National Health Insurance debate begins next week

GREAT BAY – The Ministry of Public Health, Social Development and Labor is currently in the process of organizing a stakeholders sensitization session on National Health Insurance. The sessions begin next week Monday, January 23 and will be facilitated by Professor Wynand van de Ven of the Erasmus University in Rotterdam who has extensive knowledge More...

Minister Lee: “Hospital project held hostage by personal financial interests”
GREAT BAY – “Due to the recent court case filed by VAMED against SZV, the development of the new hospital and most importantly quality care close to home has been delayed. This does not mean that a new hospital More...

URGENT NOTICE : DUMP SMOKING AGAIN
Close windows and doors if downwind from landfill fire for those with respiratory challenges GREAT BAY, Sint Maarten (DCOMM) – The Fire Department, is advising persons living downwind from the landfill fire, to More...

Zika no longer international public health emergency
GREAT BAY – Following a meeting of its emergency committee on Zika, the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) said that the infectious disease and its associated consequences no longer present a public More...

“This new hospital is a huge step forward”
SMMC signs contract with developer Inso GREAT BAY – Hospital-Director Kees Klarenbeek expressed his confidence in the construction of the new hospital on Monday during the signing of the design-build-maintain More...