News from Bonaire, St. Eustatius & Saba
PHILIPSBURG- Preparations are well underway to ring in the New Year 2022 in Great Bay with a downscale fireworks display presented by the Port St. Maarten Group (PSG) at midnight on Friday, December 31. “2021 has been a difficult year for everyone, ... Lees verder
PHILIPSBURG- The Nature Foundation St. Maarten has begun presenting at local schools on St. Maarten about plastic and how to keep our environment safe and healthy. The presentations are within the In-No-Plastic Project, a European Union-funded global ... Lees verder
GEORGETOWN- Turks and Caicos Islands-based InterCaribbean Airways this week has started direct flights between Guyana and Barbados. The airline will be handled in Guyana by local airline Roraima Airways. InterCaribbean Airways CEO Lyndon Gardiner said that ... Lees verder
THE HAGUE/PHILIPSBURG, Prosecutor Hieke Buist has been appointed as Sint Maarten’s new Chief Prosecutor as of January 1, 2022. The Kingdom Council of Ministers formalized her appointment in its meeting of Thursday, 13 December 2021. Buist was appointed on ... Lees verder
Philipsburg – On Sunday, December 12, the Voluntary Korps of St. Maarten (VKS) held its graduation ceremony at the Sundial School where 18 of its new members were sworn in as VKS Soldiers after an intense 9-month training. The ceremony began with the ... Lees verder
PHILIPSBURG- The mobile control unit of the Immigration & Border Patrol service IBPS on Sint Maarten since last week are making use of a newly designed uniform. The new uniform results in giving the division of the IBPS its own identity. “I am ... Lees verder
PHILIPSBURG- The United St. Maarten Party (USP) wants to make the independence one of the main agenda points for the next general elections on the island. Political and social activist Shujah Reiph, speaking at the USP party congress on Sunday, urged those ... Lees verder
PORT ST. MAARTEN – Wednesday, November 24 will mark the first six-ship day for the 2021-2022 cruise season, a scene that will be very much welcomed by the country’s business community. The two cruise piers that allows for six cruise ships to berth at ... Lees verder
PHILIPSBURG- The Minister of Tourism, Economic Affairs, Transport & Telecommunications (Minister of TEATT) of Sint Maarten, Roger Lawrence together with the Deputy Tourism Director of French Sint Maarten, Valerie Damaseau, have addressed the issue recent ... Lees verder
ORANJESTAD/THE BOTTOM- It seems like the new Makana Ferry Service has already made a false start. Where the new ferry service was supposed to start on November 1, 2021 with the maritime connection between St. Eustatius, Saba and St. Maarten, only on ... Lees verder
PHILIPSBURG- On Tuesday the Princess Juliana International Airport together with the St. Maarten Government Emergency Support Functions Department (Disaster Management) hosted its biennial live Emergency Drill Exercise at the airside on Tuesday, November 2, ... Lees verder
PHILIPSBURG– During the months of September and October, Sint Maarten’s public awareness agency in the Netherlands, USP Marketing PR, carried out a national awareness promotional campaign of destination Sint Maarten in the Netherlands and partly in the Belgian ... Lees verder
PHILIPSBURG- On Friday October 22, 2021, Minister of Justice Anna E. Richardson received a courtesy visit by the Chief of Police of the Regional Police Unit Amsterdam Mr. Frank Paauw, who was accompanied by his support staff. The meeting took place in the ... Lees verder
PHLIPSBURG- In an so-called Country Report, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) writes about an impending tax reform on St. Maarten, made urgent because of the effects of hurricanes Irma and Maria, as well as the Covid-19 pandemic. “Sint Maarten’s economy ... Lees verder
PHILIPSBURG- St. Maarten Tourism minister Roger Lawrence met with SXM Airport Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Brian Mingo and the reconstruction team of the Airport and Ballast Nedam on Friday and was provided with a project review and a facility ... Lees verder
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