St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on October 8, 2012
St. Maarten – On February 3, 1958, the Kingdom of the Netherlands signed the treaty establishing the Benelux Economic Union with the Kingdom of Belgium and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. Like the Dutch-American Treaty of Friendship, Commerce and Na
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on October 8, 2012
GREAT BAY-Thanks to the intervention by independent member of parliament Romain Laville, the people residing on the upper levels of South Reward, opposite the St Dominic High school can breathe a sigh of relief now that their road has been resurfaced
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on October 8, 2012
St. Maarten – On Wednesday, St. Maarten marks its second anniversary as an autonomous country in the Dutch Kingdom. “October 10 is a day for us to reflect on St. Maarten becoming its own country,” Prime Minister Sarah Wescot-Williams said in a
Somehow we have a not so good feeling about where this is going: the discussion about the zoning plans. Vromi-Minister William Marlin announced the project with some fanfare at a press conference in August with a justified statement: “Overdevelopme
In love and war everything is permitted, a popular saying goes. Add elections to this line up. We have a very funny feeling about the “burglary” at the offices of Gerrit Schotte’s MFK-party in Curacao and an even funnier feeling about the buggi
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on October 8, 2012
St. Maarten – “What was so secretive that we needed a closed door meeting last month?” That is the question United People’s party MP Jules James will pose to Minister William Marlin (Public Housing, Urban Planning, Environment and Infrastruct
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on October 8, 2012
St. Maarten – Another two weeks and the deadline for subscribing to the second Living statues festival is there. The organization needs volunteers to help in a workshop mime, moving arts, body painting and costume, and invites participants to regis
In the free Intro to Budgeting public workshops I gave in the districts of Dutch Quarter, Hope Estate, Cole Bay, and St Peters in collaboration with S.I.F.M.A and the "Department of Community Development, Family & Humanitarian Affairs" from August 28
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on October 8, 2012
St. Maarten - Prime Minister Sarah Wescot-Williams attended various activities over the weekend showing her support for the end of the weeklong celebration of the elderly. The PM attended a church service at the St. Maarten Old People’s Home in St.
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on October 8, 2012
St. Maarten - The October mid-term break has come to an end and thousands of school children will be back in school this morning. School bus section inspection head Martha Thewet calls on all motorists to observe the traffic rules, and to drive caut
St. Maarten News, Uncategorized - Posted by admin on October 8, 2012
WILLEMSTAD – The Council of Ministers led by interim Prime Minister Stanley Betrian ordered the government accountant bureau Soab to raid the offices of government-owned company Refineria di Kòrsou for a quick scan. The first results of this probe
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on October 8, 2012
GREAT BAY - Prime Minister Sarah Wescot-Williams thanked the crowd on Friday on the boardwalk for heeding the call to walk with the Pink Parade as the kick off of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. “In a very special way I want to say a word of appreci
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on October 8, 2012
St. Maarten - Quick reaction by a group of firemen averted what may have been a major blow the telecommunication tower which is situated on Naked Boy Hill after fire from an unknown origin swept across the hills shortly after 12’oclock yesterday af
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on October 8, 2012
St. Maarten – Yesterday morning Minister Silveria Jacobs attended a service for teachers organized by her Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports and Youth at the Good News Baptist Church in Philipsburg. The service featured songs of inspiration by
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on October 8, 2012
St. Maarten – Faction leaders and cabinet members will speak for approximately ten minutes during the parliament meeting on Wednesday to mark the second anniversary of country St. Maarten. Guest speakers are the president of the Chamber of Labor Un
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on October 8, 2012
St. Maarten – The TelEm Group is stepping up education to the public about the use of St. Maarten’s 1-721 area code, the company stated in a press release issued last night. As of 5:00am last Friday all TelEm Group landline and mobile equipmen
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on October 8, 2012
St. Maarten - After years of exemplary service as a police officer from 1961 to 1994, the Police Sports Association took a decision to recognize one of their own during the final day of the softball competition on Saturday at the John Cooper/Jose Lak
St. Maarten Sports - Posted by admin on October 8, 2012
St. Maarten - Even when things looked dismal after batting first and posting a low score of 137, cricket fans that were assembled at Quality Snacks on the Pondfill were fully supportive of the efforts by the West Indies and when they realized that vi
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WILLEMSTAD – There are indications that ousted Prime Minister Gerrit Schotte is busy buying votes to secure his position after the October 19 elections, reporters Edwin Timmers and Alex de Vries wrote in the Telegraaf yesterday. “Islanders are co
Okay, we know that politicians have a tendency to reward people who are ready to give them their vote. Politicians call this helping people, while prosecutors may have a word like bribery in mind. Some consider it a cultural thing, a bit like cock fi
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on October 8, 2012
St. Maarten - The government employees more than 1,500 civil servants and all these people drive to work every day (we assume). Yet, none of them apparently spotted the atrocious potholes in the Sucker Garden Road just past the Defiance Road. the pot
St. Maarten News, St. Maarten Sports - Posted by admin on October 8, 2012
St. Maarten - After exhibiting nerves of steel, the six member team from Aruba walked away with the coveted title, the championship trophy and the rights to brag about it at the conclusion of the shooting competition which took place at Indigo Bay ye
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on October 8, 2012
St. Maarten - On Friday Minister of Education, Culture, Youth Affairs and Sports Silveria Jacobs joined the heads of international organizations to offer congratulations to teachers on the observance of World Teachers’ Day. With the theme being Tak
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St. Maarten -Hundreds of women, men and children representing government, civil society and the business community turned out yesterday afternoon for the third annual Pink Parade Breast Cancer Awareness March. It looked like a sea of fuchsia and pink
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on October 8, 2012
St. Maarten – A decision about the location of a naval support station in St. Maarten has not been taken yet, Navy commander Vice- Admiral Mathieu Borsboom said yesterday during a brief press conference aboard the Coast Guard cutter Poema in Simpso
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on October 8, 2012
St. Maarten – Police now have a third suspect in custody in the Michael and Thelma King murder-investigation – 20-year-old J.J.W. The suspect was arrested in St. Thomas on Thursday and extradited to St. Maarten where he was arrested yesterday upo
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on October 8, 2012
St. Maarten - Ten minutes before Today arrived on the scene; residents of lower Back Street had remained in their homes, gripped in fear. The sound of repeated gunshots at approximately 12:50 am had echoed through the night. It paralyzed residents an
Willem Holleeder is what people these days call a BN – a well-known Dutchman (Bekende Nederlander). His most notorious achievements are the kidnapping of Freddy Heineken, extortion of real estate barons and (possible) involvement in liquidations in
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on October 8, 2012
St. Maarten – Jeremiah C.M., the teenager who is in custody as the second suspect in the Michael and Thelma King murder-investigation has a criminal record. On April 18 of this year, the Court in First Instance sentenced M. to 18 months imprisonmen
Court rulings against the Westin hotel are rolling in thick and fast these days and they all carry the same message: the Westin is not what one would call a good corporate citizen. That is a pity, because the hotel is the stage for quite some local
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on October 8, 2012
St. Maarten - A spanking new Hyundai van was handed over to the executives of Red Cross St.Maarten yesterday at a simple ceremony in front of Motorworld. The Red Cross expressed its gratitude saying that “The purchase of vehicles is a very heavy
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on October 8, 2012
St. Maarten – The Babitbay Beach Development Corporation N.V., the company that operates the Westin Hotel in Dawn Beach, has so far forfeited $39,500 in penalties for not living up to an April 13 court ruling that ordered it to take measures to bri
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on October 8, 2012
St. Maarten - “I cause people to drift on every subject through which I can control independent thought and action. Take the subject of health, for example. I cause most people to eat too much food and the wrong sort of food. This leads to indigest
All we have to do is ask. That is the message we picked up from Navy Commander Vice-Admiral Borsboom yesterday. So if St. Maarten wants a social formation program for youngsters it will have to put in a request. The navy is willing to provide the ser
