Zoe van Zadelhoff.

PHILIPSBURG--Zoe van Zadelhoff is set to join the cast of Cats, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s iconic musical. The production is one of the most demanding and celebrated in musical theatre, and Van Zadelhoff’s casting marks another milestone in a career that has already taken her from the Caribbean to Europe’s top stages.

Basic groceries.

PHILIPSBURG--Everyday groceries in St. Maarten are about to become noticeably more expensive, with prices for basic items such as rice, pasta, milk, eggs, bread, oranges and lettuce expected to rise by between five and fifteen per cent within weeks.

New General Hospital has reached the highest point of construction.

CAY HILL--The St Maarten Medical Center (SMMC) has reached a major milestone in the construction of the new St. Maarten General Hospital (SMGH), announcing that the project reached its highest point late last week.

Francio Guadeloupe delivering his inaugural lecture at the University of Amsterdam

AMSTERDAM--Anthropologist Francio Guadeloupe delivered a wide-ranging inaugural lecture at the University of Amsterdam on Thursday, calling for a fundamental rethinking of how scholars study relations between the European Netherlands and the Dutch Caribbean.