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St. Maarten - Dawn Beach Club was named “Best Timeshare Resort - North America” by Perspective Magazine at the recent GNEX 2012 - Timeshare and Fractional Global Networking Expo in Cancun, Mexico. The event featured shared ownership industry pr
Police cover the body of G.A.R. as they prepare to move it to the morgue. (Leo Brown photo)St. Maarten - Twenty-two year old G.A.R., who was born on Anguilla, is dead and the woman who hit him with her white Hyundai Traject was taken into police
There is something wrong with this country’s collective psyche when we have to report that a 22 year old was left to die in a water filled ditch while people looked on after he’d been hit by a car. Wednesday’s inactivity by those who saw the yo
Angel Priest enters the courthouse for his trial in the February 29 file picture. Milton Pieters Photo.St. Maarten – The Court in First Instance sent a stern warning to brothel-owners yesterday morning by sentencing Border Bar-owner Ignacio Aug
GREAT BAY – Finance Minister Hiro Shigemoto has added his voice to the list of those concerned about the Central Bank of Curacao and St. Maarten’s decision to request commercial banks put a freeze on personal credit. The decision has a direct aff
St. Maarten – Justice Minister Roland Duncan has announced the government will be back in parliament at some point this year with an amendment to the budget that shows increased revenue and expenses. The new revenue and expenses will be based on im
President of the University of St. Martin Annelies van den Assem (r) and Director Education & Training of Securities and Commerce Institute (SCI) Andrew Forson (l) sign the memorandum of understanding on Friday With the agreement, the two institu
St. Maarten – Karen Hughes and Juan Richardson became the two newest competent communicators in the Philipsburg Toastmasters Club on March 1. That is the same night Edith Shillingford was inducted into the organization. Hughes and Richardson wer
Yesterday we published Ethan Nadelmann’s opinion piece about alternative drug policies. Today we continue with part I of his interview with Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez at the syndicated radio program Democracy Now! About the same topic. This disc
St. Maarten – Ray Stallin Police Castro came close to crying when Judge mr. Monique Keppels sentenced him to 60 months for attempted manslaughter on Santo Johan George-Bautista on October 18 of last year. At the trial on January 25, prosecutor mr.
St. Maarten – Romaine W., a 22-year-old who escaped from the prison in Anguilla, only to end up behind bars in St. Maarten, is facing a 7-year prison sentence for his involvement in two Boardwalk robberies in the early morning hours of January 1. T
From left to right-SCDF Secretary Michael Granger, SCDF President Stuart Johnson, UTS COO Lyrio Gomez and other company executives at the official handover of a $40, 000 donation for Carnival 2012.St. Maarten - United Telecommunications Services�
St. Maarten – The main suspect in the armed robbery at Klass Electronics on July 29 of last year, 20-year-old Richard Ch. is facing an 8-year prison sentence. The prosecution demanded 30 months against the second robber, 23-year-old Antoine L., and
St. Maarten – Defried Paulino Pedro Elodia, aka Broertje, panicked on February 1 when there was a police control on Front Street. When a policeman who knew him well opened the door of his car for a routine control, the 42-year-old security guard an
CAY BAY – The work on the construction of a jet fuel tank in Sol’s Cay Bay depot has started as scheduled. The new tank will have a capacity of about 34, 000 barrels of fuel. This is much needed during the peak season on the island and is expecte
St. Maarten – Minister of Education, Culture, Youth and Sport Dr. Rhoda Arrindell has said that “it is virtually impossible” to cut the ministry’s budget any further. She was reacting to concerns by members of parliament that her ministry wou
St. Maarten - Prime Minister Sarah Wescot-Williams has reiterated the government’s commitment to finding a way to pay out a 3.2 percent indexation of salaries in 2012. The percentage is based on the cost of living adjustment for 2010. Wescot-Will