St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on May 11, 2012
St. Maarten – Both prosecutor mr. Marleen Overmeer, defendant Charles S. and his attorney mr. Cor Merx were ready yesterday afternoon to proceed with the trial about the February 12 fatal shooting of the defendant’s brother Jamal, but Judge mr. M
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on May 11, 2012
“I was driven by a burning passion to make a difference in the field of education” St. Maarten – Departing Minister of Education, Culture, Sport and Youth will spend her immediate future on her family and on gardening. Asked yesterday if s
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on May 11, 2012
St. Maarten – The departing ministers from the fallen UP/DP-government will cost the tax payer $210,816 for the next two years per minister that does not generate any other income during that period. With Economic Affairs Minister Franklin Meyers a
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on May 11, 2012
St. Maarten - “Laughter has no frontiers and no barriers. It is a natural expression that everyone ought to practice.” It is from this premise that the More Fun, More Laughter Foundation will be producing Laugh till Belly Burst 7 come June 29 and
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on May 11, 2012
CAY HILL- A simple groundbreaking ceremony on Thursday afternoon paved the way for the construction of an eight million guilder road behind the Raoul Illidge Sports Complex in the Cay Hill community. It cemented one of the final tasks that the UP/DP
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on May 11, 2012
St. Maarten – “I will not attempt to predict the outcome of the Simpson Bay Resort saga since the management continues to defy the verdict of the court,” President of the Windward Islands federation of Labor (Wifol) Theophilus Thompson said yes
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on May 11, 2012
St. Maarten – Derick Delan W. has spent already 199 days in pretrial custody as a suspect in last year’s October 24 armed robbery at the Jewels are Forever jewelry store on Front Street and he will remain behind bars at least until July 18 when h
Editorial, St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on May 11, 2012
The departure of the ministers in our outgoing government is going to be an additional burden to St. Maarten’s budget. We present some approximate figures in one of front page stories. The question is now how the new government is going to honor th
Pueblo Soberano leader Helmin Wiels seriously needs to have his head examined. We present this as a piece of friendly advice, after his outburst against Mike Willemse at the Antilliaans Dagblad. Wiels said in a radio interview that Willemse ought to
St. Maarten News, Uncategorized - Posted by admin on May 11, 2012
WILLEMSTAD – Pueblo Soberano leader Helmin Wiels has raised eyebrows in Willemstad and in The Hague after he said in a radio interview that Antilliaans Dagblad publisher Mike Willemse ought to be arrested for publishing a letter from Justice Minist
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on May 11, 2012
St. Maarten – The parliament will discuss the Emancipation Ordinance on Monday in a public meeting at the parliament building that begins at ten o’clock. After the central committee backed a proposal by Culture Minister Rhoda Arrindell this we
The defendant that was in court yesterday afternoon accused of shooting his younger brother to death must have a rather peculiar sense of reality. The trial has not really started yet, but we got a whiff of what’s coming yesterday when the 24-year-
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on May 11, 2012
St. Maarten - The Department of Statistics (Stat) started the Business Cycle Survey for the first half of 2012, last Monday; it will end on June 15. This survey is conducted twice per year to collect up-to-date information on business and economic de
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on May 11, 2012
LITTLE BAY-Country Sint Maarten welcomed one hundred and nine Dutch citizens in a naturalization ceremony on Thursday at Divi Little Bay Resort. Of the group, 58 were girls and women and 51 boys and men, all between ages 3 to 78. In handing over t
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on May 11, 2012
St. Maarten - Prime Minister Sarah Wescot-Williams will address participants at the Flinx Recruitment Expo Dutch-Caribbean (Fred expo) at the World Trade Center in the Netherlands next week Thursday. The Fred Expo is a recruitment event having as
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on May 11, 2012
St. Maarten – Yesterday Governor drs. Eugène Holiday continued consultations to arrive at the formation of a new cabinet. On Thursday afternoon, the Governor spoke with caretaker Prime-Minister and leader of the Democratic Party Sarah Wescot-Willi
Uncategorized - Posted by admin on May 11, 2012
St. Maarten – Prosecutor mr. Dounia Bennamar demanded 3 years imprisonment against Antonio Sundiata J. in the Court in First Instance yesterday for two counts of firearm possession, for threatening a policeman and for making preparations to commit
A new sheriff is riding into town, Education Minister Rhoda Arrindell said yesterday at a press conference that marked the end of her career in government. That remark was meant as a flashback to the days when she joined the now fallen government wit
