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Minister Jacobs: Change Is Not Easy, However, More Accountability, More Efficiency Are Needed

PHILIPSBURG – Minister of Education, Culture, Youth, and Sports Silveria Jacobs addressed the media in Wednesday’s, June 21, Council of Ministers Press Briefing.

She first congratulated graduating students saying, “I would like us as a community to recognize and applaud them, but also to encourage them to never stop learning, to become lifelong learners.”

She also informed that the school-leaving ceremonies of each school is now a separate event Read more

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Stakeholders And Ave Board Met To Discuss Issues And Way Forward.

PHILIPSBURG:--- The stakeholders, represented on the board of The Advancement for Vocational Education (AVE) Foundation, namely SVOBE, FAVE, Windward Island Chamber of Labour Unions, St. Maarten Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Ministry of VSA (absent) and Ministry of Education, Culture, Youth & Sport met with the board of directors of The AVE Foundation on June 16th 2017.

Stakeholders were given the opportunity to address published reports and therein outlined supposed issues at NIPA Read more

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Department Of Culture Represented At Annual Csa Conference

Nassau, Bahamas — The 42nd Annual Caribbean Studies Association (CSA) Annual Conference themed “Culture and Knowledge Economies: The Future of Caribbean Development?” was held at the Meliã Nassau Beach Resort in Nassau, Bahamas on June 5-10, 2017. Department of Culture Policy Officer Sharine Allamby was amongst the 300 attendees and other St. Maarten representatives including Mrs. Okama Brook, Program Chair of the CSA’s Executive Council and academics Dr. Francio Guadeloupe and Dean Geneve Philips of the University of St Read more

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Nassau, Bahamas:--- The 42nd Annual Caribbean Studies Association (CSA) Annual Conference themed “Culture and Knowledge Economies: The Future of Caribbean Development?” was held at the Meliã Nassau Beach Resort in Nassau, Bahamas on June 5-10, 2017. Department of Culture Policy Officer Sharine Allamby was amongst the 300 attendees and other St. Maarten representatives including Mrs. Okama Brook, Program Chair of the CSA’s Executive Council and academics Dr. Francio Guadeloupe and Dean Geneve Philips of the University of St Read more

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PHILIPSBURG:--- Minister of Education Silveria Jacobs confirmed that the Inspectorate met with all stakeholders at NIPA including the AVE board, unions, students and staff of the institution. The Minister said she has since received a report from the Inspectorate with recommendations which is already on the action plan.
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PHILIPSBURG:--- Minister of Education Silveria Jacobs announced on Wednesday at the Council of Minister’s Press Briefing that government is closer to streamlining the school busses policy. She said the department of legal affairs gave a number of advice as they look to tighten the policy. The Minister said that in the very near future school bus owners, parents and the schools will be informed of the changes that will be made with regards to school bus transportation.
Minister Jacobs said her Ministry has been working closely with the Ministry of TEATT to put a proper policy in place which would also allow government (Ministry of Education) to better spend their funds which are already limited.
In her statements, the Minister said that this procedure started since 2016 and they have assessed the situation Read more

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Scdf Requests To Take Over Management Festival Village.

PHILIPSBURG:--- The St. Maarten Carnival Development Foundation (SCDF) has written to Prime Minister William Marlin and Minister Silveria Jacobs requesting the opportunity to manage the St Read more

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Bute Takes On A Division 1 University

PHILIPSBURG – For the first time in history, St. Maartener Shemar Deion Bute has been drafted to a Division 1 school.

Bute, a graduate of Tallahassee Community College (TCC) will be attending Connecticut Central State University (CCSU) in the Fall of 2017. He currently plays center, but will be a forward at CCSU. Bute is a graduate of St. Maarten Academy and was awarded Athlete of the Year.

Bute is a second-year participant on Tallahassee Community College men’s basketball team Read more

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Minister Of Ecys Silveria Jacobs Flag Day 2017 Message

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten — The St. Maarten flag symbolizes the qualities we should represent as a Nation. Our flag represents the unity and love we should have for human kind, the strength and courage we should represent as a land and the appreciation we should have for our ecosystem and those that inhabit it.

We must contribute to preserving St Read more

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PHILIPSBURG:--- The Home Repair project designed to assist the most vulnerable in our community to live in decent homes was launched Monday, June 12th. The Department of Community Development, Family & Humanitarian Affairs (CDFHA), Youth Affairs, contractors, and students have all come together in a win, win, win the project to benefit the community. The students will gain valuable work experience that will equip them with valuable experience to enter the labor market as a skilled worker Read more

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Minister Jacobs: A Labor Dispute Is Not One In Which Ministers Can Become Involved

PHILIPSBURG – Minister of Education, Culture, Youth, and Sports Silveria Jacobs addressed members of the media in Wednesday’s, June 7, Council of Ministers Press Briefing.

On issues pertaining to her Ministry, she first congratulated Milton Peters College (MPC) 3 on 3 basketball teams, who travelled last Sunday to the Netherlands to compete in the Olympic Moves competition in Amsterdam Read more

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2ª Ronda Amistosa De Recreación

PHILIPSBURG – Para observar el aniversario de la partición de la isla de St. Maarten / St. Martin, los estudiantes de la M.A.C. Browlia Maillard Campus y la Escuela Aline Hanson en Sandy Ground participaron por segundo año en una carrera de relevos amistosa re-promulgando aspectos de la leyenda o mito de cómo la isla fue dividida.

La carrera se llevó a cabo el miércoles 31 de mayo, de 8:30 am a 12:00 pm Read more

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2Nd Friendly Re-Enactment Race

 

PHILIPSBURG – To observe the anniversary of the partition of the island of St. Maarten /St. Martin, the students of the M.A.C. Browlia Maillard Campus, and the Aline Hanson School in Sandy Ground participated for the second year in a friendly relay race re-enacting aspects of the legend or myth of how the island was divided.

The race was held on Wednesday, May 31, from 8:30am-12:00pm Read more

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PHILIPSBURG:--- To observe the anniversary of the partition of the island of St. Maarten /St. Martin, the students of the M.A.C. Browlia Maillard Campus and the Aline Hanson School in Sandy Ground participated for the second year in friendly running reenacting aspects of the legend or myth of how the island was divided.

The race was held on Wednesday, May 31, 2017, from 8:30 am – 12:00 pm Read more

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Minister Jacobs: Putting Education First

PHILIPSBURG – Minister of Education, Culture, Youth and Sports Silveria Jacobs addressed the media in Wednesday’s, May 31, Council of Ministers Press Briefing.

She first mentioned the opening of the friendly race, which was organized by UNESCO and Aline Hanson School from Sandy Ground, French St Read more

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2017 Commencement Brings Graduates And Their Families To St. Maarten

 

CUPECOY – Graduates of the American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine (AUC) gathered in St. Maarten on Saturday, May 27, to attend the school’s 2017 Commencement Ceremony. The event honored attendees’ academic accomplishments and signaled the start of graduates’ professional careers as MD-credentialed physicians.

Golden Jackson, PhD, Assistant Dean for Service Learning and Community Affairs at AUC, presided over the ceremony, which included performances by the Generation New Status Drum Corps and gospel singer Angie Pantophlet, invocations and benedictions by Father Yohanes Bally, and addresses by Heidi Chumley, MD, Executive Dean and Chief Academic Officer of AUC and Dhaval Desai, MD, Director of Hospital Medicine at Emory Saint Joseph’s Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia, and 2008 graduate of AUC.

Attendees gave a warm welcome to Minister of Education, Culture, Youth and Sports Silveria Jacobs, who attended the morning graduation ceremony Read more

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