The Inspectorate of Public Health, Social Development and Labor has sounded the alarm that Soladek, a dangerous vitamin supplement has made its way here. The fact that they’ve raised the red flag is good and we urge the public to take heed. What
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on March 31, 2011
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Parliaments of the Kingdom meet in June St. Maarten - Chairman of parliament's permanent committee on Kingdom Affairs and Inter-parliamentary Relations Roy Marlin has asked his colleagues to think about how St. Maarten can “give substance” to
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on March 31, 2011
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St. Maarten – The Inspectorate of Public Health, Social Development and Labour (VSA) is warning consumers to stop using Soladek, a vitamin-solution product marketed by Indo Pharma, S.A., of the Dominican Republic. The product may contain dangerousl
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on March 31, 2011
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St. Maarten - Juri Valentino Anissimar Holaman, 20, got off with an 18-month prison sentence and 200 hours of community service for losing his temper on February 9 over $10 he has given as credit for a marijuana deal to one of his friends. While he c
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on March 31, 2011
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Suspect awaiting trial in custody for more than a year St. Maarten – On June 2, 2010, Anthony Ray S., a by now 41-year-old Jamaican, appeared for the first time in the Court in First Instance, charged with the January 23, 2010 murder of Christia
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on March 31, 2011
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St. Maarten - An attempt to take revenge for his dismissal by the Great Bay Beach Hotel by burglarizing the home of the Banducci-family on Cannegieterstreet, ended in the Court in First Instance yesterday. Maychel Daniel Dorothea, 21, and one of his
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on March 31, 2011
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St. Maarten - Minister of Tourism, Economic Affairs, Transportation and Telecommunications Franklin Meyers has thanked the people of St. Maarten for their outpouring of support at the passing of his mother Eulalie Meyers who he called, “the family'
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on March 31, 2011
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St. Maarten - Full scale planning of a funeral service for former Commissioner and Island Council Member Edgar Lynch has begun. A committee of relevant government departments has already been put together and will be guided by the protocol on death o
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on March 31, 2011
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St. Maarten – The Board of the St. Maarten Senior Citizens and Pensioners Association (SMSPA) has told Members of Parliament (MP) that they must work to address the disparity in pensions and other social benefits that exists between the Netherlands
For the time being, a Hedy Kockx will have to drop the attorney at law label that she sports on the web site of her employer Bloem and Peterson. Kockx was not admitted to the bar, and that is a prerequisite for people who want to present themselve
Opinion - Posted by admin on March 30, 2011
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Finally some good news about newspaper readership. While for years many have bought into the belief that newspapers are dead, or at least dying, a point of view that has been confirmed year after year by declining circulation across the globe, the na
Editorial - Posted by admin on March 30, 2011
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The friendly country does not have a process to officially name National Heroes. With recent events in mind we firmly believe it is time to seriously consider instituting such an honor. National Heroes are typically people who have done things of
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on March 30, 2011
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St. Maarten – “I am deeply shocked. This has caught me completely off guard,” National Alliance leader William Marlin said Wednesday in a reaction to the death of Edgar Lynch. “His nephew Henry Lynch called me. At first I thought he was ma
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on March 30, 2011
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GREAT BAY/ORANJESTAD – Former Commissioner of Aviation Affairs in St. Eustatius Roy Hooker has called for the Dutch government to either start an airline based there that will serve the island or identify another airline to serve as an alternative
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A Christian politician with a positive mind St. Maarten / By Hilbert Haar – When the Today Newspaper interviewed Edgar Lynch on October 8 of last year, just one week after his wife Nilda Arduin had been appointed as the island’s first Ombudsm
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on March 30, 2011
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St. Maarten – President of Parliament drs Gracita Arrindell, expressed her sympathy to Ombudsman Nilda Lynch-Arduin Tuesday and the Lynch family at the death of Edgar Lynch (59). Lynch died in his sleep on Monday evening. Lynch served as an Isla
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on March 30, 2011
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Judges cite links to convicted criminals and “far-reaching level of naiveté” St. Maarten /By Hilbert Haar – The Common Court of Justice refused to admit Hedy Kockx as an attorney to the Bar Association in St. Maarten. Currently, Kockx works
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on March 30, 2011
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St. Maarten (AP) - A man suspected of stealing thousands of dollars (euro) from the cargo hold of a plane in flight has been arrested in Dutch St. Maarten and extradited to a nearby French island of Guadeloupe to face charges, a prosecutor said Tuesd
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on March 30, 2011
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St. Maarten – Social and political activist Eldridge van Putten is facing legal challenges after he labeled the actions of Royal Resorts Chief executive Officer Richard Corso as “white collar crime.” Royal Resorts is the management company of t
Editorial - Posted by admin on March 29, 2011
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St. Maarten’s Parliament is pressing on with meeting groups and individuals without emerging with much to show for it. This week’s calendar of meetings highlights just that as we see a meeting scheduled for today with the Pensioners Association a
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on March 29, 2011
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Beergsma: Meeting still possible St. Maarten – The Board of Financial Supervision (Cft) expressed regret Monday for what they called an “apparent lack of cooperation from St. Maarten in the process of reaching a solution for the 2011 draft bu
Emergency response in St. Maarten needs serious attention. That is a bold assertion, and one we do not make lightly and without first testing it. The reason we do this is concern about how quickly emergency services respond to the calls they recei
Opinion - Posted by admin on March 29, 2011
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Maplecroft is a British risk assessment firm that publishes a global risk portfolio. Governments, multinationals, United Nations agencies and non-governmental organizations use the services of this firm. “Banks use our indices and in depth repor
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St. Maarten – Former Shareholder Representative for Winair Roland Duncan has given further content to the reasoning for the airline’s former board to have been sacked. They voluntarily resigned at a shareholder meeting on March 21 that was ready
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on March 29, 2011
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Archeologist Jerzy Gawronski presents first copy to government St. Maarten – St. Maarten has since yesterday a unique tool at its disposal that makes all information about the island’s heritage, its prehistoric archeological sites and its his
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on March 29, 2011
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Controversy over Central Bank appointments for Richardson and Baetsen WILLEMSTAD – All seven candidates for the Council of Commissioners of the Central Bank of Curacao and St. Maarten have been approved by the government accountant bureau founda
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on March 29, 2011
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St. Maarten - It’s time for the “big boys” to take center stage. After a successful weekend of junior events, the St. Maarten Carnival Development Foundation (SCDF) will host the Senior Calypso Eliminations this Friday, April 1 at 8:00 p.m. at
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on March 29, 2011
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St. Maarten – The Central Committee of Parliament will be meeting twice on Wednesday in the General Assembly Chamber of Parliament in the former Caribbean Palm building. The first meeting at 9:00 a.m. will discuss the concept advice related to
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on March 29, 2011
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St. Maarten – Electricity provider GEBE says a major short circuit in the main feeder cable is the cause of Monday’s power outages. At a given moment there were outages across the entire Dutch St. Maarten disrupting work for some and enraging
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on March 29, 2011
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St. Maarten – Minister of Health, Labor, and Social Affairs Cornelius de Weever discussed current issues and future developments, in terms of financing of programs and projects with a delegation from the Antillean Co-Financing Agency (AMFO) on Frid
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on March 29, 2011
St. Maarten – Witnesses to Felecia Williams’ drowning on Sunday have slammed the response time of emergency services and said she could have been saved if the authorities had acted faster. They are particularly displeased that neither the Coast
Dear Editor, These last week’s I have read some interesting articles about morality but what is still not clear is what is right. Most churches are afraid to discuss sex, so who will teach the people about sex? My question is then what is rig
Editorial - Posted by admin on March 28, 2011
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The weekend leaves many with mixed emotions as the news that 16 year old Felecia Williams has lost her life. The significance here is that parents will have to bury their child and a future filled with potential has been cut off. Undoubtedly there is
The American newsmagazine Newsweek ventured into new territory with the cover of its issue dated March 28 to April 4. The cover depicts a huge wave under the main headline Apocalypse Now followed by Tsunamis. Earthquakes. Nuclear Meltdowns. Revolutio
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on March 28, 2011
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St. Maarten – The first three winners of Carnival 2011 were crowned Sunday night during events at Celebration Palace. All the winners are from junior competitions, and all the events had close results. Zaysha Sinclair beat out three other young
