French St. Martin News - Posted by admin on July 27, 2015
St. Martin – Painter Stephy Tihanyi is incensed that Teri van Horn, a Texan reiki master has used the image of one of her paintings without permission on her web site and on her Face book page healinglightonline. When the artist called Van Horn on
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on July 27, 2015
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St. Maarten - The University of St. Martin has gone through a silent revolution the past year and the board is not ready to talk about it. Soon after the university hired Dr. Francio Guadeloupe as its new dean of academics in the beginning of 2014 t
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on July 27, 2015
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St. Maarten – The committee that evaluates the kingdom law financial supervision Curacao and St. Maarten must have completed its advice to Kingdom Relations Minister Ronald Plasterk a bit more than two weeks ago, on July 10. Plasterk will use this
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on July 27, 2015
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St. Maarten – Democratic Party MP Sarah Wescot-Williams delivered blistering criticism of the governing program the Council of Ministers sent to the parliament a week and a half ago. The program shows “an inadequate end unprepared government, �
The Democratic Party has severely criticized the governing program and not without reason. The document is, as the DP has noted, a wish list that does not offer ideas about when the government intends to do what. It is remarkable that other opposi
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on July 27, 2015
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St. Maarten - Award winning chef and expert chocolatier, Veejooruth Purmessur and his assistant Ronald Stephen added the Midas touch to the chocolate flavored models on the opening night of the Caribbean Chocolate Festival at the Sonesta M
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on July 27, 2015
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St. Maarten - Former Member of Parliament Romain Laville is not off the hook yet as the Public Prosecutor’s Office still considers charging him for gun possession and two cases of gun threats. Officers of the National Detective Agency ar
Somethings’ brewing under the surface of the ocean and even though it is not happening in our back yard, it is close enough to pay attention. Kick ‘em Jenny, the submarine volcano eight kilometers north of Barbados is a lumbering threat to the
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on July 27, 2015
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What is most amazing about the never-ending procession of court cases the new owner of the former Caravanserai Resort, Alegria, gets involved in, is the lack of response to this very detrimental situation from the government, and in particular from T
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on July 27, 2015
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Family members and representatives of DP and UP gather for a group picture together with Minister Claret Connor. Photo Today / Leo Brown St. Maarten – After the awkward split in the election year 2014, when the Democratic Party
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on July 27, 2015
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This show case contained an assortment of jewelry; it was extensively damaged during the robbery. Photo Today / Milton Pieters St. Maarten - One officer from Checkmate Security remains traumatized and the owners of Helena Jewelry on Front S
Uncategorized - Posted by admin on July 27, 2015
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The world of happiness Alegria claims to provide does not include the disenfranchised timeshare owners of the former Caravanserai Resort. Photo Today / Hilbert Haar St. Maarten - The Court in First Instance will rule on August 14 on the laws
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on July 27, 2015
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St. Maarten – The orange alert the University of the West Indies issued for increased activity of the submarine volcano Kick ‘em Jenny is no reason for panic. At least, if we go by a statement from the director of the coastal
Emil Lee, policy advisor to the Democratic Party faction in parliament has pointed out an obvious weakness in the governing program. He does not see any initiative to stimulate the economy. That is in Lee’s view – and many will agree with him
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on July 27, 2015
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“Illegal gambling activities give our industry a bad name” St. Maarten – Agence France Presse reported this week that the suspects Italian authorities arrested during an action against gambling activities of the Calabrian mafia also worke
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on July 27, 2015
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St. Maarten - He was physically and verbally abused in London, stoned in Jamaica, he has children in Iceland, Finland and New York, speaks four languages and was severely injured during an opening act. His name is David Marcus and he goes by the nam
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on July 27, 2015
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St. Maarten - The business community continues to react to the governing program the United Peoples Party (UP) led coalition presented to the Council of Ministers. Emil Lee, policy advisor to the Democratic Party, is concerned about the co
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on July 27, 2015
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St. Maarten – A 39-year-old man declines to press charges against the mother of his child who reportedly stabbed him in the paid parking lot of the Princess Juliana International Airport on Tuesday afternoon around 4.30. The man had a stab woun
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on July 27, 2015
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St. Maarten – The committee for Kingdom Affairs and Inter-Parliamentary Relations agreed yesterday to sign on to a letter drafted by its sister committee in Curacao about the position the Dutch government took during the Kingdom conference about a
Editorial - Posted by admin on July 23, 2015
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The family of hit and run victim Ramesh Manek has asked the court permission to make a statement at the trial on October 7. The attorney for the defense has objected to the request – for now - because she fears that such a statement could have an a
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on July 23, 2015
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Defense objects to statement by victim’s relatives in court St. Maarten –Kevyn Maurice C. will stand trial on October 7 for the fatal accident that took the life of Rotary president Ramesh Manek on April 16. The prosecution has char
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on July 23, 2015
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St. Maarten - Police Chief of the Dutch National Police Gerard Bouman will arrive on the island today for a one-day visit with the police force, his first one in history. Bouman will sit down in intense discussions with the management of
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on July 23, 2015
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Kangaroo Court, the iconic bar and restaurant across from the courthouse in the Hendrik Straat in Philipsburg has closed its doors. The Kangaroo Court sign has been removed from the building and it is unclear if and when the place is going
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on July 23, 2015
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St. Maarten – Transparency International will launch St. Maarten’s National Integrity System assessment next week Tuesday at the University of St. Martin. Alejandro Salas, the regional director for the Americas at Transparency International w
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on July 23, 2015
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St. Maarten – Ramon Gumbs claimed self-defense but the Court in First Instance sentenced him for attempted manslaughter to 3 years of imprisonment yesterday morning. The 24-year-old defendant had a beef with a security guard identified in court as
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on July 23, 2015
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This is what these oats looked like after hurricane Gonzalo was done with them in October 2014. File photo Today / Milton Pieters St. Maarten (DCOMM) – The Office of Disaster Management (ODM) advises boat owners to review their hurricane
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on July 23, 2015
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A scene from a trench in Ebenezer on Wednesday. Photo Today / Andrew Dick St. Maarten - Residents from the Ebenezer District are disappointed that their trenches are filled with bush and debris. Grass and small threes can be seen budding from the
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on July 22, 2015
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Lysanne Charles-Arrindell makes a good case for the LBGTI-community on the island in our front-page article. Her organization is not at war with the church and it is not looking for the legalization of religious same-sex marriages. Giving citizens
Dear Editor, Today’s editorial of Monday, July 20 missed the point that I was making for calling on government for a better plan to lure professionals back home. The editor’s opinion is respected, but he made my point much clear
We appreciate MP Maurice Lake’s elucidation on his call for more incentives for local professionals, but it has done little to change our point of view. The bottom line is that an incentive is something you give away in exchange for a service. L
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on July 22, 2015
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Jose Sommers (center) holds the check together with Ramu Dawtani (right) and IMA-President Prakash Mirpuri while other board members look on. Photo contributed At Hillside St. Peters School St. Maarten - Last week the Indian Merchant As
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on July 22, 2015
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Safe SXM President Lysanne Charles-Arrindell. Photo Contributed St. Maarten / By Andrew Dick - The Lesbian, Bisexual, Gay, Transgender and Intersexual (LBGTI) community on the island is getting more reconciliation for its work than before.
French St. Martin News, St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on July 22, 2015
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Attorney Patricia Chance-Duzant is on a roll during her address. Photo Today / Leo Brown GRAND CASE, St. Martin – Victor Schoelcher, the 19th-century abolitionist writer who had a large influence on the abol
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on July 22, 2015
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St. Maarten – A masked intruder robbed and seriously injured a 65-year-old man in his home on the Calabas Drive in Almond Grove on Monday afternoon around 3.30 p.m. The intruder beat his victim after the latter confronted him. After the ill-trea
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on July 22, 2015
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St. Maarten – A female cruise tourist sustained serious injuries in the blast zone behind the runway of the Princess Juliana International Airport (SXM/TNCM) on Monday afternoon. When a commercial plane took off, it blew the woman’s hat from her
