St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on May 26, 2011
Cappuccino-owner suspect in large-scale drug smuggling case St. Maarten / By Hilbert Haar – A day before he was scheduled to appear in the Court in First Instance as a defendant in the Snowflake cocaine smuggling trail, Hector Miguel Arrindell,
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on May 26, 2011
St. Maarten – The 10th annual St. Maarten/St. Martin Annual Regional Tradeshow (Smart) got off to a not so grand start on Wednesday at the Westin Dawn Beach Resort and Spa. The initial plans were for a grand opening and closing as the tradeshow mar
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on May 26, 2011
St. Maarten – The Ministry of Finance is preparing to send the country’s budget to the Governor who will then forward it to Parliament. The documents relating to the budget were handled in Tuesday’s meeting of the Council of Ministers after it
The murder of Hector Miguel Arrindell has just one upside: it ends the victim’s prosecution in the Snowflake-trial. Arrindell would have appeared in the Court in First Instance today, together with his brother Rodolfo and two other suspects to hear
The teenager who stood trial yesterday for a machete attack on a 23-year-old who had bullied his kid-brother found himself in a borderline legal position. The prosecution has asked the court to apply the adult penal code – given the seriousness of
We always thought of bankers as dull number crunchers but since the downfall of IMF top dog Dominique Strauss-Kahn media the world over have made it their job to take a closer look at this occupational group. In Great Britain an internet site investi
Some court rulings and some demands by the prosecution are difficult to explain or to understand. Take for instance the case of the teenager who stood trial yesterday on a charge of attempted murder. The prosecution considers there is proof for this
The latest crisis at the Central Bank is probably the last thing that the joint financial zone of Curacao and St. Maarten need in what is already a time when investor confidence is not high and there is some uncertainty. In fact the fight between Cur
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on May 26, 2011
Curacao/St. Maarten – Director of the Central Bank of Curacao and St. Maarten Emsley Tromp has leveled serious accusations against two ministers of the Schotte cabinet. He laid the charges after a meeting with Finance Minister Jorge Jamaloodin and
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on May 26, 2011
St. Maarten – Labor mediator Derrick Holiday has said it’s too early for him to get involved in disputes between the United Federation of the Windward Antilles (Ufa) and several companies. He’s also accused the union of being “too quick to co
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on May 26, 2011
St. Maarten - The St. Maarten Hospitality and Trade Association (SHTA) recently donated $1500 to Isidore York aka the Mighty Dow to assist with travel expenses related to his trip to Trinidad, where he will be inducted into the International Reggae a
French St. Martin News - Posted by admin on May 26, 2011
MARIGOT – Territorial Councilor Alain Richardson says the Collectivité did not follow proper procedure when it announced implementation of the new 150 euro fee for taxi drivers. He’s also stressed that measure is for all taxis operating on route
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on May 26, 2011
St. Maarten – Minister of Finance Hiro Shigemoto sent his Financial Overview Memorandum (Voorjaarsnota) to Parliament last week. The Financial Overview Memorandum to Parliament gives an outline about the status of financial affairs of the country S
Uncategorized - Posted by admin on May 26, 2011
St. Maarten - Johan Jose Rogers, a 29-year-old homeless drug addict, was sentenced to 8 weeks imprisonment in the Court in First Instance yesterday for stealing a car on December 29 of last year. But the defendant, who was not in court yesterday, wil
Uncategorized - Posted by admin on May 26, 2011
St. Maarten – Delroy Devon Anthony F., a 17-year-old schoolboy, will know on June 15 whether the prosecution’s charge for attempted murder on Glenroy Mills will hold up. Until the day of the ruling, the teenager has an extensive punishment hangin
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on May 26, 2011
St. Maarten – Four parliamentarians are currently in Havana, Cuba attending permanent commission meetings of the Latin American Parliament (Parlatino). The MPs left on Tuesday and are expected back over the weekend. The Members of Parliament (MPs)
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on May 26, 2011
St. Maarten – Finance Minister Hiro Shigemoto has taken note of the comments made by the Sint Maarten Hospitality & Trade Association (SHTA) with respect to the country’s marketing representative in the United States. According to media reports a
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on May 26, 2011
St. Maarten – Prime Minister Sarah Wescot-Williams tours the Sr. Basilia locations on Thursday. The tour is her way of honouring the invitation to attend the open day activities at the three locations. The Prime Minister’s “tour” will start a
