St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on December 18, 2014
St. Maarten - Business hours have been extended to 10:00pm as of December 17 through December 30 for all businesses according to a notice from the Ministry of Economic Affairs. “This is in accordance with Article 5 of the Shop Closure Ordinance
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on December 18, 2014
St. Maarten - The final phase of the ChinCactus road upgrade is carded to commence on January 5, according to information from Public Works Project Leader, Alfredo Pantophlet, The recently began drainage project in the Sucker Garden area is curre
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on December 17, 2014
Vromi-Minister Maurice Lake is apparently not aware of the finer details of the articles of incorporation that regulate the St. Maarten Housing Foundation. That leads to public statements that are at odds with reality – and nobody stands to benefit
Dear Editor, The Presidium of Parliament has taken note of the Today newspaper’s editorial under the heading “Business as usual (St. Maarten Parliament Meeting).” In connection with the postponement of meetings, Parliament has a right to
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on December 17, 2014
St. Maarten – The actions by a lone board member of the St. Maarten Housing Development Foundation (SMHDF) to request the government’s accountants bureau (Soab) to carry out a forensic investigation, and also into the purchase-to-pay process and
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on December 17, 2014
St. Maarten – The Customs Department and the police found marijuana and a gun on Friday evening in a car with a French license plate evening during a general control near the roundabout between Dutch Quarter and Belvedere. When officers control
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on December 17, 2014
St. Maarten – According to media reports, the International Energy Agency (IEA) has announced that oil prices have fallen to an all-time low of $58 a barrel. Governments and energy companies all over the world have passed on this savings to their c
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on December 17, 2014
St. Maarten – Two armed and masked men stormed the Vanke supermarket on Longwall Road on Sunday evening around 6.30 p.m. and forced the female cashier to hand over all the cash she had in the till. The woman complied because, according to the poli
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on December 17, 2014
AMSTERDAM – Governor Drs. Eugène Holiday attended the first annual Christmas gala dinner of the United Sint Maarten Connection Foundation at the Hilton Doubletree Hotel in Amsterdam on Saturday. The theme for the dinner was “Stronger ties, stron
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on December 17, 2014
St. Maarten – The Haitian community has a beef with Insel Air. This appears from statement by the president of the community, Jestan Guerrier, a long-time resident of St. Maarten. He feels that the airline is always putting passengers traveling to
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on December 15, 2014
St. Maarten / By Hilbert Haar – Kingdom Relations Minister Ronald Plasterk wants to include the risks government-owned companies pose to St. Maarten in the assessment of the country’s budget by financial supervisor Cft. The Harbor group of Compa
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on December 15, 2014
St. Maarten: “I am innocent. I want to go home,” customs officer Nestor Gregorio Sanchez told the judges in the Common ‘Court of Justice yesterday. On September 10, the Court in First Instance described Sanchez as “the rotten apple in the
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on December 15, 2014
St. Maarten —Minister Cornelius De Weever yesterday officially severed ties with the Democratic Party by officially informing the leader of that party and care taker Prime Minister Sarah Wescot-Williams that he is resigning from the party. Minis
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on December 15, 2014
WILLEMSTAD – The Prime Ministers of Curaçao, Aruba and St. Maarten are boycotting the celebration of Kingdom Day. They refuse to travel to Amsterdam to attend the traditional Kingdom Concert in the presence of King Willem Alexander. According
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on December 15, 2014
St. Maarten—The government owned water company being managed by NV Gebe, will contribute NAf 5 million to the 2014 budget of the Government of St. Maarten as agreed by parties at a meeting yesterday of stakeholder representatives. The Council of
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on December 15, 2014
St. Maarten—The rights of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and transgender (LGBT) teachers and students will be discussed at the next ASCD- gathering of the national teachers-- if a request of Witu President Claire Elshot to have this point included is grant
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on December 15, 2014
St. Maarten—Several work skills in the labor market has become redundant because of the technology that is being applied by business owners in the work place, according to president of the Workers Institute of Organized Labor Theophilus Thompson. H
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on December 15, 2014
St. Maarten —Airlines in the Caribbean are being lobbied by the Caribbean Union of Teachers (CUT) to assist with reduced flight fares for their membership that will make it possible for them to attend the various meetings and events of the CUT. Th
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on December 15, 2014
St. Maarten – “Shigemoto does not want to become a minister in the next cabinet. He has no political ambitions and he wants to conclude all this as soon as possible. He has been done a great injustice,” attorney Jairo Bloem told the Court in F
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on December 15, 2014
The iconic Air Lekkerbek restaurant on the Pondfill next to the office of the Today Newspaper has closed its doors. A small note near the entrance tells visitors that the Rotary Sunrise Club, which used the airplane-eatery for its breakfast meetings,
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on December 15, 2014
St. Maarten – The name of Ms. Eulalie Meyers took center stage yesterday afternoon during the official opening of the youth care center in Cay Bay that carries her name- and rightfully so. When the project group that put the center together brainst
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on December 15, 2014
St. Maarten – The Court in First Instance sentenced Jacob Jan Molanus to a 6-month conditional prison sentence yesterday for ill-treating his wife on three different occasions. “You beat up you wife under the influence of alcohol. It does not ge
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on December 15, 2014
St. Maarten – The Court in First Instance set the trial date for Renald Reo R. provisionally for February 25 of next year, though prosecutor Nanouk Lemmers said that she could not guarantee the trial would indeed take place on that date, because th
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on December 15, 2014
St. Maarten – Emotions went haywire at the courthouse after Judge Rick Smid ruled that Nikerson (Bob) B. has to remain in custody until his trial comes up on March 4 of next year. The 27-year-old is a suspect in the death of D’Jahneiro Kevin Ant
Editorial, St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on December 10, 2014
The researchers of Transparency International – the last in a seemingly long line of organizations to test our country’s integrity levels – make a good point in today’s front-page story. Fighting corruption is not the exclusive task of the
You know you are dealing with kindergarten journalism when you read that some hapless internet blogger sees fit to “remind” the formateur of certain things, as if said blogger has any kind of authority. Jumbled pieces containing a mix of comme
Opinion, St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on December 10, 2014
The Council of Ministers took a sensible decision by leaving a policy that takes all tax debts from 2006 and earlier years off the books in place. Former Finance Minister Roland Tuitt published the policy in May 2013. It triggered a remarkable adv
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on December 10, 2014
The injured man points in the direction where he saw his assailant running while talking to the police. Photo Today / Milton Pieters.St. Maarten - While one man is currently nursing a gaping wound to his head, his assailant remains at large afte
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on December 10, 2014
St. Maarten – “If no immediate measures are taken, 2014 and 2015 will end with significant deficits,” Finance Minister Martin Hassink told members of the Central Committee of Parliament yesterday afternoon. The Board financial supervision (Cft)
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on December 10, 2014
“What you need are engaged citizens” The Transparency International team in St. Maarten, From left Max Heywood, Natalie Baharav and Zoë Reiter. Photo Today / Hilbert HaarSt. Maarten – “We will leave St. Maarten with a set of benchmar
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on December 10, 2014
St. Maarten – Police arrested a 26-year-old American on Friday who failed to return a Ford Mustang he had rented from Paradise Car Rental. When the client failed to return the car last week on Thursday, the rental company alerted the police. A p
Uncategorized - Posted by admin on December 10, 2014
Governor Holiday quizzes students about the importance of decimals. Photo contributed.St. Maarten - Governor Drs. Eugène Holiday paid a courtesy visit to the Sundial School last week Thursday after promising to do so just over a month ago. Durin
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on December 10, 2014
St. Maarten - Guests celebrated the work of talented local photographers at the grand opening of the 2014 Heritage Photo Exhibition this past Saturday. The exhibition showcased photography exploring different dimensions of heritage from the 2014 Her
The Parliament sent an invitation for a meeting at 2 p.m. yesterday afternoon. The email reached us at 10.18 a.m. The idea was to discuss three reports of the Progress Committee. At 1.35 p.m. we received another email, saying that the meeting had
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on December 9, 2014
St. Maarten – Justice Minister Dennis Richardson has expressed his surprise about the fact that the Dutch government is attempting without consultation with the other countries in the Kingdom to expand the activities of the Board financial supervis
