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Los Inquilinos De Belvedere Reciben Las Llaves

BELVEDERE, Sint Maarten – En una Ceremonia de Entrega de Llaves organizada por el Ministro de VROMI Egbert J Doran y la Fundacin de Desarrollo de Vivienda de Sint Maarten (SMHDF). los inquilinos de los Edificios A & B de Low Estate, Belvedere recibieron las llaves de sus apartamentos el 11 de octubre de 2022, se entregaron diecisis (16) llaves marcando la finalizacin de los 2 primeros edificios de este proyecto. Con respecto a la ceremonia de entrega, el Ministro Doran dijo: “Me gustara tomarme un tiempo para agradecer a las partes interesadas involucradas, a saber, el Ministerio de VROMI, SHMDF y NRPB, por sus esfuerzos para hacer esto realidad Read more

PHILIPSBURG:--- The tenants of Buildings A & B of Low Estate, Belvedere received the keys to their apartments in a Key Giving Ceremony hosted by the Minister VROMI Egbert J Doran and the Sint Maarten Housing Development Foundation (SMHDF) on October 11, 2022. Sixteen keys were handed over marking the finalization of the first 2 buildings in this project. Concerning the handover ceremony, Minister Doran said, 'I would like to take some time to thank the stakeholders involved, namely the Ministry of VROMI, SMHDF, and the NRPB, for their efforts in making this a reality Read more

U20 National Basketball Team Captures Historical Win

Airport Road – On Monday August 28th, the U20 National Basketball team returned from Antigua after defeating  St. Kitts, where the team won 82-76 in the LIBA tournament. In 2015, the St. Maarten National team came in second place, but this year, they brought home the championship. The MVP was Mr. Jamal Ireland, an 18 year old student of the Milton Peters College.

“The Minister told Ireland and the rest of his team that she expects to see great things from the entire team.” Majority of the team will still be in school and under 20, allowing them to still be eligible to play at the next LIBA tournament.

Head of the Department of Sports, Jonelle Richardson, also congratulated the team, their coaches, the referee and physio therapist, who travelled with the team Read more

Airport Road:--- On Monday, August 28th, the U20 National Basketball team returned from Antigua after defeating St. Kitts, where the team won 82-76 in the LIBA tournament. In 2015, the St. Maarten National team came in second place, but this year, they brought home the championship. The MVP was Mr. Jamal Ireland, an 18-year-old student of the Milton Peters College.
“The Minister told Ireland and the rest of his team that she expects to see great things from the entire team.” Majority of the team will still be in school and under 20, allowing them to still be eligible to play at the next LIBA tournament.
Head of the Department of Sports, Jonelle Richardson, also congratulated the team, their coaches, the referee and physio therapist, who traveled with the team Read more

Maria Richardson Elected New Secretary General Of Liba

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten — Maria Richardson has been nominated and elected the new Secretary General for the Leeward Islands Basketball Association (LIBA) Executive Board.

LIBA has been dormant for a while, until 2014 when it held its first games in Montserrat Read more

Public primary schools host joint graduation

COLE BAY--Some 194 pupils celebrated their graduation with a joint school leaving exercise for St. Maarten's six public primary schools, in a ceremony filled with song under the banner "Why fit in when you were born to stand out?" held Friday morning at Princess Port de Plaisance Resort.

Minister of Education, Culture, Youth and Sports Affairs Rita Bourne-Gumbs and Head of Division of Public Education Glenderlin Davis-Holiday joined family members of the pupils, and past and present school officials of the Leonald Conner School, Marie Genevieve de Weever School, Oranje School, Ruby Labega Primary School, Dr Read more

Foundation plans scholarship for highest scoring FBE pupil

PHILIPSBURG--Together We Can Foundation announced on Wednesday that it plans to grant a full highschool scholarship to the highest-scoring pupil of the 2015 foundation based education (FBE) exams.

This, the Foundation said via press release, is the mere reason of holding the Battle of The Fittest Tournament, amongst other types of fundraisers. “This tournament will take place in the month of July and we are encouraging companies to make a donation. Proceeds of these events will go towards the scholarship fund and other social projects we intend on executing in the near future.”

The foundation said that it hoped to be able to assist many more pupils in the future, possibly all who score a certain grade point average (GPA), if the foundation manages to raise sufficient funds Read more