St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on May 17, 2013
St. Maarten – In connection with solidarity march for new elections starting today at 4 p.m. at Le Grand Marche and ending at 6 p.m. at the Clem Labega Square, the following traffic measures will be taken to ensure the proper flow of traffic and p
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on May 17, 2013
VVD Parliamentarian André Bosman. Photo Caribisch Netwerk / Jamila BaazizTHE HAGUE /St. Maarten – VVD-MP André Bosman will remain openly critical about the developments in St. Maarten, he told Caribisch Netwerk-reporter Jamila Baaziz after re
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on May 17, 2013
GREAT BAY – The St. Maarten Medical center SMMC had added General Surgeon Dr. Robert W.J. Muller and pediatrician Dr. Martijn E.C. Tilanus to its staff of specialists. Dr. Muller, who has 25 years of experience in his field, started working at t
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on May 17, 2013
St. Maarten – The new majority in parliament of eight MPs has requested an urgent meeting of parliament designed to replace President Drs. Rodolphe Samuel. While the letter does not state this, it is likely that the group of eight wants to reappoin
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on May 17, 2013
THE HAGUE – The General Audit Chamber of the Netherlands is highly critical of the way the directorate for Kingdom Relations has regulated its financial management, Jamila Baaziz reports on Caribisch Netwerk. The Audit Chamber advises Kingdom Relat
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on May 17, 2013
St. Maarten – Six families will be moving to their new homes by Christmas when the new homes are completed in the Ebenezer Estate, said Deputy Prime Minister William Marlin at the ground breaking ceremony which was held yesterday. Marlin describ
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on May 17, 2013
St. Maarten – “It’s better to hold one main march, instead of two marches on the same day,” Renée ‘Koto’ Wilson said about the non-political march that will be held this afternoon. After finding out that another march with the same pu
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on May 17, 2013
St. Maarten - Patricia Pantophlet, the head instructor at Patti’s Zumba Fitness, has come out in defense to the negative comments by critics with regards to the weekly involvement by Prime Minister Sarah Wescot-Williams, the initiator of the ‘U 2
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on May 17, 2013
St. Maarten – Leonardo R.-C. heard Solicitor-General Taco Stein ask the Common Court of Justice yesterday to confirm the sentence the Court in First Instance handed down in November of last year for an armed robbery at the Ho Supermarket on April 2
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on May 17, 2013
St. Maarten / Curacao – Telecom provider UTS stated in a press release yesterday that neither the company nor any of its subsidiaries is involved with illegal text message (sms)-lotteries. UTS reacts with its press release to the 31 questions the m
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on May 16, 2013
PM counters actions by Vice PM Marlin St. Maarten / By Hilbert Haar – “As soon as the parliament takes a legal decision I’m gone. I do not need this job. I can make much more money on the outside,” Finance Minister Roland Tuitt said yeste
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on May 16, 2013
St. Maarten – Governor Eugène Holiday appealed to all stakeholders “to do all that is necessary to maintain and protect the integrity of our constitutional democracy and to foster actions in keeping with our constitution based on the rule of law
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on May 16, 2013
THE HAGUE / GREAT BAY / By Jamila Baaziz– “St. Maarten regulated the integrity of its administration a long time ago,” Prime Minister Sarah Wescot-Williams said in an interview with Jamila Baaziz that was published on Caribisch Netwerk yesterda
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on May 16, 2013
St. Maarten – The Court in First Instance sentenced Kenesha Tunisia Richardson to 2 years and 184 days imprisonment for the twofold attempted murder on her 6-month old baby Makhaylan Boasman in the night of May 25 to 26, 2009. Of the sentence, the
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on May 16, 2013
St. Maarten – Political tension and instability created by the National Alliance led government is bad for business confidence and can negatively impact the sovereign credit rating of the country. Moody’s credit rating agency says that politica
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on May 16, 2013
St. Maarten – Two men who are suspected of the November 10 murder on Gaston Ambroise Gumbs saw their trial postponed until July 4 yesterday, mainly because one of the defendants had switched attorneys and his new counsel got the case only two days
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on May 16, 2013
St. Maarten – The Rotary Club announced its annual change of board ceremony and gala dinner. On June 8 Maria Buncamper-Molanus, will take the helm of St. Maarten’s oldest Rotary Club at a formal gala dinner at Infinity Restaurant in the Oyster
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on May 16, 2013
GREAT BAY – The St. Maarten Nature Foundation, in an effort to expand its activities and its operations while simultaneously involving the community in its work, will be launching a structured volunteer program. The Nature Foundation is the Managem
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on May 16, 2013
St. Maarten – Prime Minister Sarah Wescot-Williams invited politicians, especially those in parliament, to stop criticizing her U 2 Can Move health campaign, where the prime minister encourages especially women to maintain a healthy lifestyle, and
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on May 15, 2013
A throng of people makes its way up to the SDK-stadium to pay tribute to Helmin Wiels. Photo Caribisch Netwerk / Natasja GibbsWILLEMSTAD – Thousands paid their respect to the murdered politician Helmin Wiels in Curacao yesterday. Additionally, hund
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on May 15, 2013
St. Maarten – Renée “Koto” Wilson organizes a peaceful solidarity march against corruption on Friday, whereby he will also demand elections. “All the police officers, the firemen and the customs officers who have come by my house to tell
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on May 15, 2013
Consuming venomous fish could lead to ciguatera poisoning St. Maarten - Eating lionfish is not a good idea, Jeff Berger warned this week in het St. Maarten Weekly News online newsletter. The fish may contain the ciguatera toxin. “If you eat fish w
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on May 15, 2013
St. Maarten – Three members of the Windward Islands Teachers Union Witu are taking the government and the minister of education to court over two different issues. Witu-President Claire Elshot said yesterday that one teacher is working in a full
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on May 15, 2013
Vice Prime Minister William Marlin during the election campaign in 2010. Photo Today / Milton Pieters.St. Maarten – If it were up to National Alliance leader and Vice Prime Minister William Marlin, elections would be held on Friday, July 26 and
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on May 15, 2013
UP-leader Theo Heyliger shakes hands with National Alliance MP Dr. Lloyd Richardson at the start of Monday’s meeting of parliament. Photo sxmislandtime.com / Samuel AllenSt. Maarten – For the first time since the political upheaval erupted S
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on May 15, 2013
St. Maarten – “We will have a Humpty Dumpty government and the coalition will look like scrambled eggs,” observed Claire Elshot, Vice-President of the Windward Islands Chamber of Labor Unions yesterday at the weekly press briefing. To the sugge
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on May 15, 2013
St. Maarten – The Windward Islands Chamber of Labor Unions will meet tomorrow with Prime Minister Sarah Wescot-Williams to discuss the cost of living adjustment. Wiclu vice-President Claire Elshot said yesterday that so far, the government had incl
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on May 14, 2013
St. Maarten – In a controversial parliament meeting the new majority of UP, DP and Independent MP Romain Laville passed a motion of no confidence against Ministers William Marlin, Roland Tuitt, Roland Duncan, Silveria Jacobs and Romeo Pantophlet. P
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on May 14, 2013
WILLEMSTAD – Parliament will hold a meeting this morning for the last week murdered Pueblo Soberano leader, Helmin Wiels. After this solemn meeting, the funeral procession will start at the Parliament building and end at the Curacao Sport Center (S
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on May 14, 2013
GREAT BAY – The St. Maarten Medical Center nurses on the Maternity and Women’s ward presented a gift to a mother who delivered an unexpected baby a few days before Mother’s Day. New mother, Keisha Brooks, was informed a few weeks before he
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on May 14, 2013
St. Maarten - Independent MP Frans Richardson said yesterday afternoon at an impromptu press conference that he is calling for new elections and that he had no clue that fellow-Independent MP Romain Laville was about to break away from the coalition.
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on May 14, 2013
St. Maarten – Minister of Public Health Social Development & Labor with responsibility for the production and distribution of drinking water, Cornelius De Weever on Monday visited the construction site in Pointe Blanche where two tanks for stor
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on May 14, 2013
St. Maarten – Unicef presented the report on the situation of children and adolescents in St. Maarten, this happened in the presence of Minister of Education, Culture, Youth & Sports Affairs Silveria Jacobs. Many interested people came together
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on May 13, 2013
St. Maarten –The 17-year-old accomplice in the fatal stabbing of Kimberly Illidge on March 23 in Middle Region identified as E.J. was re-arrested last week Wednesday after the Common Court of Justice granted the appeal against his release from cust
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on May 13, 2013
Wescot-Williams explains current issues on radio broadcast. St. Maarten – Prime Minister Sarah Wescot-Williams explained various items related to the dissolution of Parliament, her role as prime minister and the role of the governor in the curre
