St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on November 20, 2012
St. Maarten – Despite losing its funding as a result of the dismantling of Antillean co-financing agency Amfo and denial by the Ministry of Justice for subsidy, the Victorious Living Foundation plans to end 2012 strong with the complete restructuri
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on November 20, 2012
St. Maarten – Five days after B Plus Giocolegale Ltd sent out a brief press release stating that Italian authorities had annulled the arrest warrant against its owner Francesco Corallo, the casino boss is still listed as wanted on the website of In
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on November 20, 2012
St. Maarten –Minister of Public Health, Social Development and Labor Affairs Cornelius de Weever has so far refused to take decision on a request by the St. Maarten Medical Center to provide it with information related to the ministry’s inspector
With the closure of the Victorious Living Foundation the doomsday scenario non-governmental organizations already foresaw in February is starting to take shape. With funding from the Antillean co-financing organization Amfo coming to an end, Victo
It was never going to lead to anything anyway but Justice Minister Ivo Opstelten terminated the much criticized weed pass yesterday. In a letter to the Second Chamber the minister wrote that there is no longer a need for the so-called “closed club
When we read that more than half the absenteeism is due to a psychiatric disorder or depression, we almost fell over backwards. Maybe this is true, we don’t know. As born optimists we have a bit of a problem with such a statement. Just last week
The principle of equality ought to apply to all citizens. That includes those citizens that happen to work for the government (where they are paid by other citizens – at least by the ones paying taxes) and also those who have been put in office by
Brilliant! A Danish top civil servant says that the Netherlands will be able to save itself €2 billion (that’s $2.6 billion, or 4.65 billion Antillean guilders) per year if the government stops sending letters. It will be good for citizens and
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on November 20, 2012
St. Maarten – The Commodores will be the next headline for the final concert at Kim Sha Beach, during the 33rd edition of the St. Maarten Heineken Regatta. They join a historical cast of headline acts to celebrate the party-side of the Caribbean's
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on November 20, 2012
St. Maarten – A workshop is planned for beauty salons and spas in particular for their owners and employees about identifying diabetic feet next week Monday. Beauty salon and spa owners and employees are asked to sign-up with the Ministry of Pub
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on November 20, 2012
St. Maarten – Minister Pantophlet and Harbor CEO Mark Mingo were on a European trip to discuss the further strategic development with MSC as their new larger vessels are coming online this season with the Divina. For the upcoming season, MSC will
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on November 20, 2012
St. Maarten - The Public Prosecutor’s Office will give a follow up to police efforts during the so called Operation Vigilance, it stated in a press release last night. Like last year the Prosecutor’s Office will strongly cooperate with police to
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on November 20, 2012
St. Maarten – The 58th celebration of the United Nation’s Universal Children’s Day, will be held on today. Each year togetherness and awareness are internationally promoted worldwide. Unicef promotes and coordinates this special day, which
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on November 20, 2012
St. Maarten - Residents and businesses on lower Back Street have had to endure consistent flooding in the area as a result of sporadic rainfall. Water has been collecting in the area between Manzinilla Street and Longwall Road ever since the Publi
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on November 20, 2012
GREAT BAY - The St. Maarten Harbor Group of Companies has agreed to host the A Class tall ship Christian Radich when it arrives in St. Maarten January 3-6, 2013 as part of the Norwegian vessel’s Caribbean itinerary that includes stopovers in St. Lu
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on November 20, 2012
St. Maarten - Shop steward for the Wifol union Ramona Vasquez says that she was assured by the union president Theophilus Thompson that she would have received her bi-weekly salary payment from employer Q.F.S Enterprises N.V doing business as Kentu
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WILLEMSTAD — ‘Het is weer tijd om op te staan. Maar ik heb geen zin om naar m’n werk te gaan.’ (It’s time to get up again but I don’t feel like going to work) This song was a modest hit in the Netherlands in 1965 from a cult band called H
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on November 20, 2012
St. Maarten - Princess Juliana International Airport operating company N.V. (PJIAE) announced yesterday that the Air Traffic Services Division has met all requirements in accordance with amendment 1 to ICAO PANS ATM DOC 4444 that pertains to the impl
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WILLEMSTAD — Commemorating the abolition of the slavery 150 years ago in the former Dutch colonies is the only right step, said Professor Stephen Small during a lecture at the University of the Netherlands Antilles last week. “Commemorations are
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THE HAGUE – There were 165 murders in the Netherlands last year, an increase of seven on 2010 but still well below the levels in the early 2000s, the national statistics office CBS said on Monday. Twice as many men as women were killed and one t
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LONDON – Prince Friso, who has been in a coma since a skiing accident in February, is showing ‘signs of limited awareness,’ the state information service RVD said yesterday. “Prince Friso has recently begun to show signs of limited awareness;
