September 30, 2026 No comments
Project INSPIRE Officially Launched in St. Maarten to Strengthen Special Education
SINT MAARTEN (GREAT BAY) - History was made in St. Maarten today with the official media press launch of Project INSPIRE, a two-year pilot initiative being implemented through a partnership between Education, Consulting, Academic Advising and Mentoring (ECAAM) of Dominica and the SKOS Catholic Education Foundation of St. Maarten. The initiative aims to strengthen educational support for students with Special Educational Needs (SEN), enhance educators' capacity, and promote more responsive, inclusive learning environments. According to SKOS Training Center Curriculum Director, Ms. Gianne Wilson De-Weever, Project INSPIRE is designed to improve educational outcomes for students with SEN while equipping teachers with strategies to better respond to diverse learning needs. Project Inspire stands for: Inspiring, Nurturing, Support, for Professional, and Responsive, Inclusive Education. ECAAM Facilitator...
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September 30, 2026 No comments
Sint Maarten’s Franshelis Garcia Earns PhD Degree in Researching Obesity Stigma
SINT MAARTEN/THE NETHERLANDS - Franshelis Garcia earned her PhD degree from Wageningen University & Research in the Netherlands on Friday, September 25, 2026, after successfully defending her doctoral thesis on stigma surrounding obesity and metabolic and bariatric surgery. Garcia, a 2007 graduate of Milton Peters College’s VWO programme, moved to the Netherlands at age 18 to pursue higher education. She earned her Master’s degree in Clinical and Health Psychology from Utrecht University and began her academic career at Leiden University. In 2016, she joined the Health and Society group at Wageningen University & Research as an educator and researcher. Her thesis, “The Social Weight of Surgery: Understanding Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Stigma through Public Attitudes, Professional Practice, and Patient Experience,” examines attitudes...
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September 30, 2026 No comments
KPSM conduct security and traffic controls. Police Requests Public Cooperation
SINT MAARTEN (GREAT BAY) - As part of ongoing efforts to maintain public safety and security on Sint Maarten, the Korps Politie Sint Maarten (KPSM) Flex Team, conducted security and traffic controls throughout various areas of the country during the afternoon hours of September 28 going into the early morning hours of September 29, 2026. During the nighttime controls, officers attempted to stop a dark-colored vehicle traveling along the A.Th. Illidge road after it was observed coming from the direction of a fast-food establishment in the Dutch Quarter area. The driver failed to comply with the officers’ instructions to stop and instead increased the vehicle’s speed. The driver continued fleeing at high speed in the direction of Mount William Hill. Officers initiated a short...
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September 29, 2026 No comments
St. Maarten Voices to Keynote Caribbean Griefology Conference 2026
SINT MAARTEN (GREAT BAY) - Two St. Maarten practitioners have been named featured keynote speakers at the Caribbean Griefology Conference 2026, a landmark regional gathering at the Hilton Barbados Resort from 12 to 15 November 2026 under the theme Rooted in Awareness, Healing, and Action. The conference arrives at a moment our region knows too well. Chronic illness is claiming lives that could have had decades left, and families are burying the young alongside the old, often without warning. The grief that follows is carried quietly — absorbed into work, into worship, into the busyness of taking care of children — because we were never given permission to rest, or to be still. That unspoken weight surfaces later in our bodies,...
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September 29, 2026 No comments
WICSU-PSU MOURNS THE PASSING OF DRUMMOND AND REITERATES CALL FOR INVESTIGATION
SINT MAARTEN (GREAT BAY) - The Windward Islands Civil Servants Union – Private Sector Union (WICSU-PSU) extends its deepest condolences on the passing of our member, Mr. Wayne Drummond, following injuries sustained in a workplace incident on September 20, 2026. On behalf of the President, Board, staff, and entire membership of WICSU-PSU, we extend our heartfelt sympathy to his sisters, Marlene and Margaret, his seven children, his seven grandchildren, and his entire family. We also extend our condolences to our members at Maho, his colleagues, friends, and all those affected by his passing. This press release is issued with the knowledge and blessing of Mr. Drummond's family. The family wishes to thank the public, his colleagues, friends, and everyone who reached out,...
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