St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on March 21, 2014
St. Maarten – On Tuesday, police arrested a 23-year-old man, with initials H.F.M., and born on Curacao, in connection with the December 2, 2013, theft of a motorbike at the Tamarind Hotel in Pointe Blanche. During the robbery security guard who tri
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on March 21, 2014
St. Maarten – “There is no guarantee when elections will be held,” National Alliance leader William Marlin said at a press conference yesterday morning. “We said already a year ago to dissolve the Parliament and we still stand by it. The peop
Opinion, St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on March 21, 2014
What exactly is the American Drug Enforcement administration doing in St. Maarten? That question seems legitimate after the organization’s name surfaced for the second time in a month in a court case in Philipsburg, this time complete with the name
Who will get his or her way? Minister of General Affairs Sarah Wescot-Williams has set the date for the parliamentary elections at September 5. UP-leader Theo Heyliger wants to have elections before the summer, to stay away from the peak month of the
The police have apprehended a suspect in the case of the stolen motorbike and the brave security guard who risked his life defending someone else’s property. The suspect is, to be sure, innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. But we do hope
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on March 21, 2014
St. Maarten – Unconfirmed rumblings suggest that the fall of the third Wescot-Williams cabinet is scheduled for the end of this month but it is unclear whether this is inspired by the wish to bring about elections before the summer or by other poli
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on March 21, 2014
St. Maarten – Policy advisor Nikima Groeneveldt-Hickinson presented brochures and a poster depicting the rights of the workers in St. Maarten yesterday morning in the A.C. Wathey Legislative Hall, in the presence of Labor Minister Cornelius de Weev
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on March 21, 2014
St. Maarten – Andrew Davis, the self-proclaimed advisor of gang leader Omar Jones found some sort of relief in the Common Court of Justice yesterday afternoon. Serving a 6-year prison sentence handed to him in the Court in First Instance and faced
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on March 21, 2014
St. Maarten – The Common Court of Justice gave Shanieska Alisia Brooks a significantly milder punishment on appeal for stabbing her former friend Kimberly Illidge to death on March 23 of last year. While the Court in First Instance sentenced Brooks
Unless someone pulls a political white rabbit out of his hat soon, two important dates are set for this year’s elections. The first one is obviously the one for Election Day: Friday, September 5. Another date is the one for Postulation Day – the
Very soon the people will be called again to choose, and they will do so overwhelmingly for one direction. There is a better way forward and it is upward. It is time to put an end to political tribalism. It is lamentable that never before have we
Mr. Julius Lambert was born on August 4, 1947, and passed away on March 15, 2014, at the age of 67. We will always remember him as a family man, friend and a true patriarch of St. Maarten. Through his life he was a living testament of what hard
Before the summer or after the summer? That is the question raging through election land right now. From the presentation by Prime Minister Wescot-Williams we understand that the regular procedure will lead to elections on Friday, September 5.
