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St. Maarten –Everybody in the community has the responsibility to end domestic violence on St. Maarten, Prime Minister Sarah Wescot-Williams said on Saturday. “One in every four women on the island will experience domestic violence in her lifetim
St. Maarten – A man with the initials S.F.H. who intended to travel to his native Jamaica was held up by alert immigration officers on Saturday at the Princess Juliana International Airport. The officers noticed that the police had issued an arrest
PHILIPSBURG – The St. Maarten Tourism Authority will be established by January 1 of next year, Tourism Minister Romeo Pantophlet said during a meeting with the Hospitality and Trade Association SHTA. On the same date, the Tourist Statistical Inform
St. Maarten - At least ten people are homeless after fire swept through two apartments in Over The Bank early yesterday morning. Up to mid afternoon firefighters were still busy working on the scene. According to a reliable source, the fire starte
St. Maarten - When the WIB Pioneers went up against the Nagico Cricket Club in the first semi final game in the A division yesterday, no one would have anticipated how it would end, but after 40 completed overs and seven wickets down, the Pioneers de
Maybe to some the story on page 3 about the Summit Resort Hotel reads like an advertisement. But the truth is that this hotel is setting an example that is noteworthy. Of course going green is in many cases what environmentalists call green washin
Being in school and having the opportunity to study is arguably the best time of anybody’s life. The only ones who do not seem to realize this are those who ought to care most about it: the students. When you’re past sixty and you reflect on all
St. Maarten – The passport and not the ID card or the driver’s license is the traveling document, the head of the border control Geronimo Juliet said in a statement issued this weekend. Only Dutch citizens who want to visit Curacao or Aruba are a
St. Maarten / By Torana Granston -At 6 feet 2 inches, French national Jimmy Saincine has towered above his past circumstances to emerge an inspiration to many children in Marigot and the surrounding areas. The lot behind Skanki’s Bar and Restauran
St. Maarten - There are still five spaces available with full scholarship for students who are interested in joining the International Business and Management program at the University of St. Martin. To be eligible for admission students need to b
St. Maarten - Prime Minister Sarah Wescot-Williams encouraged all civil servants to sign up for the U 2 Can Move! fitness campaign that will kick off on Friday with the Soualiga K6 and K3 challenge, a walk or run of six or three kilometers around the
St. Maarten – The Summit Resort in Cupecoy reported on Jeff Berger’s St. Maarten Weekly News electronic newsletter this weekend that it is “going green in small ways that ultimately make a big difference.” The resort replaced inefficient w
St. Maarten – The Hott Strotterzz modeling agency organizes an all-white teen party this Friday at club Impulz. It is a non-alcoholic event that begins at 6 p.m. and ends at 11 p.m. Proceeds of the evening go towards the development of the Hott Str
The initiative by the Seventh Day Adventist church is good and the words Prime Minister Wescot-Williams spoke were heartwarming – but we all know that this is not enough to end domestic violence. End it Now sounds good and heartfelt: nobody shou
St. Maarten – Tomorrow afternoon at four o’clock environmental and heritage groups are paying tribute to Emilio Wilson in the park that bears his name. Tomorrow, Wilson would have market his 101st birthday. He passed away a bit more than ten year
St. Maarten – While Tropical Storm Isaac lumbered over Cuba and past Key West on the Florida panhandle to the south with sustained winds of 60 miles per hour yesterday afternoon, a new depression is on its way from the African Coast. It does not lo
St. Maarten – Prime Minister Sarah Wescot-Williams meets with Curacao’s Prime Minister Gerrit Schotte today to discuss the possible investigation into the position of Central Bank President dr. Emsley tromp. At 2 p.m. the two prime ministers will
St. Maarten – A woman with the initial H.S. reported to the police station in Simpson Bay on Saturday at 1 a.m. after she had been robbed of her handbag containing personal items. The victim was walking with a friend from the McDonalds restauran
St. Maarten – When a patrol of the Zero Tolerance team sniffed the strong scent of marijuana coming from the direction of the Flourish supermarket on Illidge Road on Friday the officers investigated the situation and quickly found suspect M.M. on t