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PHILIPSBURG - Minister of VROMI The Honorable Angel Meyers visited the Sewage Treatment Plant located on A Th. Illidge Road between the Salt pond and the Fresh pond. The visit was not only meant to take a tour of the treatment plant to view operations but also to sign a renewal contract between Windward Roads to manage the sewage...

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten -- With the introduction of UTS’ new mobile postpaid packages and all of the great features that already come with them, UTS announces the availability of another new feature that is now available to all existing postpaid customers: SMS bill-check. With this feature customers can send a SMS to receive their current bill balance in real-time. The...

LOWLANDS, Sint Maarten -- The American University of Integrative Sciences School of Medicine (AUIS) recently donated a Digitrex kit to the Minister of Public Health, Social Development and Labor (VSA) Emil Lee to help with preventative screening. The Digitrex includes a new technology tablet-based called “Clinical Activity and Rotation Log” (CARL) and other devices that make it possible to do...

ST. AUGUSTINE, Florida - On Friday, May 20, Minister of Education Silveria Jacobs signed a Memorandum Of Understanding (MOU) with President of Flagler College Dr. William Abare. This agreement will enable students from St. Maarten to study at Flagler College and receive a discounted tuition rate. Flagler College is a small, private residential college located in the USA's oldest city, St....

Minister receives annual report On Thursday May 19th 2016 member of the management board of the Joint Court of Justice Mr. Kelvin Bloyden during a brief meeting at the Ministry of Justice presented the Minister of Justice Mr. Edson Kirindongo with the 2015 annual report of the joint Court of Justice. Students from the SXM Academy visit KPSM On Friday May 20th...

PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten - The seemingly extensive mechanical and other problems faced by the power plant are taking a toll on the economy and putting additional stress on residents, says United People’s (UP) party leader Member of Parliament (MP) Theo Heyliger. “Residents and businesses have had to deal with frequent power outages for going on two weeks and there has been...

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten – The House of Parliament will sit in a plenary public session on May 23. The Minister of Justice will be present for the session.     The plenary public meeting is scheduled for Monday at 2.00 pm in the General Assembly Chamber of the House at Wilhelminastraat #1 in Philipsburg. The agenda point is The Ministry of Justice...

Cayhill -- More than 60 girls and women participated in the Women’s Football Day that took place on Saturday May 21st 2016. The event, sponsored by Law office Sulvaran & Peterson, took place at the Raoul Illidge Sports Complex and had girls and women, from both the Dutch and French sides of the island, taking part in the activities. The program...

GREAT BAY, Sint Maarten (DCOMM) – A Breast cancer awareness session entitled “Breast Health and Abnormalities” is planned for Monday, May 23 at the University of St. Martin (USM), Room #202 from 6.00PM to 8.00PM. During the information session, a risk calculation will be conducted for participants who are interested in knowing their risk factor. Participants will also learn about the...

PORT ST. MAARTEN – Port St. Maarten will welcome the Oasis class vessel Harmony of the Seas, now considered the world’s largest cruise ship of Royal Caribbean Lines (RCL), in November when the vessel makes its inaugural call. Harmony of the Seas cost more than US$1 billion to build and is the lines 25th ship. The vessel made her world...