Uncategorized - Posted on August 31, 2016
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St.maarten - The police department has recently been confronted with people who were highly intoxicated at establishments where alcohol is sold to intervene in situations that had gotten out of hand. On many occasions the persons involved were so dru
Uncategorized - Posted on August 31, 2016
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St.maarten—The car dealership FW Vlaun and Sons which seemed to be a permanent fixture on the landscape of St. Maarten has changed ownership. Managing Director Eric Vlaun told this newspaper that the company has been sold to businessmen from Domini
Uncategorized - Posted on August 31, 2016
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MARIGOT – Unemployment on the French side increased by 1.8 percent over the past three months. Currently, 4,660 people are without a job. In July, unemployment among young job seekers (below 25 years of age) jumped by 17.1 percent. In the category
Uncategorized - Posted on August 30, 2016
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St.maarten- “Sadly, often people’s lives are reduced to mere statistics, and the human aspects of these statistics are not taken into account. Often there are lots of pain, frustration, anger and pure desperation hiding behind these statistics, U
Uncategorized - Posted on August 30, 2016
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St.maarten – Independent MP Leona Marlin Romeo sent a letter to the chairlady of parliament on Thursday requesting answers from the Minister of Finance about “the abrupt deduction of back-taxes of civil servants.” The MP queried whether the Mi
Uncategorized - Posted on August 30, 2016
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KRALENDIJK –On the day family, friends and colleagues paid their respects to Ferry Bakx, the investigation into the circumstances that led to the death of this police officer continued. For this investigation, dubbed Drum, special expertise was flo
Uncategorized - Posted on August 30, 2016
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GREAT BAY - Minister of Tourism and Economic Affairs Ingrid Arrindell, says that she is fully committed to “getting the job done” and ensuring that the upcoming high season will be “one that shows increased demand for destination Sint Maarten.�
Uncategorized - Posted on August 30, 2016
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St.maarten - The University of St. Martin (USM) hosts a political debate on TuesdaySeptember 13, themed Millennials with a Purpose. One candidate from each party that contests the elections – aged between 25 and 45 – will take part in the debate.
Uncategorized - Posted on August 30, 2016
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THE HAGUE - Nearly 40 percent of the beds in Dutch refugee centers and emergency shelters are empty, broadcaster RTL news reported this weekend. The number of new asylum seekers arriving in the country has more than halved compared to a year ago, lea
Uncategorized - Posted on August 30, 2016
Comments Off on Mosquito elimination program off to a good start
St.maarten - Minister Emil Lee’s (Public Health) national mosquito elimination community program in the fight against the Zika-virus kicked off in Saunders Saturday a week ago and CPS program coordinator Gerald Davelaar says he was pleased with the
Uncategorized - Posted on August 30, 2016
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AMSTERDAM - People who are caught trying to rip off insurance companies with false claims will face a fixed counter claim of €532 to cover the cost of the probe, the Dutch insurers association VVV has decided. Last year insurance firms identified o
Uncategorized - Posted on August 30, 2016
Comments Off on Scooter thief spent 23 days behind bars
St.maarten – Scooter thief Garvin Clint Baptiste spent 23 days behind bars after police caught him with a stolen scooter on April 27 at the height of the Carnival celebrations on the island. This week, the Court in First Instance sentenced Baptiste
Uncategorized - Posted on August 30, 2016
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St.maarten - The Multidisciplinary team arrested two men on Union Road in the vicinity of Burger King last Wednesday for the possession of five counterfeit American 100-dollar bills. The suspects were arrested during a routine control after they were
Uncategorized - Posted on August 19, 2016
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St.maarten - The Nature Foundation remains concerned about illegal dumping of building materials and garbage on several locations around the island. In the last months the foundation’s staff spotted several dumping locations, mainly construction ga
Uncategorized - Posted on August 19, 2016
Comments Off on Police force offers tips after increase in armed robberies
St.maarten– The police force says in a press statement that there is an increase in armed robberies on the Dutch side of the island. “This situation should not raise any alarm; however it has raised some concern. The police force is doing its utm
Uncategorized - Posted on August 19, 2016
Comments Off on Hope gets its signatures and goes to elections
St.maarten – There will be hope after all: at 4 p.m. yesterday afternoon Mercedes van der Waals-Wyatt’s party Helping Our People Excel (Hope) had collected 213 signatures to support is list of candidates for the September 26 elections. Last week
Uncategorized - Posted on August 19, 2016
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ST.MAARTEN – Eight political parties signed the Code of Conduct established by the Christian council of Churches, the United Ministerial Foundation and the Seventh Day Adventist communities during a brief ceremony at Holland House yesterday morning
Uncategorized - Posted on August 17, 2016
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ST.MAARTEN – The Court in First Instance rules on September 7 on the labor dispute between country St. Maarten and its suspended head of the immigration department Udo Aron. Hedy Kockx, Aron’s attorney, said during a court hearing yesterday that
Uncategorized - Posted on August 17, 2016
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ST.MAARTEN– Draft legislation that would enable students studying abroad to vote in local elections has been sent to parliament, Prime Minister William Marlin said yesterday. The time is however too short for this legislation to take effect before
Uncategorized - Posted on August 17, 2016
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St.maarten News – Finance Minister Richard Gibson expects to deliver a balanced draft 12017 budget on time, despite the fact that the process to get there “has been a struggle because economically things are not what we expected them to be,” he
Uncategorized - Posted on August 10, 2016
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St.maarten - The candidate list of the St. Maarten Development Movement (SDM) did not reach this newspaper yesterday. Its six candidates are all new to politics. Businessman Benjamin Ortega is the party leader. His number 2, Arthur Bute, is a former
Uncategorized - Posted on August 10, 2016
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SAN JUAN- Day one of the 32nd CANTO Annual Conference and Trade Exhibition at the Sheraton Puerto Rico Hotel and Casino was full of thought provoking and forward thinking discussions, presentations and panels. One notable event coming out of the day
Uncategorized - Posted on August 10, 2016
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THE HAGUE - Minister Plenipotentiary Henrietta Doran-York welcomed the 31 newly arrived students from Sint Maarten at her Cabinet last Friday, where they spent the entire day receiving information on the various ways that the cabinet can be of assist
Uncategorized - Posted on August 10, 2016
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St.maarten - On Tuesday 26 July 2016, junior associate Seyed Navid Zahedi was sworn in by the Joint Court of Justice of Curaçao, Aruba and St. Maarten and of Bonaire, St. Eustatius, and Saba. Seyed Navid started at the Curaçao office of VanEps Kunn
Uncategorized - Posted on August 10, 2016
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St.maarten – New school uniform shirts for students of the vocational school will arrive late at Penny’s Department Store. Because of the delay, the division public education has instructed all students to wear the new uniform navy blue pants to
Uncategorized - Posted on August 10, 2016
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St.maarten – The St. Maarten Academy PSVE hosts an information evening for students, parents and guardians tomorrow from 6.30 to 8 p.m. The event will take place under the gazebo at the Academy on the Berryl Richardson Road in Ebenezer.
Uncategorized - Posted on August 10, 2016
Comments Off on Tzu Chi wants Elshot’s school off its property
St.maarten– The Court in First Instance rules on Friday morning on a dispute between the Buddhist Compassion Relief Tzu Chi Foundation and Claire Elshot. Tzu Chi wants Elshot to vacate a building on its property that she uses for the ACE Foundation
Uncategorized - Posted on August 10, 2016
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St.maarten - The Special Robbery Unit is presently investigating two armed robberies; one which took place last Friday at approximately 9.15 p.m. at supermarket on Union road. Two unknown and armed men, dressed in dark clothing arrived on the scene o
Uncategorized - Posted on August 10, 2016
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St.maarten- Police have arrested three men for the ill-treatment of a police officer on duty. The incident took place last Saturday on Rhine Road in the vicinity of the Tantra night club. The officers were sent to that location to investigate a fight
Uncategorized - Posted on August 10, 2016
Comments Off on Sea Breeze hotel loses court case against tenant
St.maarten – The Sea Breeze Hotel in Little Bay is not allowed to close off the room Lydia Henderson rents there, the Court in first Instance ruled in summary proceedings. At the same time, the court noted that Henderson and her landlord Louis Fort
Uncategorized - Posted on August 10, 2016
Comments Off on More parties and 35 percent more candidates in elections
St.Maarten – The number of candidates that will contest the September 26 elections has increased by 35.5 percent compared to the 2014 elections from 90 to 122 it appeared from the lists the nine political parties submitted to the main voting bureau
Uncategorized - Posted on August 10, 2016
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St.Maarten - Besides being the number one port in the Caribbean, Port St. Maarten last week Friday may have also become one of the first ports in the Caribbean to join in the Pokemon Go craze. Last week Friday afternoon between 4.30pm and 7.00pm, lo
Uncategorized - Posted on August 10, 2016
Comments Off on Italian company wins bid for new general hospital
St.maarten– The Italian company INSO has won the bid for the construction of the new hospital. With a bid of $59,578,655 the company outbid Vamed ($80,149,443) and BAM/Philips ($138,843,852). The difference between the lowest and the highest bid is
Uncategorized - Posted on August 10, 2016
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St.maarten- Minister Angel Meyers and the Department of Infrastructure of his ministry assigned various companies to conduct a onetime general cleaning of several main roads. At present contractors are cleaning Airport Boulevard, Welfare Road, Union
Uncategorized - Posted on August 10, 2016
Comments Off on Cell phones banned on Election Day
St.maarten – The election campaign opens on Monday and concludes on Saturday September 24. Political manifestations and the placement of campaign posters and flags is only allowed during this period, Justice Minister Edson Kirindongo has decided.
