St. Maarten Private Eye

One day maybe St. Maarten will have a dedicated website for both, however this must do for now. Find news articles and more below.
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For the Love of St. Maarten - by Will Johnson - An excellent collection of information and photos.
Old photo collection - Will Johnson
Historic Sites and Monuments
Culture and Arts
Jose Lake Sr - A hero for the people.
Leonides Richardson
Emilio Wilson Estate & Park
House of Nehesi Publishers
SHTA Voice - Meet the Heritage Foundation - 20th December 2006
Article - Heritage and Fort Amsterdam - 23rd December 2006

Latest News and Articles

Findings in Over the Bank excavations - 24th July 2008

Plans for national library and new museum -19th July 2008

New Libary and Museum plans presented - 18th July 2008

Tree policy still to be approved - 15th July 2008

Over Pond dig - 15th July 2008

Monument List comes to life - 9th July 2008

Editorial: Congratulations, Chester - 25th June 2008

Kemet Production working to expose St. Maarten's talent - 25th June 2008

Entertainment award named for Chester York - 17th June 2008

Panman wins Best Feature Film at Hollywood Black Film Festival - 9th June 2008

Termite damage cause of old house demolition - 5th June 2008

SXM PE Blog Post - DeWeever tears down old Tendal building at 2am - 4th June 2008

Island Council passes Monuments Ordinance - 16th May 2008

Carnival foundation answers accusations - 6th May 2008

Lauralie de Weever named patron of Fort Amsterdam - 23th April 2008

Beau Beau crowned King of Kings - 19th April 2008

Carnival Season officially opens - 18th April 2008

Beau Beau, Fish first on stage in tonight's 'King of Kings' clash - 18th April 2008

SXM PE Blog Post - Another one bites the dust - 28th March 2008

Labega calls for urgent repairs to Courthouse - 14th March 2008

‘Vagina Monologues’ island style in March - 14th January 2008

Hollywood-style premiere for Ian Valz’s ‘Panman’ - 13th November 2007

Lasana blames Tourism for loss of Caribbean culture, identity - 2 November 2007

Skull not attached to complete skeleton - 27th August 2007

Archaeologist uncovers seven ‘forgotten’ graves - 27th August 2007

SIMARC Jamaica trip - 1st August 2007

Guavaberry Emporium not up for demolition - 20th July 2007

Youngsters to present paper at archaeological conference - 20th July 2007

Pantophlet pushes Exco on protected monument list - 18th July 2007

Rijksmuseum to St Maarten? - 18th July 2007

Salt Walk project set for this year - 13th July 2007

Cultural projects on stream - 9th July 2007

Former jail to become new Marigot museum - 5th July 2007

Parade, all-day programme to mark Emancipation Day - 8th june 2007

Get your family tree at the Census office - 6th June 2007

Island Council approves cultural policy framwork - 6th June 2007

Old pottery found at little Bay pond - 28th May 2007

Meet Gli-Gli crew at library on Friday - 15th May 2007

St. Maarten Carnival 2007 dubbed "short and sweet" - 7th May 2007

Multimillionaire to speak at Youthfest - 4th May 2007

Preparations for annual Fish Day well in hand - 26th April 2007

Yung Joc, Lion Dread and Mr. Vegas Shadow and Crazy at Carnival village - 26th April 2007

Morgan Heritage to preform in Festival Village Thursday - 25th April 2007

Road March winner will rule the streets for Carnival - 24th April 2007

I-land Vybes Reggae Splash to feature Buju Banton - 24th April 2007

Carnival Season officially open - 23rd April 2007

St. Maarten Carnival 2007 kicks off Saturday with big street jam - 20th April 2007

Five Calypsonians to vie for Senior Calypso King - 19th April 2007

Cable TV forced to scrap annual party - 18th April 2007

Public feedback on the new Festival Village - 18th April 2007

Mathew, Richardson crowned 2007 Teen and Senior Carnival Queens - 16th April 2007

Festival Village opens a week early - 10th April 2007

Students work on fort trails during holidays - 13th April 2007

Festival Village opens a week early - 10th April 2007

Carnival village photo - 7th April 2007

Theo - There is a plan for pond island - 7th April 2007

Carnival village photo - 4th April 2007

Ace donates paint to carnival village - 4th April 2007

TelEm pays for US $1.2M Festival Center stage - 4th April 2007

TelEm pays for US $1.2M Festival Center stage - 4th April 2007

Only 20 per cent Carnival vehicles pass inspection - 4th April 2007

Fort Amsterdam recovery project almost complete - 31st March 2007

Museum seeking donations - 26th March 2007

Enviro and Cultural Foundations - Recommendations for politicians - 12th March 2007

Enviro and Cultural Foundations - Recommendations for politicians - 13th March 2007

SXM PE Blog Post - Chapel of Peter Gonzales - Simpson Bay - 1894 - ? - 27th February 2007

SXM PE Blog Post - Great Salt Pond - RIP - 25th February 2007

Nehesi rejects piddling grants - 13th February 2007

Nehesi rejects insulting grants from PBCF- 12th February 2007

Tentative schedule for Carnival 2007 released - 26th January 2007

Simarc gets $2000 donation from tourists - 22nd January 2007

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2006 & 2005

Exco approves draft Cuture Policy - 21st December 2006

Monument Foundation releases new calender and requests funding - 20th December 2006

Fort Amsterdam 'unusual' bastion cleared and mapped - 4th December 2006

IC rejects Divi claim on Fort Amsterdam - 28th November 2006

Island Council rejects Divi’s $44.5M claim - 28th November 2006

Cultural Youth Festival display of young talents - 13th November 2006

Lots of colours as schools celebrate national day - 13th November 2006

Soualiga Film Festival - 8th November 2006

New Carnival Village impression - 2nd November 2006

MAC elects new Board and visit historical sites - 26th October 2006

Museums association meets in SXM - 25th October 2006

Final preparations for St. Martin Day - 24th October 2006

Laveist to restore border crossing point, again - 19th October 2006

Louis and SXM 'stuff' - 18th October 2006

Laveist receives final draft cultural policy - 17th October 2006

New ‘stuff’ available for St. Maarten Day - 17th October 2006

Letter - Leopold James - Letter to Neville York - 14th October 2006

Award winning comedian to appear in Laugh till Belly Burst - 13th October 2006 - 13th October 2006

Another old house gone - 13th October 2006

Women honored for role in fight for womens rights and issues - 12th October 2006

Haviser carrying out excavations and clearing at Fort Amsterdam - 11th October 2006

SIMARC starts work at Fort Amsterdam - 11th October 2006

Pre SXM Day big show - 10th October 2006

Rita Gumbs, Earl Duzong get top performance award - 2nd October 2006

Performance Awards ceremony after Smile Oranje Friday night - 27th September 2006

Island Council pays visit to Simarc - 21st September 2006

Hike through hills to Loterie Farm - 12th September 2006

Cay Bay Cemetary neglected - 8th September 2006

Wayang Doll - 7th September 2006

Old Hodge house - parking lot - 7th September 2006

Paid public parking lot for Back Street ~ Old house to be moved to Emilio Wilson Park ~ 7th August 2006

Ian Valz - More people showing interest in theatre - 5th September 2006

Daily Herald Weekender - Wilhelm Patrick writing history book - 2nd September 2006

Cultural Policy draft available - 26th August 2006

Marlin - No plans to release archaeological report - 25th August 2006

Final report on Onderwater completed - 11th August 2006

Reburial of priest’s bones in church set for next week - 8th August 2006

Ruins of old plantation house uncovered in Cole Bay - 7th August 2006

Fontein development in Curacao halted - 4th August 2006

Onderwater photo - 25th July 2006

Onderwater uncovered - 25th July 2006

USM to offer archaeology course - 25th July 2006

Father Onderwater’s remains uncovered - 25th July 2006

Developers in Curacao damage historical slave site - 21st July 2006

Digging for priests body still underway - 21st july 2006

Voodoo items found at cemetary - 18th July 2006

Priest's body being exhumed - 18th July 2006

Archaeologist searches for Father Onderwater’s bones - 18th July 2006

Emilio Wilson bust unveiled - 5th July 2006

Emilio Wilson bust unveiled - 5th July 2006

Exhibition takes its viewers on journey back to days of slavery - 5th July 2006

Statue of One Tete Lokay overlooks Belair roundabout - 4th July 2006

Lokay statue unvieled - 3rd July 2006

Emilio bust unveiled - 3rd July 2006

Students visit historical sites - 30th June 2006

One Tete Lokay - A symbol of strength - 28th June 2006

SXM PE Blog Post - Decision time for Emilio Wilson Estate - 21st June 2006

Letter - Just call her Lokay - 13th June 2006

SXM PE Blog Post - EWE - Save it today or lose it forever! - 31st May 2006

Foundation formed to protect Antillian heritage - 20th May 2006

Young archaeologists visit Saba - 11th May 2006

Museum wants to keep national heritage intact - 26th April 2006

Beach skeleton either pre-Columbian or slave ~ Second skeleton destroyed - 21st April 2006

Foundation tours island’s threatened monuments - 3rd April 2006

Commissioners Wescot-Williams, Marlin participate in Cultural workshop - 6th March 2006

Netherlands Antilles NGOs face funding crisis - 17th February 2006

Cul-de-Sac People now in stores, first edition sold out - 7th February 2006

Thieves frustrating efforts to save Caribbean cottage - 19th January 2006

Cul de Sac People Book by Mathias Voges launched - 16th January 2006

Archaeologist seeks old photos of EWE - 18th January 2006

Kingdom Archive proposed to preserve joint heritage - 16th January 2006

Student volunteers dig deep into the history of St. Maarten - 14th January 2006

Letter - Help save Saturdays House - 10th January 2006

Time capsule to be buried on Great Bay beach Friday - 29th December 2005

Cultural Summit report presented to stakeholders - 19th December 2005

Cultural Summit report presented to stakeholders - 19th December 2005

First meeting on how to preserve shared heritage - 17th November 2005

Students to do archeological fieldwork - 17th November 2005

SIMARC now open - 5th November 2005

Archeaology center SIMARC opens - 5th November 2005

Stakeholders speak their minds on Cultural Policy - 1st November 2005

Archeological survey underway at EWE - 25th October 2005

Steering group adopts UNESCO definition of culture - 19th October 2005

Steering group adopts UNESCO definition of culture - 19th October 2005

Lack of funds forces closure of French side museum - 10th October 2005

Celebrating SXM's Core Cultural values theme of the summit - 17th September 2005

Laveist prepares for culture policy summit - 16th September 2005

Archaeological Center officially established - 2nd September 2005

Time running out for Antillian Monuments - 1st September 2005

Haviser to work two years as archaeologist in St. Maarten - 18th August 2005

Writen history and photographs - coming soon