St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on July 6, 2012
St. Maarten – The University of St. Martin (USM) is raising its tuition by 25 dollars per credit hour in order to deal with its precarious financial situation. As of Fall 2012 will be $157 per credit for Dutch and French nationals and $190 dollars
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on July 6, 2012
St. Maarten – Prison director Rudsel Ricardo will retire by the end of this year, Justice Minister Roland Duncan said yesterday in a meeting of the Central Committee. The minister said that he has already recruited a replacement. “I have convin
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on July 6, 2012
St. Maarten – “I have no intention to create the Pointe Blanche Resort and Spa,” Justice Minister Roland Duncan said yesterday afternoon in a central committee meeting that dealt with the situation at St. Maarten penitentiary facility. “It�
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on July 6, 2012
GREAT BAY- The St. Maarten Marine Trades Association (SMMTA) has expressed disappointment that the Simpson Bay Lagoon Authority Cooperation’s in Simpson Bay were closed on July 2 – the day the Dutch side celebrated Emancipation Day. The associa
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on July 6, 2012
President of the Caribbean Union of Seventh-day Adventist Dr. Kern Tobias addressing delegates and attendees at the 2012 Festival of the Laity. The conference events are held at Sonesta Maho Resort from July 4-8. Sessions begin daily at 10 am. S
Justice Minister Roland Duncan took a clear position in yesterday’s Central Committee meeting on all issues related to the Pointe Blanche prison and its residents. The minister made it clear that the Inmates Association has some introspection to d
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on July 6, 2012
St. Maarten – Independent MP Frans Richardson vehemently opposes a merger between telecom providers TelEm and UTS. “I am not much in favor of a merger with a company in which Curacao owns shares,” he said yesterday at the parliament building.
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on July 6, 2012
GREAT BAY – The St. Maarten Timeshare Association (SMTA) has suggested that the weekly tax of $50 that timeshare owners pay be changed into a daily tax of $7.00 instead of proceeding with a proposal by the United People’s (Up) Party faction that
There is a war underway in the Netherlands between opponents that are familiar with each other: the homeopathic and the pharmaceutical industry. The Association against Quackery is elated, while 24 percent of Dutch households will have to say goodbye
It was to be expected that the Dutch weigerambtenaren would strike back. As we wrote yesterday, civil servants that refuse to marry same sex couples are called weigerambtenaren in the Netherlands. One of these weigerambtenaren (at least we assume he
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on July 6, 2012
This group of eleven students was honored by the Lions Club last night during the 2012 Lions Students Excellence Awards. The ceremony was attended by Prime Minister Sarah Wescot-Williams and Minister of Education, Culture, Sports and Youth Affair
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on July 6, 2012
St. Maarten – Stanley Leopald Hughes has placed liens on the bank accounts of the heirs of Norman Chester Wathey to force compliance with a court ruling which states he has legal rights to a portion of the Wathey estate. Copies of the documents rel
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on July 6, 2012
St. Maarten - Head of the Department of Labour Policy Rafael Boasman has brought clarity to statements made by Windward Islands Chamber of Labour Unions (WICLU) president Theophilus Thompson that he was being sidelined from functioning on the Tripart
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on July 6, 2012
St. Maarten – The police has more investigations to do and addressing the case with the Public Prosecutor’s office will not make things go any faster. You will have to wait until the investigation is completed. This sums up the reaction attorney
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MIDDLE REGION/DEFIANCE – The Middle Region & Defiance Community Council hosts a clean- up campaign from 6:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. this Sunday. The community council especially wants the young people that participated in the first Emancipation Day B
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St. Maarten - Prime Minister Sarah Wescot-Williams has received official notice from the Universal Postal Union (UPU) that, in accordance with article 2 of the Universal Postal Convention, the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands has designated
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Dr. Virginia Asin (second from right) with from left to right Sarah Quesnel, Tyringa Crawford, and Celia Brooks.St. Maarten - Head Collective Prevention Services (CPS) of the Ministry of Public Health Social Development Dr. Virginia Asin recently
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on July 6, 2012
Part of the cast and team of "Free to be me" St. Maarten - Free to be me is the name of this year’s summer musical presented by the Philipsburg Jubilee Library and Thinkstage Entertainment Ltd, following last year’s successful musical Camp Rock.
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St. Maarten – Head of the Department of Infrastructure Management at the Ministry of Public Housing, Spatial Development, Environment and Infrastructure (VROMI) Claudius Buncamper says his department continues to make preparations for the 2012 Atla
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Vice-President in charge of Community and Economic Development Wendel Cocks (second right) and two technocrats Janice Carti (second left) and Alfred Flanders (left) met farmers like this one last Saturday to get a first hand view of their challen
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St. Maarten - “Our social protection floor as far as the pension is concerned is much more than what other countries have,” Hubert Pantophlet said on Wednesday in response to criticisms leveled by social partners that the pension received by the
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DJ Spy (Group Leader), Aishira Cicilia S.I.U's Queen representative, Geralda James and Bryan Bennet (floor members)GREAT BAY/THE NETHERLANDS - Former Miss St. Maarten Aishira Cicilia represents St. Maarten, Saba & St. Eustatius in the Rotterd
