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St. Maarten – The Dutch Representative in St. Maarten, Lars Walrave returns to the Netherlands next week Friday. He took office on August 1st, 2009 as the successor of Gert Jan Stortelers who returned after a 4-year stint on the island to the Minis
Preliminary investigation into $3 million land deal remains active St. Maarten / By Hilbert Haar – Chief Prosecutor Mr. Hans Mos reconfirmed yesterday that the preliminary investigation into possible criminal wrongdoings by former Public Health
St. Maarten – The legal representative for Simpson Bay Resort Management Company (SBRMC) and Royal Resorts Jairo Bloem has requested the assistance of the attorneys for the Workers Institute of Labor (Wifol) in speeding up an appeal of the February
St. Maarten - The St. Maarten Carnival Development Foundation (SCDF) will host its third and final meeting for booth holders on Thursday, February 17 at the Government Administration Building. The meeting will be at 7:00 p.m. President of the SCDF
Members of Parliament, at least some of them, seems to not have a handle on taking advice and seeing some of the things we print here as our contribution to raising the bar in this our friendly country. We have been told in no certain terms, by them
It is now 54 days ago that Public Health, Social Development and Labor Minister Maria Buncamper-Molanus announced her forced resignation over a scandal whereby she and her husband Claudius sold the economic ownership of a piece of government-owned la
St. Maarten – The Celebrity Century cruise ship will dock in Philipsburg on Sunday carrying 1,800 nudists. The cruise is organized by Bare Necessities Tour and travel from Austin, Texas. The vessel left Miami yesterday; it will arrive in St. Barths
St. Maarten – Six hotels on both sides of the island have allotted rooms to accommodate timeshare owners originally destined for Simpson Bay Resort and Marina and The Villas at Simpson Bay Resort and Marina. The property’s management has decided
St. Maarten –National Alliance Member of Parliament Frans Richardson has announced the faction’s intention to call a meeting of parliament to “gain clarity” around events at Winair. He’s also accused Prime Minister Sarah Wescot-Williams, wh
St. Maarten – Members of the Parliament from the National Alliance have chastised the government for unilaterally altering the arrangement for teachers and civil servants to get a 5.3 percent cost of living adjustment in 2011. They also said the mi
St. Maarten – The Special Robbery Unit of the police force has solved 40 percent of the armed robberies that took place in January. There were 15 armed robberies in that month in different areas and so far the SRU has arrested six suspects. The po