Okay, enough for now about cock fighting. How this could have been a cultural tradition in St. Maarten while the practice was outlawed on the very day in 1863 when slavery was abolished –and is illegal up to this very day - is beyond us, but we’l
French St. Martin News, St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on July 16, 2012
MARIGOT, St. Martin – This year’s Bastille Day celebrations, which was themed “Youth and Excellence”, placed heavy focus on young people. Some 40 percent of St. Martin’s population is under 25 and there are roughly 10, 000 young people in e
There is no doubt that President of the Collectivité Alain Richardson is an ideological man. That fact is obvious from the way he mixes convoluted terms into every speech he makes to prove that he has vision and that he wants to take his people some
We’re not too sure whether Bob Marley would be honored had he lived to see the day that biologist Paul Sikkel, an assistant professor at the Arkansas State University decided to call his latest discovery the Gnathia Marleyi. Sikkel discovered a sm
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St. Maarten – Drs Rodolphe Samuel will spend his day on the job as President of Parliament today as he takes over from the former chair Drs Gracita Arrindell. The latter was voted out of the function on June 29 – just over a month after 10 MPs ca
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ORIENT BAY – Team Dragon Blast beat out eight other teams Sunday to win Lady B’s Sand Blast sand castle competition. They won a golden bucket after their dragon beat out sculptures of a sea turtle and Sponge Bob Squarepants. The competition mean
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St. Maarten - Sixteen (16) members of the Voluntary Corps of St. Maarten (VKS) under the leadership of 1st Lt. Alain Richardson left for Curaçao over the weekend to take part in a joint training exercise with the Voluntary Corps of Curaçao (VKC) th
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on July 16, 2012
A view of the Art Lovers exhibition space in Porto Cupecoy.St. Maarten - Art Lovers Association will host its last artist reception for the season on July 18 at the exhibition space in Porto Cupecoy starting at 6:30 p.m. There will be a reception
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Left to right is, Sophonie Massena, Tiffany Matthews, Anouska Oliente, Shantel Gerot, Mikitorya Inecia and Shanice Stephenson. Milton Pieters Photo.St. Maarten - The crowd was the decisive factor in the 4th annual Bikini Contest sponsored by Suns
Dear Editor, St. Maarten is a country that will remain weak because of leaders who have one interest, and people who care only of money. The members of the bar association are people with one intention - Divide and break the grassroots people of
That companies could buy Facebook-likes through shady third parties is not new. But it appears now that the likes a company gathered in an honest way are also not always real. There are a lot of fake-accounts that click on advertisements for likes, r
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on July 16, 2012
Telem Marketing Officer, Mrs. Marelva Jones-Felix, presents the check to Emanuel York, President of the St. Maarten Youth Beat Foundation. (Steve Allen photo)St. Maarten – Telem Group of Companies donated $1,434 to the St. Maarten Youth Beat Fo
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The police are one of the branches of the justice system that will participate in tomorrow’s information day.St. Maarten – The second annual International Justice Day celebration will be held at the Clem Labega Square in Philipsburg tomorrow.
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ORANJESTAD - Queen Beatrix Airport has retained its 'BBB' rating on outstanding bonds. The announcement was made international rating agency Fitch Ratings last week. The report is very positive about the airport’s finances and calls Aruba a mature
When general practitioners start warning about the safety and effectiveness of prescription medication it’s time to pay attention. Hans van der Linde, a Dutch general practitioner wondered in a column in the Volkskrant why millions of people are ta
