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PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten -- Standing behind saving the planet, Tzu Chi Foundation and Managing Director of Spaceless Gardens Denicio Wyatte, have embarked on a journey to build the consciousness of recycling and agriculture amongst pupils and in the community with an Eco Tourism Agricultural Learning initiative. For the initiative, Tzu Chi and Spaceless Gardens are using recycled large yellow plastic...

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten -- On Wednesday April 8th, 2015, at approximately 10.30 p.m. Detectives from the St. Maarten Police Force visited the L.C. Fleming Medical Center in Marigot, to gather information involving a 51-year old man who reported himself to the hospital with gunshot wounds. The investigation done by the Gendarmes indicated that the shooting possibly occurred on the Dutch...

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten -- Around 12 noon on April 13th the police department received a call from the security office at the A.C. Wathey Cruise Facilities that they had received a message from the cruise vessel "Croisieres de France Horizon Cruiseship” informing them that a passenger on board of the cruise ship had jumped from the ship in open...

CAYHILL, Sint Maarten -- As the 2015 Carnival Teen, Senior and Mature queen contestants prepare to take the stage for their pageants, the SCDF and Kooyman have teamed up for a final “Meet & Greet” on Saturday April 18th at the Kooyman Megastore. The Teen, Senior and Mature contestants will have the opportunity to shine on stage and show...

It is nine in the morning and a purple dawn is rising with difficulty in the east while a strong ice-wind is blowing over the cold North Sea to the west. It is February 2008 and I am standing with fifty of my fellow Master students at the Volgermeer Polder, a former toxic waste dump for the city of...

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten -- For the last few weeks the St. Maarten Nature Foundation has been monitoring the Coral Reefs inside of the Man of War Shoal Marine Park for incidents of Coral Bleaching. Coral bleaching is the loss of color from corals under stressful environmental conditions. While any stress can cause corals to bleach, high water temperature has...

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten -- Late last week and into the weekend proved to be an expensive time for car owners and insurance companies as numerous accidents were reported. It should be noted that thankfully no lives were lost as a result of the fended benders for which many, the road conditions and driver lapses are being blamed. Although there has been no...

British Broadcasting Corporation - US President Barack Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro have met on the fringes of the Summit of the Americas, the first formal talks between the two countries’ leaders in half a century. Earlier, Mr Obama described the historic thaw in US-Cuba relations as a “turning point”. This is their first full meeting since the thaw...

(CNN) -- Hillary Clinton put an end to months of speculation on Sunday by officially announcing her candidacy for president, giving the former secretary of state another shot at cracking the highest glass ceiling in American politics. The initial word came in an email to supporters from John Podesta, a longtime Clinton ally, thena video launched on YouTube and a newly...

Saint Lucia -- A quantity of drugs was discovered in the vagina of a Bordelais Correctional Facility (BCF) officer on Sunday afternoon, April 12, police and prison sources have confirmed. The officer, a mother of three from La Pointe, Mon Repos, is currently detained at the Dennery Police Station after a quantity of hashish, wrapped in two clear plastic bags...