MARIGOT:--- On Friday morning about 350 parents that are part of the parents association gathered in front of the West Indies Mall in Marigot to continue their protests action against the use of masks for children from the ages of 6 years to 11 years old.
The parents feel that the government should allow parents to decide whether or not they want their children from ages 6 to 11 years old to wear masks at such a young age while attending school.
Despite the protests action which began earlier this week the parents have not won their case. The Col...
The news earlier this week that prestigious law firm Pels Rijcken, which represents the state in legal matters in its role of state advocate, was the ...
Harbour View:--- On Wednesday, March 3, 2021, His Excellency Governor drs. Eugene B. Holiday paid a working visit to the COVID-19 Vaccine Administerin...
~ And US $4.2 million owed to Sheriff Security ~
Independent Member of Parliament Christophe Emmanuel has written to Prime Minister Silveria Jacobs abo...
PHILIPSBURG:--- The Detectives of the Sint Maarten Police Force are investigating an attempted armed robbery whereby shots were fired. The incident to...
PHILIPSBURG:--- A motivational talk by the recently published book “Unholy Scriptures” author Mr. Reddeyez Skelet took place at the Marie Genevi...
PHILIPSBURG:--- “Let me publicly congratulate you (The Minister of Justice) for getting the process of the IBPS (Immigration and Border Protection Ser...
PHILIPSBURG:--- The COVID-19 pandemic has made evident how fragile our different systems are. The school sector has become one of the worst affected s...
PHILIPSBURG:--- Minister of Justice Anna Richardson appeared in the parliament on Wednesday and made a detailed presentation to the justice committee ...
PHILIPSBURG:--- This is thanks to the donation made by Community Aid Sentry Hill Foundation (CASH).
The donation comes after Admission nurses noticed t...
PHILIPSBURG:--- The committee of the CCSU received a request in December 2020 from the Minister of General Affairs and Minister of Justice to review d...
Dear Valued Customers,
Please be informed that due to one of our staff members testing positive for COVID-19 and out an abundance of caution, our Main Branch will be closing at 12:00 PM today. As it is our responsibility to ensure that everyone is saf...
Please be informed that due to staffing challenges at DIV (General Affairs), the Inspectorate has decided to make the following adjustments (effective Feb 1, 2021) to truancy-related request processes:
EXEMPTIONS
When a child will be absent from both f...
PHILIPSBURG:--- As of March 5th, there was 1 (one) person who tested positive for COVID-19; however three (3) persons have recovered; bringing the total active cases to fifteen (15). The total number of confirmed cases is now two thousand and sixty-s...
Topic 1: SMCC - Seniors citizens once more without timely payment of their old age pensions .
Topic 2: SMCC - Seniors receiving cut in AOV pension from former Netherlands Antilles entitled to refund !
Topic 3: SMAPP - Minister of Justice continues disres...
PHILIPSBURG:--- Two Caribbean Lottery players were surprised to hit the Lucky Pick jackpot just days apart, recently.
For the first winner, K. Amanda Blijden, Saturday morning started off like any other day. She got up and checked her tickets online w...
I am a civil servant. I asked that my name not be published with this letter. We all know how the world is especially in a small community. So it is better for me to not publish my name. I do not think that this would take away from what I have to sa...
Following the news of the U.S. Capitol riot, and talking to people I’ve met since then in Curacao and Aruba, it seems to me that a great many others reacted as I did. We were shocked by those images, and deeply concerned with what has happened to dem...
Dear Editor,
I have been a proud frequent visitor to the island for more than 30 years. I have seen the island’s nature change significantly in those 30 years, mostly with negative results. But over the past years, regardless of that development, I wa...
Le Président Daniel Gibbs s’est rendu à Quartier d’Orléans, ce jeudi 04 mars 2021, accompagné du vice-recteur Michel Sanz, de sa vice-présidente en charge de l’Education, Sofia Carti-Codrington, de la présidente de la CTOS, Pascale Laborde et de la c...
~Pas de dérogation en vue~
Ce mardi matin, devant la préfecture, avait lieu une manifestation de parents qui protestaient contre l’obligation de porter le masque à l’école, pour les enfants à partir de six ans.
Pendant qu’une soixantaine de personne, p...
