St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on February 13, 2012
St. Maarten – The laws governing marriage are being updated to give more privileges to a spouse who may not have contributed in cash to the buildup assets when the marriage is being dissolved. Notaries mainly focused these provisions which relate t
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on February 13, 2012
St. Maarten – Prime Minister Sarah Wescot-Williams announced recently that a ministerial consultation with the members of the Council of Ministers and Dutch Minister of Home Affairs and Kingdom Relations Liesbeth Spies during the latter’s visit o
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on February 13, 2012
GREAT BAY - St. Maarten Cable TV, as previously announced, has launched its digital service and reminds its subscribers that everyone is required to switch to a Motorola digital box to continue receiving service. Subscribers are asked to visit the of
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on February 13, 2012
GREAT BAY – Two more community help desks will be opened by the beginning of March. The first community helpdesk is up and running in St. Peters and the government plans to open another one at Dutch Quarter on February 15 and the one in Cole Bay on
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on February 13, 2012
St. Maarten – Director of Bureau Telecommunications and Post St. Maarten Peggy Ann Brandon announced Friday that they are preparing quality of service standards for all participants in the telecommunications and broadcasting that address an imbalan
Opinion, St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on February 13, 2012
With utility-bills skyrocketing and with consumers bracing themselves for the next inevitable power cut it is no wonder that people start looking for alternatives. Talk about the development of alternative energy sources have been going on for years,
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on February 13, 2012
St. Maarten - Just what exactly triggered fifteen year old Sundial School student K. R to stab three of his colleagues on a school bus on Monday is yet to be determined. But Today Newspaper has learnt that the young man’s involvement in the ‘High
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on February 13, 2012
St. Maarten – Minister of Education, Culture Youth and Sports Dr. Rhoda Arrindell has stressed the importance of ensuring students return to the island upon completion of their studies at universities abroad. The call was part of her announcement o
Opinion, St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on February 10, 2012
The Windward Islands Teachers Union Witu has welcomed the use of professional development appraisals – a system that will allow school boards to link performance to salary. The appraisals are already in use with the St. Maarten Academy and with
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on February 10, 2012
St. Maarten - Tourism and renewable energy are two areas where Germany and St. Maarten could work together. The German ambassador to the Netherlands, Heinz-Peter Behr said this last night in a lecture in the Royal Pavilion at the Sonesta Maho Beach R
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on February 10, 2012
St. Maarten - Four new traffic signs have been added in front of the Princess Juliana International Airport (PJIA) to aid in the drop-off and pick-up of the physically-challenged. The signs were painted in the public access lane at each pedestrian
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on February 10, 2012
St. Maarten – The Court in First Instance sentenced Brebilus Février to 326 days imprisonment for smuggling Haitian children to St. Maarten between June 26 and October 17 of last year, and for forging so-called attestations d’hébergement – do
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on February 10, 2012
St. Maarten – One of the islands oldest dive shops – Dive Adventures - has donated artifacts from the HMS Proselyte to the St. Maarten Museum on Front Street. The pieces which were handed over by the company’s manager Vinny Agosta were collecte
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on February 10, 2012
St. Maarten – A plenary public session of parliament is scheduled for February 13 regarding the voting on a motion by Member of Parliament (MP) Jules James. The meeting will take place on Monday morning at 10:00am in the General Assembly Chamber of
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on February 10, 2012
St. Maarten - Arriving passengers will step out to the sound of music, assorted Valentine’s Day gifts for some lucky couples and an atmosphere of love and friendliness as the Princess Juliana International Airport rolls out the red carpet for them
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on February 10, 2012
St. Maarten – Civil servants who received their belated Christmas bonus were surprised to find out that the fls 345 payment had been taxed, Claire Elshot, first vice president of the windward Islands Chamber of Labor Unions Wiclu said yesterday mor
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on February 10, 2012
St. Maarten – Justice Minister Roland Duncan has designated the top floor of the immigration detention center in Simpson Bay and a wing of the police station in Philipsburg as Houses of Detention. The measures are designed to facilitate renovations
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on February 10, 2012
“If it does not happen before hurricane season I don’t know” St. Maarten - Rainforest Adventures’ chief engineer John Dalton has warned that if government does not issue a permit for their project soon, it may not happen at all. This was
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on February 10, 2012
St. Maarten – The government still has not reacted to a letter dated January 12 from the Windward Islands Chamber of Labor Unions Wiclu about a change in the scheduled days off around the French-side carnival. Currently those days of have been p
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on February 10, 2012
St. Maarten – The Windward Islands Chamber of Labor Unions Wiclu will meet with its member organizations tomorrow morning at ten o’clock to decide about candidates for the three sub-committees that were established in the last tri-partite meeting
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on February 10, 2012
St. Maarten - The Vocational Education (VE) team of the Division for Educational Innovations (DERPI) held an information session at the Sister Marie Laurence primary school on Wednesday evening to inform parents of grade six students of the available
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on February 10, 2012
St. Maarten - The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports and Youth Affairs will be Friday so staffers can participate in the annual retreat which was held for the first time in 2011. The theme of the retreat this year is: “Planning, Accountability
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on February 10, 2012
St. Maarten - Students from the various public schools on the island had an opportunity to showcase their skills when the physical education department held a talent showcase at the LB Scott Sports Auditorium on Wednesday evening. The purpose of t
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on February 10, 2012
St. Maarten - Young basketball players on the island will benefit from a one day camp at the LB Scott Sports Auditorium on Saturday February 18, which will be conducted by Donnie Arey, a professional coach out of Lake Wales Florida. Arey, who is curr
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on February 9, 2012
Investigation continues; new court hearing in June St. Maarten – The trial against seven suspects in the Vesuvius-investigation will continue on June 6. Yesterday, all suspects appeared in the Court in First Instance for pro forma hearings. For
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on February 9, 2012
St. Maarten – Gasoline and diesel prices will rise by eight and five guilder cents respectively on Friday. The adjustment is being made because of a hike in the price of petroleum products on the world market. Unleaded gasoline will go from 2.31
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on February 9, 2012
Carty: “It’s not wise to put all your cables in one hole” St. Maarten / By Donellis Browne – Minister of Tourism, Economic Affairs, Transportation and Telecommunications Franklin Meyers has said he will not grant a landing permit to Unite
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on February 9, 2012
St. Maarten – The Philipsburg Jubilee Library has organized two major events and a series of movie nights to mark Black History Month that begins with a book party for Hillie Arduin’s first children’s book - Princess Ivana, the princess that di
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on February 9, 2012
St. Maarten – Minister of Tourism, Economic Affairs, Telecommunications & Transport Franklin Meyers congratulates the over 100 staff at Flamingo Beach Resort who successfully completed the American Hotel and Lodging Association Education Institute
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on February 9, 2012
St. Maarten – Minister of Tourism, Economic Affairs, Transportation and Telecommunications Franklin Meyers said Wednesday that Chief Executive Officer of the Harbour Group Mark Mingo would have been aware that the proposed candidates for the St. Ma
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on February 9, 2012
Final decision pending St. Maarten – Minister of Tourism, Economic Affairs, Transportation and Telecommunication Franklin Meyers says an interim report from Bureau Telecommunications and Post (Curacao) recommends that government implement an ele
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on February 9, 2012
St. Maarten – Discussions on the draft 2012 budget will begin at 10:00 a.m. on February 22, 2012 in a Central Committee meeting. President of Parliament drs Gracita Arrindell announced the date on Wednesday – the day she received and distributed
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on February 9, 2012
The Vesuvius-investigation St. Maarten / By Hilbert Haar – When Amador Jones stole ten bricks of cocaine with an estimated local value of $70,000 from Hector Miguel Arrindell last year he set off a dramatic series of events that resulted in four
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on February 9, 2012
St. Maarten - The Notary Association is “strongly in favor and has endorsed” a proposed law that will allow companies in St. Maarten to form partnerships. This will be the first time that there is comprehensive legislation to deal with this point
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on February 9, 2012
President of Parliament drs Gracita Arrindell has no issue St. Maarten / By Torana Granston & Donellis Browne – Prime Minister Sarah Wescot-Williams leaves it to individual ministers to decide how, when and if the civil servants in their minist
