Prime Distributors marks 40th anniversary
Great Bay – Prime Distributors is celebrating forty years of service to the island of St. Maarten. The wholesaler located in Cole Bay is the result of hard work and determination on the part of its owner Danny Ramchandani. Ramchandani has faced many obstacles over the decades in his rise to becoming the biggest wholesaler in St. Maarten. Hurricane More...
St. Maarten third country in the world to adopt what3words
GREAT BAY – The postal services have revolutionized their capability of pinpointing addresses on the island through a deal with what3words, a British company that has divided the globe in 57 trillion 3×3 More...
TPI President Gittens now certified hospitality trainer
GREAT BAY – Dr. Natasha J. Gittens, President & CEO of Training Professionals International Firm (TPI) earned her Certified Hospitality Trainer (CHT) certification last Tuesday from the American Hotel More...
Dr. Gittens gives reason for sudden departure from USM-SCELL
Dr. Natasha Gittens about her departure from Scell: ”I weep quietly inside” By Terrance Rey GREAT BAY – The business community in St. Maarten was set alight on Friday with the announcement that Dr. Natasha More...
TelEm signs multi-million bond agreement with RBC
GREAT BAY – TelEm Group and RBC Merchant Bank (Caribbean) Ltd. announced the signing of a $32 million Bond agreement after months of negotiations. The TELeM Group uses the bond issue to finance future capital More...
Public tender for review of hospital business plan
GREAT BAY – Finance Minister Richard Gibson and Public Health Minister Emil Lee have put out a public tender for a second review of the strategic business plan for the St. Maarten Medical Center, version 3.0. Bids More...
Attorney’s son terminates contract with Westin after blackmail
GREAT BAY – A conflict between the Westin Hotel and one of its employees took an unexpected turn when the hotel management approached a managing partner of TCP with the request to investigate whether his father More...
Merger TelEm-UTS in the making
GREAT BAY – Telecom providers TelEm and UTS Eastern Caribbean are in talks that should lead to a merger whereby TelEm will hold 60 and UTS 40 percent of the shares, Prime Minister William Marlin said during yesterday’s More...
Pearl of China: $120 million investment; 400 jobs
“All jobs are for locals” GREAT BAY – The Hanwang Caribbean Forum, the groundbreaking at Little Bay Beach preceded by a protest that involved the Hope and the Christian Party, followed by a press conference More...
Blue Mall takeover imminent
Could become Marriott resort GREAT BAY – While all the focus at this moment is on the investment project in Little Bay – a 326-room hotel and 450 apartments – Jeff Berger’s St. Maarten Weekly News reports More...