St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on January 20, 2013
St. Maarten – The letter from Dutch Ambassador Fons Stoelinga to former Prime Minister Gerrit Schotte in Curacao that contains references to alleged ties between Francesco Corallo and the Sicilian mafia has had dire consequences for the owner of th
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on January 20, 2013
St. Maarten – The board for financial Supervision Cft subtly points out in its advice about the 2013 draft budget that it has options to advise the Kingdom Council of Ministers to give St Maarten an instruction to put its budget in order. The advi
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on January 20, 2013
St. Maarten – The mobile unit of the Immigration and Naturalization service IND will step up controls at companies in the search for employees without work permits. Per violation of the law, employers may expect a 5,000 guilders fine. Dur
The immigration department is opening the hunt for illegal employees and warns employers that they will be hit with 5,000-guilder fines for each violation. The actions seem to target especially the hospitality industry since the control unit perceive
The presentation by the University of the Southern Caribbean (USC) in a Central Committee came across as a salesman’s journey designed to sign up new clients. We hear that National Alliance MP Lloyd Richardson took the initiative for the presentat
The United People’s party wants to subject changes to the electoral law to a referendum, we understand from a press statement issued by MP Gracita Arrindell. It is a pity that so far we have not heard a lot about which changes politicians have in
The publications from the board for financial supervision Cft are practically always more revealing than the press conferences of our finance minister about the same topic: the budget. While Minister Tuitt shed some light on the findings of the Cft
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on January 20, 2013
St. Maarten - The United People’s (UP) parliamentary faction met with attorney and former Lt. Governor Ralph Richardson on Thursday morning to discuss possible changes to the existing electoral law. “We have a Parliament of 15 members associate
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on January 20, 2013
St. Maarten – Home Affairs and Kingdom Relations Minister Ronald Plasterk will arrive on Tuesday in St. Maarten where he will meet with Governor drs. Eugène Holiday, Prime Minister Sarah Wescot-Williams and members of her cabinet. Plasterk ends hi
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on January 20, 2013
St. Maarten - A massive search was conducted in the Cay Bay area by the police on Wednesday morning for missing Jamaican Annmarie Lynch. But according to Chief Prosecutor Hans Mos, it yielded no results. Lynch, a salad chef of Pineapple Pete Restaura
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on January 20, 2013
St. Maarten - The Windward Islands Civil Servants Union/Private Sector Union (Wicsu/PSU) wants the government to revise its statement or explain why it is in negotiations to set up an airline here when St. Maarten already owns 92 percent of Winair.
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on January 20, 2013
GREAT BAY- The St. Maarten Chamber of Commerce and Industry has a new executive board, described by its vice president Hubert Pantophlet as a “revolution” and shift in the face and image of the Chamber. Newly elected president Tamara Leonard yest
