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GREAT BAY, St. Maarten – The zoo on Arch Road has three new residents: baby raccoons. The mother died and the youngsters were caught near Pointe Blanche and brought to the zoo. After a couple of trips to the vets the baby raccoons are doing well,
“Domestic violence is a subject of vital importance”
St. Maarten – Dressed in blue jeans and sporting a baseball cap American singer Dionne Warwick arrived at Princess Juliana International Airport yesterday afternoon. Her easy smile promis
Prosecutor’s Office awaits decision Justice Ministry on emergency plan
GREAT BAY, St. Maarten – Dismissing rumors about the possible release of two murder suspects, the office of the public prosecutor sent a statement to the media yesterday to
The announcement by the office of the public prosecutor that two murder-suspects will remain behind bars is obviously good news. The downside is of course that two burglary-suspects had to be sent home to make space in Pointe Blanche for them.
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We are looking forward with interest to the results of the investigation at the Pointe Blanche prison into the escape of Omar “Chucky” N.
The young criminal has been on the lam for 48 days now, and his enthusiasm to come back where he belongs
The story about the conflict between a gynecologist and a head nurse at the St. Maarten Medical Center has made some waves in the past couple of days.
Somehow we have the feeling that there is more to this incident than meets the eye. When the onl
We marveled at yesterday’s show hosted on Radio Soualiga featuring Internet terrorist Judith Roumou.
The lady of the countless web sites and Facebook-pages, who faces legal action from several corners, got the free run of the airwaves for almost
GREAT BAY, St. Maarten (DCOMM) – Youth Health Care (YHC), a section of the Ministry of Public Health, Social Development and Labor, says its vaccination outreach for the residents of St. Peters on April 27 was a success.
Twenty-six young people
GREAT BAY, St. Maarten - Yesterday a man identified by the police as O.A. died at the St. Maarten medical Center. He was involved in a fight on Margaret Bruce’s Drive in Middle region last Saturday, where a man identified as E.A. hit him with a st
Omar N. on the run for 48 days
GREAT BAY, St. Maarten – The National Detective agency (Landsrecherche) has completed its investigation into the circumstances that enabled Omar “Chucky” N, a 20-year-old Dutch Quarter resident to escape from
Rollocks outraged about Roumou’s radio statements
GREAT BAY, St. Maarten / By Hilbert Haar– Julian Rollocks reacted with outrage and dismay to statements made by Internet terrorist Judith Roumou on Radio Soualiga yesterday. In a monologue tha
GREAT BAY, St. Maarten – The police said in a statement it issued yesterday about the attempted suicide by a young detainee that the boy in question, a 16-year-old Jamaican, was arrested on October 30 of last year as a suspect in an armed robbery.
COLE BAY, St. Maarten - United People’s party parliamentarian Jules James stated yesterday in a press release that he is “very pleased that UP Leader and Minister of Public Housing, Spatial Planning, Environment and Infrastructure Theo Heyliger,
WAGENINGEN - The Saba Bank, one of the largest atolls in the undersea world, is suffering from rising sea temperatures. According to a study from the Imares scientific institute at Wageningen University, the Saba Bank coral reef shows large holes and