Last Wednesday the owner of the Border Bar was in court. The term adult entertainment center does not do the place justice, because the Border Bar is, plain and simple, a whorehouse. The charges against the owner are women trafficking and firearm pos
The first euthanasia clinic in the Netherlands opened for business last week Thursday. To say that the initiative became an immediate hit sounds a bit callous, but it’s a fact that the clinic already received more than sixty requests for euthanasia
We read somewhere that independent parliamentarian Frans Richardson demands a vigorous, impartial and conscientious application of the ordinance on foreign labor from Labor Minister Cornelius de Weever. More specifically, Richardson wants the ministe
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St. Maarten – Police are investigating a shooting that took place near Sports Center on Back Street on Saturday afternoon that put a man in hospital with two gunshot wounds to his leg. Witnesses say that the shooter, who was masked, approached the
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St. Maarten – Minister of Tourism, Economic Affairs, Telecommunications & Transport Franklin Meyers and Minister of Public Health, Social Development and Labor Cornelius de Weever encourages unemployed job seekers to use the two-day Job Fair th
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St. Maarten – Executive Director of the St. Maarten Chamber of Commerce and Industry Claret Connor and Board Member Tamara Leonard have pointed out four areas where the chamber and its members must move quickly to develop cooperation under St. Maar
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St. Maarten - Tall ship Eye of the Wind docked in Marigot this past weekend after sailing over from St. Barths in the midst of the 32nd St. Maarten Heineken Regatta. The arrival came just about a week after sail training vessel “EENDRACHT” left a
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St. Maarten - Reigning Jr. Calypso Queen Denisia “Lil Blossom” Martimbor and two-time reigning Jr. Roadmarch King Rickyshio Bertie will have to fend off stiff competition for Carnival 2012 if they hope to retain their titles. The 2012 Junior Carn
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St. Maarten – Vice Prime Minister Theo Heyliger fully supports the April 20th student forum that Stichting Soualiga Foundation (SSF) hosts for St. Maarten students studying in the Netherlands. The event, which will be held in Bodegraven, the Nether
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St. Maarten – Local cookbook "In the Kitchen with St. Maarten women" has been nominated in the Fundraising: America - Caribbean category of the “Gourmand Best in the World” Competition. Lion Club member Michael van Grieken will attend Tuesday�
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St. Maarten - Minister of Public Health, Social Development and Labor Cornelius de Weever recently met with a group of medical doctors who are interested in working at The American Clinic (TAC). The doctors who are specialized in, amongst other thing
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St. Maarten – Students of the M. Genevieve de Weever continued their life experience training by having an etiquette lesson that included lunch at the La Source Restaurant at Sundial School recently. Restaurant technique teacher Anenda Zaandam taug
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St. Maarten -The services of the Safe Haven Foundation - Home for Battered Women - are now available at the Community Helpdesks located in Cole Bay and St. Peters. The foundation is available in Cole Bay on Wednesdays from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m, Thur
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St. Maarten – The Central Committee of Parliament continues discussion on the 2012 National Budget at 2:00 p.m. today after the meeting was adjourned last week Thursday. The meeting will be in the General Assembly Chamber of the House of Parliament
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St. Maarten – The permanent committee of parliament on Kingdom Affairs and Inter-parliamentary Relations will meet tomorrow to discuss a draft report on the Kingdom Visa Law. The report, which will be forwarded to the Dutch Second Chamber, is the P
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St. Maarten – KPMG in the Dutch Caribbean and Suriname and KPMG Meijburg Caribbean recently hosted a seminar entitled “The business of Family business” at the Sonesta Great Bay Beach Resort & Casino. The session reinforced the fact that fam
