St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on November 24, 2011
Police call for end to “senseless violence” St. Maarten – An argument over money with a man from the Dominican Republic has landed a Jamaican man in hospital with a gunshot wound to the stomach. It has also prompted Police Spokesman Ricardo
Senseless is a good word to describe pulling a gun and shooting another person for money. In the moment it may feel good, but in even the short term it does not resolve the core issue that two people are facing. So really Police Spokesman Ricardo Hen
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on November 24, 2011
St. Maarten – The Voluntary Corps of St. Maarten will be having a bivouac this weekend as part of its regular training program. Seasoned officers and new recruits will participate in the exercise which begins Friday and continues until Sunday. T
The Kingdom of Belgium just does not manage to get it right. For the past 526 odd days Belgian politicians have been at loggerheads over the formation of a new government. Formateur Di Rupio has now offered his resignation and King Albert had refused
It is a rare event when the prosecution demands life in prison against a defendant. Yesterday was one of those moments: two men from Dominica 32 and 20 years old – will spend the rest of their lives behind bars if the prosecution has anything to sa
While politicians fight over position, the people are left without leadership. That statement about sums up what is happening right now when one looks at the discussion around events at the Simpson Bay Resort and Marina and The Villas at Simpson Bay
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on November 24, 2011
St. Maarten - Counterfeit handbags, watches, wallets, hair products and cuff links were removed from Juliana’s and Everest Nepal Enterprises N.V on Front Street on Wednesday. The court ordered seizures were led by Karl ‘Tallboy’ Arndell. He was
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on November 24, 2011
St. Maarten – Figures released by the Department of Statistics shows that the consumer price index of 117.8 recorded in October is 0.3 percent higher than in August and 3.9 percent higher than October, 2010. Those same figures also show that the ra
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on November 24, 2011
Two defendants face maximum punishment for eight violent crimes St. Maarten – Public Prosecutor mr. Bart den Hartigh demanded life imprisonment against Curtley Allison R. and his partner in crime Sherwan R. for the Regatta-murders (so called bec
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on November 24, 2011
St. Maarten – Despite an acknowledgement earlier this year that the law on the transfer of companies is a root cause of the issues faced by employees at the former Pelican Resort the United People’s Party/Democratic Party government has yet to ma
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on November 24, 2011
St. Maarten - Ennia Pension has declared its pension check-up a huge success. The event allowed them to highlight the importance of a good retirement plan and provide answers to customers’ questions through free consultations with the company’s p
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on November 24, 2011
St. Maarten - Prime Minister Sarah Wescot-Williams says the recently concluded Caribbean HIV Conference in the Bahamas was “very successful” in terms of the meetings’ content and the St. Maarten’s contributions. Those contributions include pr
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on November 24, 2011
St. Maarten – Finance Minister Hiro Shigemoto and Policy Advisor to Government and Financial Planner Emilio Kalmera will be the two feature speakers at a lecture on the Dutch Caribbean guilder and Dollarization that will be held next Wednesday at t
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on November 24, 2011
St. Maarten – The issue of obtaining funding from the European Union for joint projects and relations with European Union has been proposed as a discussion point for next Monday’s meeting between Prime Minister Sarah Wescot-Williams, Prime Minist
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on November 24, 2011
St. Maarten – The Ministry of Education has made a bid to get people to submit their applications for the 2012/2013 academic year early. The applications were already available on October 17, 2011 and applicants have until December 30 to pick one u
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on November 24, 2011
Regatta-murders trial St. Maarten – The trial against Curtley Allison R. and Sherwan R. began yesterday morning with a dispute about the psychological and psychiatric evaluation of both defendants, who stand accused of three murders, rape, three
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on November 24, 2011
St. Maarten – “We are happy to have you in port. Your business is important to us.” Those were the words Chief Executive Officer of the Harbour Group of Companies Mark Mingo used to welcome the captain Kjell Holm and the crew of Mein Schiff 2
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on November 24, 2011
St. Maarten – The National Alliance faction has requested that Prime Minister Sarah Wescot-Williams and Finance Minister Hiro Shigemoto be called to parliament for a discussion on the functioning of the Corporate Governance Council in general and i
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on November 24, 2011
St. Maarten - The Department of Social Services will close for half the day Thursday and the entire Friday to allow staffers to participate in a conference with the corresponding department on the French Side. The conference is part of a strategy to
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on November 24, 2011
St. Maarten – The Court in First Instance sentenced 19-year-old Franklin Alfred Illidge to 9 years imprisonment yesterday. His partner in crime, Stedson Malcolm Jacobus, who will celebrate his nineteenth birthday in the Pointe Blanche prison next w
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on November 24, 2011
St. Maarten – Prime Minister Sarah Wescot-Williams and representatives of the Voluntary Corps will meet Members of Parliament at 2:00 p.m. today to brief them on an amendment to the National Ordinance Armed Corps. The changes to the ordinance will
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on November 24, 2011
Forum assesses school rules GREAT BAY - The St. Maarten Youth Parliament’s first forum on youth issues will focus on ‘Schools Code of Conduct’. The forum will take the form of a panel discussion and comes after the youth MPs conducted an in-
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on November 24, 2011
St. Maarten – Public Prosecutor Hans Mos confirmed the arrest of a civil servant from the Ministry of Housing, Physical Planning, Environment and Infrastructure on Wednesday. The man, who Mos refused to name, is being held on a corruption charge an
