Juvenile delinquents reign supreme on Sint Maarten due to lack of jail cells

Juvenile delinquents reign supreme on Sint Maarten due to lack of jail cells

PHILIPSBURG – A juvenile delinquent who received a 12 month jail sentence from the court in Sint Maarten, gets...

15 April 2019
Shortage of cells on Sint Maarten: prisoners temporarily jailed in containers

Shortage of cells on Sint Maarten: prisoners temporarily jailed in containers

PHILIPSBURG – Sint Maarten’s minister of Justice, Cornelius de Weever has reached an agreement with the Dutch minister for...

15 April 2019
What will happen to the shipwrecks in Simpson Bay?

What will happen to the shipwrecks in Simpson Bay?

PHILIPSBURG – The shipyards of SeaCure Marine in Simpson Bay contain nearly twenty fiberglass yacht wrecks which are awaiting...

18 March 2019
Downtown Philipsburg forgotten: ‘not everyone benefits from cruise tourism’

Downtown Philipsburg forgotten: ‘not everyone benefits from cruise tourism’

PHILIPSBURG – Thousands of cruise passengers disembark in Phillipsburg on a daily basis. The water taxis can barely handle...

14 March 2019
Former sugar plantation to become social housing neighborhood on Statia

Former sugar plantation to become social housing neighborhood on Statia

ORANJESTAD – Thanks to a Dutch couple, Statia will get 70 plots of land on the former Cherry Parc...

10 March 2019
Hundreds of undocumented Venezuelans on Sint Maarten : ‘no risk of being deported’

Hundreds of undocumented Venezuelans on Sint Maarten : ‘no risk of being deported’

PHILIPSBURG – Almost six hundred Venezuelans have fled to Sint Maarten. They are staying on the island illegally but...

10 March 2019
Sint-Maartener becomes first youth mayor of Amsterdam

Sint-Maartener becomes first youth mayor of Amsterdam

AMSTERDAM – The first youth mayor of Amsterdam is a Dutch Caribbean islander from Sint Maarten. On Monday Avianka...

22 February 2019
Heyliger, politician accused of corruption, ‘will remain in custody for now’

Heyliger, politician accused of corruption, ‘will remain in custody for now’

PHILIPSBURG – Theo Heyliger, the leader of political party United Democrats Party who was arrested on Tuesday, will appear...

20 February 2019
Library on Sint Maarten still closed: ‘Everyone has good intentions, but nothing is happening’

Library on Sint Maarten still closed: ‘Everyone has good intentions, but nothing is happening’

PHILIPSBURG – “Imagine, a piece of the ceiling crashes down, or there’s a short somewhere because of exposed cables,...

6 February 2019
Medical waste from operating room burned atop the dump

Medical waste from operating room burned atop the dump

PHILIPSBURG – For years the Sint Maarten Medical Center in Philipsburg disposed of medical waste from the operating room...

15 January 2019
Teacher shortage on Sint Maarten continues

Teacher shortage on Sint Maarten continues

PHILIPSBURG – “Teacher shortages are a worldwide problem”, says Angela Richards-Huggins, HR manager at the Stichting Voortgezet Onderwijs Bovenwindse...

30 November 2018
Reconstructed airport Sint Maarten to open in December

Reconstructed airport Sint Maarten to open in December

PHILIPSBURG – The original goal was to open the airport in November, but that goal won’t be met. The...

20 November 2018
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