The St. Maarten Carnival Development Foundation (SCDF) on Wednesday said its responsibility is to always prepare for Carnival, the island’s biggest festival and it will continue to do so until it is clear that it cannot execute Carnival 2021 based on the plan it has developed for a safe festival. The foundation said while the […]
It’s amazing what a school entry in the Arts, can do for a final grade, especially when it’s your own experience that requires a complete immersion of the anthropologist in the culture and everyday life of your own experience and the subject of your study in the Arts, and documented in film. Da Shaun Prince […]
Citing SCDF can do more to help promote local Shows PHILIPSBURG—After setting the Soca tempo for Carnival celebrations on St. Maarten for five (5) years, Grisha Heyliger-Marten has thrown in her rag, effectively resigning from the famous “Soca Rumble.” Since April 2015, Grisha and at least five others including Omari Ferrari, the man she said […]
Before radio was as plentiful as it is today, there was only one, and that was PJD2 1300 AM. Back in those times it was the magical way of communication and entertainment that locked in every one who owned a transistor radio and men were the celebrities holding down those jobs as announcers. No one […]
The full text of the release from the ministry of TEATT is hereafter published. PHILIPSBURG—The celebration of St. Maarten’s Carnival-50 was a considerable success, but the honorable Minister of Tourism, Economic Affairs, Transport & Telecommunication (TEATT), Stuart Johnson says the success came at a price. He is requesting the Carnival Foundation’s financial audit to be […]
Interview with Shakainah Pompier-Arrindell one day before leaving St. Maarten to represent the Island as the Miss Teen St. Maarten International.
The office of Discover Dominica Authority was hosted by the Dominica Foundation here on St. Maarten on the weekend of June 29th, as they embark on the launching of the World Creole Music Festival for 2018 inviting folks to Rediscover Dominica. The Island was ravaged by Hurricane Maria in 2017 forcing the cancellation of their […]
