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Are Schools Ready To Start Online Learning In The New School Year?

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten – The Honorable Minister of Education, Culture, Youth and Sport (ECYS), drs. Rodolphe Samuel, has taken the bold decision to keep schools closed and to start the new school year with online learning, until further notice.

He communicated this to parents and guardians via a letter, dated July 31, 2020 Read more

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70 Active Covid-19 Cases Registered.

PHILIPSBURG: --- St. Maarten has registered 70 active COVID-19 cases as of today August 3rd, 2020, with 167 persons in quarantine. The numbers on St. Maarten is steadily increasing since July 1st, 2020. Currently, the Netherlands has placed travel restrictions for the island and had coded St. Maarten Orange.
Among the infected are two Members of parliament namely Sidharth Cookie Bijlani who is currently hospitalized and Raeyhon Peterson along with Dutch representative Chris Johnson.
While St Read more

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Public Weather Forecast For St. Maarten

DATE ISSUED: Monday, August 03, 2020 @ 12:00 LST (16:00 UTC)

VALID UNTIL: Tuesday midday (12:00 LST) August 04, 2020

WEATHER:

This afternoon through Tuesday midday: Partly cloudy, becoming cloudy at times with isolated showers.

Forecast High:32C / 90FForecast Low:27C / 81F

Sunset Today:6:45 P.M.Sunrise Tomorrow:5:52 A.M.

SURFACE WINDS: This afternoon through Tuesday midday: Southeast to east with a light to moderate breeze of 07 to 15 mph Read more

Airport:--- The plans for a fully enhanced Airport Terminal Building was presented to members of the media on Tuesday by PJIAE Project Director Mirto Breell via a teams meeting.
PJIAE communication officer Audrey St Luce Jack organized the stakeholder's meeting as PJIAE is moving a bit closer to starting the project which kicked off some three years ago when the Terminal Building was destroyed by Hurricane Irma in 2017.
Breell said the remediation project that was scheduled to kick off in March 2020 had to be delayed due to fact that PJIAE had to pull back the first bid and now placed another bid on July 27th, 2020 to include local contractors Read more

Mp Wescot-Williams: St. Maarten/St. MartinS Border Closure Has Taken On An European Context And Should Be Elevated To A Kingdom Level.

Philipsburg St. Maarten, August 2, 2020 – MP Wescot-Williams: With the announcement by the Prfecture of Saint Martin of another border closure in agreement with the Ministry of Overseas France, dubbed as a traffic restriction between the 2 parts of the island, we can no longer pretend that this is strictly a local matter, left up to the authorities in Marigot and Philipsburg.

To further exacerbate and move this away from the local authorities is the decision by the Prfecture of St Read more

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Minister Of Justice Updates On The Status Of The Function Books

Philipsburg Minister of Justice Anna Richardson, updates on the status of the function books to keep all stakeholders informed. A letter has been sent to the Council of Advice requesting an update on the timeline for the delivery of their advice on the draft legislation concerning the repeal of Rechtspositie Korps Politie Nederlandse Antillen 2000 and the salary scales for the Police Force of St Read more

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Successful Re-Opening During Wake Of Covid-19

PHILIPSBURG, The Honorable Minister of Public Health, Social Development and Labor VSA Richard Panneflek proudly announced that St. Maarten successfully re-opened its borders to international travelers on Saturday 1st August 2020. All visitors were greeted by trained staff, who were tasked to perform temperature checks and verification of test results Read more

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French Side Teachers Seek To Return Home

MARIGOT, St. Martin – Several French side teachers who are currently working in France and in Guadeloupe have indicated their willingness to come back home.

Although, there are vacancies available in the teaching profession on St. Martin for which the educators have applied, seemingly, for the past three years, theyve been turned down over and over again by the director in Guadeloupe.

That is according to leader of the opposition MJP Party in the Collectivit of St Martin, Councilman Louis Mussington Read more

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Successful Re-Opening During Wake Of Covid-19.

PHILIPSBURG:--- The Honorable Minister of Public Health, Social Development and Labor VSA Richard Panneflek proudly announced that St. Maarten successfully re-opened its borders to international travelers on Saturday 1st August 2020. All visitors were greeted by trained staff, who were tasked to perform temperature checks and verification of test results Read more

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Sarah: Border Closure Should Be A Matter For The Kingdom

PHILIPSBURG--With the announcement by the Prfecture of St. Martin of another border closure in agreement with Frances Ministry of the Overseas, we can no longer pretend that this is strictly a local matter left up to the authorities in Marigot and Philipsburg, United Democrats (UD) Member of Parliament (MP) Read more

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Minister Of Justice Updates On The Status Of The Function Books.

PHILIPSBURG:--- Minister of Justice Anna Richardson, updates on the status of the function books to keep all stakeholders informed. A letter has been sent to the Council of Advice requesting an update on the timeline for the delivery of their advice on the draft legislation concerning the repeal of Rechtspositie Korps Politie Nederlandse Antillen 2000 and the salary scales for the Police Force of St Read more

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St. Maarten Registered 66 Positive Covid 19 Cases As Of August 2Nd.

~MP Bijlani hospitalized.~

PHILIPSBURG:--- St. Maarten has registered 66 positive COVID-19 cases in its second wave confirmed Minister of VSA Richard Panneflek. The Minister said that the visitors that arrived on St. Maarten on Saturday, August 1st were all tested negative. The Minister explained that while visitors to the island are required to take a PCR test at least 72 hours before arriving on the island some 30 persons had to be tested on Saturday when they landed at the Princess Juliana International Airport Read more

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PHILIPSBURG:--- The Honorable Minister of Education, Culture, Youth and Sport (ECYS), drs. Rodolphe Samuel, has taken the bold decision to keep schools closed and to start the new school year with online learning, until further notice. He communicated this to parents and guardians via a letter, dated July 31, 2020. But, are schools prepared to deliver education online?
Unfortunately, the Ministers decision came ten days prior to the official start of the new school year, which gives schools very little time to prepare Read more

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St. Maarten Prepares To Welcome International Passengers With Rigorous Screening Steps At Pjia

PHILIPSBURG As St. Maarten re-opens its borders to international travelers in the wake of the Corona Virus global pandemic, Minister of Public Health, Social Development & Labor (VSA), the honorable Richard Panneflek would like to remind all incoming traveller to Sint Maarten must to complete the online Health Authorization Form viawww.stmaartenentry.com no later than 12-hours before arrival to St Read more

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Tropical Weather Outlook

NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL

800 AM EDT Sat Aug 1 2020

For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:

The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Hurricane Isaias, located just east of Andros Island in the central Bahamas, and on Tropical Depression Ten, located over the far eastern Atlantic to the northeast of the Cabo Verde Islands.

PHILIPSBURG:--- As St. Maarten re-opens its borders to international travelers in the wake of the Corona Virus global pandemic, Minister of Public Health, Social Development & Labor (VSA), the honorable Richard Panneflek would like to remind all incoming traveler to Sint Maarten must complete the online Health Authorization Form via www.stmaartenentry.com no later than 12-hours before arrival to St Read more

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Public Weather Forecast For St. Maarten

DATE ISSUED: Friday, July 31, 2020 @ 12:00 LST (16:00 UTC)

VALID UNTIL: Saturday midday (12:00 LST) August 01, 2020

WEATHER:

This afternoon through Saturday midday: Partly cloudy and breezy with slight haze and a few brief passing showers possible.

Forecast High: 33C / 91F Forecast Low: 28C / 82F

Sunset Today: 6:47 P.M. Sunrise Tomorrow: 5:51 A.M.

SURFACE WINDS:

Today through Saturday midday: Northeast to east with a gentle to moderate breeze of 08 to 16 mph.

SYNOPSIS:

A drier airflow into the region will aid in restricting precipitation during this forecast period Read more

Police Can Stop Gatherings That Violate Social Distancing Rules

PHILIPSBURG--A Ministerial Regulation signed this week by Justice Minister Anna Richardson has given police officers and ministerial inspectors the power to stop gatherings that violate social-distancing measures.

According to the regulation, a police officer or an extraordinary police agent (in Dutch, buitengewoon agent van politie) is authorised to terminate events and public gatherings if patrons are not maintaining at least two metres distance from each other Read more

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Coci Appoints Jude Houston As New Executive Director

SINT MAARTEN (PHILIPSBURG) The Board of Directors of the St. Maarten Chamber of Commerce and Industry (COCI), through its president Benjamin Ortega is pleased to announce and welcome the appointment of its new Executive Director, Jude Houston.

The Board of Directors contracted consulting firm, BDO with a special task focused on the recruitments of their New director and other Critical functions noted within the COCI organizational chart Read more

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Eoc Deactivated Thursday Afternoon

GREAT BAY, Sint Maarten (DCOMM) On Thursday afternoon after 4.00pm, the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) was deactivated by the Prime Minister and Chair of the EOC Silveria Jacobs.

On Tuesday, the EOC was activated due to the presence of  a weather system known as Potential Tropical Cyclone Nine which could have develop Read more

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Member Of Parliament Test Positive For Covid 19

GREAT BAY, Sint Maarten – One of the persons tested positive for the virus, is a Member of Parliament of the United People Party, Sidharth Bijlani.

This was confirmed by the president of Parliament and leader of the political party, Rolando Brison in a Facebook post Thursday night, in which, he wishes his colleague and team mate a speedy recovery Read more

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Travelers To St. Maarten Must Submit An Online Health Authorization Request

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten The Ministry of Health recently launched a website to streamline the process for visitors coming to St. Maarten to submit a mandatory health authorization application.
“Travelers to St. Maarten must submit a health authorization request via www.stmaartenentry.com before being granted entry into St. Maarten,” confirmed Minister of Public Health, Social Development and Labor, the Honorable Richard Panneflek on Thursday.

The website gives travelers access to an Electronic Health Authorization System (EHAS) where they can fill in a form in advance requesting permission to travel to St Read more

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Covid-19 Has Now Risen To 49 Confirmed

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten As of July 30th, at 17:00, St. Maarten has confirmed two additional cases of persons who have tested positive for the Corona Virus (COVID-19). The new total of confirmed cases now stand at 128.

Of the active cases, the Collective Prevention Services (CPS) are monitoring 48 people in home isolation. Minister of Public Health Social Development and Labour (VSA) the honorable Richard Panneflek announced that we now have forty-nine (49), active cases of persons who have contracted COVID-19.

The number of people recovered since the first case surfaced on St Read more

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Coci Appoints Jude Houston As New Executive Director

PHILIPSBURG, Sunt Maart 9 The Board of Directors of the St. Maarten Chamber of Commerce and Industry (COCI), through its president Benjamin Ortega is pleased to announce and welcome the appointment of its new Executive Director, Jude Houston.

The Board of Directors contracted consulting firm, BDO with a special task focused on the recruitments of their New director and other Critical functions noted within the COCI organizational chart Read more

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