Rotary Club installs new members

www.sxmislandtime.com PHILIPSBURG - The Rotary Club of St. Maarten installed its first couple. Maria Hovius a lawyer by profession and Theo de Kluijs with a background industrial medicine and who worked for Hydroshop Design both left their former employers after 15 years of hard work and went in...

ID card Production Machine Back in Service

www.sxmislandtime.com PHILIPSBURG - The Civil Registry Department hereby announces that the Identification Card production machine is back in service and persons can visit the office as of Wednesday, March 10.

Constitutional Process

Dutch Second Chamber approves BES lawsPHILIPSBURG - The Dutch Second Chamber has approved the first package of laws that will allow for Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba (BES) to become Public Entities of the Netherlands. The legislation now heads to the First Chamber for approval. Read More

Priorities Today

Church and State need to be kept separatePHILIPSBURG - The SHTA believes that the Executive Council has set a dangerous premise by stating that the State and Church are not separate. Read More

Statia Today

Opposition Leader congratulates Berkel on appointmentPHILIPSBURG - The swearing is on April 1st, but Gerald Berkel is already receiving congratulations for his new function. Berkel was congratulated Tuesday by Leader of the Progressive Labour Party Clyde Van Putten. Read More

Did you know?

A grand piano plays faster than an upright piano

The king of instruments, the piano has 88 keys, each producing a unique tone. The black keys represent sharps and flats. The white keys are named after the first seven letters of the alphabet. Starting at the left, the first white key is A, with the lowest tone. The second is B, and so on through G, and starting with A again at the eighth key. The distance between any piano key of the same name is an octave. The highest tone on the piano is the eighth C. A piano covers the full spectrum of all orchestra instruments.

Sports Highlights

Former USM Student earns spot on the starting line up at UVI after long strugglePHILIPSBURG - Former Student and basketball player of the University of St. Martin Robenson Gassant has earned his way on the starting line at the University of the Virgin Islands. Read More