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PHILIPSBURG:--- On Tuesday February 9, 2016, Mr. Ruminni Rogers was inducted as the newest member of the Rotary Club of St. Martin Sunrise. Ruminni Rogers who is a Police Officer, the son of Carlyle Rogers and Ramona Riley-Juan Pedro, and a talented Calysonians, who captured the Junior Calypso crown in 2008, has become the youngest member of the club.

Ruminni was a member of the Rotaract Club of St Read more

>PHILIPSBURG:--- 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 the Public Relation and Communication Department received their promotions in the rank of Chief Inspector Read more

Multi-Jurisdictional Conference Proves The Caribbean Region Can Work Together

>Toronto:--- For over 15 years, the steering committee for the STEP Caribbean Conference has been meeting to produce of the world's best attended and most talked about trust conferences. What makes this off-shore financial services conference so unique is the ability of these steering committee members to work together for the good of the region and for the benefit of their individual jurisdictions – all at the same time.
Unlike other initiatives in the region that attempt to bring together disparate and distinct countries, the STEP Caribbean Conference not only manages to put aside individual country and branch agendas, but also manages to attract international delegates and sponsors and most importantly speakers to the table each and every year.
The STEP Caribbean region, part of the larger STEP worldwide association is fast becoming one of the most influential and largest regions in the STEP world Read more

Stepcc 2015 Heads to Sint Maartin, Hosted By Anguilla, Amidst Much Global Change

style="text-align: center;">Largest Offshore Financial Services Conference Urges Delegates To Consider "Global Dynamics, Regional Solutions"

TORONTO, ONT:--- Touted by organizers as the largest financial services conference in the region, STEP CC 2015 promises to tackle the tough issues facing trust professionals head on.
Under the theme "GLOBAL DYNAMICS, REGIONAL SOLUTIONS" this years' conference has a stellar line of speakers drawn from the financial services sector and trust sector from around the world Read more

Governor sent back two Advices --- more mistakes found in advices.

>PHILIPSBURG:--- At least two Chief Inspectors of Police that have been holding their positions for some years now have to wait much longer before their scales and salaries can be adjusted.
SMN News learnt that the Governor of St. Maarten returned the advices sent to him to adjust the scaling and salaries of Chief Inspector Ricardo Henson who have been heading the department of communications at KPSM for some six years now. While Henson is a department head his scale should now be at 12 which will give him a salary increase and an increase in his pension benefits Read more

>PHILIPSBURG: --- Several veteran and long standing police officers who have been waiting for their promotions are now peeved at the police management team whom they said are handpicking persons that are not qualified for top positions while officers of the force have been waiting for years to get their promotions.
Some of the officers spoke to SMN News on the condition of anonymity on Friday said that Jadira Gjisbertha, a scale 9 officer was chosen to take up a scale 12 position which was vacated by Pico Simmons who went on pension Read more

Dutch Police Officers Surround French Immigration Officers at PJIAE. (UPDATED)

style="text-align: center;">Four PAF officers went to PJIAE with firearms and did not notify Dutch Authorities

AIRPORT:--- At least four French Police Aux Frontiers (PAF) officers got a taste of their own medicine on Wednesday morning when they showed up at the Princess Juliana International Airport (PJIAE) on Wednesday morning fully armed. SMN News learnt that the four PAF were surrounded by five Dutch police officers at PJIAE. At the scene was head of the Simpson Bay outpost Carlyle Rogers.  SMN  News further learnt that the police patrol from  Simpson Bay went to PJAIE after receiving a call from the central dispatch which is located in Phillipsburg Read more