St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on August 17, 2011
WILLEMSTAD - The Social Insurance Bank SVB is confronted with serious financial problems brought on by an aging population and growing medical expenses. The two factors have lead to a 39.2 million guilder deficit per October 10, 2010 in the combined
Editorial, St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on August 17, 2011
Parliament has been hearing from stakeholders in the national economy during meetings it had last week and this week. This is good as it arms parliamentarians with general knowledge that they can use to question the minister using a letter, have a de
So now the cat is out of the bag: after all the efforts, after all the hullaballoo, after all the optimistic messages sent by the last Justice Minister of the Netherlands Antilles, the whole Brooks Tower Accord operation seems to have sold absolutely
Currently there are no schools on Navassa and the possibility to receive study financing for studying on the island is theoretical, education Minister Marja van Bijsterveldt wrote in answers to questions by Socialist Party MP Ronald van Raak. The la
Rotterdam is thinking seriously about paying citizens for reporting people who destroy public property. A member of the municipal council picked up the idea in Berlin, where snitches earn as much as $860 for a tip that reveals the identity of vandals
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on August 17, 2011
Merx: “Judges have the option to deviate from it” St. Maarten – Justice Minister Roland Duncan’s announcement that he wants to introduce minimum sentences in the new penal code as well as heavier punishments for crimes committed against t
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on August 17, 2011
St. Maarten / By Milton Pieters – A random sample of people involved in the arts, marketing and communications have mostly rejected an idea floated by Minister of Tourism, Economic Affairs, Transportation and Telecommunication, Franklin Meyers to s
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on August 17, 2011
St. Maarten – Executive Director of the Small Business Development Foundation (SBDF) Ludwig Ouenniche has said that it will take a multi-faceted approach to ensure that small businesses can start and keep going. Speaking in Parliament on Tuesday he
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on August 17, 2011
St. Maarten – A substantial part of Dutch St. Maarten suffered a loss of power Tuesday because of a shortage in an incoming feeder cable that leads to the Zagersgut substation. The power first went off around 1:30 p.m. and affected only the areas i
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on August 17, 2011
St. Maarten - Skin by Drisana Deborah Jack is in the company of Caribbean greats at the University of New Orleans (UNO). The poetry collection by the St. Martin poet/artist is now required reading for “Modern Anglophone Caribbean Poetry.” The Fal
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on August 17, 2011
Rollocks demands removal Talking Drums Foundation container St. Maarten – Julian Rollocks and his half-brother Cimmaron Marlin are at war again. This time, Rollocks demands that Marlin removes a container from a plot of land on Arch Road at the
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on August 17, 2011
St. Maarten – Executive Director of the Small Business Development Foundation Ludwig Ouenicche has urged members of Parliament to amend the regulations governing the establishment of a sole proprietorship. Though it is the “easiest way” for Dut
