St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on October 22, 2012
St. Maarten (DCOMM) – Gynecologist and obstetrician Dr. Igor Gomes Bravio is one of the speakers at this week’s cancer conference that is organized by Collective Prevention Services from the Public Health Ministry and a number of non-governmental
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on October 22, 2012
St. Maarten - Intermittent rain could not stop a crowd of some 300 people most of whom were children as they marched on Saturday night against bullying. The march was organized by the Voice Of Our Children (VOOC) foundation and according to VOOC Pres
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on October 22, 2012
GREAT BAY- The St. Maarten Medical Centre opened up its facilities on Saturday to answer questions on the hospital’s safety. The general lobby area was transformed into an exhibition site where various departments conducted what was referred to as
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on October 22, 2012
St. Maarten - Some people beg to differ about the situation at the St. Maarten Medical Center where several complaints were levied against the staff recently. Among them are businessman Paul Jeffery and Station Manager of Menzies Aviation Kenneth Kon
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on October 19, 2012
St. Maarten - Sixty-eight year old produce vendor Robert Heligar, who was stabbed by two young men near his stall on Cannegieter Street, is crying foul over what he calls the absence of justice in his case. Heligar had to be hospitalized for 5 days,
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on October 19, 2012
St. Maarten / By Milton G Pieters- After making their presence felt in several countries in the Caribbean, Tempo will be celebrating their seventh birthday on a 37 square mile island from November 25 to December 1, with a series of events that will b
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on October 19, 2012
St. Maarten / By Hilbert Haar – The prosecution demanded life imprisonment yesterday against alleged gang leader Omar J. and his hit man Carlos R. for the liquidations of Hector Miguel and Rodolfo Arrindell, Eric Lake and Kevin Gumbs, weapons posse
Some of the suspects in the Vesuvius-trial carry household names, but apart from that we do not know a lot about them. Alleged gang leader Omar J. had slight brushes with the law in 2005, but it did not come to any conviction. A case of ill-treatmen
The public prosecutor’s office demanded life imprisonment against Omar J. and Carlos R. in the Vesuvius-trial yesterday. Some would see that as a daring move, given the fact that the appeals court overturned the life sentences of Regatta-killers Ro
The demand did not exactly come like a bat out of hell, but still, the life sentences public prosecutors demanded yesterday against two defendants in the Vesuvius trial suddenly doubles the number of potential lifers from two to four within less than
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on October 19, 2012
St. Maarten - Seven aviation professionals from the St. Maarten Civil Aviation Authority (SMCAA) recently participated in a state safety implementation course which started on Monday and ended yesterday. It was made possible through a technical coope
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on October 19, 2012
St. Maarten – Prime Minister Sarah Wescot-Williams received an update from the Program Manager Integrity at the department of the Interior and Kingdom Relations Tammy Richardson on Wednesday. The integrity training program featured a series of work
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on October 19, 2012
St. Maarten – The Vesuvius-trial arrived at a decisive stage yesterday when the prosecution presented its demands against the seven suspects. The demand runs 93 pages and contains a wealth of information about the murders they are accused of.
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on October 19, 2012
St. Maarten – The Fire Department is observing the Fire Prevention Week, organized by its fire prevention section and the Friends of the Island Government Fire Fighters Foundation. The week is celebrated worldwide and a number of activities have b
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on October 19, 2012
St. Maarten - The End of Bullying Begins with Me: that’s the message during the Voice of the Children (VOOC) foundation’s Bullying Prevention Awareness Month in October. This month is observed as anti-bulling month in the United States and seve
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on October 19, 2012
St. Maarten - The Social Economic Council (Ser) submitted a report entitled The Need for Community Based Crime Prevention Programs to the Prime Minister Sarah Wescot-Williams on Wednesday. The unsolicited advice describes the development of petty
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on October 19, 2012
St. Maarten - The board of the Windward Islands Teachers Union has invited representatives of Motorworld to their general membership meeting at the John Larmonie Center on November 9. The union is seeking favorable deals for teachers who are interest
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on October 19, 2012
St. Maarten - One of the reasons for the president of the Windward Islands Teachers Union Claire Elshot to postulate again for the union’s presidency in the elections early next year is because she wants to ensure that there is continuity. She said
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on October 19, 2012
St. Maarten – The seven defendants in the Vesuvius-trial are accused of membership of a criminal organization – a charge that has often been brought against defendants in criminal court in the past but that has seldom led to a conviction. But may
Editorial, St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on October 19, 2012
Yesterday we erroneously reported that acting Governor Reynold Groeneveldt will travel to Curacao as an observer for today’s elections. Prime Minister Wescot-Williams said on Wednesday that the chair of the main voting bureau would be dispatched at
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on October 19, 2012
St. Maarten - In an effort to elevate the level of various sports on the island, the Rotary Club of Sint Maarten-Mid Isle embarked on the Rotary Youth Soccer Competition (RYSC). For the past 5 years, the Rotary Club has been hosting a table tennis to
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on October 19, 2012
St. Maarten - United Peoples Party MP Gracita Arrindell joined the sixth grade class of the Sister Borgia School on Wednesday for a 45 minute reading session in Dutch and English. Arrindell has been volunteering for many years. During the last two a
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on October 19, 2012
St. Maarten - After working for the TelEm Group of Companies for 23 years, Outside Plant Manager Anthony Carty observed Wednesday as his last day at the telecommunications company. Friends, colleagues and “mentors” paid heartfelt tributes to him
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on October 19, 2012
St. Maarten - The Section General Public Health advises travelers to the annual Haj pilgrimage in Mecca next week to increase hygiene measures. The pilgrimage will take place from October 24 to October 29 and is considered one of the greatest assemb
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on October 19, 2012
St. Maarten - Regional airline Liat is set to upgrade its computerized reservations system CRS and its departure control system DCS next week /Tuesday and Wednesday. Liat advises travelers that its reservations system will be unavailable from 6:0
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on October 18, 2012
St. Maarten – Prime Minister Sarah Wescot-Williams signed an advice to make the payment necessary for finishing the interior works of the new government building on Pond Island “approximately a year ago,” she said yesterday at the weekly press
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on October 18, 2012
St. Maarten - The people he loved, established friendships with, worked with, worked for and associated with were testimony to the hundreds that turned up at the Royal Funeral Home & Crematorium to pay their last respects to the close relatives of th
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on October 18, 2012
St. Maarten – Atlantis World Group and B Plus Giocolegale owner Francesco Corallo maintains that he is innocent of the charges brought against him by Italian prosecutors. Currently, Corallo is listed as wanted by Italy for cross-border crime on the
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on October 18, 2012
St. Maarten - “The draft budget for 2013 has been forwarded to the Cft but there are some issues that have to be taken care of. One of the main issues is that we have old debts; we have to look for a solution for them because if we don’t then al
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on October 18, 2012
St. Maarten – The Court in First Instance sentenced Alexandra Flores yesterday to 30 months imprisonment for stabbing her 16-year-old niece Brenda Warner on June 14 in St. Peters. Of the sentence, 12 months are suspended. Judge mr. Tamara Tijhuis i
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on October 18, 2012
St. Maarten - Education Minister Silveria Jacobs indicated today that the investigation into the Division of Public Education Services is not to look into financial mismanagement. At the center of the investigation which began some three months ago i
Editorial, St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on October 18, 2012
Finance Minister Roland Tuitt is not one to mince his words too often, but yesterday he treaded carefully when questions came his way about a possible increase in taxes. The surest way for the government to generate more income is obviously the turno
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on October 18, 2012
St. Maarten – The Central Bank for Curacao and St. Maarten was the main topic of conversation between Prime Ministers Sarah Wescot-Williams and Stanley Betrian when the latter visited St. Maarten on Tuesday. Wescot-Williams said yesterday that the
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on October 18, 2012
St. Maarten – Public prosecutor mr. Dounia Benammar demanded 30 months imprisonment against Derick Delan W. for his role in an armed robbery at the Jewels are Forever store on Front Street on October 24 of last year that netted him a gold colored b
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on October 18, 2012
St. Maarten - The Detective Department sent out a warning yesterday to all businesses on the island and to the community at large, to be aware of persons “most probably of South American descent” that are presently on the island, using stolen or
