“Hard Hair: St. Martin Women and the Culture of Natural Hair” is a panel discussion set for International Women’s Day, March 8, at 7:30 PM, at Philipsburg Jubilee Library, said organizer Rochelle Ward. The lifestyle discussion of natural hair stories
The winner of the Casa de las Américas Literary Award for Caribbean Literature (2014) is Fear of a Black Nation – Race, Sex, and Security in Sixties Montreal by David Austin from Jamaica. The winning book was announced by the St. Martin
SIMPSON BAY, St. Maarten (Sunday, February 16, 2014)—The Princess Juliana International Airport (SXM), is set to approach the Simpson Bay Community Council to discuss developments at the Airport as part of its program to engage the community in its Capital
SIMPSON BAY, St. Maarten (Sunday, February 16, 2014)—“Beneficial to all parties,” was how Prime Minister Sarah Wescot-Williams described the agreement she signed Thursday morning on behalf of government with the Princess Juliana International Airport operating company (PJIAE), which was represented
With effect from Friday, Jan. 31, 2014, transit passengers on flights to destinations in the USA will be allowed to carry duty free Liquids, Aerosols and Gels (LAGs) over 3.4 ounces as carry-on items. This allowance in effect is based on
The American revolutionary writer of poetry, drama, fiction, essays and music criticism, died on January 9, 2014, at the Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, where he was hospitalized last December. He was 79. At House of Nehesi Publishers (HNP) the passing
University classes, in Trinidad and New York, will open January 2014 with books by two St. Martin writers as required reading for students. Firstly, Skin by Drisana Deborah Jack is a literature course book at Dutchess Community College (DCC) in New
EDITOR’S NOTE: After a book is published it is often critics and various “talking heads” that review the meaning of the text. Between the water cooler and social media regular readers may express their ideas about the new title. But can
The shortlist of HNP’s annual Made In St. Martin Gifts® is in. Attractively designed, quality content books published in St. Martin remain at the center of this near 20-year feature announced every December, said Jacqueline Sample, president of House of
For the second time this year, young dancers performed the flash mob dance, this time as part of the celebration of the 70th anniversary of the Princess Juliana International Airport (SXM), which had kicked off on December 3, with the Anniversary
St. Martin author Lasana M. Sekou has called on Prime Minister Sarah Wescott-Williams and President Aline Hanson, to “officially and publicly condemn the Dominican Republic Constitutional Court decision of September 13, 2013 (Sentencia TC/0168/13), which threatens to strip the citizenship status
Shortly after he returned from The Netherlands aboard a KLM flight on Tuesday, December 3, His Excellency drs. Eugene Holiday, Governor of St. Maarten, returned briskly to familiar grounds to present Regina LaBega, managing director of Princess Juliana International Airport
World-renowned expert on airport and aviation development, Prof. Dr. John Kasarda, Director of the Center for Air Commerce of the University of North Carolina, will be the special guest speaker at the Anniversary Symposium of the Princess Juliana International Airport
“Lizzy Lizard” is a new children’s book star that is looming large as a St. Martin folklore character on the freshly illustrated book mobile of the Philipsburg Jubilee Library (PJL). The adventurous little lizard began life as the main character
The implications of the ruling of September 23 by the Constitutional Tribunal of the Dominican Republic, stripping citizenship from the offspring of non-resident Haitians born in the Dominican Republic (DR), where nationality is conferred “jus soli,” by place of birth,
At least seven new concessionaires are set to open for business by the beginning of the St. Maarten tourist season. This was revealed by Suzy Kartokromo, acting manager of Marketing and Customer Service Department of SXM Airport. Kartokromo said that
Three students, all of them of the St. Maarten Academy won prizes for having the most correct answers in a quiz organized by the Princess Juliana International Airport (SXM) during the highly successful Career and Study Fair held at the
The ultra-modern Terminal Building at the Princess Juliana International Airport (SXM) will be seven years old on the eve of St. Maarten Day. The facility was officially opened on November 10, 2006 by Her Majesty Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands
Airports have become multimodal, multifunctional, economic engines driving commercial development well beyond their boundaries,” said Dr. John Kasarda, Director of the Center for Air Commerce at the University of North Carolina, and chairman of the recently concluded inaugural Aerotropolis Americas Conference
United Kingdom (UK) flagship, British Airways (BA) is very interested in commencing service to the Princess Juliana International Airport (SXM). This was revealed by SXM Airport Managing Director, Regina LaBega, following a recent meeting in Martinique with Colm Lacy,
Copa airlines, the island’s major connection to the South American market, will be back to servicing Princess Juliana International Airport (SXM) with four flights weekly from its Panama hub as from December 12, 2013. This was one of the results of
The “Meet and Greet” area at the Princess Juliana International Airport (SXM) has been spruced up to mark the airport’s 70th anniversary and also to reflect the stunning landing approach for which it has become world famous, with CNN being the
“On October 19, 1983, Prime Minister Maurice Bishop, leader of the Grenadian Revolution, and his closest advisers were assassinated by the country’s army, and six days later, the USA executed its long-planned invasion of the Spice Isle.” That’s how the
SIMPSON BAY, St. Maarten (October 14, 2013)—The Princess Juliana International Airport Operating Company, PJIAE NV should take “immediate action to form an effective Air Service Development Community with its country clients (to become country partners), regional airlines and ferry services
More than 35 members of staff of the Princess Juliana International Airport (SXM) took part in the 4th Annual Pink Parade held in Philipsburg last Friday afternoon. It is the second year successively that the airport would participate in the parade
