St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on July 29, 2011
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St. Maarten – Justice Minister Roland Duncan will be in Parliament quite often once the body returns from recess because 25 of the 45 laws that have deemed as still relevant pertain to the Justice Ministry. Most of the laws are amendments to the Ci
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on July 29, 2011
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St. Maarten / By Milton Pieters - The fact that poetry is not a dying art was evident on Wednesday night when a small group of poets delivered sentimental messages to the small but appreciative gathering at the final night of Summer Speaks 2011. The
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on July 29, 2011
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St. Maarten – The back-to-back Education and Sports conferences that were originally scheduled to be held on August 12 and August 13 respectively, will now be held on September 2 and September 3, according a press release issued by the Cabinet of
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on July 29, 2011
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St. Maarten – Prime Minister Sarah Wescot-Williams has announced that while the Government of St. Maarten does not have a lot to just throw around, she has instructed that the royal visit to St. Maarten be planned well. A proposed budget, including
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on July 29, 2011
Comments Off on YHC calls on community to pick-up vaccination cards
St. Maarten – Youth Health Care (YHC), a section that falls under the Ministry of Public Health, Social Development & Labour, has a large number of uncollected vaccination cards on file, and the section is appealing for individuals to visit the
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on July 28, 2011
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“I want to have something concrete to discuss” St. Maarten – Prime Minister Sarah Wescot-Williams has vowed to meet employees of Windward Islands Airways International N.V. (Winair) once she has a “solution in sight” for the “vulnerabl
Editorial - Posted by admin on July 28, 2011
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The 2012 budget has yet to see light outside of the walls of the government administration, but the first signals that the island could have problems again with a gap between revenue and expenditures has come to light. Undoubtedly the prime minister
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on July 28, 2011
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St. Maarten – United People’s (UP) Party faction leader Romain Laville has announced that he’s in the final stages of crafting a proposal for an increase in pensions. The initiative, which he began working on seven months ago, is one of six he
Opinion - Posted by admin on July 28, 2011
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Dear Editor, John Krolis made an exceptional contribution. Earlier this week my good friend and comrade, John R. Krolis was laid to rest, humbly and quietly as he lived his years on this earth. After that I was forced to listen to all kinds of com
Opinion - Posted by admin on July 28, 2011
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Dear Editor, Be an active St. Maartener. Actively demonstrate your love for your country St. Maarten by being part of its political process. Continually strive for a better St. Maarten for all. Study the history of St. Maarten. What are s
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on July 28, 2011
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WILLEMSTAD – The Justice Ministers of Curacao, Aruba and St. Maarten have drafted and signed a joint letter calling for a new vision on the Coast Guard. They’ve requested their Dutch counterpart, Justice and Security Minister Ivo Opstelten, be re
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on July 28, 2011
Comments Off on St. Maarten Government closing 300 meters of road in Dutch Quarter
St. Maarten – Head of New Projects in the Ministry of Housing, Physical Planning, Environment and Infrastructure (Vromi) Kurt Ruan announced that 300 meters of the A Th. Illidge Road will be closed off as of 9:00 a.m. on Friday July 29. The closure
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on July 28, 2011
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“…we’re basically going to be doing an exercise like we did in 2011…” St. Maarten – Prime Minister Sarah Wescot-Williams believes her government should request that the Central Bank pay the one percent foreign reserve levy it collects
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on July 28, 2011
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St. Maarten – The Department of Disaster Management has released the listing of hurricane shelters for the 2011 Hurricane Season. The buildings on the list serve as temporary shelter in the event of a hurricane strike. They will be manned by law
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on July 28, 2011
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St. Maarten– Police have launched investigations into two beatings that place on Tuesday. One person H.J. has already been arrested and detained. According to the police report J. and D.O. have a dispute over money. When the two met at Lagonese
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on July 28, 2011
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St. Maarten – Police continued to press people on Wednesday to be more careful when it comes to securing their cars. The caution follows three car thefts on Tuesday. According the police report thieves stole a 2005 black Kia Rio from Castries Driv
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on July 28, 2011
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St. Maarten – President of Parliament drs. Gracita Arrindell has joined in appealing for the general public to donate money to assist millions facing hunger in the Horn of Africa due to severe drought. The Red Cross St. Maarten is working with the
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on July 27, 2011
St. Maarten – With three weeks left of the school summer holidays, Youth Health Care (YHC) is encouraging parents to visit YHC to get their kids vaccinated or to check their vaccination status before the new school year opens. Immunization is a way
Editorial - Posted by admin on July 27, 2011
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Monday’s ceremony where 82 recruits began a basic course to join one of several uniformed services that fall under the Ministry of Justice and the fact that there is great interest in the Netherlands to take up 20 postings here for three years is g
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on July 27, 2011
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St. Maarten – A joint committee of the management team of the Police Force of St. Maarten and the police union will travel to the Netherlands at the end of August to select 20 Dutch officers for a three year posting in St. Maarten. The campaign to
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on July 27, 2011
Governor expects warm welcome THE NETHERLANDS/St. Maarten – Her Majesty Queen Beatrix’s tour of the former Netherlands Antilles and Aruba will run from October 28 to November 6 according to a statement from the Royal Press Office. Crown Prince
French St. Martin News - Posted by admin on July 27, 2011
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MARIGOT - Policymakers, executives and other practitioners in the tourism industry will explore ways to beat the global recession, when they meet in St. Martin in September for the first ever Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) state of the industry
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on July 27, 2011
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St. Maarten – Prime Minister Sarah Wescot-Williams, led discussions regarding the country St. Maarten’s vision, strategy, relations and development cooperation with the European Union (EU) and the Overseas Country Territory Association (OCTA) in
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on July 27, 2011
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St. Maarten – The final showcase of the annual poetry event Summer Speaks will be held tonight at Taloulah Mango. The event’s founder and organizer Lysanne Charles is extremely proud of how the event developed over the previous two nights and is
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on July 27, 2011
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WILLEMSTAD – Bishop of the Diocese of Willemstad Luis Secco has called for a new direction in Curacao in his pastoral letter on the occasion of St. Anne’s Day. St. Anne is Curacao’s patron saint. In his letter Secco expressed his concern about
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on July 27, 2011
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St. Maarten - United Peoples (UP) party Member of Parliament (MP) Jules James says he fully supports the initiative by the University of St. Martin (USM) to organize a Needs Assessment Summit for Thursday, July 28 with various stakeholders to assist
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on July 27, 2011
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St. Maarten – TelEm Group outside plant technicians have completed emergency repairs to an underground feeder cable close to the Grande Marche roundabout. The repairs were carried out last Thursday to a faulty underground cable that was causing t
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on July 26, 2011
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Two of the three members of Winair's new Board George Greaux Jr. and Gerrit Draai were installed in an extraordinary shareholders meeting at the offices of Lexwell Attornies on Monday. The two board members were also introduced to the airline’s s
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on July 26, 2011
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The Complaint Officer of the Bureau Ombudsman of Amsterdam May Pastoors was welcomed at the Princes Juliana International Airport on Saturday by the Secretary General Patricia Philips and Charleen Bell, Complaint Officer of the Bureau Ombudsman St.
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on July 26, 2011
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St. Maarten – United Telecommunications Services’ (UTS) main office in Philipsburg was partially damaged in Monday morning’s fire that consumed two vehicles in the parking lot at the Central Bank of Curacao and St. Maarten. Police suspect foul
Dear Editor, For the past two weeks several things have occurred that require comment. Some have already been commented on but bear with me as I add my two cents. For over a year we have all been complaining about GEBE bills, blaming the managing
Uncategorized - Posted by admin on July 26, 2011
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St. Maarten - Eighty-two people began a one year basic course on Monday that will lead to them becoming part of the various uniformed divisions that fall under the Ministry of Justice. The start signal for their course was given at a ceremony in the
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on July 26, 2011
Comments Off on St. Maarten consumer prices increase but inflation rate falls
St. Maarten - The consumer price index increased by 1.5 percent in the month of June 2011 compared to that of April 2011. A 2.7 percent increase was recorded over a twelve month period (June 2010 to June 2011). This data is evident from statistics pr
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on July 26, 2011
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St. Maarten– First Vice-President of the Windward Islands Chamber of Labor Unions Claire Elshot says the Windward Islands Teachers Union, the Windward Islands Civil Servants Union/Private Sector Union and ABVO St. Maarten wants government to pay in
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on July 26, 2011
Comments Off on Candombe drum sensation at summer concert series
St. Maarten – Porto Cupecoy will host its 4th Summer Concert Series event on Wednesday, July 27 from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. These weekly concerts have turned into the season’s “must see” events. This week is set to be another groundbre
