The fuss in the Netherlands about the position of the Caribbean islands in the Kingdom is a typical piece of non-news. Prime Minister Rutte simply stated a fact, and there is nothing new about it. Apparently Dutch journalists have not considered t
Sport journalists are a forgiving lot. After all the commotion surrounding dope-king Lance Armstrong, followed by a host of confessions from other cyclists, one would think that the Tour de France would have been dead as a doornail. One would have th
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on July 22, 2013
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte listens to community police officer Rensley Henson, while he takes him on a tour through the community of Belvedere on Saturday. Photo Today / Milton PietersSt. Maarten - The Dutch delegation spearheaded by Prime M
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on July 22, 2013
Prime Minister Mark Rutte. Photo Today / Leo BrownSt. Maarten - Telegraaf-journalist Ruud Mikkers, who toured the Antilles last week with Prime Minister Mark Rutte and a trade mission caused quite a stir in the Netherlands on Saturday with a front-pa
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on July 22, 2013
St. Maarten - Convicted armed robber and murderer Devon Otto was stabbed several times in a violent altercation in the Pointe Blanche prison on Saturday morning, shortly before the Dutch prime minister’s visit. According to reports, Otto was on a r
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on July 22, 2013
St. Maarten – Prime Minister Sarah Wescot-Williams called for an end to tarnishing the name of country St. Maarten for political reasons, she said during her weekly radio program One on One with the Prime Minister. During the radio program the p
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on July 22, 2013
St. Maarten - The Windward Islands Civil Servants Union/ Private Sector Union (Wicsu/PSU) says that its extremely concerned with reports that it has received from some of it members who are ambulance personnel that their involvement in pre-hospital c
Prime Minister Rutte's concerns about St. Maarten held no surprises for anyone familiar with the local situation. Money, justice and integrity are the keywords. That the budget has to be established is a bit of a no-brainer. That there are justice
Opinion, St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on July 22, 2013
Is everything that happens subject to the strict rules of causality? In other words: does the principle that everything has a cause hold up under all circumstances? If that is true, there are indeed no coincidences. The Scottish philosopher David Hum
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on July 22, 2013
Chamber of Commerce President Tamara Leonard (middle) during yesterday’s press conference. Photo Today/Milton PietersSt. Maarten – “I do not think it is necessary to reemphasize that this chamber board works in an orderly fashion. In everyt
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on July 22, 2013
Former head of Immigration Marcel Loor. File Photo Today / Milton PietersSt. Maarten - Charlene Craig, the girlfriend of former Immigration head Marcel Loor is at a loss for words after she learned through internet-reports that her partner had be
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on July 22, 2013
Some of the doctors together with Acting Head of the Tourist Office, Augusto Priest (left) and Minister of Health Cornelius de Weever (third from left) at the press conference yesterday. Photo Today/Andrew BishopSt. Maarten – Some 240 doctors are e
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on July 22, 2013
[caption id="attachment_16200" align="alignleft" width="150"] Minister Cornelius de Weever[/caption] GREAT BAY – St. Maarten is in the process of developing a National vision on Mental Health including but not limited to psychiatric and addictio
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on July 22, 2013
St. Maarten - As it gets ready to attend the 36th Biennial Conference of the Caribbean Union of Teachers Union in Georgetown, Guyana; the Windward Islands Teachers Union is seeking sponsorship from the private sector. Thus far, the Indian Merchants A
