Surely, Rain Forest Adventures is making a peculiar impression when it refutes claims of greenwashing its commercial activities while at the same time it makes incorrect claims on its web site that it is affiliated with Tread Lightly! – a Utah-base
We hereby announce that tomorrow there will be no Parliament meeting. We had no quorum. The reason is that too many parliamentarians cannot attend the meeting because they either have a tooth ache, a headache, diarrhea, or have one or two side jobs b
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on January 20, 2012
The criminal investigation into possible tax evasion by the local Rolex-dealer has been ongoing since 2008, and yesterday the company was in court. While evading millions in taxes may sound like a mafia-like practice, the reality is not that simple.
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on January 20, 2012
OPERATION STRETCH, athletes from the Dynamics Track Club warm up during the training session which was held yesterday. St. Maarten - Ten athletes from Dynamics track club will be seeking to increase its medal count at the Speedy Plus Club’s se
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on January 20, 2012
St. Maarten – A six member group from Dutch daily De Telegraaf arrive in St. Maarten Friday to begin work on a story about the island and Tamarind Hotel. The crew includes a journalist, a professional photographer and four models who will stay at t
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on January 20, 2012
St. Maarten – The General Pension Fund of St. Maarten (APS) will make its first pension payment today using the same regulations that were used by the General Pension Fund Netherlands Antilles (APNA). Payments between October 10, 2010 and December
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on January 20, 2012
St. Maarten – The School Bus Inspection Section has called on parents to instruct their children to behave while riding in school busses after several drivers filed complaints. The section head is particularly concerned that someone will get hurt i
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on January 20, 2012
Commissioner Vonzelle Johnson, Commissioner Willie Calhoun, Commissioner Jack C. Sims, Mayor John Mc Gowan, Founder Johnny Ford, President of WMC Mayor James Walls, Prime Minister Sarah Wescot-Williams, Minister of Finance Hiro Shigemoto, Minister of
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on January 20, 2012
A bus driver takes a wide turn as he exits Back Street next to the Kadaster to avoid a sunken area in the road. Minister of Housing, Physical Planning, Environment and Infrastructure (VROMI) Theodore Heyliger has announced that work will likely s
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on January 20, 2012
St. Maarten – An investigation into possible criminal activities by former Public Health Minister Maria Buncamper-Molanus and her husband Claudius is still not off the table. Chief Prosecutor mr. Hans Mos told this newspaper yesterday that his offi
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on January 20, 2012
St. Maarten – Rain Forest Adventures, the American company that intends to develop a rain forest adventure park on the Emilio Wilson Estate incorrectly claims on its web site to be affiliated with Tread Lightly!, a Salt Lake City based environmenta
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on January 20, 2012
St. Maarten – Independent Member of Parliament Frans Richardson has called for an end to the “back and forth” on important properties like Emilio Wilson Estate and Mary’s Fancy Plantation. Both sites have historic value and conservation organ
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on January 20, 2012
St. Maarten – The Department of Statistics has set the inflation rate at 4.6 percent when they compare figures from December 2011 and December 2010. This represents a 43.75 percent increase in the inflation rate in that 12 month period. The rate
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on January 20, 2012
St. Maarten – The attorney representing Royal Resorts and Simpson Bay Resort Management Company Jairo Bloem has offered little comment on Wednesday’s announcement that the Worker’s Insitute for Organized Labor (WIFOL) has filed a petition reque
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on January 20, 2012
The fin on a marine mammal that was spotted in local waters. (St. Maarten Nature Foundation photo)GREAT BAY – The St. Maarten Nature Foundation restarted its Marine Mammal Monitoring project recently with assistance from Dolphin Defenders St. M
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on January 20, 2012
The Hydraulics dancers will be the main act in the seventh edition of Dance Mania on March 3. (LOL photo) St. Maarten - Laugh out loud Productions will stage Dance Mania 2012 on March 3 as the first event for the year. The show, which is in its seve
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on January 20, 2012
Albina Matuzko performs a scene from Baba Yaga, which will be staged one last time on January 28 at 8:00 p.m. (Photo contributed) St. Maarten – Imbali Center for Creative Movement and Albina Matuzko have decided to do a final run of Baba Yaga
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on January 19, 2012
St. Maarten – Workers Institute for Organized Labor (WIFOL), which represents the employees of Pelican Resort the Management Company, has filed a new court case against Royal Resort and Simpson Bay Resort Management Company to force them to honor t
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on January 19, 2012
Two fathers involved, but face light sentences St. Maarten – The Court in First Instance will rule on March 8 on a human smuggling case that involves two Haitian children. The prosecution demanded yesterday 18 months against the main suspect, Br
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on January 19, 2012
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Nobody seems to be in a hurry to do something about the awful temperatures that terrorize judges, prosecutors, defendants, attorneys, journalists and visitors to the courthouse. But when male defendants start borrowing wooly outfits from female inter
Uncategorized - Posted by admin on January 19, 2012
We read somewhere that towing services spent four and a half (4.5) hours on Tuesday to retrieve four (4) car wrecks from some bushes in Dutch Quarter. We marveled at these figures and the efficiency of it all. But then, maybe it was a typo, though
Suppose you happen to have the Haitian nationality; that you have lived for decades in St. Maarten; and that you have a child living in Haiti. We all know that the place was devastated by an earthquake in January 2010 and that there is a cholera epid
Dear Editor, Numerous developments this week have prompted further questions about the human and financial consequences for the Dutch Government and local community in the event of a potential disaster at NuStar’s operations in St. Eustatius. Th
Editorial, St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on January 19, 2012
It really just never ends when the lawyers get involved, now does it? That’s a valid question considering that yet again the Workers Institute for Organized Labor is dragging the former Pelican Resort to court. Next to that they’re heading to the
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on January 19, 2012
St. Maarten – Minister of Public Health, Social Development and Labor Cornelius de Weever has commissioned an investigation into how he can get the Department of Social Affairs to give better service. He’s also announced that he’ll be placing a
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on January 19, 2012
St. Maarten – The Court in First Instance suspended custody for 37-year-old Marvin Victor Lake on the condition that he reports this morning around eleven o’clock to Turning Point to enter a rehabilitation program. He has to abide by instructions
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on January 19, 2012
[caption id="attachment_9195" align="alignleft" width="540" caption="Water flows between the Fresh Pond to the Great Salt Pond as a way to lower heightened water levels."][/caption] St. Maarten - Head of Maintenance in the Public Works Department Cl
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on January 19, 2012
St. Maarten / By Donellis Browne – The addition of 31 new officers from the BAVPOL program, 12 from the Basic Police Course and the addition of 14 police officers from the Netherlands is helping the police force of St. Maarten accomplish the goal
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on January 19, 2012
[caption id="attachment_9199" align="alignleft" width="540" caption="Dr. Scott Douglas presents his 300 page doctoral thesis Great governance in small societies to Governor drs Eugene Holiday while civil law notary Miguel Alexander looks on. The pres
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on January 19, 2012
St. Maarten – The Court in First Instance sentenced 37-year-old Aubrey Thom to 9 months imprisonment for an accident with a jet ski that cost teenager Felicia Williams her life on March 27 of last year. Judge Mr. Monique Keppels acquitted Thom of m
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on January 19, 2012
[caption id="attachment_9201" align="alignleft" width="540" caption="Members of the Board of Financial Supervision Alberto Romero and Richard Gibson Sr., the CFT’s Chairman Age Bakker and the body’s Secretary Kees Nieuwamerongen settle in for the
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on January 19, 2012
St. Maarten - The consumer price index decreased by 0.3 percent in December 2011 when the figures at the end of that month and the ones issued at the end of October 2011 are compared. The price index recorded in December 2011 is 117.5. Prices general
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on January 19, 2012
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St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on January 19, 2012
[caption id="attachment_9206" align="alignleft" width="540" caption="Gospel Recording Artiste Desmond Forde and Producer Adrian Scott pose for a handout photo to promote the launch of ‘Lift Him Up’. "][/caption] St. Maarten - Zamar Musical Produ
