St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on August 23, 2011
St. Maarten – The draft civil code for St. Maarten sailed through the Central committee of Parliament yesterday morning, after a brief presentation by prof. Jan de Boer and further elucidation by Justice Minister Roland Duncan. Prof. de Boer, a me
Uncategorized - Posted by admin on August 23, 2011
WILLEMSTAD – The University of Curacao will be technically bankrupt by the end of the year unless measures are taken to improve its financial position. An audit report concludes that the university will be for 1.1 million guilders in the red by Dec
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on August 23, 2011
St. Maarten – The Ministry of Economic Affairs announced a dramatic drop in the price of unleaded gas. Starting on Wednesday, the price will go down from 2.57 to 2.42 guilders per liter (from $1.435 to $1.352) – a decrease of 5.8 percent. The pr
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on August 23, 2011
St. Maarten – TelEm Group technicians have successfully completed installation and cutover of telecommunication services to its brand new 3G mobile network – the first of its kind on St. Maarten. Technicians are now busy fine-tuning and “twea
Attorney generals and ministers seem to have found a taste for tossing around solutions for the overflowing prisons in the Caribbean. And from what we hear, there are some good suggestions among them. Justice Minister Roland Duncan reconfirmed yeste
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on August 23, 2011
St. Maarten - Today marks the international day for the remembrance of the slave trade and its abolition, as proclaimed by the United Nations. This day is observed on an annual basis by the international community. The UN Educational, Scientific and
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on August 23, 2011
GREAT BAY – The St. Maarten Youth Council Association begins with its youth parliament program next week Thursday, on September 1. The program caters to young people between the age of 13 and 21 with an interest in the functioning of government. Th
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on August 23, 2011
St. Maarten – At 18 minutes past one yesterday afternoon St. Maarten felt the effect of an earthquake that occurred southwest of St. Barths. The quake had a magnitude of 4.9 on the Richter scale, according to the seismic unit of the University of t
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on August 23, 2011
BONAIRE – State Secretary Joop Atsma (Infrastructure and Environment) was at hand together with Bonaire’s Commissioner of Infrastructure Delno Tromp to make the islands first eighteen glass-collection containers operational. Atsma and Tromp put s
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on August 23, 2011
Sargassum assails Dutch-side beaches St. Maarten - A couple of weeks ago COM Vice president Pierre Aliotti was the first one to sound the alarm over the arrival of massive amounts of sargassum on St. Maarten’s beaches. Now the problem has also
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on August 23, 2011
St. Maarten - The Soualiga Capoeira Foundation will host two open house days to start off the new school year. The group which was established in St. Maarten in November, 2002 is very excited about the new year as it is also a transitional period wit
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on August 23, 2011
St. Maarten – Increased demand for mobile data services from TelEm Group customers is causing congestion on the company’s Blackberry Smartphone service making it necessary to increase available bandwidth for the BB network. According to Chi
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on August 23, 2011
St. Maarten – In June attorney mr. Geert Hatzmann criticized the local legal community for its refusal to handle pro Deo cases. “This is a disgrace. Attorneys are making a lot of money and nobody wants to do pro Deo work,” he said at the time.
Since we are remembering the slave trade and its abolition today, it is a good occasion as any to wonder about the usefulness of these events. Do not misunderstand us: slavery was a horrendous practice, and everybody who was ever involved in it ought
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on August 23, 2011
WILLEMSTAD--Robbie dos Santos refuted allegations he misinformed authorities on his tax return. He usually never personally reacts in these cases, but he could not resist clearing some statements about his affairs. “First of all, I earn 20 thousand
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on August 23, 2011
St. Maarten – The Central Committee of Parliament set a record yesterday afternoon by finishing a meeting in exactly seven minutes and thirty seconds. On the agenda was the amendment of the 1997 national ordinance on the turnover tax. There were th
Editorial, St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on August 23, 2011
The changes the new civil code will bring are significant and they are not just about paternity and the inheritance legislation. The code is a complex of rules and regulations that will affect the everyday life of all citizens and the Parliament sho
