St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on April 18, 2013
[caption id="attachment_22423" align="alignleft" width="360"] Chief Ranger Etienne Lake is preparing a monkey trap[/caption]St. Maarten – Management of the Pointe Blanche prison recently contacted the Nature Foundation regarding issues it had with
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on April 18, 2013
St. Maarten -Huge discrepancies between the figures that the government and the Chamber of Commerce and Industry have for businesses on the island, need to be resolved soon, Economic Affairs Minister Romeo Pantophlet says. While the Ministry and Tax
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on April 18, 2013
St. Maarten - Tourism and Economic Affairs Minister Romeo Pantophlet foresees St. Maarten’s tax base expanding significantly over the next year as more foreign direct investment is attracted to the island. Pantophlet, in responding to questions
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on April 18, 2013
St. Maarten – The St. Maarten Housing Development Foundation (SMHDF) is “racing against the clock” to find property to relocate residents of Colebay who have up until June 30 to occupy social homes there. Deputy Prime Minister with responsibi
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on April 18, 2013
St. Maarten - By the end of May, Minister of Justice Roland Duncan wants to have legislation on fees for items such as residence permits be brought to Parliament. The proposal is to charge 15 hundred guilders per year for any type of residence per
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on April 18, 2013
St. Maarten - Minister of Tourism and Economic Affairs Romeo Pantophlet refuted claims by Democratic Party Parliamentarian Petrus Leroy de Weever that 24 new stores were to be established at the harbor soon. De Weever, on Tuesday contended that he ha
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on April 17, 2013
St. Maarten - United People's Party Member of Parliament Drs. Gracita Arrindell chided Justice Minister Roland Duncan for Monday's pronouncement that he wanted to get rid with the Dutch Caribbean Coast Guard stationed in Simpson Bay. During yesterday
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on April 17, 2013
[caption id="attachment_22078" align="alignleft" width="300"] Rodolphe Samuel on left[/caption] St. Maarten - Coalition partners did not side with Parliament President Drs. Rodolphe Samuel on Monday night when he sought to continue a plenary sessi
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on April 17, 2013
THE HAGUE / St. Maarten – Mafia, crooks, corruption and Duncan – those were the key words in a meeting of the permanent parliamentary committee Kingdom Relations in The Hague yesterday. While the agenda for the meeting contained seven topics, the
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on April 17, 2013
St. Maarten – Parliamentary deliberations in the plenary session of parliament regarding the draft 2013 country budget will continue today at 10 a.m. The plenary public meeting was postponed early yesterday evening and will be reconvened at the
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on April 17, 2013
[caption id="attachment_22371" align="alignleft" width="250"] Annick Arrindell (Heineken lady) applies the finishing touch to one of her unique pieces that will occupy a spot outside booth #51 for the entire Carnival season and she also has a lot mor
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on April 17, 2013
[caption id="attachment_11231" align="alignleft" width="300"] Archive photo[/caption] St. Maarten – The announcement made by Nagico that motorists will face a 30 percent increase in premiums, has sent motorists scampering to find other insurance
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on April 17, 2013
St. Maarten –Prime Minister Sarah Wescot-Williams announced yesterday that there is a new government website dedicated to the upcoming inauguration of King Willem-Alexander. The PM commented that the website, which was developed and launched by the
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on April 17, 2013
[caption id="attachment_13087" align="alignleft" width="300"] Min Romeo Pantophlet and Harbour Officials Meet with FCCA 050612 (file photo)[/caption] St. Maarten – Preparations are in full swing for the 21st Annual Florida Caribbean Cruise Assoc
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on April 17, 2013
St. Maarten –Minister of Education Silveria Jacobs will be cutting the ribbon at the grand opening of the University of St. Martin Inlingua Language Lab today. The reception will take place at 5 p.m. at the University of St. Martin. The unive
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on April 16, 2013
St. Maarten - Anyone that witnessed the Balloon Jump, would certainly give a huge, ‘thumbs up’ to the organizers and extend their heart felt gratitude to the co-sponsors who made it possible for the almost 500 participants to be attired in the sp
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on April 16, 2013
St. Maarten – The plenary parliament meeting about the 2013 draft budget started with a more than five-hour delay yesterday morning, after President Rodolphe Samuel adjourned to give MPs the opportunity to study information they had received at the
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on April 16, 2013
St. Maarten – “Too much corruption on the Dutch Side, therefore your papers will no longer be valid anymore,” is what President of the Haitian Community on the Dutch side, Jeston Guerrier, heard yesterday when he travelled from the French side
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on April 16, 2013
St. Maarten - It has been two weeks since the Come Centre officially began its Adult Basic Competency (ABC) program that has attracted more than a dozen persons. Every Tuesday, Thursday and Friday they assemble at the non-governmental facility on the
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on April 16, 2013
St. Maarten – The Department of Public Works from the Ministry of Vromi and Windward Roads assisted the St. Maarten Nature Foundation in the placement of boulders along Guana Bay Beach in order to block access to vehicles from driving on the beach.
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on April 16, 2013
St. Maarten – The Coast Guard had a hand in the deaths of nine people who drowned during a human smuggling transport back in December 2010. At least, this is the opinion of Justice Minister Roland Duncan who repeated yesterday during the budget deb
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on April 16, 2013
St. Maarten – The purchase of the Emilio Wilson Estate is a priority for the Ministry of Public Housing, Urban Planning, Environment and Infrastructure (Vromi), Minister William Marlin said yesterday during the budget debate in parliament. As so
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on April 16, 2013
St. Maarten – The Department of Youth and Sports is pleased to announce that application forms for the Business Outreach and Placement Program (Bopp) are available to students at the high schools on St. Maarten. The said program, coordinated by
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on April 15, 2013
Thelma and Michael King. The family declined to be photographed for this interview because they felt it would take the focus away from their murdered relatives. Photo courtesy King-family.St. Maarten / By Hilbert Haar – On Saturday the King-family
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on April 15, 2013
St. Maarten - A spanking new, customer friendly and fully equipped Public Service Centre was launched on Saturday with a soft opening at the Simpson Bay Fish Market. The center boasts five government departments across three ministries and only lacks
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on April 15, 2013
From left to right, the senior contestants for this year’s Carnival Queen strike a pose in their culture wear; Dikenia Lake, Valisca Joseph, Kyara Walker, Davinia Brooks, Shanice Powell and Caroline Paredes. Photo: Today/Milton Peters.St. Maarten -
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on April 15, 2013
St. Maarten -The increase in garbage collection remains on the Draft 2013 Budget for a cost of 1.2 million guilders. Minister of Vromi William Marlin said that this had nothing to do with the increase in fees or contracts for 2012. Approximately 800
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on April 15, 2013
[caption id="attachment_22326" align="alignleft" width="250"] : Deputy Prime Minister William Marlin and Head of Infrastructure Claudius Buncamper in front of the new garbage bins.[/caption] St. Maarten – With the distribution of new 65 gallon g
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on April 15, 2013
St. Maarten / THE HAGUE – Tomorrow at 10.15 a.m. (island time) the parliamentary committee for Kingdom Relations debates the Bada Bing bribery case. The debate will be streamed live on the internet via tweedekamer.nl. The issue will come up in t
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on April 15, 2013
St. Maarten – On Friday evening around 9.45 p.m. the attendant at the sol gas station on Union road in Cole Bay was robbed at gunpoint by an unknown man. The robber, who was dressed in black, took the cash the attendant had on him. On Saturday e
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on April 12, 2013
St. Maarten – The Telegraaf, the largest daily with a circulation of around 500,000 copies, labeled St. Maarten yesterday as a “corruption-island” in the headline above a story by Bart Olmer and Alex de Vries about the proposed cuts in the Coas
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on April 12, 2013
THE HAGUE – Home Affairs and Kingdom Relations Minister Plasterk says that budget cuts at the Public Prosecutor’s office, the police and the National Detective Agency (Landsrecherche) are matter for the autonomous country St. Maarten. The Ministe
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on April 12, 2013
St. Maarten – Members of Parliament in St. Maarten receive a remuneration that is approximately 30 percent higher than what their colleagues in Aruba and Curacao get. Home Affairs and Kingdom Relations Minister Ronald Plasterk writes this in answer
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on April 12, 2013
St. Maarten - An abuse of the business license procedure by foreign nationals has prompted Economic Affairs Minister Romeo Pantophlet to place more than two dozen requests on hold as the government seeks a way to block the practice. Pantophlet told P
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on April 12, 2013
St. Maarten – Solicitor-General Taco Stein demanded 12 months imprisonment on appeal against Norvin Adelbert W. for firearm possession. Of the demand, 6 months are conditional. The defendant was stopped by a police patrol on August 1 of last yea
