St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on January 23, 2012
Guppy docks at Yacht Club under New-Zealand flag Laura Dekker hugs her sister Kim, flanked by her mother Babs Müller and her father Dick Dekker.St. Maarten– A large crowd welcomed teen-sailor Laura Dekker at the Simpson Bay Yacht Club on Sa
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on January 23, 2012
A rough estimation of what the front of the new driver’s licenses will look like when the Civil Registry begins issuing them in the middle of February. St. Maarten – The Civil Registry should begin issuing the new version of the dr
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on January 23, 2012
St. Maarten – Vice Prime Minister Theodore Heyliger wished the island’s Chinese community a “very happy new year” Sunday. Chinese New Year is an annual “spring” festival that is welcomed by Chinese all over the world. The Dragon, which i
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on January 23, 2012
Chairman of the Supervisory Board of NAGICO Michael Bishop, Board Member NAGICO/GTM Lisa Fulchan, General Manager NAGICO/GTM Christopher Henriques, NAGICO Group Chief Executive Officer Imran McSood-Amjad and his wife Farina Amjad, NAGICO/GTM Boar
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on January 23, 2012
St. Maarten – Visitors to the Man of War Shoal Marine Park will have to pay a Nature Fee to be able to enter the park as of today (Monday). A day pass costs $3 and a year pass costs $15. Residents are exempt from paying this fee. St. Maarten’s fe
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on January 23, 2012
St. Maarten – Commissioners Chris Johnson (Saba) and Clyde van Putten (Statia) jointly requested a direct service between Saba and St. Eustatius during a meeting with the management of Windward Islands Airways International N.V. (WINAIR) recently.
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on January 23, 2012
St. Maarten – Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Public Housing, Spatial Development, Environment and Infrastructure Theo Heyliger announced on Sunday that emergency works will be done in Simpson Bay soon to make the road behind the Sister Regina
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on January 23, 2012
St. Maarten – Prime Minister Sarah Wescot-Williams left the island this weekend at the head of the country’s delegation to the 2011 Ministerial Conference of the Overseas Countries and Territories Association (OCTA). The meeting, which is being h
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on January 23, 2012
Officials from St. Maarten, the Dominican Republic and the International Police Organization (Interpol) stand together for a family photo from their recent meeting at the Sonesta Great Bay Beach Resort. (Police Force of St. Maarten photo) St. Ma
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on January 23, 2012
Advisor to the Sint Maarten Cabinet of the Minister of Plenipotentiary Perry Geerlings, KLM’s Vice President Government and Industry Affairs Willem de Jonge, Director of the St. Maarten Tourism Bureau May-Ling Chun, KLM Senior Network Planner for
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on January 23, 2012
St. Maarten – Chair of the Dutch Second Chamber Gerdi Verbeet has sent Chief Executive Officer of the St. Maarten Harbour Group of Companies Mark Mingo a letter thanking him for the presentation and tour he gave Second Chamber faction leaders in Oc
Saturday we went to Lagoonies for a taste of what was rumored to become Occupy-SXM. It was a memorable evening, for sure, with the showing of an impressive horror-documentary (The World According to Monsanto) and with a crowd showing above average in
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on January 23, 2012
Under the headline “Will 2012 be a better year?” Curacao-based attorney Karel Frielink posted a blog on his web site on January 9 that came to haunt him in a hurry before the month was out. Read what he wrote first, then learn what happened after
St. Maarten Sports - Posted by admin on January 23, 2012
St. Maarten - Walwin Francisco and Dave Lake won the two first cycle races of the year on Sunday. The 15 lap event, which was organized by the Soualiga Cycling Club, had 23 participants who began their circumnavigation of the Great Salt Pond at the F
A hero ventures forth from the world of common day into a region of supernatural wonder: fabulous forces are there encountered and a decisive victory is won: the hero comes back from this mysterious adventure with the power to bestow boons on his fel
St. Maarten Sports - Posted by admin on January 23, 2012
St. Maarten - The Soualiga Cycling Club presented the proceeds from Sunday’s season opening race to Emmanuel Laud yesterday to show their solidarity with Deion Richardson – a cyclist who was shot under mysterious circumstances on November 5 in An
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on January 23, 2012
St. Maarten – Keidy Gregorio, who is studying hospitality management, is the cover model on the 2012 edition of the St. Maarten Eye Candy Calendar. The calendar features 13 models for the 12-month year and Gregorio’s picture was chosen for the fr
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on January 23, 2012
GREAT BAY/ WILLEMSTAD – Wim van Vemde has been appointed leader of the Kingdom Collaboration Team (RST). His appointment follows an agreement during the Judicial Four-country Consultation on Thursday between St. Maarten, the Netherlands, Aruba and
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on January 23, 2012
St. Maarten – Police searched three houses in Betty’s Estate and Wymont Hill on Thursday and confiscated three firearms, a silencer and a large amount of ammunition. The weapons were found in the house of A.O.J. who is currently detained as a sus
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on January 23, 2012
Law suit seeks control over maintenance and security services Angry Rainbow Beach Club owners let their placards speak their mind. Center in white is American attorney Deborah Hadaway. Milton Pieters photo.St. Maarten – Home owners at the Ra
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on January 23, 2012
The first of three new pumps for the pump-house in Sucker Garden was switched on Friday. The new pump has the ability to pump 5, 400 tons of water per hour. (Milton Pieters collage)St. Maarten – The first of three new pumps for the pump-house i
The dispute between home owners at the Rainbow Beach Club and the property’s owners has a long – and some would say painful – history. Over the past couple of years there have been quite some stories that put the complex in a less favorable lig
What are the chances to make something of your life if you are homeless in the United States? They’re slim, because education is notoriously expensive, so you’re probably headed for the drugs scene, prostitution or an early grave. But things wil
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on January 23, 2012
The Guinness Book of Records all of a sudden has decided to ditch its category “youngest.” This is a minor setback for sailor Laura Dekker who arrived Saturday in St. Maarten after completing her solo trip around the world as the youngest sailor
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on January 23, 2012
St. Maarten – The Vice President of the Council of Advice Mavis Brooks-Solomon will speak on the role of the Advisory Council in the attainment of greater self reliance for St. Maarten at this year’s Lionel Bernard Scott Memorial lecture. This 10
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on January 23, 2012
St. Maarten – Leaders in two social organizations have applauded Minister of Public Health, Social Affairs and Labor Cornelius De Weever’s “bold” statement on Wednesday that staffers in the Department of Social Affairs must offer better servi
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on January 23, 2012
St. Maarten - Students from Milton Peters College, St Dominic High, St Maarten Academy and St Maarten Academy PSVE, Sundial and the St Maarten Vocational School faced off in dominoes, chess and draughts on Friday as part of the fifth indoor board gam
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on January 23, 2012
PORT OF SPAIN/GREAT BAY– The United Nations and civil society partners jointly announced a global call for nominations for the 2012 Red Ribbon Award on Friday. This honour is intended to promote and support community organisations responding to the
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on January 23, 2012
St. Maarten - The Rockstars for Nature Fundraiser has raised $4, 000 that will be used by Nature Foundation to expand its after-school and in-school activities. The fundraiser was organized by freelance grant writer and fundraiser Stephanie Reed.
St. Maarten News, Uncategorized - Posted by admin on January 23, 2012
St. Maarten – A female security guard was assaulted at Sonesta Maho Beach Resort’s parking lot by one of the local visitors to the resort on Thursday evening. The visitor lost his parking ticket and refused to pay the amount that the security gua
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on January 23, 2012
St. Maarten – Country-wide road patch-works are tentatively scheduled to start before month-end. The work, which will cost 1.28 million guilders will be carried out by MNO Vervat. The contractor already started the work on Thursday by grading th
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on January 23, 2012
St. Maarten – Daryl Parks and Yvette Alexander – the key organizers of the National Bar Association’s mid-winter conference - have thanked the St. Maarten Bar Association and the St. Maarten Tourism Bureau for their assistance in planning and r
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on January 23, 2012
Aruba is region’s number two choice St. Maarten/St. Martin makes regional top five GREAT BAY – St. Maarten/St. Martin has been ranked the fifth best destination in the Caribbean in www.tripadvisor.com’s Traveller’s Choice Awards Top 25
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