St. Maarten TodayGEBE load shedding due to repairs  PHILIPSBURG - The GEBE Power Plant resorted to load shedding, today, July 1, 2009 when two main generators malfunctioned. Diesel Generator #12, which produces up to 10 MW, was stopped this morning due to problems with the automatic lube oil filters.Read More Violence PreventionFirst Lady of Guyana to speak at Peridor Foundation event PHILIPSBURG - Gracita R. Arrindell, Founder of the Peridot Foundation states; “we are eager to present our continuing series of awareness programs with this occasion slated for this Saturday July 4th 2009 at the Philipsburg Cultural and Community Center with the featured address to be given by former First Lady of Guyana, Ms. Varshnie Singh.Read MoreEducation TodayNAIGICO Staff Get Involved In Active Parenting PHILIPSBURG - NAGICO Insurances’ recent collaboration with the Department of Education Research Planning & Innovation (DERPI) has produced 14 staff, who were successful in completing the course “Active Parenting”. Read More
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Debating The Issues PHILIPSBURG - The FZOG crisis was the focus of this weekends edition of Debating The Issues (DTI). The gust for the weekend was the President of the Windward Islands Civil Servants Union (WICSU), the President of the Windward Islands Teachers Union (WITU) and the 1st Vice President of the ABVO Union Mr. Raymond Jessurun.Read More Did you know?The Age Of The Universe
Sports HighlightsNBA star Elton Brand here for R&R, promises to return to conduct basketball clinic PHILIPSBURG - What does a 6’8”, 254lbs, giant of a pro-basket ball player do off the court in off season? If your nickname is “El Train”, you round up a group of lifelong friends, jump on a plane, and jet to The Friendly Island, of course. That’s exactly what Philadelphia 76ers superstar, Elton Tyron Brand did last week. Read More Island Weather
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We have thousands of opportunities every day to be grateful: for having good weather, to be able to sit in such a beautiful room on such comfortable furniture, to have slept well last night, to be able to get up, to be healthy, to have enough to eat. ... There's opportunity upon opportunity to be grateful; that's what life is. -- Brother David Steindl-Rast 
PHILIPSBURG - "If one of your countrymen becomes poor and is unable to support himself among you, help him as you would an alien or a temporary resident, so he can continue to live among you. Read More
PHILIPSBURG - Recognition or acknowledgement of a child can be done by a document prepared by the Civil Registrar at the Census Office or by Notarial Deed, as is the case when a married man acknowledges his children born outside the marital bond. Read More 
After several debates, astronomers have determined the age of the universe by using a Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe. By examining the microwave background radiation that WMAP provided, astronomers were able to pin down the age of the universe, accurate to 1%, to 13.7 billion years old.