VSA Minister Richinel Brug (left) MP Francisco Lacroes (right) and representatives of some of the partners in the project.

PHILIPSBURG--Government has agreed to allocate XCG 20,000 to support “a comprehensive” sterilization and public education programme aimed at “humanely” controlling St. Maarten’s growing stray animal population.

DAWN BEACH--The Ocean Jewelers store inside the Marriott Resort in Dawn Beach reportedly was robbed on Friday afternoon by two or three men, marking the third robbery of a jewellery store at a resort on the dutch side of the island in the last four months, according to preliminary police reports.

POND ISLAND--The TelEm Management Board, Supervisory Board, and staff collectively spent XCG 230,885 on travel over the past nine months, Finance Minister Marinka Gumbs said during a Parliamentary Question Hour on Thursday.