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~Sheryl Grant: There is a paradigm shift- The New Cultural Currency is called Community~

PHILIPSBURG:---  Its time for us to wake up; stand up; and unapologetically be the leaders that God has called us to be. There is a paradigm shift from an old-world regime: capitalism, Me, Myself and I, says Sheryl Grant, founder of Sheryl Grant Enterprises which focuses on supporting and empowering underrepresented business leaders and entrepreneurs.
She passionately continued, The new world is the digital world and the new cultural currency or new money is called community Read more

PHILIPSBURG:--- As individuals, communities, and nations grapple with the challenges of our times, Victorious Living will be presenting solutions this week-end at VLFs Leadership Summit.

               This is the eighth year that Victorious Living is hosting Leadercast, designed to create leaders who are worth following; and the third year of VLF Leadership Summit which comprises Leadercast on October 9th with speakers such as basketball legend and philanthropist, Magic Johnson; psychologist Dr Read more

PHILIPSBURG:--- The St. Maarten Heart and Stroke Foundation teamed up with Motorworld and SMMC to host the first Wear Red Day awareness campaign. In the U.S. and other countries, the month of February is designated as heart disease awareness month. This years focus for the foundation was Heart disease in Women". Women from all age groups were present and they sure came out in lovely shades of red. Dr. Bird-Lake, local cardiologist and SMHSF Medical Advisor, the first word in the opening of the Mini-symposium was Wow" Read more

USM, Pond Island:---- There are two matters all St Martiners agree on. The first is the importance of education as a way for the every Peter, Paul, Pablo, Ping, Maria, Melissa, and Mahati to become a lawyer, doctor, nurse, carpenter, electrician, or scientist. The second is that education on this island is in need of improvement. It is important however to recognize that part of fixing any situation is thoroughly understanding how one got into that situation and how seemingly easy solutions might be costly in the long run.

Given this state of affairs, the University of St Read more

PHILIPSBURG:--- Roy Cotton Jr. the host of the good love and listened to the inspirational radio show, Love and Inspiration are ecstatic and grateful to God for his faithfulness towards him during the past decade in taking the radio show to where it is today."To God be the Glory for great things he has done through me and Love & Inspiration from Feb 11th, 2007 to date, therefore I am eternally grateful to God for what he has done for me. I would like to thank from the bottom of my heart all listeners and well-wishers both on Sint Maarten, the Caribbean, USA, England, The Netherlands for all their support and commitment towards my radio show, Love & Inspiration since it premiered on August 7th, 2011 on Youth Radio 92.5FM and transferred to The Voice of Sint Maarten Power 102.7FM on March 8th, 2015 Read more

PHILIPSBURG:--- Minister of Education, Culture, Youth and Sports, The Honorable Silveria Jacobs officially launches the EOM banner campaign along with Education OnThe Move (EOM) project manager Angelique Martis-Romou and partners the Sister Borgia School & the Windward Islands Bank.
The Education on the Move Campaign is an educational campaign whereby all educational stakeholders and the community of St Read more

>Belair:---  The consensus among the over 200 attendees at Leadercast 2015 hosted by Victorious Living Foundation, was that Leadercast was inspiring, impressive, enlightening and rejuvenating. "It was really a pleasure and an inspiration to attend Leadercast once again. I was very impressed with the professional reception of the staff and the organization of the whole event. I am proud to see our local people so involved in professionalizing and upgrading in all fields of production and service Read more

Children’s Book Week at the library.

>PHILIPSBURG:--- The Philipsburg Jubilee Library is getting all geared up for Children's Book Week 2014. Between November 16th and November 22nd the library will once again host a spectacular event, focused on the joy of reading and storytelling. This year's theme is "Folktales and Fairytales from around the world ". The main event this year will be the children's play "The Donkey tale", performed by Youth theatre group Bonaire, under the leadership of artist and dramaturge Jackie Bernabela. The library was very happy to be able to collaborate with Ms Read more

>PHILIPSBURG:--- Late last year, DEI launched the Cultural Artistic Formation (CAF) adaptation project which entailed the development of lesson plans that reflect the local situation . Imbrace Group LLC was contracted to steer the project, assemble a curriculum writing team and work with the writing team to develop the materials. The need for this project was identified in a retraining trajectory where it became evident that there were no existing materials for CAF that reflect our local situation.
The new CAF curriculum promotes knowledge and understanding of the historical and cultural contexts of the arts within St Read more

>PHILIPSBURG:--- With the date of St. Maarten's parliamentary elections drawing near, several female candidates contesting the elections will be engaged in the Phenomenal Women Political Debate on August 20, 2014. This major event, presented by the University of St. Martin (USM) in collaboration with the "Woman 2 Woman, Phenomenal Women" radio program, will be held at the University of St. Martin lecture hall from 6:00-9:00 pm, and promises to be a night filled with lively discussions from the female perspective.
To ensure the objectivity of this Debate, two phenomenal women were invited to participate as moderators Read more

>PHILIPSBURG:--- The University of St. Martin (USM) and the "Woman 2 Woman, Phenomenal Women" program have partnered to present the first 'Phenomenal Women Political Debate' on Wednesday August 20th, 2014 at the USM Lecture Hall, from 6:00pm to 9:00pm. This exclusive event will consist of ten female debate panelists, two from each political party contesting St. Maarten's 2014 Parliamentary Elections. The candidates chosen by their respective political parties and confirmed to participate are:

 Richelda Rodriquez Emmanuel and Mulrose Toulon (Democratic Party) Silveria Jacobs and Dorothy Richardson (National Alliance) Regina Janga and Marie-Lou Conner (One St Read more