Since the Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez is, well, Hugo Chávez (we don’t want to be prosecuted for insulting a foreign head of state) it does not surprise us in the least that the man has a Twitter account. The thought that the top dog of a cou
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on May 30, 2012
St. Maarten – The police officers that form part of St. Maarten’s Dare program hosts a song festival June 16, 2012 to raise money to buy school materials. The materials focus on providing information on why young people should avoid becoming invo
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on May 30, 2012
WILLEMSTAD – Know and reward your customers is the central message that was delivered by the three feature speakers at the Fun Conference that was held at the Renaissance Curacao Resort & Casino on Tuesday. The event, which was organized by loy
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on May 30, 2012
St. Maarten / By Paayal Lalchandani – The International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Programme at the St. Dominic High School began in the year 2010 with its first set of students. Over the course of the two years, these IB students have compl
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on May 30, 2012
St. Maarten – Only two contractors have responded to last week’s request by the Secretary General of Parliament Jozef D. Semeleer for them to contact the parliamentary secretariat as soon as possible to set up a hearing regarding the Property Law
Kingdom Relations Minister Spies sent a strong warning to the Schotte-government in Curacao yesterday. The outgoing minister is not amused by the gaping hole in the country’s 2011 budget and she is apparently even less amused about the way financ
There seems to be no end to the ways people find to enrich themselves at the expense of someone else. In St. Maarten several companies found a niche market by producing forged documents for Brooks Tower residence permit applicants. In the slipstream
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on May 30, 2012
St. Maarten – Justice Minister Roland Duncan confirmed on Tuesday that former Finance Minister Hiro Shigemoto has applied for the function of Head of the Center for the Reporting of Unusual Financial Transactions (Mot). The appointment has not yet
The Education Ministry’s initiative to conduct a study into the labor market’s education and training needs is in itself a pretty good idea. If we don’t know what the market needs, we don’t know which studies we have to recommend to our child
One could say a lot about the Chinese but not that they’re not ready to think outside the box. After the country introduced the one child per family rule in 1978 to keep the number of Chinese manageable, it now also has a two-fly rule: in public to
Dear Editor, Cockfighting is not a sport. It is animal cruelty. It is not everybody’s tradition but it is a nasty form of gambling for some. Organizing and permitting animal fights is not something to be proud of. It is a shameful disgrace. Cock
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on May 29, 2012
St. Maarten – School bus drivers will get a workshop designed to inform them about how to handle bullying of students by other students, the department of communications stated in a press release issued yesterday. The initiative comes on the heels
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on May 29, 2012
St. Maarten – The court in Philipsburg handled 243 criminal cases in 2011, a decline of 20 percent compared to 2010, when there were 304 cases brought before the judge. The 2011 annual report of the Common Court of Justice shows that St. Maarten to
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on May 29, 2012
“Review after thirty years is a good compromise” St. Maarten / By Hilbert Haar – The parliament’s decision to take article 28 out of the new Criminal Code drew a “no comment” from the draft law’s architect, prof. Hans de Doelder. “
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on May 29, 2012
St. Maarten – JS Consulting Services is conducting a study financing survey among approximately 600 businesses to collect information about the island’s education and training needs for the next five years. Research coordinator Julio Romney rand
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on May 29, 2012
Left to right: Edmund Missoudan, Shirley Salmon-Samson, Valmond Mills, Rovena Richardson, Edsell Lake, Elaine Gumbs, and Reynaldo Richards, (PJIAE photo)SIMPSON BAY, St. Maarten – Seven employees of the Princess Juliana International Airport operat
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on May 29, 2012
St. Maarten – Police have arrested and detained J.E.M. for seriously ill-treating his girlfriend T.R. on May 26. The suspect hit the woman in the head with a piece of wood and caused a severe wound to the left side of her head. Paramedics treated t
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on May 29, 2012
Prime Minister Sarah Wescot-Williams speaks at the ground breaking of phase one of the expansion of the American University of the Caribbean (AUC). She is flanked by officials of the school, Vromi Minister William Marlin, Minister of Public Health, S
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on May 29, 2012
St. Maarten - M. Mc. D. was arrested and detained by police recently for several reasons. One of the things he’ll have to answer for is the illegal possession of a weapon that officers found under the driver’s seat. Police first went after Mc. D
The realization that the parliament took article 28 out of the criminal code has not sunk in yet within the local legal community, but the first reactions we picked up radiated sheer astonishment. Article 28 would have offered convicts with a life s
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on May 29, 2012
St. Maarten - President of the Windward Islands Teachers Union (Witu) Claire Elshot met with new Minister of Education, Culture, Youth and Sports Affairs, Silveria Jacobs last Thursday. Elshot said that the minister had to be appraised of several mat
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on May 29, 2012
St. Maarten – The police have arrested, questioned and released an unstated amount of people for tampering with electricity meters issued by utility provider Gebe. It is illegal to tamper with meters. The arrests are part of sustained controls th
French St. Martin News, St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on May 29, 2012
AGREMENT, St. Martin ---The French side of St. Martin celebrated the 164th anniversary of the abolition of slavery on Sunday with a cultural manifestation which included dance, songs and poetry that depicted the days of slavery on St. Maarten. The co
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on May 29, 2012
Minister of Education, Culture, Youth and Sport Silveria JacobsSt. Maarten - Minister of Education, Culture, Youth and Sport Silveria Jacobs has called for a career day to be hosted at the beginning of the 2012/2013 school year. The event should
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on May 29, 2012
St. Maarten – TelEm Group’s mobile provider TelCell is slashing wireless broadband rates for post-paid and pre-paid customers. Starting Wednesday, TelCell offers new rates for pre-paid and post-paid wireless broadband customers. This includes a f
School bus drivers are going to get a workshop to teach them how to deal with bullies. We think that it is also important for children who are at the receiving end of bully-practices to know what it is and what they are able to do against it. The art
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on May 29, 2012
A handout of Orange Grove, which will headline the concert to mark Island 92’s 10th anniversary.St. Maarten – Orange Grove is the headline act for Island 92 Radio’s 10th anniversary concert on June 16. The free concert at the plaza at Porto Cup
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on May 29, 2012
St. Maarten – Disaster Coordinator/Fire Chief Winston Salomon is calling on the St. Maarten community to be prepared for the hurricane season with three-days left to go before the start of the season. Salomon urges the community to make sure they h
Maybe it comes like too little too late, but we think that the comments from the Bar Association about article 28 the parliament dropped from the new Criminal Code are still worth considering. Our parliament basically wants to lock up lifers and thr
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on May 29, 2012
St. Maarten – O.A. McK says an argument over E.W.’s relationship with T.P.E. is what led to the stabbing incident behind the Baptist Church in Sucker Garden on Saturday. McK surrendered to police shortly after the stabbing on Saturday and 52-year
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on May 29, 2012
The delegation of Ser St. Maarten attends a meeting of the Ser Brabant in den Bosch; right of center from left to right; R. Richardson, G. Richardson, E. Gumbs-Vlaun, E. Henriquez-Dijkhoffz, A. Alberts. (Ser photo)GREAT BAY – St. Maarten’s So
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on May 29, 2012
GREAT BAY- The St.Maarten Senior Citizens and Pensioners Association (SMSPA) seeks an audience with the government to discuss the Tres Rios declaration and its significance to the elderly, in particular. The non-governmental organization is hoping to
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on May 29, 2012
GREAT BAY - The St. Maarten Animal Welfare Foundation holds its annual dog show on Sunday, June 10 from 1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. at Seaside Nature Park with ribbons and trophies awarded based on overall condition and personality. An all-around trophy
French St. Martin News, St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on May 28, 2012
AGREMENT, St. Martin – The French side of our island commemorated yesterday the 164th anniversary of the abolishment of slavery in Agrément where the statue of Lady Liberty took center stage. Wreaths were laid by Collectivité President Alain Rich
St. Maarten Sports - Posted by admin on May 28, 2012
St. Maarten - After weeks of intense competition, the weaker teams have been eliminated from the school soccer competition, some are still fighting to remain in contention and the battles among the stronger teams have intensified. In one of the q
