St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on February 17, 2012
St. Maarten – Without continued financing from the Antillean co-financing organization Amfo – or from alternative sources – the majority of the sixteen NGO-projects in St. Maarten would have to reduce their current activities to 30 percent.
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on February 17, 2012
St. Maarten - The police force began investigating what may have been a shooting incident in front of the government administration building on Thursday. The Police Spokesman Ricardo Henson says that a female officer who is assisting with training re
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on February 17, 2012
Defense says arrests were unjustified St. Maarten – Two suspects from Anguilla are facing a 3-year prison sentence for an armed robbery on a couple on the Boardwalk in the early morning of January 1 of this year. The Court in First Instance will
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on February 17, 2012
GREAT BAY - The St. Maarten Carnival Development Foundation (SCDF) begins sale of its season passes for Carnival 2012 this Saturday. People can register and pay for the passes at the SCDF’s temporary office located in the parking lot at the rear of
French St. Martin News, St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on February 17, 2012
St. Maarten – Environmental Protection in the Caribbean (Epic) organizes another bird walk tomorrow morning at Le Galion on the French side. “If you have ever wondered, “What is that bird?” this is your chance to find out,” epic stated i
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on February 17, 2012
BELVEDERE – The involvement of citizens in neighborhood activities is extremely low – around 30 percent. This appears from a survey Piet Lucas did in ten neighborhoods for the Department of Home Affairs and Kingdom Relations (Bak). The complete r
The defendant who was in court yesterday morning for ill-treating his now ex-wife, represents the top of a very ugly iceberg. As the prosecutor in the case said: domestic violence is a big problem in St. Maarten. We’d say: domestic violence is a
Vice Prime Minister Theo Heyliger created the impression at Wednesday’s press briefing that St. Maarten is entitled to 183 million guilders in debt relief – at least to the part that remains after the Netherlands covered 60 million in debts to th
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on February 17, 2012
St. Maarten – The Court in First Instance sentenced Dwain Sylvio Meyers to a 4-month conditional prison sentence with 3 years of probation for ill-treating his now ex-wife on June 20 of last year. Meyers also has to do 120 hours of community servic
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on February 17, 2012
THE NETHERLANDS/St.Maarten - Students who do not fall under Student Support Services St.Maarten (S-4) in the Netherlands are being invited to take advantage of the services offered at St.Maarten House in The Hague. Renewing calls to connect with the
The conviction of Riviere George for the murder of his sister Angie Leblanc marks an interesting development in criminal investigation, because the appeals court accepted evidence provided by a so-called threatened witness. The court can grant this
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on February 17, 2012
Dear Editor, Paying teachers with the same diploma differently (teacher’s appraisal program) is a very bad idea. Teachers should not work harder for some extra dollars. They should work hard because they love their job and they love the children
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on February 17, 2012
Scotia Bank sponsors calendar again GREAT BAY - The St. Maarten Carnival Development Foundation (SCDF) released its official St. Maarten Carnival 2012 schedule on Thursday, outlining two weeks of mostly local events and concerts from the opening
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on February 17, 2012
St. Maarten – Leader of the Democratic Party Sarah Wescot-Williams and leader of the United People’s Party Theo Heyliger confirmed Wednesday that members of parliament from their respective parties had participated in weekend discussions on motio
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on February 17, 2012
St. Maarten - Claudette “CP” Peters, an Antiguan born singer/songwriter/performer who is best known for songs such as Something’s got a hold on me’, ‘All I know’ and ‘Flaunt it’, is set to perform on March 3 in Marigot for the St. Maa
Dear Editor, It is my privilege to acknowledge some of my native people of St. Maarten heritage for making their life worthwhile and standing in defense of other people even while some of those people are criticizing them. I give lots of respect
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on February 17, 2012
St. Maarten - WazzUpp TV, the locally produced magazine show has been picked up by the regional cable network, Caribvision. The Caribbean Media Corporation’s (CMC) 24-hour cable channel was launched in August 2006, in efforts to deliver quality pro
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on February 17, 2012
Curacao/St. Maarten – Minister of Home Affairs and Kingdom Relations Liesbeth Spies has urged the government of St. Maarten to act more responsibly in assisting St. Eustatius and Saba. The call is part of a statement at the end of her introductory
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on February 17, 2012
St. Maarten – Deputy Prime Minister Thedore Heyliger has minced no words in decrying the unfair measuring of compliance with agreements that St. Maarten has with its partners in the Dutch Kingdom. His comments come after Monday’s meeting between
