St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on January 20, 2012
Prosecution demands $1.45 million and a hefty fine St. Maarten – Did a local jeweler manipulate its stock of Rolexes between stores on Front Street and stores in French Saint Martin and St. Barths in such a way that the company evaded 2.6 mill
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on January 20, 2012
An artist rendering of the Dutch Harbour that the developers of the Blue Mall and St. Maarten Port Services N.V. are planning to build at the Dr. A.C. Cruise Pier. (Website photo) St. Maarten / By Donellis Browne – The developers of the Blue Mall
Last week we published attorney mr. Geert Hatzmann’s analysis of the cumbersome situation criminal suspects from Statia and Saba have to go through when they are sent for detention to Bonaire. Hatzmann proposed in an expose we published on this pag
That not everything is chipper in real estate land is by now clear to everybody. Timeshare resort court cases provide a steady source of income to the legal profession, as the court schedule for next week Tuesday shows. There are no less that 35 cour
Surely, Rain Forest Adventures is making a peculiar impression when it refutes claims of greenwashing its commercial activities while at the same time it makes incorrect claims on its web site that it is affiliated with Tread Lightly! – a Utah-base
We hereby announce that tomorrow there will be no Parliament meeting. We had no quorum. The reason is that too many parliamentarians cannot attend the meeting because they either have a tooth ache, a headache, diarrhea, or have one or two side jobs b
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on January 20, 2012
The criminal investigation into possible tax evasion by the local Rolex-dealer has been ongoing since 2008, and yesterday the company was in court. While evading millions in taxes may sound like a mafia-like practice, the reality is not that simple.
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on January 20, 2012
OPERATION STRETCH, athletes from the Dynamics Track Club warm up during the training session which was held yesterday. St. Maarten - Ten athletes from Dynamics track club will be seeking to increase its medal count at the Speedy Plus Club’s se
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on January 20, 2012
St. Maarten – A six member group from Dutch daily De Telegraaf arrive in St. Maarten Friday to begin work on a story about the island and Tamarind Hotel. The crew includes a journalist, a professional photographer and four models who will stay at t
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on January 20, 2012
St. Maarten – The General Pension Fund of St. Maarten (APS) will make its first pension payment today using the same regulations that were used by the General Pension Fund Netherlands Antilles (APNA). Payments between October 10, 2010 and December
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on January 20, 2012
St. Maarten – The School Bus Inspection Section has called on parents to instruct their children to behave while riding in school busses after several drivers filed complaints. The section head is particularly concerned that someone will get hurt i
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on January 20, 2012
Commissioner Vonzelle Johnson, Commissioner Willie Calhoun, Commissioner Jack C. Sims, Mayor John Mc Gowan, Founder Johnny Ford, President of WMC Mayor James Walls, Prime Minister Sarah Wescot-Williams, Minister of Finance Hiro Shigemoto, Minister of
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on January 20, 2012
A bus driver takes a wide turn as he exits Back Street next to the Kadaster to avoid a sunken area in the road. Minister of Housing, Physical Planning, Environment and Infrastructure (VROMI) Theodore Heyliger has announced that work will likely s
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on January 20, 2012
St. Maarten – An investigation into possible criminal activities by former Public Health Minister Maria Buncamper-Molanus and her husband Claudius is still not off the table. Chief Prosecutor mr. Hans Mos told this newspaper yesterday that his offi
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on January 20, 2012
St. Maarten – Rain Forest Adventures, the American company that intends to develop a rain forest adventure park on the Emilio Wilson Estate incorrectly claims on its web site to be affiliated with Tread Lightly!, a Salt Lake City based environmenta
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on January 20, 2012
St. Maarten – Independent Member of Parliament Frans Richardson has called for an end to the “back and forth” on important properties like Emilio Wilson Estate and Mary’s Fancy Plantation. Both sites have historic value and conservation organ
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on January 20, 2012
St. Maarten – The Department of Statistics has set the inflation rate at 4.6 percent when they compare figures from December 2011 and December 2010. This represents a 43.75 percent increase in the inflation rate in that 12 month period. The rate
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on January 20, 2012
St. Maarten – The attorney representing Royal Resorts and Simpson Bay Resort Management Company Jairo Bloem has offered little comment on Wednesday’s announcement that the Worker’s Insitute for Organized Labor (WIFOL) has filed a petition reque
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on January 20, 2012
The fin on a marine mammal that was spotted in local waters. (St. Maarten Nature Foundation photo)GREAT BAY – The St. Maarten Nature Foundation restarted its Marine Mammal Monitoring project recently with assistance from Dolphin Defenders St. M
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on January 20, 2012
The Hydraulics dancers will be the main act in the seventh edition of Dance Mania on March 3. (LOL photo) St. Maarten - Laugh out loud Productions will stage Dance Mania 2012 on March 3 as the first event for the year. The show, which is in its seve
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on January 20, 2012
Albina Matuzko performs a scene from Baba Yaga, which will be staged one last time on January 28 at 8:00 p.m. (Photo contributed) St. Maarten – Imbali Center for Creative Movement and Albina Matuzko have decided to do a final run of Baba Yaga
