GREAT BAY--The Public Prosecutor’s Office of St. Maarten is expected to respond to the Association for Consumer Protection St. Maarten, ACP-SXM, as it does with all official correspondence. However, any response to ACP-SXM’s request for access to the “Freya” investigation report will likely direct the organization to the Government of St. Maarten.

CASTRIES, St. Lucia--Leaders of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) have agreed to establish a broad-based, high-level advisory team to guide discussions with the United States on requests for member states to accept a limited number of non-criminal third-country nationals and refugees.

GREAT BAY--The Association for Consumer Protection St. Maarten (ACP-SXM) has submitted a formal request for public information to the Minister of Tourism, Economic Affairs, Transport and Telecommunication, Grisha Heyliger-Marten, and the Minister of Public Housing, Spatial Planning, Environment and Infrastructure, Patrice Gumbs, seeking disclosure of documents related to fuel supply and water production contracts involving NV GEBE, SOL Antilles N.V., and Seven Seas Waters (St. Maarten) N.V.

GREAT BAY/MARIGOT--St. Maarten & Saint Martin has been highlighted as the fastest-rising destination in the Caribbean for couples vacations, with the island’s unique two-country character, strong airlift, culinary appeal, wellness offerings and variety of romantic experiences helping to position it at the front of one of the region’s most important travel trends.

GREAT BAY--The Ministry of Public Health, Social Development and Labor (VSA), with the support of the Tijdelijke Werk Organisatie (TWO), has completed an important phase in its collaboration with the Nationaal Instituut voor Budgetvoorlichting (Nibud), as part of the ongoing study into the cost of living on St. Maarten.