St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on December 1, 2011
Senior Policy Advisor in the Ministry of Finance Emilio Kalmera and Finance Minister Hiro Shigemoto prepare to field questions on dollarization at a public debate at the Belair Community Center that was organized by the St. Maarten chapter of Junior
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on December 1, 2011
St. Maarten – Jean Journel Cobite got some relief yesterday when the Court in First Instance sent him to prison for human smuggling and membership of a criminal organization for 5 years and 10 months. The verdict included a 14-month sentence reduct
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on December 1, 2011
St. Maarten – The Windward Islands Healthcare Union Association (WIHCUA) has called for the government to grant the St. Maarten Medical Center a guarantee letter that will allow the facility’s management to get a loan to finance its expansion pla
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on December 1, 2011
Union leaders who form the Windward Islands Chamber of Labor Unions address the media at a press conference on Wednesday. Seated from left to right are President of the Windward Islands Healthcare Union Association Julian Lynch, Public Relations
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on December 1, 2011
THE HAGUE – Member of the Board of financial supervision (College financieel toezicht - Cft) upon proposal of the Netherlands Margo Vliegenthart has tendered her resignation to Dutch Minister of Internal Affairs and Kingdom Relations Piet Hein Donn
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on December 1, 2011
St. Maarten – TelEm Group’s final cutover of residential and business subscriber lines in the Philipsburg area will continue for a second day today (Thursday). The scheduled cutover of more than 2000 fixed subscriber lines to the company’s new
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on December 1, 2011
Director of the St. Maarten Chamber of Commerce and Industry Claret Connor makes a point at the start of a press conference on Friday’s election, while Chairman of the election committee Franklin Brison looks on.St. Maarten – The 19 candidate
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on December 1, 2011
Dr. Rhoda Arrindell presents Director of the Philispburg Jubilee Library Monique Alberts (L) with a bound copy of her doctoral dissertation “Language, Culture and Identity in St Martin”. (CLF photo)St. Maarten – Minister of Education, Cul
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on December 1, 2011
Thompson: “This is a clear warning” St. Maarten – The Windward Islands Chamber of Labor Unions have called for a return to tripartite discussions in order to repair the country’s deteriorating labor situation. The body, which consists of
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on December 1, 2011
Court orders RGM to finally sign lease agreement St. Maarten / By Hilbert Haar – The government of St. Maarten has demanded that Trinidad & Tobago-based RGM Ltd and its local affiliate RGM St. Maarten N.V. abide by a court ruling calling for the
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on December 1, 2011
President of the Windward Islands Teachers Union (WITU) Claire Elshot quotes from the Advisory Body for Civil Servants’ (GOA) advice on paying a 3.2 percent cost of living adjustment to civil servants. St. Maarten – The Council of Ministers will
It does not happen very often, but yesterday we wondered why on earth a young man had been dragged into court to answer to charges about a cell phone he stole on February 19 from a man who was waiting for a bus near Photo Gumbs on Bush Road. The you
Oho oh, here is some scary news for those readers who are currently holed up in a hospital bed. The British research agency Dr. foster reports that patients who are in a hospital during a weekend run a 10 percent higher risk of dying that weekday-pat
Parliamentarian George Pantophlet wants “people to rethink their actions.” When we read that line it put a smile on our face. Pantophlet was talking in a charming roundabout way about the Simpson Bay Resort and the way this company is treating i
Editorial, St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on December 1, 2011
The tragic saga of the new government building has always been shredded in a cloud of mystery. On October 18, the Court in First Instance ruled in the multi-facetted disputed between developer RGM and St. Maarten. The fact that the developer basicall
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on December 1, 2011
St. Maarten - National Table Tennis Coach Franklyn Radjouki was inducted as a Paul Harris Fellow by The Rotary Club of Sint Maarten-Mid Isle recently. The award, which was presented by the club’s past president, is in recognition of his outstanding
