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Articles by Tadzio Bervoets
Before Blaming the People, Fix the Waste System
SINT MAARTEN (COMMENTARY – By Tadzio Bervoets) - Sint Maarten has a serious garbage problem. Litter along our roads, illegal dumping, overflowing bins and waste accumulating in our ghauts and coastal areas affect public health, damage the environment and undermine the tourism product on which we so dearly depend. It also affects how we feel about our country and whether basic public services are working. It was right that garbage received attention during the recent parliamentary budget debate.
Nearly 150 Children Take Part in SMYC Summer Sailing Camps
SINT MAARTEN (COMMENTARY – By Brian Meade) - Sint Maarten is running out of time. The island is facing cascading crises — institutional fragility, energy instability, rising costs, and a governance structure stretched to its limits. These are not abstract problems. They are lived realities for families, businesses, and the very credibility of the country. In moments like this, political leaders must stop managing symptoms and start confronting root causes.
Before Blaming the People, Fix the Waste System
SINT MAARTEN (GREAT BAY) - September is observed each year as Prostate Cancer Awareness Month, a time dedicated to raising awareness about one of the most common cancers affecting men and highlighting the importance of early detection and regular health screenings. In St. Maarten, the month serves as an important opportunity to encourage men to take a proactive approach to their health and to remind the community that early action can make a meaningful difference.
Our Beaches Are Not for Sale
SINT MAARTEN (COMMENTARY – By Tadzio Bervoets) - Two stories circulating recently in the local media deserve to be read together. The first: Sunresorts Ltd. N.V. is asking the Court of First Instance to declare its ownership in Mullet Bay as extending all the way to the coastline. The second: the Nature Foundation St. Maarten has again sounded the alarm over accelerating development activity around Mullet Bay, Beacon Hill, and Little Bay.
Proactive coordination needed to address sargassum crisis in Sint Maarten
Letter to the Editor: By Tadzio Bervoets Dear Editor, Over the past decade, the Caribbean has been increasingly affected by the recurring influx of sargassum along our shores. Sint Maarten is no exception. Already, satellite imagery and forecasting models are predicting that 2025 will be among the worst years on record, with massive blooms of sargassum drifting westward from the Atlantic. The time to act is now—before the health, environmental, and economic consequences once again overwhelm us.
Elegy for a Loss of Innocence.
Print Details By Tadzio Bervoets In The Heart of the evening A shadow stretches An elegy of Whispers The World’s Mournful Breath Where Innocence once vibrant Now lies in trenches As the sun set’s solemn On fields of death Politics, a tether of broken Promises With voices lost in cacophony As truth fades Where ideals once golden Now lay rusted and cold And a dream of a just society Quietly degrades Innocent hearts Once pure and bright Now lay dimmed by grief For what we must bear In the...
KPSM Announces Road-Clearing Project Starting September 5
SINT MAARTEN (GREAT BAY) - Former President of the Windward Islands Teachers Union (WITU), Stuart Johnson, says confirmation that the criminal investigation into the alleged disappearance of nearly NAf. 2 million from the Charlotte Brookson Academy for the Performing Arts (CBA) has entered its final investigative stage represents a long-awaited step towards justice and accountability. “Finally, we are one step closer to justice,” Johnson stated.
The Caribbean needs big marine protected areas
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