St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on August 25, 2011
Minister Duncan: Last chance for the real employers” St. Maarten – Justice Minister Roland Duncan gives employers who have illegals on their payroll another two to three weeks to come forward and settle their affairs. After that deadline is go
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on August 25, 2011
St. Maarten - “This is a historical day in the heritage of St Maarten” said Dr Jay Haviser, Director of the Sint Maarten Archeological Center Simarc. Those comments were made after several pieces of local artifacts were removed from the bowels of
Complaining is an integral part of human nature. We love to complain and we always think that others have to fix whatever it is what we are complaining about, so that we are able to start complaining about something else. The moaning and groaning am
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on August 25, 2011
WILLEMSTAD – The committee charged with investigating corruption in Curacao will be on the island this week to speak with sources in order to get an idea about the current state of affairs and about the incidents that occurred earlier this year whe
St. Maarten and Curacao are apparently not seeing eye to eye, at least if we have to go with vice Prime Minister Theo Heyliger’s initiative to ditch his UTS Blackberry and to buy himself a 3G TelEm one instead. The Vice PM will “eat locally” f
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on August 24, 2011
THE HAGUE – Former GreenLeft leader Paul Rosenmöller will lead the investigation into corruption allegations in Curacao. Rosenmöller, who was a union leader before he became a politician, will do the investigation together with Cees Maas, a form
The Snowflake-trial may become the most spectacular case in St. Maarten’s criminal history that never took place. This morning, prosecution and defense attorneys will learn the court’s decision about the prosecution’s admissibility. If the ver
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on August 24, 2011
St. Maarten – “Every story has two sides, even the Border Point project,” Julian Rollocks wrote in a statement he issued yesterday as a reaction to a story this newspaper published last Saturday about a tiff between Rollocks and his half-brothe
French St. Martin News - Posted by admin on August 24, 2011
MARIGOT, St. Martin - The Indian community celebrated Lord Krishna’s birthday last Monday on the French side. Lord Krishna’s birthday, Janmashtami fell on August 22 this year. Lord Krishna took birth at midnight on the ashtami or the 8th day of
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on August 24, 2011
St. Maarten - It was on the day before Christmas back in 2005 when Onelly Dasent Florencia, her 4 year old daughter Laudeland Reges and an unidentified man were mowed down by a car while they were walking along the A.T. Illidge Road, a short distance
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on August 24, 2011
CAPE BAY, St. Maarten – Yesterday two young men robbed the Chinese restaurant Easy Ta in Cape Bay. They stormed the establishment armed with a large knife and a handgun; when one of the employees resisted, a shot was fired, but nobody was hit. The
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on August 24, 2011
St. Maarten –President of parliament Gracita Arrindell met with Mental Health Foundation director Eileen Healy and psychiatrist Sachin Gandotra at their new facility in Cay Hill on Friday. Arrindell took a tour of the facility and discussed the ch
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on August 24, 2011
Chamber of Commerce wish list for governing program St. Maarten – “Citizens have to become whistleblowers,” Chamber of Commerce President Glen Carty said at a press conference yesterday where the Chamber gave an update on its talks with the
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on August 24, 2011
Minister Heyliger breaks ground for 4.6 million guilder project St. Maarten---Acting Prime Minister Theo Heyliger was on site at the pump house in Sucker Garden to do the official honors of the ground breaking ceremonies for the storm water pumps
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on August 24, 2011
SIMPSON BAY - The St. Maarten Marine Trades Association (SMMTA) is looking for 2 aspiring sailors to join the after school sailing program of the St. Maarten Yacht Club. In mid August, the SMMTA received a request for sponsorship from a local 10 yea
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on August 24, 2011
WILLEMSTAD/ WASHINGTON --A federal judge froze more than $28 million yesterday that prosecutors say is tied to an illegal gambling operation involving a prominent Curacao businessman Robbie dos Santos. U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly in W
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on August 24, 2011
St. Maarten –Sonesta Resorts has partnered with Sunwing to introduce new vacation packages on November 6, 2011. Operating year-round, charter flights will fly from Toronto and Montreal to St. Maarten and feature all-inclusive stays at Sonesta Great
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on August 24, 2011
WILLEMSTAD — Supermarket Association Suvecu criticizes the maximum price policy pursued by Minister Abdul Nasser El Hakim of Economic Development. El Hakim does not keep his promises, says chairman Joel da Silva Gois. The Minister, Suvecu and Funda
Chamber of Commerce President Glen Carty made a remarkable statement yesterday: citizens have to become whistleblowers. While this may sound like an East-bloc tactic to rat out on the neighbors, Carty’s suggestion actually makes sense. We’ll get
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on August 24, 2011
St. Maarten – The Snowflake-trial may reach its final stages this morning when the two surviving defendants appear in court. The cocaine-smuggling trial came to a halt on May 26, because the day before the court hearing one of the main suspects, He
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on August 23, 2011
St. Maarten – The draft civil code for St. Maarten sailed through the Central committee of Parliament yesterday morning, after a brief presentation by prof. Jan de Boer and further elucidation by Justice Minister Roland Duncan. Prof. de Boer, a me
Uncategorized - Posted by admin on August 23, 2011
WILLEMSTAD – The University of Curacao will be technically bankrupt by the end of the year unless measures are taken to improve its financial position. An audit report concludes that the university will be for 1.1 million guilders in the red by Dec
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on August 23, 2011
St. Maarten – The Ministry of Economic Affairs announced a dramatic drop in the price of unleaded gas. Starting on Wednesday, the price will go down from 2.57 to 2.42 guilders per liter (from $1.435 to $1.352) – a decrease of 5.8 percent. The pr
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on August 23, 2011
St. Maarten – TelEm Group technicians have successfully completed installation and cutover of telecommunication services to its brand new 3G mobile network – the first of its kind on St. Maarten. Technicians are now busy fine-tuning and “twea
Attorney generals and ministers seem to have found a taste for tossing around solutions for the overflowing prisons in the Caribbean. And from what we hear, there are some good suggestions among them. Justice Minister Roland Duncan reconfirmed yeste
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on August 23, 2011
St. Maarten - Today marks the international day for the remembrance of the slave trade and its abolition, as proclaimed by the United Nations. This day is observed on an annual basis by the international community. The UN Educational, Scientific and
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on August 23, 2011
GREAT BAY – The St. Maarten Youth Council Association begins with its youth parliament program next week Thursday, on September 1. The program caters to young people between the age of 13 and 21 with an interest in the functioning of government. Th
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on August 23, 2011
St. Maarten – At 18 minutes past one yesterday afternoon St. Maarten felt the effect of an earthquake that occurred southwest of St. Barths. The quake had a magnitude of 4.9 on the Richter scale, according to the seismic unit of the University of t
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on August 23, 2011
BONAIRE – State Secretary Joop Atsma (Infrastructure and Environment) was at hand together with Bonaire’s Commissioner of Infrastructure Delno Tromp to make the islands first eighteen glass-collection containers operational. Atsma and Tromp put s
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on August 23, 2011
Sargassum assails Dutch-side beaches St. Maarten - A couple of weeks ago COM Vice president Pierre Aliotti was the first one to sound the alarm over the arrival of massive amounts of sargassum on St. Maarten’s beaches. Now the problem has also
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on August 23, 2011
St. Maarten - The Soualiga Capoeira Foundation will host two open house days to start off the new school year. The group which was established in St. Maarten in November, 2002 is very excited about the new year as it is also a transitional period wit
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on August 23, 2011
St. Maarten – Increased demand for mobile data services from TelEm Group customers is causing congestion on the company’s Blackberry Smartphone service making it necessary to increase available bandwidth for the BB network. According to Chi
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on August 23, 2011
St. Maarten – In June attorney mr. Geert Hatzmann criticized the local legal community for its refusal to handle pro Deo cases. “This is a disgrace. Attorneys are making a lot of money and nobody wants to do pro Deo work,” he said at the time.
Since we are remembering the slave trade and its abolition today, it is a good occasion as any to wonder about the usefulness of these events. Do not misunderstand us: slavery was a horrendous practice, and everybody who was ever involved in it ought
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on August 23, 2011
WILLEMSTAD--Robbie dos Santos refuted allegations he misinformed authorities on his tax return. He usually never personally reacts in these cases, but he could not resist clearing some statements about his affairs. “First of all, I earn 20 thousand
