One SXM members and leading activists at the Government Administration Building, when the group had presented the One SXM “Petition Against Accepting Dutch ‘Apology’ for ‘Slavery Past’ without reparations” to Prime Minister Silveria Jacobs in December 2022 (CLF file photo).

PHILIPSBURG--The One SXM Association is calling on King Willem-Alexander to issue “a sincere apology” for the Dutch Kingdom’s involvement in slavery, the transatlantic slave trade and for continuing colonialism.

From left: APS Senior Pension Administrator Eric Tjon Tam Pau, APS Adjunct Director and Manager Pension Administration Oscar Williams, Minister of Justice Anna Richardson, HR Senior Policy Advisor Florence Marlin, HR Consultant Grace Marlin-Blijden and Policy Advisor Tiffany Glasgow.

PHILIPSBURG--On Tuesday, Minister of Justice Anna Richardson entered into consultations with the management of St. Maarten Pension Fund APS regarding the draft Legal Position Regulation for the Police of St. Maarten.

The part of Bush Road where resurfacing work is carried out in the late hours of the night.

PHILIPSBURG--Traffic on Bush Road, from the Peridot round-a-bout to Domino’s Pizza, is being disrupted on Wednesday and Thursday night due to resurfacing of the road. The road work is to be carried out from 8:00pm until 1:00am.

The car wash on Sister Modesta Road where the fatal shooting took place.

PHILIPSBURG--Residents of Sister Modesta Road and the surrounding area in Simpson Bay witnessed a large-scale police search in the wee hours of Tuesday. After their apartment was searched, two men were arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of a man near a car wash on Sister Modesta Road on August 17, 2022.

Ambulance workers have complete operational and maintenance training for the new ambulances that were delivered in late December 2022. In photo: The four new ambulances in front of the Fire and Ambulance Building in Cay Hill. 

PHILIPSBURG--Personnel of the St. Maarten Ambulance Department have successfully completed a five-day training course to familiarise themselves with the four brand new ambulance vehicles that were delivered in late December 2022.