Here is an interesting lesson for politicians. Two words: Co Verdaas. Mystified? Verdaas was for a very brief period State Secretary of Economic Affairs. This week he resigned because his past finally caught up with him. There was no criminal i
Hmm, this does not sound too friendly. Nobody wants to hear something like: you’re fat, even though this is true. We vaguely remember that our Justice Minister Roland Duncan wants to subject law enforcement officers to an annual fitness test. But t
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on December 7, 2012
St. Maarten – A fight between friends at the Tito Bar on Well Road in Cole Bay on September 14 almost cost the initiator of the aggression an ear and might land another young man for several years in prison. Cedric Wilfredo F. stood trial yesterday
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St. Maarten – The Supervisory Council of the St. Maarten Medical Center has terminated the contract with hospital Director George Scot’s AnG Consultancy per December 31. In a statement issued yesterday afternoon, the council stated that the decis
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St. Maarten -Creditors in the now bankrupt Christian Kingdom Cooperative (CKC) Efrich and Patricia Lourens recorded an unprecedented victory against the Central Bank on October 30 and are now entitled to $6,032.96 and 692.50 guilders in legal fees fr
The departure of hospital Director Dr. George Scot at the St. Maarten Medical Center was probably inevitable. Now that the supervisory council has taken the step to terminate Scot’s contract per the end of this month it is time for all parties invo
In these challenging times we rightfully monitor every move made by our government. We pay our fair share in taxes and thus demand full account on how our government is spending (or not spending) our collective funds. But…how much do we rely on our
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on December 7, 2012
Below is the unabridged text of the St. Maarten Medical Center Supervisory Council’s statement about the termination of its contract with AnG Consultancy. The Supervisory Council of the St. Maarten Medical Center (SMMC) has as an important goal
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St. Maarten- Scotiabank is organizing a Stronger Together/ Red Ribbon inter-company basketball tournament this weekend in collaboration with the St. Maarten Youth Beat Foundation at the Melford Hazel Sports Complex . The fundraising tournament wil
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WILLEMSTAD, Curacao — There will be no laughing Santa’s, jumping dolphins in the Waaigat, butterflies round the traffic circle at Riff Fort, or Christmas lights in the center of Punda and Otrobanda this year, Amigoe reports. Fundashon Pasku Fiest
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St. Maarten –Prime Minister Sarah Wescot-Williams received a courtesy visit yesterday from representatives of the St. Maarten Labor Department, the Government of Antigua and the International Labor Organization (ILO). During the visit the prime min
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on December 7, 2012
St. Maarten – Representatives of the Social Economic Council (SER) conducted a constructive meeting with the Prime Minister last Wednesday. On this occasion, a solicited SER advice entitled “The AOV system made Affordable, Sustainable and Equ
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St. Maarten –The first official female soccer team has finally been established on St. Maarten. The Oualichi women’s soccer team has been meeting for nearly a month, training at the new Christian Hillside School Gym in Belair to improve the team�
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St. Maarten - The annual Christmas Tree Lighting at the Government Administration Building will be held tomorrow. It gets underway at 4:30 pm with a parade leaving the Clem Labega Square, through the Court House Alley, up Front Street, down Back Stre
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St. Maarten – Nineteen police officers are taking Justice Minister Roland Duncan to court this morning in an attempt to settle a dispute about taxation on rent-allowance. The officers came over from the Netherlands to assist the local pol
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WILLEMSTAD – Penha, probably the best known ‘brand’ of Curaçao downtown, is forced to trim its work force down by 20 percent. Although this month Penha will open its much longer planned Victoria’s Secret store in Punda, the director, Kevi
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St. Maarten -Prime Minister Sarah Wescot-Williams leaves for the Netherlands next week to meet with new Minister of Interior and Kingdom Relations Ronald Plasterk. Her visit is for a Ministerial Consultation on the Plans of Approach. This will be
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St. Maarten – The Lions Club is finalizing their preparations for the Annual Lions Christmas Bingo, which will be held this coming Saturday, December 8th at the Celebration Palace on Bush Road. The club will call about 42 bingo games for overloa
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St. Maarten – Prime Minister Sarah Wescot-Williams will be leaving to Saba early Friday morning to join in the Saba Day Celebrations. The prime minister has always stressed that despite the constitutional change and the dissolving of the Netherland
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GREAT BAY- Two of St Maarten’s top amateur boxers, Gregorio Ritchie and Akeem Williams will be representing St Maarten when the 2012 Ronald Wilson memorial boxing tournament gets under way in Barbados this weekend. Both boxers had their share of
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on December 7, 2012
GREAT BAY- St. Maarten has up until May to improve its rating with regional organization, Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF) which monitors the measures countries take to combat money laundering and the financing of terrorism. Two initiati
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St. Maarten – In an almost two hour exposé Justice Minister Roland Duncan revisited his Justice Park project in the central committee of parliament yesterday afternoon. Duncan once again made clear that the project emanates from the need to provid
