The initiative by the St. Maarten’s Lion’s Club to have the powers that be increase the legal drinking age from 16 to 21 is a positive one. Their expressed willingness to compromise on this and accept at the very least 18 years as the legal drink
A serious accusation against the Prosecution Department surfaced in the “Bada Bing” trial that, if true, can rock the integrity of the Public Prosecutor’s Office at its very foundation. Cor Merx, the attorney for Jaap van den Heuvel, stated
A NEW study by the linguist and tech entrepreneur Kieran Snyder, done for Fortune.com, found two differences between workplace performance reviewsgiven to men and women. Across 248 reviews from 28 companies, managers, whether male or female, gave f
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You probably see and hear a lot about alcohol—from TV, movies, music, and your friends. But what are the real facts about underage alcohol use? Myth Alcohol isn’t as harmful as other drugs. FACT Alcohol increases your risk for many deadly d
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St. Maarten - The I Can Foundation’s fundraiser event at the Dutch Quarter Community Center on Friday evening drew a modest crowd but the I Can-children who performed on stage made the evening a lot of fun all the same to the delight of their audi
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St. Maarten – The trustee in the bankruptcy of the Christian Kingdom Council, attorney Jeroen Veen, holds the Central Bank of Curacao and St. Maarten liable for the damages the CKC-accountholders suffered after the Court in First Instance declared
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St. Maarten -Guadeloupe's Alex Rabolion is the new Ms. West Indies Queen after beating out thirteen other delegates to win the coveted crown on Sunday morning in Galisby. The 26-year old beautician was one of the early favorites heading into the pag
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St. Maarten -Young people in the community needs to be taken “off the block” and put to useful employment, says leader if the One St. Maarten People’s Party (OSPP) Lenny Priest, who is proposing the establishment of van Hugh Law, to be named a
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St. Maarten - MP Silveria Jacobs has been elected as the Chair of the Committee for Education, Culture, Youth and Sports Affairs (CECYSA) of Parliament and MP Tamara Leonard has been elected as Vice Chair. The Committee for Education, Culture, Yo
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St. Maarten -An armed gunman made away with undisclosed amounts of cash on Friday after robbing two supermarkets in Cole By within minutes of each other. According to inspector Ricardo Henson the two Chinese supermarkets located in the Cole Bay a
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GREATBAY---The Government of St. Maarten has embraced social media by launching its Official Facebook page-- “Government of Sint Maarten”-- to the local populace and the rest of the world. A government information service press release yesterd
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St. Maarten - An online petition geared at encouraging the government to amend the law by raising the legal drinking age from 16 to 21, was launched yesterday by the St. Maarten’s Lion’s Club as part of its youth alcohol awareness campaign. �
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St. Maarten —The driver of a loaded heavy vehicle had a lucky escape yesterday morning when he walked away unscathed after the dump truck rolled down a hill, destroyed the railing and fell into a ditch. The incident took place at approximately
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St. Maarten – CEO of Port St. Maarten Mark Mingo has thrown his weight behind small entrepreneurs looking for financing for projects that would further enhance the islands tourism product, and he has encouraged banking officials to seriously cons
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St. Maarten - A request for the reduction of an assessment by virtue of the Inspector of Taxes for the various taxes and premiums: Income tax ; Wage Tax and Premium AOV/AWW, AVBZ ; Turnover Tax ; Profit Tax ; Room Tax ; Car Rental Tax ; Time Sha
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St. Maarten —Despite the small turnout at the launching of the Annual Environmental Conference at the Bel Air Community Center, the conference had its desired effect of underlining the importance of protection of the environment. Leader of the Dem
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St. Maarten -The Committee for Education, Culture, Youth and Sports Affairs (CECYSA) of Parliament met on Thursday, February 12, with students of the National Institute for Professional Advancement (NIPA) as well as the NIPAs Board and its Managing
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The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists released a report this week revealing billions of dollars held in nearly 60,000 internal Swiss bank documents from 2006 to 2007 leaked by whistleblower Hervé Falciani, a former employee of HS
