The Justice Minister has provided clear responses to a number of concerns around the implementation of a visa requirement for citizens of Jamaicans and Guyanese. He has also created yet more questions. Before we get to that though, there is a necessa
Dear Editor, The recent chaos contributed by the closing of the timeshare resort, Pelican, was only the tip of the iceberg with regard to timeshare in St. Maarten. St. Maarten is filled with timeshare resorts and, for years, those owners at tim
Blaming the messenger is an old trick and also an old story so we would be lying if we said that we are surprised that it even surfaces in St. Maarten. We expected something like this. Because that’s what happens if news reports are, say, critic
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on April 15, 2011
The Netherlands is on the war path against immigrants. Cranking the tolerance levels further down, Minister Henk Kamp of social affairs wants to kick unemployed European foreigners out of the country if they have been out of a job for three months
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St. Maarten – Justice Minister Roland Duncan attacked the local written press yesterday in a radio broadcast on the Lloyd Richardson show. “Unfortunately on several items there is an extreme bias, especially in the written press,” Duncan said.
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Licensing system coming for prostitutes St. Maarten – The Adult Entertainment Policy, first approved in 2003, has been amended to allow for two more brothels to open. The policy formerly allowed six brothels, but the changes take the number to
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on April 15, 2011
St. Maarten - JetBlue Airways has announced it will launch non-stop, daily flights between St. Maarten and Puerto Rico on November 17. The airline is still waiting for government approval but has decided to begin selling tickets at their website www.
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Money laundering appeal hearing moved to May 18 St. Maarten - The Common Court of Justice granted defense attorneys in the Standard Trust trial yesterday the right to hear former police Commissioner Marcel Loor as a witness before the Judge of Ins
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St. Maarten - The St. Maarten Carnival Development Foundation (SCDF) is calling on all registered booth holders for Carnival 2011 to attend an “urgent meeting” tonight. The meeting will take place at 7:00 p.m. at the Government Administration Bu
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on April 15, 2011
St. Maarten – The application process for Mobility Passes for the 2011 Hurricane Season which starts from June 1 to November 30, starts as of April 15 only for the business sector and vital organizations. The pass allows the aforementioned to asses
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St. Maarten – InselAir, Sonesta Maho, Sonesta Great Bay and Oyster Bay Beach Resort promoted the addition of their third flight per week by the airline between St. Maarten and Puerto Rico to 22 wholesalers recently. The third flight began on April
French St. Martin News - Posted by admin on April 15, 2011
St. Martin - Nagico Assurances recently made a monetary contribution to the Velo Club de Grand Case to help cover the costs of the cycling team’s uniforms, bicycles, equipment and participation expenses for various upcoming races on French St. Mart
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St. Maarten – The Rotary Club of St. Maarten donated water fountains and filters to four primary schools on Wednesday as part of the club’s lunch meeting. The donation was made possible because of a contribution by Ace/Liteline. The club donat
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St. Maarten – Finance Minister Hiro Shigemoto confirmed on Thursday that the Council of Ministers (COM) has approved a 400, 000 guilder advance for the Corporate Governance Council (CGC). He also announced that representatives of the council wil
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St. Maarten – Justice Minister Roland Duncan has announced that exceptions can be made to the visa requirement, but said there was no plans for a transition/grace period. He was responding to continued concerns about his announcement on Tuesday tha
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St. Maarten - A protocol for a joint venture agreement was signed between the representatives of the French and the Dutch Tourism officials at the Westin Dawn Beach Hotel and Spa on Thursday for the 10th Annual St. Maarten/St. Martin Annual Regional
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St. Maarten – The Ministry of Tourism, Economic Affairs, Transportation and Telecommunications has placed all rules, regulations and ordinances governing restaurants, bars and snack bars and other hotel, restaurant and café (horeca) facilities int
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St. Maarten - The “2011 Business Outreach and Placement Program” known as the Summer Job Program will be held from July 4th through August 12th 2011. The program consists of application period, training, pre-selection for interviews and final sel
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St. Maarten – The family of Member of Parliament William Marlin thanked the public Thursday for their outpouring of concern around his sudden illness. The faction leader, who is also leader of the Opposition, became ill Wednesday night and was admi
