PHILIPSBURG - On Friday October 28, 2011, the acting Secretaries-General of the various Ministries took the oath for civil servants before of His Excellency Eugene B. Holiday.

PHILIPSBURG, Bonaire - Her Majesty Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands arrived on the island of Bonaire Saturday.

PHILIPSBURG - Member of Parliament George Pantophlet says that from the little he heard and read about the guns and ammunition shipment intercepted by Customs at Curacao's Airport a lot of emphasis seems to be placed on the fact that it originated from St. Maarten.

PHILIPSBURG - No arrest has been made as yet into the discovery Thursday of a large amount of weapons in Curacao on a DAE flight that originated from St. Maarten.

PHILIPSBURG - NAGICO's Customer Service area will undergo major renovations beginning Monday October 31, in order to optimize the customer service experience to our clientele.

PROVIDENCE, Guyana, CMC – Jamaica were crowned Regional Super50 kings on Saturday, after an unbroken 45-run stand between Tamar Lambert and Shawn Findlay ushered them to a five-wicket victory over Trinidad & Tobago.

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten – Dutch Secretary of State for Finance Hon. Frans Weekers has assigned his technical advisor Robert Cornax, to research the situation with the Dutch Ministry of Interior Affairs and Kingdom Relations with respect to the Naf.40 million in debt payment arrears that is up to and including the end of 2005.

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten – The Central Committee of Parliament will meet on November 2 with the Minister of Public Health, Social Development and Labour Hon. Cornelius De Weever.

PHILIPSBURG - Even though the island of St. Maarten is experiencing some harsh economic times presently, there was some hope that things will get better soon and this was evident when Quiznos Sub which is located on the Codville Webster Street in Philipsburg, held their official grand opening on Saturday afternoon.

PHILIPSBURG - SXMIslandtime.com has learnt that the authorities at the Pointe Blanch Prison are now dealing with another prison break.