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BREAKING NEWS: ORANJESTAD, Sint Eustatius - Honorable Clyde van Putten of St. Eustatius presenting the governing letter of intent to His Excellency the Governor of St. Eustatius Mr. Gerald Berkel on Monday afternoon. The letter of intent is between the PLP and the UPC. Exclusive shot on Dave Levenstone Facebook page. Photo Althea Merkman.

Sucker Garden, St. Maarten - The Ladies Basketball Championship came to a close on Sunday March 22nd as the LBC All First Team and LBC All Second Team which consisted of the top 14 players for the season played against each other for one last fun game. The LBC All Second Team really came out to play and neither team...

ANGUILLA -  The St. Maarten Golf Team was crowned the 2015 Champion of the annual 3 country golf tournament between Anguilla, St. Martin and St. Maarten. After 5 years, the 20 member St. Maarten Team finally succeeded in winning this prestigious cup. The tournament that was held in Stableford format took place at the Greg Norman designed Golf Course at...

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten – On Thursday March 19th, 2015 the first Tri-Partite deliberations were held at the Ministry of Justice on the A.Th Illidge Road. In attendance were the Ministers of Justice of Aruba, Curacao and Sint Maarten, respectively the  Honourable  Minister Arthur Dowers, the Honourable minister mr Nelson Navarro, and the host of this meeting the Honourable Minister...

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten - It’s time for sweet Calypso and energetic Roadmarch tunes. The St. Maarten Carnival Development Foundation (SCDF) will host the Nagico Senior Calypso Eliminations & Roadmarch Competition on Saturday, March 28. The event will be held at the Celebration Palace. Showtime is 8:00pm and entrance is US $10. Twenty (20) singers will have two targets in their...

JOHN’S, Antigua, March 23, 2015 – LIAT’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO), David Evans, today signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Antigua State College (ASC) for an Engineering Technician Training Programme in Aircraft Maintenance. Other industry partners in the new programme, which commenced in September 2014, are Antigua-based Caribbean Helicopters; the College of the North Atlantic and the Marine Institute of...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, Sunday March 22, 2015, CMC – The United States Coast has transferred custody of three smugglers from the Dominican Republic and 466 pounds of cocaine to US Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Special Agents here following an interdiction in the Caribbean Sea. The interdiction off the coast of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico on Friday was the result...

CAY HILL, Sint Maarten --Cooking is a basic skill of survival and a skill to be proud of; building on those elements, Island Gems Charity Foundation presented the Mental Health Foundation (MHF) with kitchen utensils and small appliance to help further outfit its centre’s kitchen in Cay Hill. MHF, established in 2006, leads as the secondary mental healthcare provider on...

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten - The public prosecutor office in Sint Maarten took part in the SXM-DOET campaign this past weekend. The two day program started on Friday March 20 and finished on Saturday. Volunteers along side the prosecutor office planted flowers at the sister Regina school among other clean up activities.     

BELVEDERE, Sint Maarten - Results of the annual SMSEF Interscholastic Soccer Tournament at Johan Cruijff Court in Belvedere, All scheduled games were played as teams managed to field enough players. This was, however, no easy feat on Saturday, March 21, due to the traffic congestion in the area. The traffic congestion was caused by the bicycle races that passed the area...