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St. Maarten – The attorneys for the Workers Institute for Organized Labor (Wifol) Maarten Le Poole and Wim van Sambeek said Tuesday their client will only consider supporting a request for speedy appeal if the resort stays open and the members of W
President Carty asks Duncan for extraordinary criminal investigators St. Maarten – The Chamber of Commerce is stepping up to the plate to enforce good governance in the business community. President Glen Carty announced yesterday that he has so
St. Maarten – The driver of Justice Minister Roland Duncan was arrested yesterday morning as a suspect in the ongoing Brooks Tower fraud investigation. The driver is a former female VKS-officer, M.S. Press officer Mr. Rienk Mud confirmed the arre
The Brooks Tower fraud investigation netted another suspect yesterday – and again it is someone with a function that is too close for comfort to the political leadership of the country. Having said that, we’d like to stress for the record that w
Dear Editor, I was so glad to find that your editor published another of my letters (Feb. 10, page 22). My first letter had been in Today on Feb. 5, page 18. Being published makes me so happy. I am 69 years old and here I find I have a new call
A top 25 for Minister Arrindell Education Minister Rhoda Arrindell has decided that her Ministry will refer to the Friendly Country in all written communication as St. Martin. It does not make sense to stick to the Dutch spelling St. Maarten, the Mi
St. Maarten – The Ministry of Public Housing, Spatial Planning, Environment and Infrastructure (VROMI) announced that the ground breaking ceremony scheduled for Tuesday, February 15 at 3:00 p.m. has been postponed due to unforeseen circumstances. T
St. Maarten – Finance Minister Hiro Shigemoto says the Council of Ministers has approved a change to the turnover tax (ToT) law – corrective law - on February 8th, 2011. The corrective law will now have to go to the Council of Advice and then to
St. Maarten – The Kingdom Council of Ministers has decided to rebrand the Coast Guard. In its meeting on Friday February 11, the council decided to adopt the name Dutch Caribbean Coast Guard (KWCARIB). The Coast Guard has been known as the Coast
St. Maarten – Police arrested M.L, a repeat offender, on Saturday in a car that was reported stolen in September 2010. The suspect was found asleep in the gold colored Mitsubishi Mirage on Pumpkin Drive at 1:00 p.m. The vehicle had been stripped of
MARIGOT/ST.MARTIN - A book party for The Frock & Other Poems by Laurelle “Yaya” Richards will be held at the Marigot Waterfront on Sunday, February 20, at 7:00 p.m. The event is being organized by the Collectivity’s Department of Culture. T