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Acquilla “Princess Acquilla” Carty, who’s captured the Jr. Calypso title for the first time and Rickyshio ‘The Royal Kid’ Bertie, who has won the Jr. Road March title for the third time hug each other after the results were announced in
Bus Drivers Association President Jose Slac (second from left) joins his fellow bus drivers with the thumbs down sign, signaling their dissatisfaction for the fare structure that is in place during the emergency meeting last Saturday. (Milton Pie
St. Maarten – The Seminole Tribe of Florida will not finalize any purchase of the Simpson Bay Resort and rebrand it as a Hard Rock resort until the labor situation has been resolved, director Mark Miller wrote to the members of the embattled resort
St. Maarten – Nominations are now open for the 2012 St. Maarten Outstanding Youth Awards (Smoya). The Smoya program recognizes and honors young people between six and 21 who demonstrate the best qualities of St. Maarten’s youth. Eligible candidat
Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Directors of Gebe Julius Lambert (center – facing forward) makes a point during the April 10 meeting where Minister of Tourism, Economic Affairs, Transportation and Telecommunications Franklin Meyers (second
St. Maarten – The Police’s Traffic Department is investigating what led the driver of a Toyota Yaris to collide with Thrifty Car Rental’s concrete wall. The collision occurred shortly after 3:00 a.m. on Sunday morning. The police report that
St. Maarten – The meeting requested by St. Maarten’s Finance Minister Hiro Shigemoto on to accusations made and current developments surrounding the Central Bank of Curaçao and St, Maarten (CBCS) has been postponed. The meeting was set to take p
(l-r) Arden Froston of Labor Affairs, Sei participant Anouska Brooks and Minister of Public Health Social Development and Labor, Cornelius De Weever after Brooks signed her participant agreement contract.St. Maarten - The Department of Labor Affa
St. Maarten – Solicitor General Taco Stein is currently working on his own, while efforts are undertaken to staff his office. He expects this process to be completed sooner, rather than later and announced recently that he’ll make his first court
Dear Editor, WITU’s proposal for the Advisory Body to Government (GOA), to have the Algemeen Pensioenfonds St. Maarten (APS) give a presentation was honored last week Friday in the Dr. A.C. Wathey Legislative Hall in Philipsburg. It was very rem
St. Maarten – The Central Committee of Parliament will meet in a closed session on April 17 to discuss an aviation proposal. The meeting with Garrison Walker Financial Inc. begins at 10:00 a.m. in the General Assembly Chamber at the House of Parlia
St. Maarten – Tamarind Hotel has risen to the top position over 12 other St. Maarten hotels listed on www.tripadvisor.com. The property has been steadily climbing in the rankings since November of last year when it was number 9 on the list. Some mo
Dawn Beach resident wins lawsuit against hotel giant St. Maarten - The Babitbay Beach Development Corporation, owner of the Westin Hotel in Dawn Beach, has until Friday May 11 to adjust its sewage treatment plant in such a way that the sound l
Heirs have to provide account of their estate St. Maarten – The heirs of Norman Chester Wathey booked a partial victory in summary proceedings against Norman Chester Wathey II, formerly Leopold Stanley Hughes on Friday. But Wathey II, who has be
St. Maarten- Not even the rain could have dampened the spirits of the hundreds of revelers that dared the elements to participate in Saturday night’s Light Up jump-up, which was organized by Rio Productions. The jump up went from Le Grand Marche to
Westin’s loss in court for being a noisy neighbor should lead to a resurgence of a control on noise pollution that was started by the Department of Economic Affairs of the Island Territory of St. Maarten. The friendly country’s predecessor had th
St. Maarten – Police arrested and detained two young men early Sunday morning after getting a call at 6:30 a.m. that shots were being fired near Margereth Bruce’s Drive in Middle Region. The person who called police said the gun man had brown com
St. Maarten – The Special Robbery Unit is investigating Saturday night’s attempted robbery of L.L. and L.H. who live on the Apricot road. Children inside the house they had just arrived at were the ones to call police about the robbery at around