St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on June 28, 2012
The Aquarius Development on Red Pond will be auctioned today.St. Maarten – The developers of the Aquarius development at Red Pond laid out the reasoning on Wednesday for the property and buildings ending up on the auction block. Simply put, they co
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on June 28, 2012
St. Maarten – Minister of Tourism, Economic Affairs, Transportation and Telecommunications Romeo Pantophlet announced Wednesday that the Changing Lanes project will be reintroduced within two months. The project was initiated by former Commissioner
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on June 28, 2012
St. Maarten - Devon Chet Otto was sentenced to 9 years imprisonment yesterday for shooting two inmates in the prison in Willemstad on September 13 of last year. Otto is already serving the maximum temporary prison sentence of 30 years for the March
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on June 28, 2012
St. Maarten – The Court in First Instance sentenced Kennedy Cynrick Akeem Daniel to 9 years imprisonment for being an accessory to the murder of Amador Jones on April 16 of last year. The verdict sends an ominous message to other suspects in the Ve
Promises flowed freely in the Dr. A.C. Wathey Legislative Hall on Wednesday and now fill the pages of this newspaper. But nearly two years after an election and yes even just a month in office promises are not what the people of this country are look
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on June 28, 2012
St. Maarten – Minister of Tourism, Economic Affairs, Transportation and Telecommunications Romeo Pantophlet delivered a policy statement on Wednesday that was filled with promises and had a grand total of zero new ideas or initiatives. The minist
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on June 28, 2012
St. Maarten – School Bussing and Taxi Dispatching Inspection Department of Economic Affairs thanks the public for their cooperation during the 2011 - 2012 school year in making busing of school children a safe one. The department has also pledged i
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on June 28, 2012
St. Maarten – Three robbery suspects denied any and all involvement in a robbery at the home of Today printer Kurt Joseph in the night of March 2, but when everything was said and done yesterday afternoon in the Court in First Instance, the suspect
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on June 28, 2012
Cab driver Mathurin Alextus arrives in court. Leo Brown Photo.St. Maarten – The Court in First Instance sentenced Mathurin Alextus to 8 years imprisonment for multiple attempted manslaughter yesterday. The sentence is conformed the demand by the pr
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on June 28, 2012
St. Maarten / By Torana Granston - The Voluntary Corps of St. Maarten (VKS) observes fifteen years as a paramilitary organization in the service of the nation today. Commander of the unit, Major Jean Illidge is excited about the numerous activities
It is good practice for journalists and publishers to take some distance when a topic in the news comes too close to home. Newspapers are not meant to promote personal interests or to highlight things that happen to their staff. So we beg our readers
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on June 28, 2012
The class of 2012 of the New Beginnings Playschool perform on stage for the small but appreciative gathering during the graduation ceremony which took place on Tuesday evening at the St. Joseph School. Milton Pieters Photo.St. Maarten - Even at t
Devon Otto got what was coming to him yesterday when the Court in First Instance sentenced him to 9 years imprisonment for a shooting in the prison in Curacao in September of last year. Otto seriously injured a member of the Kani drugs gang – Lysan
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on June 28, 2012
St. Maarten – Vice President of the St. Maarten Chamber of Commerce and Industry Ludwig Ouenniche and his wife Alba are mourning the loss of their 27-year-old daughter Nour. She was the couple’s only child and the Gendarmerie is investigating exa
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on June 28, 2012
It was mixed emotions during the farewell for Ida Yvonne Hasselbaink yesterday when she was recognized for her 14 years of service to the Methodist Agogic School as a Dutch teacher. Top right, she displays a plaque which was presented to her by H
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on June 28, 2012
St. Maarten – The Common Court of Justice will rule on August 31 on the dispute between the Simpson Bay Resort and Royal Resorts on one side and the Wifol union on the other. Yesterday morning parties met again in court for their final arguments.
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on June 28, 2012
St. Maarten – Finance Minister Roland Tuitt pleaded with the Board of the Central Bank of Curacao and St. Maarten yesterday to approve bank’s budget. The estimates of revenue and expenses include items like building the branch in St. Maarten. �
Ah no! Every year about 3.5 million people become sick due to the pollution of American beaches. At least, that is the estimate made by the New York-based environmental organization Natural Resources Defense Council. The non-profit organization prese
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on June 28, 2012
St. Maarten – Josane Rosemarie Antoline Emmanuel denied everything but the Court in First Instance sentenced her all the same to 18 months imprisonment and 3 years of probation for providing fake employer-affidavits and fake labor contracts to clie
