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
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on May 13, 2013
A memorial plaque has been placed at the beach in Marie Pompoen where Helmin Wiels was murdered. Photo ANP / Prince VictorWILLEMSTAD / ROTTERDAM – Thousands of people took part in a silent march to commemorate the assassinated Pueblo Soberano l
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on May 13, 2013
St. Maarten – The cargo transport vessel Marietje Andrea’s Sunday evening departure has been postponed until today starting at 5.45pm till 6.30pm. The transit from the lagoon into the Simpson Bay should take approximately 30 minutes which mean
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on May 13, 2013
St. Maarten – “I have already moved most of my personal belongings to my other office yesterday,” Minister Duncan said on his resignation on Friday. “I am tired of the situation,” Duncan said. “I am preparing a report with regard to my t
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on May 13, 2013
St. Maarten – So far the government has not reacted to a request by this newspaper for information about local brothels and strip clubs. Under the national ordinance on public administration, Today asked the government on April 18 to indicate whic
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on May 10, 2013
Against a background of the freshly installed picture of King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima Prime Minister Wescot-Williams makes her case against dissolving the parliament. Photo Pearl FM 98.1St. Maarten - Following last weekend’s fall of
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on May 10, 2013
DP faction leader Roy Marlin addresses the media while Leroy de Weever and Gracita Arrindell look on. Photo Today / Hilbert Haar Majority of eight wants “all noses in the same direction” St. Maarten / By Hilbert Haar – Two remarkable pie
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on May 10, 2013
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St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on May 10, 2013
St. Maarten – The cargo transport vessel Marietje Andrea, the largest ship ever to enter the Simpson Bay Lagoon to deliver the swing bridge for the causeway, is tentatively set to leave the lagoon on Sunday evening at 7 p.m. The transit from the
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on May 10, 2013
St. Maarten - More than two weeks after the 2013 Budget was approved by a majority in the parliament, it is yet to be written into law. The national ordinance that should have followed the legislative approval of the policy document could be stalle
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on May 10, 2013
St. Maarten - Prime Minister Sarah Wescot-Williams always appear to land on her feet and in last weekend’s government shakeup there have been no reports to date that she will not head the third cabinet since St. Maarten obtained its constitutiona
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on May 10, 2013
St. Maarten – Prime Minister Sarah Wescot-Williams is urging the population to listen to her radio program One on One with the Prime Minister today at 9 a.m. This week’s radio show will be dedicated to the recent and ongoing political development
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on May 10, 2013
UP-leader Theo Heyliger (l) in the company of casino-boss Francesco Corallo (with glasses) and his poker room manager Pepe on April 30, 2012 at the Waikiki Beach bar in Orient Bay on the French side of the island, less than 40 hours after the fal
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on May 8, 2013
Radcomm Corporation holds UTS-license in St. Maarten [caption id="attachment_22691" align="alignleft" width="375"] The late Pueblo Soberano leader Helmin Wiels.[/caption] St. Maarten / By Hilbert Haar – The allegations of money laundering
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on May 8, 2013
Curacao – To solve the murder of politician Helmin Wiels a special team of pathologists comes from the Netherlands to Curacao to assist the large-scale investigation team TGO, the police in Curacao said. Natasja Gibbs reports about the latest devel
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on May 8, 2013
St. Maarten – Ministers of the National Alliance and ministers appointed by Independent MPs want to dissolve the parliament and call for early elections, but during yesterday’s meeting of the Council of Ministers Prime Minister Sarah Wescot-Willi
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on May 8, 2013
Claire Elshot and Theophilus ThompsonSt. Maarten – “Unions are undermining other unions. At the Chamber of Labor Unions we discover that kind of practices. This is not in the interest of the workers and we see this as a serious concern,” said T
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on May 8, 2013
WILLEMSTAD – A close ally of Helmin Wiels killed by two assailants in Curacao said yesterday he believes the lawmaker was slain in some sort of politically motivated attack on the Dutch Caribbean island off the coast of Venezuela. Donald Valenti
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on May 8, 2013
St. Maarten – The cabinet of the Minister of Justice announced on Tuesday that as of May 1, the National Ordinances to establish the judicial paternity and the joint custody of minor children went into effect. As per article 207 of the ordinance
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on May 8, 2013
THE HAGUE – Home Affairs and Kingdom Relations Minister Ronald Plasterk will attend the funeral of Helmin Wiels if he receives an invitation, the minister said on Monday in the TV-program Pauw and Witteman, Jamila Baaziz reports on Caribisch Netwer
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on May 8, 2013
The three defendants in the King-killings: from left to right Jamal W., Jeremiah M,. and Meyshane J. Photo today / Milton Pieters.St. Maarten – This morning the Court in First Instance will pronounce the verdicts against the three suspects in t
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on May 8, 2013
St. Maarten – “We will keep the same minister of labor and that is important for us,” said Claire Elshot, vice-President of the Windward Islands Chamber of Labor Unions at the Wiclu’s weekly press conference in a reaction to the fall of the g
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on May 7, 2013
St. Maarten – “I was in shock when I heard the news. It is a senseless murder of a representative of the people,” Leader of the United People’s (UP) Party Theo Heyliger stated in a press release. “Never in the political history of the
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on May 7, 2013
The Cabinet of Curacao’s Minister Plenipotentiary Roy Pieters in The Hague opened a condolence register for tributes to Helmin Wiels.WILLEMSTAD – Shock, unbelief, anger and sadness were the prevailing sentiments in Curacao and elsewhere after
