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Lawyers outraged about prosecution’s changed position
St. Maarten – The Snowflake-trial against two brothers and two other suspects took an unexpected turn yesterday when the public prosecutor made an about face by asking the court to ignore
Cabinet changes intentions on request for budget aid
St. Maarten / By Donellis Browne– Prime Minister Sarah Wescot-Williams and Finance Minister Hiro Shigemoto both affirmed Wednesday that the government has no agreement with the Board of financ
The position of the public prosecutor in the Snowflake case that became apparent yesterday caught defense attorneys by surprise.
In December, the prosecutor’s office asked the court to declare it inadmissible in its own prosecution. Yesterday th
Three months into the year the government continues to work with the Board of financial supervision (Cft) to come to a positive advice on the Budget 2011 and the options that were once presented seemed to be evaporating by the day. The latest one to
St. Maarten – The Court in First Instance sentenced Victor Viyanuevo-Joje, 18, to a 1-year prison sentence for a series of burglaries between November 30 and December 3 of last year. Together with a second burglar, Yeudy Antonio C.J., 32, the defen
St. Maarten – The Caribbean Association of National Telecommunication Organizations (CANTO) has launched its 2011 essay writing competition and is inviting teenagers on St. Maarten to submit entries and win some “super prizes.” The competition
St. Maarten – Insel Air has announced it will add a third flight per week between St. Maarten and San Juan on April 15. The new flight will be operated on Tuesday. At the moment the airline flies the route on Fridays and Sundays.
Insel first sta
St. Maarten - Contractors who submitted their tenders and bid for the new water drainage system for the storm drain at the Great Salt Pond and the new waste water treatment plant for the Ebenezer Estate will have another chance to submit the missing
St. Maarten – Minister of Education, Culture, Youth and Sport Rhoda Arrindell launched the t-shirts and caps for the Get off the Block, Get on the Bus, Get Busy (GB3) project on Wednesday. Money raised from the sale this week will be donated to the
Dump atop Cakehouse Road needs to be cleaned
GREAT BAY – The Court in First Instance sentenced Bevan Payne to a 1,000 guilders fine and ordered him to clean up a site on Hyssop Road (atop the Cakehouse Road) that he has been using illegally to s
St. Maarten – Section Head of Disaster Management Paul Martens has called the workshop that brought together the 10-Emergency Support Functions (ESFs) of the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) to carry out a Caribbean-wide earthquake/tsunami exercis
St. Maarten – The Department of Youth Health Care (YHC) within the Ministry of Public Health, Social Development and Labor, is encouraging the general public and in particular parents/guardians as well as kids to come out to the Lion’s Club 3rd A
“We’re committed the island’s growth, not to harming it.”
St. Maarten - SOL Antilles NV has strongly objected strongly to the views expressed by local businessman and pilot Michael Ferrier who said that he was disgusted with the way how th