The race for spots on the board of the St. Maarten Chamber of Commerce have taken on a new tone. What was once an event confined to business circles has now spilled into the wider public. It also has a bit of the feel of a political campaign where ca
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on November 29, 2011
St. Maarten – Producer of popular TV program WazzUpp TV Ronny Busby has announced he’s getting ready to close deals for the locally produced program to be aired in Curacao, Miami, New York, Toronto and in the Netherlands. The show which began air
St. Maarten Sports - Posted by admin on November 28, 2011
Minister of Education, Youth Sports & Culture Dr. Rhoda Arrindell was part of the procession after the official part of the activities which took place last Saturday. Milton Pieters Photo.GREAT BAY- Teams from Anguilla, St. Martin and host St
Entertainment, St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on November 28, 2011
St. Maarten / By Donellis Browne – Lead Actress Sharlyn Winston absolutely shined and delivered a riveting performance in this past weekend’s performances of the River Niger. The play was staged for three nights at the Philipsburg Community and
French St. Martin News - Posted by admin on November 28, 2011
POINTE-A-PITRE/MARIGOT - The closer integration of French Caribbean Departments with non-French speaking countries and territories in the region is the focus of a conference in Guadeloupe that begins today. The meeting, which is being held for the f
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on November 28, 2011
Governor drs Eugene Holiday stands with Attorney at Law Rik Bergman after the latter was sworn in as an extraordinary member of the Advisory Council last Thursday.St. Maarten – Attorney at Law Rik Bergman was sworn in as an extraordinary member
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on November 28, 2011
St. Maarten – Princess Juliana International Airport Operating Company NV (PJIAE) recently donated a papier mache sculpture of Tanny and the Boys to the White Yellow Cross recently. The statue has been placed in the recreational area at the St. Mar
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on November 28, 2011
St. Maarten – Political Activist Eldridge van Putten has called for Managing Director of Simpson Bay Resort Management Company Jules James to resign as a Member of Parliament. He’s also welcomed Friday’s ruling by Judge Rene van Veen that both
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on November 28, 2011
St. Maarten – Abdul Meyers, Tamara Leonard and Ajay Rawtani who are candidates for the St. Maarten Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s board elections on December 3 have issued a statement conveying their common goal to add their talents and input
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on November 28, 2011
GREAT BAY – The St. Maarten Carnival Development Foundation (SCDF) is still looking for a slogan for Carnival 2012 and has reopened its annual contest for carnival lovers. Submissions can be emailed right away to [email protected] by December
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on November 28, 2011
St. Maarten – President of Parliament drs Gracita Arrindell and six other MPs will head to Panama this week for executive and permanent committee meetings of the Latin American Parliament (Parlatino). Parlatino, which was created on December 7, 196
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on November 28, 2011
St. Maarten – Four colored groups of eight students (32) at St. Dominic High School spent the whole day at school attending classes during another 24-hour Lesson-Thon this weekend. The group of 32 IB-1 class students began with the rest of their sc
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on November 28, 2011
Commuters advised to be cautious as rain continues St. Maarten – Monday is a normal business and school day but commuters should be cautious as continued intermittent and persistent, heavy rainfall could cause flooding in low lying areas, street
It’s that time of the year again: December 5 is around the corner and especially Dutch people get ready for their annual Sinterklaas celebration. Over time, this celebration has become the center of a controversy. Politically correct characters and
St. Maarten is not South Korea, but what happens in Seoul does not necessarily stay there. The country invested more than half a billion dollars in robotics in the past decade or so. Now, robots are becoming more and more part of everyday life. In t
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on November 28, 2011
A paragraph that contains a serious mistake ended up in Saturday’s opinion piece entitled Bat out of hell by mistake. It erroneously states that Tamara Leonard is the daughter of MP Johan Leonard, and that Mr. Leonard acted in parliament during the
Dear Editor, In 2012 don’t sit in traffic anymore. At least do not make it a habit. How do you do that? Let me share a secret with you. Where do you need to go? First of all, envision yourself driving to your destination freely, without any tr
Dear Editor, Do you return to say thank you? There are numerous opportunities presented on daily a basis which we would do well to grasp and use advantageously by thanking those with whom we interact. It could be wherever you are at but as the sa
St. Maarten Sports - Posted by admin on November 28, 2011
St. Maarten - After dropping two points from a draw, the Strikers and the RISC Takers who lost their first game to the Paradise INN yesterday are now locked in a battle of their own with only three weeks to go before the grand finale in the tournamen
A call by political activist Eldridge van Putten for Jules James to resign as a member of parliament is dead on arrival for sure. And there is good reason. The majority of his colleagues “refuse to throw him under the bus” and he himself seemingl
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on November 28, 2011
RENT premieres Thursday St. Maarten – Seventy-one people were tested for HIV during a free and confidential testing day the St. Maarten AIDS Foundation at the Scotiabank on Sunday. The group of 34 women and 37 men braved the rainy conditions t
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on November 27, 2011
THE HAGUE – The Socialist Party and GreenLeft reacted negatively yesterday to Curacao’s plan to let Transparency International investigate the government’s integrity. The Kingdom Council of Ministers took a decision about the initiative yesterd
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on November 27, 2011
GREAT BAY – The Real Estate Association of St. Maarten (RAM) plans to request its own hearing with parliament’s permanent committee on tourism, economic affairs, transportation and telecommunication on recommended adjustments to the rules regulat
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on November 27, 2011
St. Maarten – Democratic Party (D.P.) faction leader Roy Marlin has called on his colleagues to condemn the way he and his United People’s (UP) Party colleague Jules James had to be led away from the Thursday November 18, 2011 meeting on the situ
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on November 27, 2011
“This beats the crap out of me and the citizens of this country” St. Maarten – Members of the opposition National Alliance faction have slammed the government for its treatment of the Corporate Governance Council, while MPs factions supporti
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on November 27, 2011
Bloem appeals Wifol’s surprise victory in court Attorney Van Sambeek (center) discusses the court ruling with Wifol President Thompson. To the left is attorney Maarten Le Poole.St. Maarten – The attorney for the Simpson Bay Resort and Roy
Uncategorized - Posted by admin on November 27, 2011
Court rejects demand to rectify extortion-claim statements St. Maarten – Today Newspaper does not have to rectify its conclusion that the extortion-claim in the Bobby Velasquez rape-trial was unfounded. This newspaper also does not have to rec
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on November 27, 2011
The five attorneys that will work at the St. Maarten office of Van Eps Kunneman Van Doorne stand together during their introduction at Friday night’s opening of the new law firm. The new attorneys are (l to r) Norbert Hijmans, Peter van Dort, Michi
The National Gazette became available Friday but it is highly difficult to get one and there is no mad dash to get a copy. We make the latter assertion based on the fact that our news editor was the first person to try to get one and his visit was at
Opinion, St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on November 27, 2011
The court ruling in favor of the Wifol union came like a bat out of hell yesterday morning. The court decision stunned the union’s attorneys and it must also have stunned Simpson Bay Resorts and Royal Resorts attorney mr. Jairo Bloem. He quickly le
Article 10 of the country’s constitution guarantees every one living here the right to not just have, but to air their own opinion. An interesting discussion can now emerge as to how this freedom is exercised. We make this point based on a state
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on November 27, 2011
St. Maarten - Students in group A of the Early Stimulation program at Hillside Christian School learned how to make peas soup on a coal pot Friday. The activity was part of their Social Studies lessons. This theme in that subject area this month is �
We welcome the seizures of counterfeit items that has taken place on Wednesday and Thursday. At the same time we urge authorities to use this opportunity to increase controls so that these items don’t even make it to the shelves in the various stor
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on November 25, 2011
GREAT BAY – The Court in First Instance sentenced a sobbing 21-year-old girl from Guyana, Candacy Amanda Delph, to 15 months imprisonment for an attempt to smuggle a bit more than two kilos of cocaine via a complicated route from Suriname to Africa
Opinion, Uncategorized - Posted by admin on November 25, 2011
Dear Editor, There are four ways to react to injustice: 1 you cry for the victims 2 you analyze the injustice and give a solution 3 you start ranting and raving and insulting the people who caused the injustice 4 you ridicule the ones wh
