St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on May 16, 2012
St. Maarten – Outgoing Finance Minister Hiro Shigemoto leaves a 2012 budget behind with a deficit that could be as high as 39 million guilders ($21.66 million). This appears from two letters from the board for financial supervision Cft. The 2012 b
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on May 16, 2012
St. Maarten - Dutch Quarter residents engaged in protest action yesterday against what they called the impending flood that would accompany a new drainage system that was placed at the head of Zorg-en-Rust. The protest began with portions of the A.T
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on May 16, 2012
St. Maarten - “I don’t believe that someone did something like this and did not come back or report it.” That was the initial reaction of Officer Marvin Dollison of the fire department as he supervised a team tasked with cleaning up a section o
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on May 16, 2012
St. Maarten - The Safe Haven Foundation revealed a new billboard yesterday to increase awareness about domestic violence. The billboard was erected in the vicinity of the St. Peters Community Centre with the tagline “Words Do Hurt.” Safe Haven di
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on May 16, 2012
St. Maarten (DCOMM) – Businesses and vital organizations have a little over one week to apply for a mobility pass for the 2012 hurricane season. The pass allows holders to assess possible damage to their property. Applicants have until next week
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on May 16, 2012
St. Maarten – The Art of Living Foundation and the Aids Foundation are teaming up to mark the 29th anniversary of the world’s largest annual community-based candle lighting memorial event and to bring to St. Maarten the biggest multicultural pe
French St. Martin News, St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on May 16, 2012
GREAT BAY/MARIGOT — Barbadian George Lamming will head the Presidents’ forum at the University of St. Martin on June 2 during the tenth annual Book Fair. Lamming, described in a press release by the organization as an “illustrious Caribbean nov
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on May 16, 2012
St. Maarten – Many people attended the lecture on taxes the New Testament Baptist Church organized last week; they had the opportunity to ask questions about the tax system or about their personal issues. Tax inspector Drs. Maria Bass clarified
Words do hurt but the truth has never hurt anybody – or so they say. It is always endearing to see very important people show up for politically correct occasions, like the revealing of Safe Haven’s bill board in St. Peters yesterday. These event
Uncategorized - Posted by admin on May 16, 2012
WILLEMSTAD – Finance Minister George Jamaloodin denies that he is a suspect in the Bientu-investigation. He told the Antilliaans Dagblad that he has been interrogated, “but not as a suspect.” The minister said that he had answered questions pu
St. Maarten News, Uncategorized - Posted by admin on May 16, 2012
WILLEMSTAD – Curacao sends a 16-strong delegation to a meeting of the Caribbean Financial Action Task force in El Salvador next week, but the delegation members make the trip with a heavy heart. That’s because the second draft report about Curaca
St. Maarten News, St. Maarten Sports - Posted by admin on May 16, 2012
SIMPSON BAY – The St. Maarten Yacht Club reports that the competition for its 11th annual Marlow One-Design Regatta is already getting fierce. Although the contest is slated for June 16 and June 17, many local and regional teams appear in top form
That there was something fishy about the 2012 budget was clear to all who wanted to see for quite some time. Now the financial supervisor Cft has put its finger on the sore spots and exposed outgoing Finance Minister Hiro Shigemoto’s handiwork as a
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on May 16, 2012
St. Maarten – Up to now St. Maarten has not given any indication about the Dutch proposal to gradually takeover the subsidies from the Antillean co-financing organization Amfo. Over the past eight years, Amfo has pumped more than 180 million guilde
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on May 16, 2012
St. Maarten – The Beyond Writing Foundation published its first documentary DVD about the Caribbean Living Statues Festival last week. The DVD-launch took place last Friday at the Philipsburg Community and Cultural Centre. Tourist Office director
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on May 16, 2012
St. Maarten - UTS commemorates World Telecommunication Day, which falls together with Ascension Day this year on May 17. The telecom provider is giving back to the customers that have made the company’s success possible through a top up promotion t
Sometimes, small countries have it in them to rise above themselves. Take the Netherlands. It has a decent judicial system wherein the Supreme Court has the last word. Everybody thought that was a fair deal, until this esteemed institution ruled in f
Uncategorized - Posted by admin on May 16, 2012
St. Maarten - Exactly six months after the pilot project ended, the St. Maarten Job Kiosk will re-launch its improved website on June 1. The Kiosk previously operated from December 2010 to November 2011, servicing job seekers at home and abroad. Many
We’ve known this for almost three years now and by the end of this year it will be a reality: no more Dutch subsidies for the Antillean co-financing organization Amfo. The consequences will soon be felt among the organizations that depend for their
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on May 16, 2012
St. Maarten – The Philipsburg Jubilee Library will be closed tomorrow on the occasion of Ascension Day. On Friday opening hours will follow the usual schedule.
