St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on February 19, 2013
St. Maarten - Residents and stakeholders are invited to a town hall meeting about hillside conservation areas on Thursday at 7.00 p.m. at the University of St. Martin. The Ministry of Vromi (Public Housing, Urban Planning, Environment and Infrastr
French St. Martin News - Posted by admin on February 19, 2013
MARIGOT – The court in Marigot sentenced former real estate agent Claude Considere last week to a 6 –month conditional prison sentence with 2 years of probation for sexually assaulting a 12-year-old boy. The court also ordered Considere to underg
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on February 19, 2013
St. Maarten - A copy of the resignation letter of the managing director of Postal Services St. Maarten (PSS) N.V will be handed over to Parliament, Prime Minister with responsibility for General Affairs, Sarah Wescot-Williams promised yesterday. She
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on February 19, 2013
St. Maarten – With over 1000 car wrecks on the island, the police has begun an exercise to rid several districts of these eye sores and haven for rodents. Community police officer for the Cay Hill, Belair, Bush Road and Fort Willem district, Richar
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on February 19, 2013
St. Maarten - “The immigration data that was stored in Curacao was recently handed over to St. Maarten” Justice Minister Roland Duncan said on the TV-program In Depth last week. “We are however unable to retrieve this information because Curaca
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on February 19, 2013
The Colombian Consul (l) in the meeting with (l.t.r.) Udo Aron, Jorien Wuite, Minister de Weever and Prime Minister Wescot-Williams. Photo Cabinet Prime Minister.St. Maarten - Prime Minister Sarah Wescot-Williams met with the consul of Colombia A
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on February 19, 2013
St. Maarten – Methodist Agogic Center wins for the second years in a row the 14th edition of the RBC School Baseball Tournament, which is hosted by the St. Maarten Little League Association. The tournament started last year and counted on the pa
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on February 19, 2013
St. Maarten - Members of the SHTA were treated to a unique opportunity on Friday during the association's monthly mixer with the attendance of Prime Minister Sarah Wescot-Williams and the Chairman of Parliament Rodolphe. Samuel. They addressed the ne
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on February 19, 2013
St. Maarten – All offices of the Ministry of Public Health Social Development & Labor will be closed on Thursday afternoon, from 12 noon until 5 p.m. to allow staff the time to attend an extended staff meeting of the ministry. The ministry apol
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on February 19, 2013
St. Maarten – Plane spotters from around the world are expected to come down on St. Maarten in March to take part in Toppix 2013, an aviation photography competition initiated by photographer Robbie Cijntje and embraced by SXM airport and the touri
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on February 19, 2013
St. Maarten (DCOMM) – The public holiday schedule for this year issued recently by the Department of Labor is available on www.sintmaartengov.org Go to the “What’s New,” tab, scroll down a bit to come across the listing of the thirteen pub
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on February 19, 2013
St. Maarten – “The 22ndannual Black History Celebration lecture will be delivered by Dr. Maria Cijntje-van Enckevort at the Jubilee Library, this Saturday at 8 p.m.,” Shujah Reiph, president of Conscious Lyrics Foundation said. “Dr. Cijntj
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on February 19, 2013
Shirma Roberts flanked by Toastmaster’s President Yvette Dupuis, (right) and Immediate Past President Alicia Etienne-Seaton.St. Maarten – The Disciples Toastmasters Club (DTMC) has added three new members with the induction of a security offi
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on February 18, 2013
St. Maarten / By Hilbert Haar – The situation for Francesco Corallo’s Italian company B Plus became more complicated last week after the Council of State rejected his appeal against a decision to exclude the company from the lucrative video-lott
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on February 18, 2013
St. Maarten - A drunken tourist from Great Britain, identified by the police as 30-year-old G.D.R. was hit by a car when he attempted to cross the Welfare Road near La Bamba in Simpson Bay on Saturday morning around 3.30 a.m. The man suffered several
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on February 18, 2013
St. Maarten – The supervisory council of the St. Maarten Medical Center SMMC regrets public statements made by Public Health Minister Cornelius de Weever. In a press release issued yesterday the council noted that Prime Minister Sarah Wescot-Willia
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on February 18, 2013
St. Maarten - What started out as a highly anticipated queen pageant where six girls were vying for the coveted title in the Miss Semana Dominicana turned out into a near fiasco seconds after the incoming queen, Ordis Supulveda was crowned by Wanda
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on February 18, 2013
St. Maarten - Employment opportunities, regular fumigation exercises, a multipurpose complex/community centre, adherence to building codes and environmental standards are just some of the needs that the people of Cay Hill have identified for themselv
My name is Ameera Groeneveldt and this is my story about what happened to me at my former job at SZV. Since day one it has always been a challenge to be respected and accepted by my former SZV employer, Ms. Esther Recio-Halley, and newly appointed
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on February 18, 2013
St. Maarten – The condition of the police force’s car fleet is worrisome, Chief Commissioner Peter de Witte told this newspaper yesterday. “Cars for emergency assistance are on the road seven days a week, 24 hours per day, and they are often dr
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on February 18, 2013
St. Maarten - Following the rebranding of the Princess Juliana International Airport (SXM), demand for advertising space on the jet bridges has been overwhelming, Managing Director Regina Labega says. “This is a clear indication of confidence in
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on February 18, 2013
St. Maarten - Over the last year, a number of studies have looked at the adverse effect that crime is having on Caribbean development, David Jessop, director of the Caribbean Council writes in an article that was published on News Americas. “The
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on February 18, 2013
GREAT BAY - The St. Maarten Nature Foundation recorded significantly elevated levels of pollution in the Cole Bay section of the Simpson Bay Lagoon last week. “Although that particular area of the lagoon is known to have poor water quality, recent
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on February 18, 2013
St. Maarten – Police officers patrolling Middle Region in the vicinity of the Samuel bakery confiscated Glock-19 firearm they found in the bushes after a group of young men ran away when the patrol approached. Police officers spotted the youngst
Uncategorized - Posted by admin on February 18, 2013
WILLEMSTAD, Curacao – The aviation company Insel Air has decided to temporarily stop the expansion of its flights to Venezuela. This is a direct consequence of the devaluation of the bolivar, which since today has become one third less compared
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on February 18, 2013
St. Maarten - With the participation of 124 Interactors and other youth leaders, the Rotary Youth Leadership Awards event was declared open on Thursday evening by assistant district 7020 governor James Ferris. Prime Minister Sarah Wescot-Williams, Mi
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on February 18, 2013
GREAT BAY (DCOMM) – For the first time, Sint Maarten will be represented at the Erasmian European Youth Parliament conference 2013. Moreover, it is the only country situated outside European Union to be present at this prestigious event. The studen
Uncategorized - Posted by admin on February 18, 2013
WILLEMSTAD, Curacao – Attorney Ernst Tielkemeyer tears apart the ongoing investigation on the gold heist that occurred on November 30. The attorney denounced on Wednesday, that authorities falsified documents in the case in which more than 70 gold
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on February 18, 2013
News Americas, LONDON - There are strong signs that the numbers of visitors from the U.S. and Canada are once again on the increase and that the world’s most advanced developing economies, including China and Brazil, are gradually returning to prev
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on February 18, 2013
St. Maarten - HelpAge International says humanitarian agencies and donors have failed to address the needs of older people in emergency situations around the world - despite older people being among the most vulnerable. HelpAge has chosen 20 February
Uncategorized - Posted by admin on February 18, 2013
THE HAGUE – Criticism of the decision to call Princess Máxima Queen once her husband Willem-Alexander becomes king on April 30 were shrugged off by the Prime Minister's office yesterday. A number of legal experts said in Friday's NRC that royalty
Editorial, St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on February 18, 2013
The story we publish today about the effect of crime on economic development may not contain any references to St. Maarten, but this does not mean that what Caribbean Council Director David Jessop has to say about this issue does not affect our islan
Uncategorized - Posted by admin on February 18, 2013
News Americas, NEW YORK - Over sixteen dozen Caribbean-born teachers, recruited by the New York City Board of Education ten years ago to teach in public schools in the Big Apple, are still in legal limbo in the system – unable to secure green card
Uncategorized - Posted by admin on February 18, 2013
WILLEMSTAD – Nena Abbad, President of the Medical Specialist Association of Curacao, promised to start an internal investigation into fraud accusations against a colleague. She made this promise to Jan Huurman, Health Inspector, during a meeting at
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on February 18, 2013
St. Maarten - The unavoidable absence of Prime Minister Sarah Wescot-Williams at yesterday’s U2 Can Move fitness Zumba class had little or no effect on the small group that turned up on the parking lot behind the Government Administration Building.
