning & optimization tools, engineering and training services to the wireless industry and hosted this 'LTE Technologies, Network Design & Optimization Boot Camp' in St Read more

Sint Maarten, Curacao And Aruba Delegations Meet On Monday In Preparation For Ipko

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten – From May 27-29, 2015 delegations from the Parliaments of the Netherlands, Curaçao, Aruba and Sint Maarten will be meeting in The Hague, the Netherlands for the Inter-parliamentary Kingdom Consultations (IPKO).

On Monday, the three parliamentary delegations from Sint Maarten, Curacao and Aruba met in the Tripartite setting in The Hague to prepare for the IPKO discussions with Dutch parliamentarians.

The Tripartite meeting took place at the Mercure hotel in The Hague Read more

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Prime Minister Gumbs Congratulates Sint Maarten Guyanese Community On Guyana's 49Th Independence And President Granger

PHILIPSBURG – Hon. Prime Minister Marcel Gumbs would like to congratulate the Sint Maarten Guyanese community with respect to Guyana's celebration on May 26 of their 49th independence celebration of statehood.

At the same time, Gumbs would also like to extend congratulations to the 8th Executive President of Guyana Hon. Brigadier David Granger (69) who was sworn in on May 16 after his A Partnership for National Unity + Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) won the 2015 national general and regional elections on May 11.

President Granger will be inaugurated at the Guyana National Stadium at Providence on Tuesday.

"I take the opportunity to congratulate President Hon Read more

Mp Leona Romeo Marlin Believes In The Expansion Of Usm Vision

PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten - Independent Member of Parliament, the Honorable Leona Romeo-Marlin is of the opinion that the vision of the University of St. Maarten (USM) should be expanded in the area of obtaining more revenues for the institution.

According to her, St. Maarten is strategically placed in the Caribbean, where it can capitalize in educational tourism.

She remarked: "With the vision that USM and the Minister of Education have, I am sure within short we can recruit persons from within the Caribbean region to come here to study Read more

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Government Gone Silent On Integrity Chamber Says Dp Leader Wescot-Williams

PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten - The faction of the Democratic Party in Parliament now has many questions regarding the proposed integrity chamber for St. Maarten.

Leader MP the Honorable Sarah Wescot-Williams in a recent pre Read more

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Sxm Delegation To Ipko Holds First Round Of Talks

PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten - The Parliamentary delegation of St. Maarten to the Inter-parliamentary Kingdom Consultations (IPKO) talks in Holland arrived well over the weekend and is already embroiled in meetings which form part of the talks which will culminate on the 29 of this month.

The talks consist of delegations from Aruba, Curacao, St. Maarten and the Netherlands.

We contacted MP the Honorable Read more

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Princess Heights Hotel Inducted Into 'Hall Of Fame' Of Tripadvisor.Com And Launches Last Minute Special For Area Residents

DAWN BEACH, Sint Maarten – Princess Heights Luxury Boutique Condo today announced that it has been recognized as a TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence Hall of Fame winner.

This certificate was created to honor those businesses that have earned a Certificate of Excellence for five consecutive years. This recognition is only issued to establishments that consistently achieve great traveler reviews on TripAdvisor.

Marc Charron, President of TripAdvisor for Business. "By putting a spotlight on businesses that are focused on consistently delivering great service to customers, TripAdvisor not only helps drive an improvement to hospitality standards around the world, it also gives businesses both large and small the ability to shine and stand out from the competition."

This is the latest in a number of customer service and quality related recognition awards granted to Princess Heights Read more

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Hillside Teachers Received Digital Board Training Certificates From Foresee Foundation

PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten - Last week thirty-three Asha Stevens Christian School (ASCS) teachers received a certificate from Foresee Foundation.

Management and staff participated in four 2-hour workshops while being trained in the use of Promethean Digital Boards and the integrated use of technology in teaching content. The training was facilitated by consultant, Marcus Nicolaas, certified Promethean Board Trainer.

Over the last years traditional chalk boards are being replaced by digital interactive boards, which allow students and teachers to share a wealth of information in an interactive and engaging way.

Foresee Foundation, the initiative taker of the DigiKidz project, views the increased use of Technology in classrooms as a very important step towards offering innovative 21st century education.

In addition to providing schools with equipment, the leading foundation in promoting educational technology on St Read more