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St. Maarten News - Posted by on January 22, 2011

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Five in custody for fraud with Brooks Tower documents

Raid on Immigration building and six other locations St. Maarten – Detectives raided the building of the immigration department on Illidge road yesterday morning as well as six houses on different locations, among them reportedly a house in Cole B

Opinion - Posted by on January 22, 2011

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Shameful and embarrassing

The temptation to speculate about what went down at the Immigration building on Illidge Road yesterday morning is almost too strong. We know that acting Chief Prosecutor Mr. Mos was on the scene together with police officers. They took Evelyn H., t

St. Maarten News - Posted by on January 22, 2011

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Duncan suspends Brooks Tower implementation again

St. Maarten – Justice Minister Roland Duncan has suspended implementation of the Brooks Tower Project again. This second stop on the process to grant people who were residing here illegally a chance to obtain residence permits is due to an ongoing

Editorial - Posted by on January 22, 2011

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Health hazard

Fires on the garbage dump are nothing new – they occur all the time. But that does not mean it is okay to let this situation continue. There is probably nobody ready to disagree with this, yet the reality is that we will most likely have to wait u

St. Maarten News - Posted by on January 22, 2011

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Nagico Insurances opens Marigot office

MARIGOT/St. Martin – Insurance provider Nagico was “warmly welcomed” to St. Martin on Friday during the opening of the company’s operations there. The company’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Imran McSood Amjad had announced the opening at t

St. Maarten News - Posted by on January 22, 2011

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Subsidy, accounts key points between SCDF, Culture Minister

St. Maarten - The St. Maarten Carnival Development Foundation (SCDF) met with Minister of Culture Rhoda Arrindell recently to apprise her of the preparations for Carnival 2011 as well as the actions undertaken by the foundation to regulate its financ

St. Maarten News - Posted by on January 22, 2011

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Ratification process for Pelican Resort agreement begins

St. Maarten – The process to ratify a new labor agreement for the workers at Pelican Resort has begun. Workers are choosing to bargain collectively through their union – Workers Institute for Organised Labor (WIFOL) – and so no agreement can be

St. Maarten News - Posted by on January 22, 2011

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Search on for Secretary-General of St. Maarten Parliament

St. Maarten – President of Parliament drs Gracita Arrindell says the search is on for a Secretary-General of Parliament. The process has reached the stage where the Presidium of Parliament has reached the interview/selection process. One of the c