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The Council of Ministers met last week with a man named Craig Baptiste who supposedly is working on a project to increase the hub function of the Princess Juliana International Airport. But who is this man? Portrayed in a DCOMM press release as so
The August 29 elections appear to become a five-horse race, after the announcement by the electoral council that just five parties met the deadline for registration last week. While the council did not identify any particular party in its announcemen
Dear Editor, The Citizens for Positive Change Party (CPC), a newly formed political party contesting the 2014 parliamentary elections, is of the firm opinion that the draft Simpson Bay development plan does not meet the internationally accepted cr
St. Maarten – Dr. Kornel A. Brown, an international education and training consultant, and a post-doctoral scholar at the Department of Adult and continuing Education at the College of Arts and Sciences at the National Louis University in Chicago,
St. Maarten – As the June 11 deadline for the closure of the voting register rapidly approaches, the Democratic Party issued a press release urging eligible voters to double check at the Census Office whether their names are included in this regis
“Plans do not fit in with sustainable development” The St. Maarten Nature Foundation has expressed in an official letter its concern about the possible construction of marinas and possible other developments in one of the last remaining mangro
St. Maarten - The Rotary Clubs on St. Maarten/St. Martin joined 1.2 million people worldwide in calling for peace as they unveiled a peace monument last Saturday. The monument has been strategically placed at the entrance of the Philipsburg Jubilee L
St. Maarten – The harbor surpassed one million cruise passengers in mid-May, one month ahead of projections, the Harbour Group of Companies announced in a press release. In previous years this milestone occurred around mid-June. Chief Executive
St. Maarten - By the end of the deadline for registration of political parties last Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. representatives of five political parties had appeared before the Electoral Council to apply for registration to be able to participate in t
St. Maarten (DCOMM) – Craig Baptiste, the president and chairman of B&L Worldwide attended a meeting with the Council of Ministers last week, where he was asked to provide elucidation on the project proposals previously received by the govern