VSA Minsiter Richinel Brug and GEBE Transition Manager Thomas Roggendorf (both centre) with VSA’s DLASS representatives and GEBE staffers.

PHILIPSBURG--Government and NV GEBE have launched a one-year pilot programme to provide up to XCG 50,000 in monthly utility bill relief for vulnerable members of the community.

PHILIPSBURG--A new study by the Central Bank of Curaçao and St Maarten (CBCS) finds that, in Curaçao, the effects of inflation differ significantly across income groups, with the lowest-income groups experiencing the greatest burden.

VSA Minister Richinel Brug (left) MP Francisco Lacroes (right) and representatives of some of the partners in the project.

PHILIPSBURG--Government has agreed to allocate XCG 20,000 to support “a comprehensive” sterilization and public education programme aimed at “humanely” controlling St. Maarten’s growing stray animal population.

DAWN BEACH--The Ocean Jewelers store inside the Marriott Resort in Dawn Beach reportedly was robbed on Friday afternoon by two or three men, marking the third robbery of a jewellery store at a resort on the dutch side of the island in the last four months, according to preliminary police reports.