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St. Maarten - Today will see the hosting of the second annual symposium of the High Councils of State at the Westin Dawn Beach Resort and Spa. The program gets underway at 8:00 a.m. and is expected to run until 12:00 pm. With the theme being Thoughts
St. Maarten - The minister of finance has received the first draft of the Soab report on Taxand Consultancy who was given a controversial contract to implement a new tax structure on St. Maarten under the United People’s Party/Democratic Party coal
St. Maarten – Tourism and Economic Affairs Minister Romeo Pantophlet ought to provide a forecast of the impact of Hurricane Sandy on the island’s economy, United People’s party-leader Theo Heyliger said in a press statement issued yesterday. Th
St. Maarten – Dutch Antilles Express will soon start twice-daily flights from Curacao to St. Maarten, marketing director Joaquin Duenas told the Antilliaans Dagblad yesterday. The company will use an ATR 72 aircraft for the service. While this pl
St. Maarten – In the wake of several violent armed robberies that took place in St. Maarten recently, the St. Maarten Hospitality & Trade Association (SHTA) is demanding government’s immediate attention to growing security concerns on the island.
St. Maarten - “We have to respect these high councils of state. They are independent of the government and when they come up with advices we should respect them and when we don’t agree with them we should explain people why we are not following t
St. Maarten – The Rotary Club of St. Martin sunrise honored clinical psychologist Dr. Judith Arndell with the Vocational Service Award. The rotary established the award this year for citizens that show leadership of the highest standard and that h
St. Maarten - Dolphin Defenders St. Maarten has become increasingly concerned about the amount of businesses that are promoting the captive dolphin facility on Anguilla in St. Maarten. Due to the efforts of Dolphin Defenders, previous plans to establ
St. Maarten - Amid the growing concerns from a cross section of the community about the plan to erect a cricket stadium on a section of Pond Island, CEO of Nagico Insurances Imran McSood Amjad clarified his position on the matter. The views were mad
St. Maarten - Reporting on his recent trip to South Africa for the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development’s (OECD) Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes, Finance Minister Roland Tuitt said that St.
PHILIPSBURG — The St. Maarten Carnival Development Foundation (SCDF) and Motorworld took their annual partnership to another level on Thursday with the announcement that the winner of the 2013 Carnival Senior and Mature Pageants will win a vehicle
WILLEMSTAD - Wednesday at 7.30 am a Bandeirante aircraft from Insel Air traveling to Bonaire with 15 people on board had to make an emergency landing at Hato international airport. After takeoff the front gear indicator showed that the plane’s nose
St. Maarten - Youth will take the place of experience when fifteen year old Mohit Hingorani takes up the position of Steven Evans behind the stumps when St. Maarten faces St. Kitts in the first 50 over game in the Nagico 50 over competition this Sund
St. Maarten – A good tax policy must be competitive; it must broaden the base and lower the overall effective rate. We all recognize that we are competing with others in the region for limited investment dollars and for an annual inflow of visitors