St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on July 27, 2014
St. Maarten- The Central Voting Bureau has allotted numbers and colors to the political parties during their meeting held at the AC Wathey Legislative Hall yesterday afternoon. During the meeting the United St. Maarten Party was awarded the number 1
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on July 27, 2014
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC – This week United People’s (UP) party leader and Member of Parliament (MP) Theo Heyliger met with President of the Dominican Republic Danilo Medina with the intention of strengthening relations between both countries, accordin
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THE HAGUE – Rumors and emotional statements are seriously disrupting the relationships in the Kingdom in the conflict between Aruba and the Kingdom Council of Ministers, according to VVD-MP André Bosman. “Be careful with emotional statements tha
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WILLEMSTAD, Curacao – MFK-parliamentarian Gerrit Schotte is unhappy with the firm statements Justice Minister Nelson Navarro made in a local radio broadcast. The minister said that, if he drops dead on the sidewalk, Schotte would be responsible for
The University of St. Martin (USM) seems to be heading in the right direction with its current degree program arrangement with Monroe College and the Study Financing Department. For too long, USM hobbled along, crippled by both bad internal decisions
Kids have trouble staying focused in our schools. Boys are performing worse than girls and math is the mother of all horrors for many students. But it does not have to be that way. Jordan Ellenberg - a professor of mathematics at the University of Wi
St. Maarten does not have the death penalty, but thirteen other countries in the Caribbean still do: Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Cuba, Dominica, Guatemala, Guyana, Jamaica, St. Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the G
With the arrest of former MFK Minister of Finance George Jamaloodin the Wiels murder investigation in Curacao is getting uglier by the day. Two weeks ago, Carlos Monk said he is a suspect in this investigation as well. Monk was a Pueblo Soberano-mini
Did Vromi-Minister Maurice Lake overstep his authority when he signed a purchase agreement with the Vorst-family to buy land in Cay Hill for $5.5 million? There is no doubt that the answer to this question has to be a resounding yes. Lake signed t
Below is the reaction from attorney Cor Merx to statements made by Minister of Public Health, social Development and Labor about the new policy for commercial sex workers. “Please understand that our (owners of the clubs) level of communicatio
Dear Editor, The perception of the power of the politician in St. Maarten stems from the notion to grant privileges and benefits to preferred voters and vice versa. For that reason, many believe that politicians are not in favor of transparency.
Dear Editor, I have lived here for over 30 years. I raised my children here and this is my home. I have never written to you before but the time has come to speak up. I am sure we are all tired of hearing the same campaign promises. As I listen to
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on July 27, 2014
St. Maarten – The twelfth annual wreath-laying ceremony at the statue of Democratic Party founder Claude Wathey left a bitter taste for the first time since it was organized twelve years ago when DP-representatives realized yesterday morning that
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on July 27, 2014
St. Maarten– Democratic Party-leader Sarah Wescot-Williams has reacted disappointed to a report parliamentarian Daniel Gibbs submitted to the French senate that claims that Dutch St. Maarten is not interested in working together with the French s
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WILLEMSTAD, Curacao – Detectives arrested George Jamaloodin, the former Minister of Finance in the Schotte administration, early yesterday morning on suspicion of involvement in the assassination of Helmin Wiels on May 5 of last year, Anneke Polak
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on July 27, 2014
St. Maarten / By Jason Lista – Every July 24 some people take the time to remember one of St. Maarten’s perhaps most famous (or infamous depending on whom you ask) sons, placing memorial wreaths at the base of a statue dedicated to the life of
