Toulon, France -- (SBWIRE) - The last edition of the "International Workshop on HIV Persistence, Reservoirs and Eradication Strategies" took place in St Maarten, December 6-9, 2011. It is now time for the 210 participants to translate into their personal research what they have learned from this meeting.

PHILIPSBURG - St. Maarten Harbour Group of Companies continues to promote the country as an entertainment hub in collaboration with Caribbean lifestyle channel Tempo.

GREAT BAY, Sint Maarten (DCOMM) – The Fire Department is calling on the business community especially entertainment establishments to recheck their fire emergency and safety procedures as the aforementioned will see an increase in the number of patrons and customers over the weekend.

PHILIPSBURG - The permission for the sale of fire works to the general public has been granted by the government of Sint Maarten. However the police department is informing the general public of the following:

PHILIPSBURG - The S.B.B.A. (St. Maarten Basketball Association) had its first Team representative meeting on Dec 16th, 2011 to start with Preseason knockout 2012.

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten – Draft laws which have been discussed by parliament in a number of hearings during the past months are currently available on the parliament website.

PHILIPSBURG - The investigation into Monday's shooting is continuing.

PHILIPSBURG - The Chamber of Labour Unions received a negative response Thursday evening from the Dutch Parliamentary delegation which is scheduled to visit the island in January.

PHILIPSBURG - The year 2011 is quickly coming to an end and so are the experiences that we have gone through.

PHILIPSBURG - Twelve-year-old, Leonardo Knol, sailing for St. Maarten, took top honors at the 5th annual SOL International Optimist Regatta held November 5th.  Second place went to Hosea Williams (15) of Antigua, coached by Olympic medalist, Karl James.

Third place went to another St. Maarten youngster, Nathan Smith (9).