St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on May 31, 2011
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St. Maarten - Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Housing, Physical Planning, Environment and Infrastructure (VROMI) Theodore Heyliger has laid out his vision for how the country should move forward with financing social housing. He did so in remar
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on May 31, 2011
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Court rules on Richardson-case next week Wednesday St. Maarten / By Hilbert Haar – Next week Wednesday the Court in First Instance will pronounce its verdict in the controversy between fired Cadastre-employee Sharanda Richardson and her former e
Editorial - Posted by admin on May 31, 2011
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St. Maarten's Vice Prime Minister Theodore Heyliger wants to prove that our friendly country can stand on its own and take care of its own affairs. One area that he gave specific focus on Monday is housing. The needs in this area are big. Some 2,00
Switzerland, the country of the famous army knife, swatch, Roger Federer and the referendum, has to deal with an unexpected initiative from an unexpected corner in the next year-and-half. The environmental movement Ecopop wants a referendum that bind
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on May 31, 2011
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Satoshi Kanazawa is what Wikipedia calls “a controversial evolutionary psychologist” at the London school of Economics. Last week the 48-year-old Japanese enfant terrible produced an interesting piece on the Scientific fundamentalist blog of the
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on May 31, 2011
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WILLEMSTAD\GREAT BAY - The bankruptcy of airline DAE is expected anytime. Curacao’s Minister of Economic Development Nasser El Hakim (MFK) has expressed concern about the situation and the potential impact on staff and the image of the aviation sec
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on May 31, 2011
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Attorney Brison contests Minister’s right to remove his client from the island St. Maarten – Judge Mr. R.W.J. van Veen will rule on June 27 on the case of Pascal Beltran a 21-year-old Dominicano who was deported from the island after he was ca
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on May 31, 2011
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St. Maarten – Carlyle Roger has been elected president of the Police Union at an election held on May 24. The other members of the board will be appointed to the functions of Vice President, Treasurer and Secretary. The other members of the board
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on May 31, 2011
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St. Maarten – Prime Minister Sarah Wescot-Williams, Chairman of the Island’s Disaster Emergency Management Organization, the Emergency Operations Center (EOC), comprising of 10 Emergency Support Functions (ESFs), will chair the first meeting of t
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on May 31, 2011
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St. Maarten – The Collective Prevention Services (CPS) of the Ministry of Public Health, Social Development and Labour, is recommending high risk groups to get their seasonal flu vaccination. The recommendation is being made against the backdrop of
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on May 31, 2011
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“Why has no one arrested Tromp?” Curacao – Leader of the second largest party in Curacao’s governing coalition, Helmin Wiels of Pueblo Soberano, has called for Finance Minister George “Jorge” Jamaloodin to resign for “once again fall
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on May 30, 2011
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St. Maarten – Finance Minister Hiro Shigemoto’s financial report to Parliament for 2011 confirms the Central Bank of Curacao and St. Maarten’s prediction that the economy will likely experience little to no growth in the year 2011. The minister
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on May 30, 2011
St. Maarten - Shorter lines at the immigration counters in the arrivals hall of Princess Juliana International Airport and a wealth of information for the government and the private sector to target individual tourists with tailor-made marketing camp
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on May 30, 2011
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St. Maarten – Prime Minister Sarah Wescot-Williams is hoping for a “speedy resolution” to the public row between Director of the Central Bank of Curacao and St. Maarten Emsley Tromp and the members of Schotte cabinet. The statement was made Sun
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on May 30, 2011
“It takes true family to beat this disease.” St. Maarten – The Budhrani family, who own Caribbean Gems on Front Street, have been presented with this year’s Elton Jones Memorial Award for being “a constant force behind the scenes” in t
Editorial - Posted by admin on May 30, 2011
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A father, a mother, two sons and a daughter. That is the makeup of the group – the Budhrani family - that was presented with the 10th Elton Jones Memorial Award on Sunday night and as Head of the St. Maarten AIDS Foundation’s Prevention Unit Raje
A review of Finance’s Minister Hiro Shigemoto’s Financial Note reveals some figures that we find interesting. It also gives a confirmation that government and the population is wise to take heed of advice and projections given by independent inst
Opinion, St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on May 30, 2011
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Dear Editor, Some time ago the local Cable Television Company changed owners as was stated by management. The new owner made changes to the, over the years, established line up of channels. They removed three major stations namely, HBO, Showtime
Ronald van Raak kicked off the silly season by calling Vice Prime Minister Theo Heyliger a little mafia boss and Mr. Ten Percent. That was Socialist Party style retaliation for Heyliger’s off hand remark that St. Maarten’s situation under financi
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on May 30, 2011
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St. Maarten – Brian Deher of IGY has been elected to lead the St. Maarten Marine Trades Association. The election was held at the body’s annual general meeting on May 26. As president Deher will lead a nine member board, which has four executive
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on May 30, 2011
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GREAT BAY - The St. Maarten Carnival Development Foundation (SCDF) has congratulated Isidore “The Mighty Dow” York on his Lifetime Achievement Award at the International Reggae and World Music Awards (IRAWMA) held over the weekend. The SCDF also
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on May 30, 2011
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St. Maarten – “Over the years I have learned that HIV can devastate lives and friendships, but when you really do the checks and balances, HIV has brought so many more people together through support, love and human caring.” Those words near th
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on May 30, 2011
St. Maarten – TelEm Group’s pioneering mobile service provider, TelCell, has announced plans to launch a brand new island-wide 3G mobile service in the coming days. The company which introduced Digital mobile telephony to St. Maarten customers in
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on May 30, 2011
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WILLEMSTAD/GREAT BAY – The President of the Common Court of Justice Lisbeth Hoefdraad swore in the three members of the Council for Law Enforcement on Friday. The three members are Glenn Camelia (Curacao), Franklyn Richards (St. Maarten) and Jacque
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on May 30, 2011
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St. Maarten - The recently released program of the St. Martin Book Fair shows a mixture of workshops, discussions, book launches, book sales, book signing by new and famous authors, and original literary readings. The fair will be held June 2 to June
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on May 30, 2011
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St. Maarten – President of Parliament drs Gracita Arrindell met with Finance Minister Hiro Shigemoto on Friday morning to discuss a number of issues related to public finances. It was also an opportunity for the Minister to meet the new Secretary G
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on May 27, 2011
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St. Maarten – With the “hard and sometimes bothersome” process of finalizing the 2011 budget behind them the Government of St. Maarten has begun preparation of the 2012 Budget. Finance Minister Hiro Shigemoto makes the revelation in his financi
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on May 27, 2011
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Duncan’s legal advisor writes inmates: “He who loses his freedom, loses immediately all other rights” St. Maarten / By Hilbert Haar – Inmates at the Pointe Blanche prison are feeling the pressure from the prison management after they orga
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on May 27, 2011
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St. Maarten – The Court in First Instance postponed the Snowflake-trial yesterday in the wake of the murder of one of the defendants, Cappuccino-owner Hector Miguel Arrindell, until August 24. Only one of the defendants, 35-year-old Martinois Mich
Editorial - Posted by admin on May 27, 2011
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Finance Minister Hiro Shigemoto has told parliament that most of the seven ministries have begun preparing their contributions for the 2012 budget. That is good news considering that two budgets in a row – 2010 and 2011 – were approved well into
The Central Bank is a non-political watchdog of our financial system. When the bank offers an opinion, or when it releases a report about whatever subject, it is based on dry facts. Those facts sometimes don’t sit well with politicians, the masters
Anyone who breaks the law runs the risk to end up in prison. That’s a reasonable retaliation for a society with established rules for maintaining law and order. But what does it really mean to lose your freedom for three, four, five, or more years?
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on May 27, 2011
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St. Maarten - The St. Martin of Tours Catholic Church, in collaboration with the Catholic Charismatic Prayer Group, will have its annual “Walk for God's March and Protection” during the hurricane season on Saturday, June 4th. The walk begins at 7
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on May 27, 2011
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GREAT BAY - The St. Maarten Lions Club will be holding a special public sale this Saturday and next Saturday for their newly printed cook book “In the Kitchen with St. Maarten Women.” The cook book, which was launched in March, features various r
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on May 27, 2011
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GREAT BAY– People in the midst of planning a summer vacation are being urged to get vaccinated on May 28 at the Youth Health Care’s (YHC) annual vaccination open house. This could help especially people heading to Europe where there is a measles
