GREAT BAY, St. Martin (October 18, 2021)—How to stand out at the world’s fair in 2021? Perhaps by topping your nation’s “achievements” with works of culture. At the Dubai Expo, which opened on October 1, 2021, “Visitors to the St.
The newest performance of The Vagina Monologues will be staged at the John Larmonie Center, Philipsburg, on Friday, October 5 and Saturday, October 6, at 7:30 pm, said Collette Jones Chin, director of the wildly successful play by USA playwright
There is a place where the land curves into the wide smile of a bay. A place where lush, green, tropical vegetation thrives next to a white sand beach, which is gently licked by blue waves of the sea. In
The K1 Britannia Foundation and Player Development SXM recently received a gift of books and booklets about St. Martin’s music and sports personalities, history, and culture for their youth activities. “The K1 Britannia Foundation is grateful for these local books
The majority of St. Maarten Parliamentarians present at the reconvened meeting of the Central Committee of Parliament held Friday, September 2, 2016 with a delegation of the Independence for St. Martin Foundation (ISMF), expressed support for the foundation’s call for
The Princess Juliana International Airport (SXM) recently installed six Bar Code Boarding Pass (BCBP) e-Gates to provide a faster, simpler, and more convenient boarding pass security control procedure. The BCBP e-Gates validates the authenticity of the boarding pass, including confirmation
Sweet snacks and balloons emblazoned with the red, white and blue colors of the USA flag, and St. Maarten music playing in the background, highlighted the USA Independence Day celebration for travelers at SXM Airport, on July 4, 2016. The
The presentation of the Presidents Award to Dr. Quince Duncan in St. Martin deepens Caribbean and Central American links, reports RECA Informa, an influential Central American studies newsletter. “This recognition of the work and career of Quince Duncan deepens transregional
Airport and tourism expert, Regina LaBega was the toast of the gathering at the first Caribbean Aviation Meet Up conference hosted by the Government of the Commonwealth of Dominica, in Rousseau, Dominica from June 14 – 16, 2016. LaBega gave
Experts from the Forensics Department of the St. Maarten Police and popular Canadian science fiction writer Nalo Hopkinson may not know each other yet but their worlds are about to collide on the Friendly Island. “Collide is probably a word
by Ralph Cantave GREAT BAY, St. Martin (May 5, 2016)—The Peridot Foundation will contribute to the sponsorship of the 14th annual St. Martin Book Fair, June 2 – 4, 2016, said the Hon. drs. Gracita Arrindell. This is the third
A unique anthology of poetry is now in the works for the Virgin Islands (Tortola, Virgin Gorda, Anegada, and Jost Van Dyke). And according to educator Dr. Pat Turnbull, “What better way to mark World Book Day!” than to meet
The St. Martin of Tours Catholic church here is celebrating its 175th anniversary in 2016, with a new book by Gerard van Veen, said Jacqueline Sample, president of House of Nehesi Publishers (HNP). The book will profile each priest that
Calling “All poets and spoken word artists from the Virgin Islands (Tortola, Virgin Gorda, Anegada, Jost Van Dyke), including those studying or living abroad, to submit up to five poems” for a new poetry book to be published here by
The traditional period design of the Grand Case Bridge should be restored in this once mainly fishing village, said attorney at law Patricia Chance-Duzant. The current design of the bridge, completed not too long ago, is “soulless” and not in
St. Martin author Lasana M. Sekou recently presented a conference paper on “Color, Cultural Identity, and Tourism” at the University of Costa Rica (UCR), said his publisher HNP. “The International Symposium – Transcultural Convergences in Central America and the Caribbean,”
The annual SXM Aviation Photography Competition, TOPPIX, takes off on Friday, November 6, 2015 with a welcome and briefing session at SXM Airport starting at 8 AM. The competition proper will start immediately after the briefing session and will end
The new lecture organized by the Independence for St. Martin Foundation (ISMF) is “Reparatory Justice and the Decade for People of African Descent: The CARICOM Case” by Dr. Verene Shepherd. The lecture will take place at the University of St.
Emirates, the flagship of the United Arab Emirates, and Norwegian Air are among a number of airlines who have indicated interest in further exploring service opportunities to Princess Juliana International Airport, SXM. A delegation of SXM airport attending the World
GREAT BAY, St. Martin (September 20, 2015) — Columbus, the Moor / Colón, el Moro / Colomb, le Maure / Colombo, il Moro by Charles Matz “is remarkable in many ways,” said literary scholar Dr. Fabienne Viala about the new
CARIFESTA 2015, the 12th edition of the largest Caribbean festival of arts and culture closed in grand style in Haiti last weekend with 22 nations participating, said St. Martin cultural activist Shujah Reiph. Reiph, along with educator and former regional
Lexus Ryan, one of the poets from the book Where I See The Sun – Contemporary Poetry in Anguilla performed his poetry in Haiti at CARIFESTA 2015, said Jacqueline Sample, president of House of Nehesi Publishers (HNP). Ryan is one
Kristen Kellogg, videographer on her interviews with Our Creations Arts and Crafts women and King Vers: “These guys are doing incredible things” It was not all about aviation and airports. The recently concluded media tour of the island organized by
The proposed Aviation Training Academy of the Princess Juliana International Airport, SXM, is a “brilliant idea,” said Adam Twidell, a former Air Force pilot with the Royal Air Force (RAF) of the UK and one of the eleven journalists who
GREAT BAY, St. Martin (August 4, 2015)—Trinity Christina, the reigning “Little Miss St. Martin,” is hosting a free Princess Pajama Story time for girls, ages 7 – 12 at Philipsburg Jubilee Library on Friday, August 7, at 6:30 pm –
