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St. Maarten News – Since 10-10-10, politicians have been at the wheel appointing friends, family and neighbors to positions in the civil service for which they had no qualifications. That sums up an observation Finance Minister Richard Gibson made
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Comments Off on Divico becomes distributor for Intermarché products
St. Maarten News: Distributor Divico is now the official authorized distributor for all Intermarché products through its export department Geprocor and French Antilles partner Discount Center. Intermarché is the third largest supermarket chain in F
St. Maarten News, Uncategorized - Posted by admin on March 29, 2016
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Photo: The gun police officers found on Saturday evening. Photo KPSM St. Maarten News – Police arrested a man on the Richardson Drive in Dutch Quarter on Saturday evening for threatening a woman with a gun and for firing several shots at her
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on March 29, 2016
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Photo: Minister of Education, Culture, Youth and Sports Silveria Jacobs, second from left poses with some of the returning swimmers at L’Espérance Airport outside Grand Case yesterday afternoon. Photo Today / Milton Pieters St. Maarten News
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St. Maarten News - The St. Maarten Nature Foundation has embarked on a strategic partnership with the Caribbean Amerindian Organization to come to solutions for some of the invasive species issues facing St. Maarten, particularly as it pertains to th
Uncategorized - Posted by admin on March 21, 2016
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That convicted killer Kathron Fortune is still on the run is worrisome for more the obvious reason. There have been so-called ‘sightings’ of the fugitive on a motorbike (without a helmet) and there has been a sighting in French Quarter. So far, F
Uncategorized - Posted by admin on March 21, 2016
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St. Maarten News – An 81-year-old man identified as V.R., the 55-year-old woman I.F. and the 23-year old man R.R. are in custody since last Wednesday as suspects in the Efeze-investigation into international firearms and drugs trafficking and money
Uncategorized - Posted by admin on March 21, 2016
Convicted killer on the run for 35 days St. Maarten News - The justice departments on both the Dutch and the French side of the island are continuing the intense search for the 38-year-old prisoner Kathron Fortune aka Cuchi who escaped on Monday Fe
Uncategorized - Posted by admin on March 21, 2016
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St. Maarten News – Political party Hope cleaned up at the Cay Bay Beach and the adjoining Cay Bay cemetery last Saturday in collaboration with the St. Maarten Nature Foundation, collecting twenty garbage bags filled with all types of garbage along
Uncategorized - Posted by admin on March 21, 2016
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St. Maarten News – The section economic control of the Inspectorate of Tourism, Economic Affairs, Traffic and Telecommunications has started its control program for weights and measures for 2016. Beginning this week, the controllers are visiting a
Uncategorized - Posted by admin on March 21, 2016
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St. Maarten - Judge Mauritsz de Kort will give a lecture at the university next week Tuesday about the Common Court of Justice and the legal system on Sint Maarten as part of the “The Law Matters to You” lecture series. It begins at 7 p.m. “Th
Uncategorized - Posted by admin on March 21, 2016
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St. Maarten News: GRAND CASE - Island residents and visitors are invited to discover the wild side of St. Martin at Amuseum Naturalis, a free pop-up natural history museum in Grand Case. The museum is open on Tuesday evenings from 6 to 10 p.m. during
Uncategorized - Posted by admin on March 21, 2016
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St. Maarten News - The nineteen calypsonians that will participate in the Nagico Senior Calypso eliminations have started the practice sessions and are getting ready to deliver “sweet kaiso” and social commentary to lovers of the music genre. Th
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St. Maarten News - The St. Maarten Nature Foundation has increased its patrolling of the Man of War Shoal Marine Park to combat illegal fishing activities which traditionally spike leading up to the Easter and Carnival holidays. Foundation staff will
Uncategorized - Posted by admin on March 21, 2016
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MARIGOT, St. Martin - A new transportation company has entered the market and is offering potential clients an easier way of getting around the island with electric vehicles. According to the Chief Executive Officer of Share X Mobility Senga Songha,
Uncategorized - Posted by admin on March 21, 2016
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St. Maarten News - Due to an unfortunate technical glitch, the story in Thursday’s paper under the headline ‘Prison time looms for Buncamper-couple’ was not completely printed. Below is the missing part of the text. The prosecutor expressed h
Uncategorized - Posted by admin on March 21, 2016
St. Maarten News – Local car dealership Motorworld announced the All New Redesigned 2017 Hyundai Elantra. One of St. Maarten’s best selling cars has received a dramatic makeover, improving on every single aspect of the previous model. As one of H
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St. Maarten News - Colorectal cancer is a cancerous growth throughout any part of the colon or rectum. It has devastating complications as may be: bleeding, obstruction of the colon, breaking down of the wall of the colon and spread to other organs e
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St. Maarten News - Port St. Maarten officials attended the Seatrade Cruise Global in Fort Lauderdale Broward County Convention Center in Florida this week. Seatrade Cruise Global is the leading annual global business-to-business event for the cruise
Uncategorized - Posted by admin on March 21, 2016
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St. Maarten - Island 92 Radio announced the addition of a new weekly program called “Nothing But Old 45’s” which will run every Sunday from 11 a.m. to 12 noon, with an encore broadcast on Thursday evenings at 7 p.m. Veteran on-air personality
Uncategorized - Posted by admin on March 21, 2016
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ORANJESTAD – Pregnant women of marines stationed in Aruba, Curacao and St. Maarten who are concerned about a possible Zika-infection and who want to return to the Netherlands, get their tickets paid for by the defense ministry, Sharina Henriquez re
Uncategorized - Posted by admin on March 21, 2016
St. Maarten News - While the details are still emerging, it appears that panic broke out aboard the Norwegian Gem after an epidemic broke out causing the authorities aboard the cruise liner to alert the local authorities. The boat which arrived in G
Uncategorized - Posted by admin on March 21, 2016
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Suspect arrested Detectives have arrested a man with the initials S.M.C. (33) as a suspect in the ongoing investigation of ill-treatment which took place on February 19th 2016. The victim was a crew-member of a cruise ship that stayed overnight on
Uncategorized - Posted by admin on March 21, 2016
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Support from opposition MP Dr. Lloyd Richardson St. Maarten News – Within an hour and twenty minutes the parliament unanimously approved the 2016 budget yesterday morning. The meeting became possible after the release of independent MP Silvio Mat
Uncategorized - Posted by admin on March 21, 2016
St. Maarten News – The Common Court of Justice has relaxed the rules for the prosecution of politicians in considerations it laid down in a decree about the order to prosecute independent MP Silvio Matser. The court finds that for investigative me
Uncategorized - Posted by admin on March 21, 2016
Comments Off on Eco-Green trial: the indictments: Forgery, tax fraud and destruction of evidence
St. Maarten News – To offer a better understanding of what is at stake in the Eco Green trial, we republish here the indictments against the suspects, as they became public on January 7 of last year. The prosecution accuses former Public Health Mi
Uncategorized - Posted by admin on March 21, 2016
Ex-minister and husband found guilty on all counts but one St. Maarten News / By Hilbert Haar – The public prosecutor demanded 18 months of imprisonment against Maria Buncamper-Molanus and her husband Claudius yesterday. The demand against retired
Uncategorized - Posted by admin on March 21, 2016
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St. Maarten News - On the first day of the Eco Green trial the main defendants denied all wrong doing, saying they do not understand why they are being prosecuted. The defendants stand accused of tax fraud and membership of a criminal organization.
Uncategorized - Posted by admin on March 21, 2016
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St. Maarten News - Students of Group 8c, Asha Stevens Hillside Christian School were graced with the presence of our Honorable Minister of Education, Silveria Jacobs, along with Mrs. Asha Stevens, Co-Founder and Executive Director of the schools, and
Uncategorized - Posted by admin on March 14, 2016
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Again country St. Maarten is in a state of another impasse of not being able to approve the balance budget with a surplus. The balanced budget includes the paying off of the huge debts of about over one hundred and fifty million guilders to SZV and A
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Comments Off on Mobile Health Bus to be in St. Peters on Tuesday and Belvedere on Thursday for health screenings
St. Maarten News – Ministry of Public Health, Social Development and Labour (Ministry VSA) Collective Prevention Services (CPS) Mobile Health Bus, as part of its community outreach, will be at the Scott’s Property (open lot next to the gas statio
Uncategorized - Posted by admin on March 14, 2016
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St. Maarten News- The relatives and other close family members of the late Anselmo 'Selmo' Boasman will have alot to remember after the lengthy program that took place last Saturday as hundreds gathered to pay their last respects. The ceremony began
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St. Maarten News – Sint Maarten’s community came out in full force for the second annual SXM DOET event held on March 11th and 12th. Around 1000 volunteers successfully completed 43 projects registered by 30 various organizations from all around
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Comments Off on SintMaartenInfo Launched. Important milestone reached in governance
St. Maarten News – The first version of the National Database SintMaartenInfo was recently launched within government, and a roll-out plan is being finalized to have a public launch within a few months. After that SintMaartenInfo will be available
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St. Maarten News - The 15th SMART - St. Martin/St. Maarten Annual Regional Trade Show - is slated for May 18th -20th, 2016 at Le Beach Hotel (former Beach Plaza Hotel) on the Northern side of the Island. SMART is the largest trade show in the North E
