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Wescot-Williams: "13 parliamentary committees is overkill"
PHILIPSBURG - Recently the Parliament appointed chairpersons to thirteen parliamentary committees. The history of these committees triggers the question why they are there in the first place because since 10-10-10 most of these committees have...
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Dispute regulation on IPKO agenda - again
PHILIPSBURG - Three faction leaders - Silveria Jacobs (National Alliance), Rolando Brison (United St. Maarten party) and Wycliffe Smith (St. Maarten Christian Party) will travel on Wednesday to the Netherlands to attend the meetings of the...
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Pool versus beach: the agony of choice
by Chris Morvan ~ It always amazes me that in places where there are beautiful beaches and clean, refreshing sea, anyone should choose instead to use a pool full of chlorinated water, and yet the world is full of them. There are resorts right on...
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Not a futile exercise
By Hilbert Haar ~ The court story about the youngster who fired a flare gun at a guy who came at him with a two by four has triggered some questions, in particular this one: why was this case even brought to court if the prosecutor acknowledged...
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Greg Arrindell: Start a career in cybersecurity in St Martin
"Start a career in cyber security in St. Maarten" says Greg Arrindell PHILIPSBURG - Local businessman and radio personality Greg Arrindell is encouraging people to get into the field of cyber security. The well-known awarded CACCI* Roving...
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Region Urged to Boost Cyber Security As GDPR Goes In Effect
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Wednesday May 16, 2018- An appeal has gone out to Barbados and the region to strengthen their cyber security, especially in light of the recent introduction of the cyber security legislation, the General Data Protection...
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Spike in Cyber Attacks on Regional Companies ...
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Thursday May 17, 2018 - With cyber attacks on the rise across the Caribbean, Chief Executive Officer of the Caribbean Israel Centre for Cyber Defense (CICCD), Andre Thomas, has recommended that authorities in Barbados and...
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Foreign Affairs Office of China Commercial Enterprise...
The Hague - A Chinese delegation organized by the Foreign Affairs Office of China Commercial Enterprise Management visited I.S. Cleaning's office in The Hague on Friday afternoon. I.S. Cleaning is a commercial and domestic cleaning company...
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Endemic Animal Festival attracts a crowd
FRENCH QUARTER - Dozens of children and adults flocked to the Old House in French Quarter on Sunday morning for the first Endemic Animal Festival at this location. The non-profit organization Les Fruits de Mer has been working hard with the help...
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Innovative laser surgery at SMMC in Urology Department
CAYHILL - The St. Maarten Medical Center has expanded its services. The Urologist, Dr. Diego Ramos, has recently added several new surgical procedures to the department. The specialist, who began his tenure at the SMMC last year, has worked...
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MP Richardson to court on June 11
PHILIPSBURG - On Monday June 11, MP Frans Richardson (United St. Maarten party - USp) will appear in court as a suspect in the Emerald and Squid investigations. Together with Richardson, former port director Mark Mingo and Checkmate Security...
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Armed robbery...
PHILIPSBURG - The Special Robbery Unit is presently investigating an armed robbery which took place on Saturday May 19th at approximately 08.00 p.m. at a numbers-office located on the L.B. Scot Road. According to the report two men riding at a...
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Victims hurt in traffic accident
PHILIPSBURG - The Police traffic Department is presently investigating a serious traffic accident which took place on Saturday May 19th at approximately 11:20 p.m. on the Walter Nisbeth Road in the vicinity of the Central Bank. The accident was...
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Justice K-9 Unit visit Sr. Magda School
PHILIPSBURG - On Monday May 14th at approximately 02.30. p.m. the Justice K-9 Unit visited the Sister Magda Primary School to give the students attending afternoon classes a demonstration of the capabilities of these dogs. The K-9 Unit has seven...
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PM Romeo-Marlin deliver's address at AIDS memorial service
PHILIPSBURG - On behalf of the people of Sint Maarten, I would like to commend the St. Maarten AIDS Foundation and HOPE for their commitment to organizing this event considering the circumstances following the devastation of Hurricane Irma and...
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Sint Maarten attend UNICEF's Workshop on the Survey...
BARBADOS - UNICEF conducted a workshop on the Multiple Indicators Cluster Survey (MICS) from May 8th- 16th in Barbados. The workshop on the Multiple Indicators Cluster Survey (MICS), which explained the survey methodology extensively, is used for ...
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Fire Dept./Office of Disaster Management calls on nation ...
GREAT BAY, Sint Maarten (DCOMM) - "Remember it only takes one," is the theme of the Fire Department/Office of Disaster Management (ODM) for the 2018 Atlantic hurricane season. The Fire Department/ODM is calling on the Sint Maarten community to...
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StMaartenNews.com Legal Reviews
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TYPES OF LAWS, RULES AND REGULATIONS OF COUNTRY SINT MAARTEN
Our Country is often referred to as a State of Law (Rechtstaat). This means that our Country is governed by the rule of law, and that every formal decision of the state must be based on a law and the authority provided by law to make such decisions.
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Fuel delivery resumes
WILLEMSTAD - The oil refinery Isla has resumed the fuel supply to Curoil. In a press release, the refinery stated that they want to take responsibility. A lawsuit against Curoil against Isla to enforce delivery is therefore not necessary anymore. ...
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The Kingdom does not recognize Venezuela's election results
THE HAGUE, WILLEMSTAD - the Netherlands and with it the other countries of the Kingdom do not acknowledge the result of the presidential elections in Venezuela last Sunday. Minister Stef Blok has stated today in a consultation with the Dutch...
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Dutch prosecutor demands fine for money laundering...
THE HAGUE - The Dutch Public Prosecution (OM) demanded a fine of € 50,000 and six months of conditional prison sentence against 70-year-old Rob A. According to the OM, he is guilty of laundering € 1.5 million in bribes. The suspect took that...
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Old man Paben should get a statue. Do you agree?
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PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS
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Mosquito Breeding Site Elimination & Cleaning Up...
GREAT BAY, (DCOMM) - The Mosquito Breeding Site Elimination & Cleaning Up Campaign vector control team members from the Ministry of Public Health, Social Development and Labour (Ministry VSA) starting in the week of May 14th will be heading into...
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SZV REMINDS OF MONTHLY PREMIUM DECLARATION AND PAYMENT...
SINT MAARTEN (PHILIPSBURG) - Social & Health Insurances SZV is actively reminding companies of their obligations in accordance to the Federal Ordinance for Sickness and Accident Insurance. One of those obligations being the monthly declaration...
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StMaartenNews.com Online News Stories
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Last flight CN-Express announced
25 The last flight of the CN-Express is scheduled for Friday, June 29. The temporary air connection between Bonaire and the Windward Islands has been operational for a month longer than initially planned. Starting the first of July, Winair will...
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Let's Cruise - Eastern, Western, Southern Caribbean...
Lets-Cruise.co is offering cruise vacations on the best and biggest cruise ships in the world with brand name cruises and destinations in the Eastern, Western and Southern Caribbean, Alaska, Europe and the Mediterranean, ...
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Dutch Caribbean Prison Directors met in Bonaire
4 Kralendijk- For the second time, the prison directors of the Dutch Caribbean Prisons held a joint consultation on Bonaire. Since 2016 the consultation structure was intensified and the directors of the prisons of Sint Maarten, Aruba, Curacao...
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Fire Recruits Pass Exams With Positive Results
9 Kralendijk- Recently 11 cadets of the Caribbean Netherlands Fire Department (BKCN) have successfully passed the appointment verification. The trainees, 7 from Bonaire, 3 from Saba and 1 from St. Eustatius, are busy with the training for...
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Wibo de Vries successful from correctional worker to ...
4 Wibo started his career at DJI (Dutch Custodial Institutions Agency) in 1988 at the "Bijlmerbajes". He then worked at the "Noordsingel" in Rotterdam, the correctional facility in Leeuwarden and the prison "Norgerhaven" in Veenhuizen. He left...
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American Airlines goes cashless at Curaçao Int'l Airport
WILLEMSTAD - American today announced that effective June 1, 2018 the airline will be going cashless at Curaçao International Airport (CUR). Passengers will be required to use a credit or debit card to make any transactions at the airport,...
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InterCaribbean Airways Scraps Plan To Fly to USVI
PROVIDENCIALES, Turks and Caicos Islands, Sunday May 20, 2018 - InterCaribbean Airways has cancelled planned services to St Thomas and St Croix in the US Virgin Islands (USVI).
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Carnival Expanding Cuba Cruise Offerings
FLORIDA, United States, Sunday May 20, 2018 - Carnival Cruise Line has expanded its cruises to Cuba with the addition of 23 three- to five-day sailings to Havana in 2019-20 aboard five different ships departing from four East Coast home ports -...
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Potential Tropical Storm 'Alberto' Expected To Move Into ...
The National Hurricane Center said that the concern for the Houston area is low at the moment The National Hurricane Center on Tuesday said it was monitoring a tropical disturbance in the Caribbean that was expected to move into the Gulf of...
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Weather Forecast: Wednesday to Friday
DATE ISSUED: Tuesday May 22, 2018 @ 18:00 LST (22:00 UTC) VALID UNTIL: Wednesday evening (18:00 LST) May 23, 2018 Tonight through Wednesday evening: Partly cloudy and breezy, becoming cloudy at times with isolated showers. Forecast High: 29°C /...
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Brussels warns the Netherlands to act on bogus jobs
The Netherlands needs to reduce the incentives given to both employers and employees to work via temporary and self-employment contracts, the European Commission said on Wednesday. This, the commission said, should go hand in hand with promoting...
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Computer says solved: Police hope AI advances can crack...
Police are turning to digital technology to try to solve some of the 1,500 'cold cases' that remain unsolved in the Netherlands. The national police force is in the process of digitising its entire cold case archive, which runs to around 25...
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Nursery defends 'striptease' birthday party during...
A day nursery is threatening to sue a healthcare regulator after it was criticised in a report for staging a birthday party where staff members covered each other's bodies in cream and licked it off. The community health service (GGD) in Utrecht...
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