St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on January 19, 2012
St. Maarten – Workers Institute for Organized Labor (WIFOL), which represents the employees of Pelican Resort the Management Company, has filed a new court case against Royal Resort and Simpson Bay Resort Management Company to force them to honor t
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on January 19, 2012
Two fathers involved, but face light sentences St. Maarten – The Court in First Instance will rule on March 8 on a human smuggling case that involves two Haitian children. The prosecution demanded yesterday 18 months against the main suspect, Br
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on January 19, 2012
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Nobody seems to be in a hurry to do something about the awful temperatures that terrorize judges, prosecutors, defendants, attorneys, journalists and visitors to the courthouse. But when male defendants start borrowing wooly outfits from female inter
Uncategorized - Posted by admin on January 19, 2012
We read somewhere that towing services spent four and a half (4.5) hours on Tuesday to retrieve four (4) car wrecks from some bushes in Dutch Quarter. We marveled at these figures and the efficiency of it all. But then, maybe it was a typo, though
Suppose you happen to have the Haitian nationality; that you have lived for decades in St. Maarten; and that you have a child living in Haiti. We all know that the place was devastated by an earthquake in January 2010 and that there is a cholera epid
Dear Editor, Numerous developments this week have prompted further questions about the human and financial consequences for the Dutch Government and local community in the event of a potential disaster at NuStar’s operations in St. Eustatius. Th
Editorial, St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on January 19, 2012
It really just never ends when the lawyers get involved, now does it? That’s a valid question considering that yet again the Workers Institute for Organized Labor is dragging the former Pelican Resort to court. Next to that they’re heading to the
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on January 19, 2012
St. Maarten – Minister of Public Health, Social Development and Labor Cornelius de Weever has commissioned an investigation into how he can get the Department of Social Affairs to give better service. He’s also announced that he’ll be placing a
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on January 19, 2012
St. Maarten – The Court in First Instance suspended custody for 37-year-old Marvin Victor Lake on the condition that he reports this morning around eleven o’clock to Turning Point to enter a rehabilitation program. He has to abide by instructions
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on January 19, 2012
[caption id="attachment_9195" align="alignleft" width="540" caption="Water flows between the Fresh Pond to the Great Salt Pond as a way to lower heightened water levels."][/caption] St. Maarten - Head of Maintenance in the Public Works Department Cl
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on January 19, 2012
St. Maarten / By Donellis Browne – The addition of 31 new officers from the BAVPOL program, 12 from the Basic Police Course and the addition of 14 police officers from the Netherlands is helping the police force of St. Maarten accomplish the goal
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on January 19, 2012
[caption id="attachment_9199" align="alignleft" width="540" caption="Dr. Scott Douglas presents his 300 page doctoral thesis Great governance in small societies to Governor drs Eugene Holiday while civil law notary Miguel Alexander looks on. The pres
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on January 19, 2012
St. Maarten – The Court in First Instance sentenced 37-year-old Aubrey Thom to 9 months imprisonment for an accident with a jet ski that cost teenager Felicia Williams her life on March 27 of last year. Judge Mr. Monique Keppels acquitted Thom of m
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on January 19, 2012
[caption id="attachment_9201" align="alignleft" width="540" caption="Members of the Board of Financial Supervision Alberto Romero and Richard Gibson Sr., the CFT’s Chairman Age Bakker and the body’s Secretary Kees Nieuwamerongen settle in for the
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on January 19, 2012
St. Maarten - The consumer price index decreased by 0.3 percent in December 2011 when the figures at the end of that month and the ones issued at the end of October 2011 are compared. The price index recorded in December 2011 is 117.5. Prices general
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on January 19, 2012
[caption id="attachment_9204" align="alignleft" width="540" caption="Cabinet Advisor Perry Geerlings, Chairlady of the Dutch Kingdom Relations Permanent Committee Dr. Brigitte I. van der Burg, and Minister Plenipotentiary Mathias Voges stand together
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on January 19, 2012
[caption id="attachment_9206" align="alignleft" width="540" caption="Gospel Recording Artiste Desmond Forde and Producer Adrian Scott pose for a handout photo to promote the launch of ‘Lift Him Up’. "][/caption] St. Maarten - Zamar Musical Produ
