St. Maarten News, Uncategorized - Posted by admin on May 20, 2013
WILLEMSTAD – The life partner of the murdered political leader says that Wiels did not have security for weeks before he was killed. His own party Pueblo Soberano gave the order to stop the bodyguard service for the Member of Parliament. This is w
St. Maarten News, Uncategorized - Posted by admin on March 28, 2013
WILLEMSTAD, Curacao – During the weekly Council of Ministers’ meeting, Prime Minister Daniel Hodge has decided to turn in the resignation of his cabinet to the Governor of Curacao. The cabinet is now a demissionary government and the process of f
Uncategorized - Posted by admin on March 5, 2013
Grand Case - March 4, 2013 – Author Mark Yokoyama’s The Incomplete Guide to the Wildlife of Saint Martin has brought St. Martin’s unique fauna to thousands, both in print and online. Now, with a totally-updated new edition almost complete, he h
Uncategorized - Posted by admin on February 19, 2013
St. Maarten – “We have been wrongfully accused of drugs and weapon possession and we want to set that record straight,” Phyllis Brooks, a member of the family that was evicted from its houses in Fort Willem last Saturday, said. “No drugs, wea
Uncategorized - Posted by admin on February 18, 2013
WILLEMSTAD, Curacao – The aviation company Insel Air has decided to temporarily stop the expansion of its flights to Venezuela. This is a direct consequence of the devaluation of the bolivar, which since today has become one third less compared
Uncategorized - Posted by admin on February 18, 2013
WILLEMSTAD, Curacao – Attorney Ernst Tielkemeyer tears apart the ongoing investigation on the gold heist that occurred on November 30. The attorney denounced on Wednesday, that authorities falsified documents in the case in which more than 70 gold
Uncategorized - Posted by admin on February 18, 2013
THE HAGUE – Criticism of the decision to call Princess Máxima Queen once her husband Willem-Alexander becomes king on April 30 were shrugged off by the Prime Minister's office yesterday. A number of legal experts said in Friday's NRC that royalty
Uncategorized - Posted by admin on February 18, 2013
News Americas, NEW YORK - Over sixteen dozen Caribbean-born teachers, recruited by the New York City Board of Education ten years ago to teach in public schools in the Big Apple, are still in legal limbo in the system – unable to secure green card
Uncategorized - Posted by admin on February 18, 2013
WILLEMSTAD – Nena Abbad, President of the Medical Specialist Association of Curacao, promised to start an internal investigation into fraud accusations against a colleague. She made this promise to Jan Huurman, Health Inspector, during a meeting at
Uncategorized - Posted by admin on February 15, 2013
THE HAGUE – The Dutch economy shrank by 0.2 percent in the final quarter of last year, meaning the Netherlands is now back in recession, according to initial estimates released by the national statistics office CBS yesterday. Year-on-year, the e
Uncategorized - Posted by admin on February 12, 2013
AMSTERDAM – The family of a Dutch software engineer are attempting to take legal action against Facebook for infringing two patents, including a system very similar to Facebook's 'like' and 'share' functions, Dutch newspaper NRC reports. Jos van
Uncategorized - Posted by admin on February 12, 2013
AMSTERDAM – Dutch food safety inspectors are to investigate claims that Dutch companies are involved in the horse meat scandal, which is slowly widening across Europe. The inspectors will also look into whether meat products containing horse wit
Uncategorized - Posted by admin on February 12, 2013
THE HAGUE – A narrow majority of MPs will vote today in favor of a motion calling for the ban on smoking to be extended across all the country’s cafes and bars, newspaper AD reports. The fundamentalist Christian Party SGP has now thrown its we
Uncategorized - Posted by admin on February 11, 2013
STATIA - Brighter Path Foundation in collaboration with Statia Roots Foundation and Statia Awareness and Development Movement have joined forces to petition the Island Government to organize a constitutional referendum before the evaluation of the is
Uncategorized - Posted by admin on February 8, 2013
WILLEMSTAD, Curacao – All suspects in the gold heist case will stay behind bars according to the court. Earlier this week the court ruled that G.R. will get 30 more days behind bars pending more investigation. Initially, the 6 suspects who saw the
St. Maarten News, Uncategorized - Posted by admin on February 6, 2013
BILTHOVEN – Curacao-born musician Julián Basílico Coco passed away on Monday at the age of 89 in the Netherlands. He will be cremated on Friday in Bilthoven. Coco graduated as a double bass player from the Conservatory in Amsterdam and he play
Uncategorized - Posted by admin on February 6, 2013
AMSTERDAM – Two-third of Dutch children have had an unpleasant experience on the internet, according to a new survey of teenagers aged 12 to 16. The research was carried out among 410 teenagers and 232 parents by Digibewust, an organization that e
Uncategorized - Posted by admin on February 6, 2013
AMSTERDAM – A 42-year-old woman has been jailed for 16 years for murdering her sons aged seven and 10 by giving them an overdose of pills. The woman, known as Debby R., tried to commit suicide after killing the boys but survived. She and the child
Uncategorized - Posted by admin on February 5, 2013
WILLEMSTAD –Prime Minister of Curacao, Daniel Hodge, took the time to visit the oldest centenarian of Curacao. According to the prime minister, it was an honor to meet and talk with Maria Samson Leer. He noted that Maria is an example to all the pe
St. Maarten News, Uncategorized - Posted by admin on February 5, 2013
THE HAGUE – Fledgling political party 50Plus would win 12 seats in the 150-seat parliament if there were a general election tomorrow, according to a new opinion poll of Maurice de Hond. The party, which focuses on the over-50s and the impact of
St. Maarten News, Uncategorized - Posted by admin on February 5, 2013
WILLEMSTAD – Top athlete Brian Mariano was sentenced on yesterday on Curacao by the Court in First Instance to a term of 12 months imprisonment, of which 6 are conditional and 3 year probation. The case was dealt substantively yesterday, when he wa
Uncategorized - Posted by admin on January 31, 2013
St. Maarten - An initiative for a strategic plan for several government owned companies that St. Maarten is a co-shareholder in, has found approval in the Council of Ministers. On Tuesday, Prime Minister Sarah Wescot-Williams put forward the propo
Uncategorized - Posted by admin on January 25, 2013
KRALENDIJK – The public entity Bonaire needs $70 million to maintain its road network and to build new roads – and the money to do this is not there. Engineering bureau Haskoning has calculated what the island needs for maintenance and road build
St. Maarten News, Uncategorized - Posted by admin on January 25, 2013
Curacao - With 10 votes against and 11 votes in favor the parliament approved the basic medical insurance. It will go into effect per February 1. The insurance applies to all groups currently insured by the SVB and BZV, excluding civil servants until
Uncategorized - Posted by admin on January 22, 2013
WILLEMSTAD, Curacao – Ministers have to be personally responsible for mismanagement, wasting community money and breaking the law. A majority in the parliament in Curacao supported on Saturday a motion to this extent. The motion asks the Council of
Uncategorized - Posted by admin on January 18, 2013
WILLEMSTAD – Movemento Futuro Korsou leader Gerrit Schotte says that he will no longer take part in elections as long as election reforms are not implemented. Schotte said that he can no longer agree with “the current democracy on the island.”
Uncategorized - Posted by admin on January 16, 2013
ORANJESTAD — According to the latest financial-economic monthly report from the Central Bank of Aruba, the government received 12.1 percent more tax revenue in October than in the same month in 2011, namely 8.8 million florins. In total the gover
Uncategorized - Posted by admin on January 16, 2013
WILLEMSTAD, Curacao — Students, especially from the technical faculty, are to become more involved with the maintenance and renovation of schools. The new minister of Education, Rubina Bitorina thinks the students’ participation with the commun
Uncategorized - Posted by admin on January 15, 2013
WILLEMSTAD – The Government of Curacao has reserved 270 million guilders on the 2013 budget to invest and create jobs, and give life back to the economy. This is according to the Minister of Economic Development Dr. Steven Martina. Minister Mart
Uncategorized - Posted by admin on January 15, 2013
WILLEMSTAD—Political leader and parliament member Emily de Jongh-Elhage was replaced yesterday by Armin Konket. This marks the end of her political career, which started in the early 1990’s. Elhage announced her resignation in December, the month
Uncategorized - Posted by admin on January 15, 2013
AMSTERDAM - Firework ignited during this year's New Year celebrations led to 23 people becoming blind in one eye, the Dutch eye specialist association NOG said yesterday. In total, 101 eyes were permanently damaged during the festivities. Over the pa
St. Maarten News, Uncategorized - Posted by admin on January 11, 2013
WILLEMSTAD, Curacao – AXE has teamed up with famed moonwalker Buzz Aldrin to send 22 people into space, aboard a suborbital Lynx space plane built by the American company XCOR Aerospace and operated by the tourism firm Space Expedition Curacao.
Uncategorized - Posted by admin on January 4, 2013
THE HAGUE – The Netherlands will this year make a loss on the billions of Euro’s lent to banks to bail them out of the financial crisis, according to Finance Minister Jeroen Dijsselbloem. The minister made the comments at a New Year reception
Uncategorized - Posted by admin on January 4, 2013
WILLEMSTAD – A 3.7 earthquake hit the sea Wednesday in Curacao. At about 11 PM, the earthquake took place below the bottom of the sea. This tremor was felt in some sections of the island. Data received from the Fundacion Venezolana de Investigac
Uncategorized - Posted by admin on January 4, 2013
THE HAGUE – Rabobank may be breaking the new law covering fees for financial products by offering a ‘no cure no pay’ deal for its advice, the financial services watchdog AFM told website nu.nl. Since January 1, financial service firms have b
