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St. Maarten– On June 8, Sylvie Ries from Luxembourg was the first to sign a petition that urges the government of St. Maarten to ban cock fighting. While the original target of the petition, set up by Light Workers SXM’s Elaine Christopher was 1,
St. Maarten - Cifsel and Wifol are working together to bring kids of various ages a summer camp that is fun and educational. The summer camp runs from July 2 until August 3 from 9:00 am to 5: 00 pm Monday to Friday. The children are split up i
This chart released by the Department of Statistics (STAT) shows the differences in the Consumer Price Index between April and June. St. Maarten - The consumer price index has decreased by 0.6 percent when the figures for April, 2012 and June 20
Economic data put out by the Department of Statistics on Monday reveals some good news – prices on basic goods fell in June and inflation has fallen. This no doubt means that people had a little bit of extra change in their pockets. That’s money
GREAT BAY – St. Maarten Cable TV is getting ready to launch its first all-digital package since migrating to its digital platform. The Digital Bronze package is a mixture of channels that will focus on regional and international news, music, sports
Sometimes journalists are unable to resist the temptation to stretch the truth a bit for the benefit of a story they want to write. Unless he has information we don’t have access to, Volkskrant columnist Lars Anderson seems to have taken at least s
St. Maarten - The Caribserve Video X Games (VxG) has surpassed its goal of getting 100 gamers to participate in the event. The competition gets underway on Thursday July 12 and runs July 16. The gamers hail from various parts of the Caribbean, as wel
St. Maarten – The rate of inflation has shown has shown a slight contraction in June 2012. When the average consumer prices for the twelve month period June 2011 to June 2012 are compared one notices an increase of 5.2 percent. This represents an
A deteriorating society is exactly what the politically correct socialist activists feed on; free thinking, plain speaking, freedom of choice and freedom of speech is a very big sin to them. By using the excuse of not upsetting anyone, the politicall
St. Maarten - The Hott Strotterzz modeling agency is once again back in action after a long deserved one year break. The organization is moving ahead in full force and has recruited new models to represent the agency at their annual modeling reci
St. Maarten - It is that time of the year again where beautiful ladies on the island enter the famous Sunset Bar & Grill bikini contest. Contestants will compete in different segments of beach wear and strut their stuff for a chance to enter the
Psychiatrist Bram Bakker has a tendency to outrage a part of his readers and to intrigue others at the same time. In a column that appeared in the Volkskrant yesterday, Bakker lets his thought s run free about the question whether children diagnosed
BRUSSELS/MARIGOT – President of the Collectivité de St. Martin Alain Richardson has called for new partnership arrangements between the European Union and both sides of St. Maarten. The call was made at a recent meeting between Ultra-Peripheral Te