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By Hilbert Haar ~ When I read that the anti-corruption taskforce (TBO) has started an investigation into the shenanigans at the Bureau Telecommunication and Post (BTP) I was not in the least surprised. Finally, I thought, somebody is taking action...

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In this edition we discuss the recent Nagico court case where the ruling came down that limited insurance coverage is invalid on the French side of St. Maarten/St. Martin.

The first reaction is that a huge exposure has now been created and will certainly have an impact on premiums for Dutch side registered vehicles.

No doubt Nagico Insurances will be seeking advice on taking the matter to the supreme court.

Read about the case and our opinion piece in the top stories section below.

With that being said, please do enjoy reading our full newsletter today.

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French side family gets new home after waiting over a year

FRENCH QUARTER - The Johnson family in French Quarter are "breathing easier" since they acquired their new home from the Collectivite earlier this week. The mobile home which is made in Croatia are among the homes that the Collectivite has...

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Limited insurance coverage invalid on the French side...

PHILIPSBURG - The Common Court of Justice has ordered insurance company Nagico to pay close to $499,000 to a local company for a traffic accident that took place in 2000 on the French side. The court ruled that the limitation clause in Nagico's...

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Insurance matters

By Hilbert Haar ~ Anybody who has ever insured a car on our island on the French side knows one thing for sure: those insurances are much more expensive than the ones on the Dutch side. The reason for this price difference is obvious. Dutch-side...

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Five names postulated for December 7 COCI Board Elections

SINT MAARTEN (PHILIPSBURG) - The St. Maarten Chamber of Commerce and Industry (COCI) would like to inform the members on the results of the postulation of candidates for the Election for the Board of Directors of the St. Maarten Chamber of...

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Can national law supersede the UN Charter?

Oranjestad--On December 11 the judge on St. Eustatius will pronounce in the interlocutory proceedings that five politicians, led by PLP leader Clyde van Putten have filed against the State of the Netherlands for the dismissal of the Executive Council

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Minister Stuart Johnson launches Golden Box with 50 passes

Fifty season passes up for grabs for Carnival-50 ~ PHILIPSBURG-The Golden Box has been launched at the Government Administration Building, and the entire island is invited to fill in their Carnival Pass raffle forms and drop them in the box for a ...

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SMMC medical center welcomes new Urologist

SINT MAARTEN (CAY HILL) - The St. Maarten Medical Center (SMMC) welcomes a new medical specialist, Urologist, Dr. Carlos Rojas who started his tenure at SMMC early November. With Dr. Rojas added to the medical roster, the Urology Department at...

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Ombudsman to conclude First School Ombudsman Project...

SINT MAARTEN (PHILIPSBURG) - The Bureau of the Ombudsman embarked in May 2018 on a project geared towards the Academic High schools on St. Maarten. The project entitled 'The Best School Ombudsman', involves high school students in the...

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PJ Library Celebrates 95th Anniversary on Saturday ...

SINT MAARTEN (PHILIPSBURG) - The Philipsburg Jubilee Library (PJL) celebrating their 95 years of existent. On Saturday November 24 th, there will be a Radiothon on the parking lot of the library. "The Radiothon starts at 10 a.m. and ends at 4...

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NAGICO's Christmas Raffle

Draw date Friday December 28, 2018 at 3 pm. Witness Live Drawing by Independent Auditors from Grant Thornton. To be eligible you must have a valid NAGICO Insurance Policy not expired and paid in full before December 26th, 2018.

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UN Committee concerned about prison, says finances no excuse

PHILIPSBURG--The United Nations Committee on Torture stressed its ongoing concerns about the St. Maarten prison system, indicating that while it can appreciate St. Maarten’s financial situation, this cannot be a reason for continued derogation.

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Two men arrested for carjacking

SINT MAARTEN (CUL DE SAC) - On November 22 nd two men identified with initials F.L. and I.D. were both arrested by police for carjacking. This incident took place at around 4.00 a.m. when the victim was coming from work was on the Church hill...

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Student cheats death following accident

PHILIPSBURG - An 18 year old St. Maarten Academy student nearly lost his life while trying to get off a school bus when he was hit by a car traveling at high speed on Bishop Hill Road at about 6:30 on Tuesday morning. The female bus driver when...

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Police officers BES earn less than counterparts on islands

Kralendijk- For a long time, police officers of KPCN have been complaining that they are underpaid in comparison to their counterparts in Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten. It now turns out they were right. At the request of the Dutch Ministry...

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Three nationals of Dominican Republic arrested and...

ANGUILLA - The Royal Anguilla Police Force on Friday 16th November, 2018 arrested and charged 53 year old Diogenes Arturo Marcelino, 53 year old Luis Cano and 46 year old Roberto Santana of the Dominican Republic with possession of cocaine,...

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"Lasana M. Sekou Live @ 40th anniversary" concert:...

SINT MAARTEN/ST. MARTIN - The 40 th anniversary concert of St. Martin's Lasana Sekou as an author of over 20 books, takes place on November 30 and December 1, 2018, at 8 PM, said Shujah Reiph, president of Conscious Lyrics Foundation (CLF).

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Are You Reddi (Ready)? Aruba's 65th Carnival 2019

PHILIPSBURG - The Chuchubi Foundation is doing it again! The Chuchubi Foundation in collaboration with Winair has organized a DIRECT charter flight from St. Maarten to Aruba for Aruba's 65 th Carnival Celebration under the theme Chuchubi is alive ...

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S.G.O. goes digital voting at St. Dominic High School

SINT MAARTEN (SOUTH REWARD) - It's about that time again where new group of students have postulated themselves to run the St. Dominic High School (SDH) SDHS's Student Government Organization (SGO), according to a press release from SDH on...

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'Way Maker' Singer, Sinach, for St. Maarten in February

SINT MAARTEN (PHILIPSBURG) - Renowned gospel singer, Sinach, is scheduled to be in St. Maarten on February 9, 2019, announced Christian Faith Ministries International (CFMI) on Thursday, November 15, 2018, during the launch of its 'All White...

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STB Introduces 'Season Celebration' on November 28 with...

SINT MAARTEN (GREAT BAY, DCOMM) - The St. Maarten Tourism Bureau (STB) will be launching 'Season Celebration' on November 28 in collaboration with Port St. Maarten when the country will see six cruise ships in port. The objective of the 'Season...

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St. Maarten Needs to Ban Single Use Plastics. Now

SINT MAARTEN (COLE BAY) - Environmentalist Tadzio Bervoets said over the weekend in a commentary, "St. Maarten's Day is my favorite Holiday. It is a day on which I reflect on what it means to be a St. Maartener and how I can be a better citizen...

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Jacob's Law Presentation in Parliament

Member of Parliament Silveria Jacobs presented the ‘initiative draft law National Ordinance adaptation age sales of alcohol Permit Ordinance’ to the Members of Parliament. Also present were members of the Lions Club, in support of the draft ...

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FOUNDATIONS REGISTER PROJECTS FOR UPCOMING SXM DOET

SINT MAARTEN (PHILIPSBURG) - St. Maarten's largest volunteer-driven community service event, recently held its first information session and registration workshop for the 2019 edition of SXM DOET which will be held on Friday March 15 th and...

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LIONS CLUB CHRISTMAS BINGO SET FOR DECEMBER 8TH

SINT MAARTEN (PHILIPSBURG) - St. Maarten Lions Club members are fervently preparing for their fundraiser "Annual Lion Wally Havertong Christmas Bingo...

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Winair increases flights to HAITI and add JET SERVICE

SINT MAARTEN (PHILIPSBURG) - WINAIR is pleased to announce an increase of flights to HAITI commencing December 1, 2018 to three weekly flights on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday. In addition, Winair will upgrade to jet service with a Boeing 737,...

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Contract signed expansion Flamingo International Airport ...

Kralendijk - On Thursday November 22nd 2018, BIA NV and BonNed Contractors N.V. signed the contract for the construction of the first phase expansion of the departure hall at Flamingo International Airport. Project management will be in the...

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Argyle Airport paying dividends for St. Vincent

KINGSTOWN, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Thursday November 22, 2018 - The economy of St Vincent and the Grenadines is making a full turnaround boosted by increased tourism arrivals according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

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Keeper, 13, dies after colliding with another footballer

A 13-year-old boy died in 's-Heerenberg in Gelderland on Saturday after he hit his head hard in a collision with another football player on the field. The boy was a youth player for football club MvR, NOS reports. The young keeper collapsed after ...

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2018 RORC Transatlantic Race to Grenada gets underway

By Louay Habib LANZAROTE, Spain - The fifth edition of the RORC Transatlantic Race to Grenada started on schedule at noon on Saturday from Lanzarote in the Canary Islands. "The fleet got away to a clean start," commented RORC deputy racing...

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Executorial attachment of earnings in place of enforced...

WILLEMSTAD - A bailiff imposed an enforced recovery by mistake, instead of part of the salary of former Prime Minister Gerrit Schotte. The bailiff was supposed to impose an executorial attachment of the Prime Minister's earnings. This was...

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Condor: No direct flight to Curaçao anymore

WILLEMSTAD - The German aviation company Condor does not offer direct flights from Frankfurt to Curacao anymore, but will fly via Grenada. The flights are also no longer performed on Wednesdays as of January but on Sundays. A few weeks ago,...

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Administrator InselAir: Everything is better than nothing

WILLEMSTAD - Administrator Rogier van den Heuvel is hopeful that the largest creditors of InselAir will agree with the creditors' agreement and takeover of the airline by interCaribbean Airways. "Everything is better than nothing, post-moratorium ...

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NEW! CuracaoFlowers: You order online, we deliver in Curacao

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Teaming enables the creation of Smart Nation Curaçao

Key groups are willing to invest in their personal development so they can keep up and adjust to changes cause by Smart Nation. From 2016 coming up there have been a rising account of events: lectures, seminars, workshops, trainings and...

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Policyholders ENNIA are at risk

WILLEMSTAD - The Central Bank of Curaçao and St. Maarten (CBCS) says that it rightly intervenes with the insurance company ENNIA. People who are insured with ENNIA run the risk of not getting their money if suddenly many people file a claim. The...

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Bonaire ExCo Wants 500 New Low Income Houses

Kralendijk- The Executive Council of the Public Entity Bonaire, in close cooperation with Kingdom Government in The Hague and the Cas Boneriano Foundation (FCB) hopes to realize the rapid construction of 500 houses for lower-income families....

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Belastingdienst seizes vehicles when not paying tax

Kralendijk - The Belastingdienst CN starts with a new system to seize. When a tax payer refuses to meet his tax and payment obligations, this instrument can be applied. It is a shield that is placed on the vehicle's windscreen, so that it can't ...

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Saba keeps progressing on waste management

The Bottom, Saba - The Saba government is progressing with the further improvement of waste management. A big step forward is the new, modern air burner of ROI Envirosaver which should become operational after January next year. It burns much...

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Urgent call to all Caribbean nations to condemn Dutch ...

We herewith would like to bring attention to an urgent emerging undemocratic development in the Southern- Caribbean. On November 20th 2018, the illegal deposed government of Sint Eustatius will be in court of first instance in Sint Maarten...

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M6.0 Earthquake - Caribbean Sea

M6.0 Earthquake - Caribbean Sea Preliminary Report Magnitude 6.0 Date-Time 25 Nov 2018 03:40:51 UTC 24 Nov 2018 22:40:51 near epicenter 25 Nov 2018 07:40:51 standard time in your timezone Location 13.159N 81.161W Depth 10 km Distances 32.0 km...

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Weather Forecast: Monday to Wednesday

DATE ISSUED: Sunday, November 25, 2018 @ 18:00 LST (22:00 UTC) VALID UNTIL: Monday evening (18:00 LST) November 26, 2018 Tonight through Monday evening: Fair to partly cloudy with a passing shower possible. Forecast High: 30°C / 86°F Forecast...

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It's TelEm Group staffers at their Wacky best

SINT MAARTEN (POND ISLAND) - TelEm Group staffers were at their Wacky best Friday when they entered their workplace looking decidedly - Off! It's all part of the Marketing & Sales team Wacky Telco Friday promotion, in which personnel were invited ...

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PWR Hour 5 Year Celebrations Continue

SINT MAARTEN (PHILIPSBURG) - PWR Hour, St. Maarten's premier networking event for entrepreneurs and professionals, celebrates five (5) years of connec...

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Telem Group confirmed participation with Rio Productions ...

SINT MAARTEN (POND ISLAND) - Monday, November 19 th 2018 marks the day that Telem Group of Companies officially confirmed their participation for Carnival 2019, in a special collaboration with Rio Productions. For the 50 th anniversary of...

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NAGICO launches the Hurricane Xtra Policy

PHILIPSBURG (Monday, July 23, 2018) - Today, NAGICO Insurances unveiled a new insurance product called the NAGICO Hurricane Xtra Policy. It's designed as a supplemental coverage to insure uncovered expenses that may arise following a hurricane as ...

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Dr. Fey van der Dijs guest speaker at Peridot Foundation ...

SINT MAARTEN (PHILIPSBURG) - Founder of the Peridot Foundation Gracita Arrindell stated in a press release on Sunday: "We are pleased to present a brief profile of our guest speaker Dr. Fey van der Dijs, who is the current Director of the...

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Mosquito fogging campaign moves into high gear ...

SINT MAARTEN (GREAT BAY, DCOMM) - The Collective Prevention Services (CPS), a government department under the Ministry of Public Health, Social Development and Labour (Ministry VSA), said on Thursday that mosquito fogging campaign has moved into...

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Review LuminAID Packlite Max, a Solar Powered Phone Charger

ST. JOHN'S ESTATE - The Wizards, specializing in computer repairs and onsite services, is now the official reseller for an environmentally-friendly product that has a very unusual feature: A solar powered LED lantern that is a phone charger as...

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CPS: Advises persons at risk to get their flu vaccine

SINT MAARTEN (GREAT BAY, DCOMM) - It's that time of the year when influenza, better known as the flu, becomes more predominant. Influenza is a highly contagious viral infection. Unlike the common cold, influenza can cause severe illness and...

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UWI to receive millions in reparation payments

The University of Glasgow in the United Kingdom has agreed to pay £200 million in reparation payments to the University of the West Indies. This was disclosed by Vice Chancellor of The UWI, Sir Hilary Beckles during a recent interview on the...

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Black man mistaken for gunman, killed at mall was...

Police continue to search for the gunman behind a shooting Thursday night at an Alabama mall that left an 18-year-old young man and a 12-year-old girl with gunshot wounds. Investigators said Friday that a man killed by police and initially...

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Sailors at Golden Rock Regatta enjoy some fantastic sailing

The regatta is still suffering somewhat from the devastation caused by hurricanes Irma & Maria. Hopefully the charter boat fleets will recover soon. Still several enthusiastic crews came over from Europe and the USA / Canada to sail the beautiful ...

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I am among my people, says Ghana king during visit to...

By Ray Chickrie Caribbean News Now contributor PARAMARIBO, Suriname - Suriname celebrated its 43 independence anniversary from the Netherlands on Sunday and this year's celebration was unique. The Ashanti King of Ghana, Otumfei Osei Tutu II, is...

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Former prime minister of St Lucia takes issue with CDB,...

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US Coast Guard rescues six Jamaicans adrift 76 miles...

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Almost one million people in NL are poor, says new report

There were almost one million people living in poverty in the Netherlands in 2016, a sharp drop on the number who did not have enough to live on in 2013, according to a new report by the government's socio-economic think-tank SCP.

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Dutch law firm enters MH17 affray, takes Russia to EU court

An Amsterdam law firm has handed in a formal complaint against Russia to the European Court of Human Rights on behalf of the relatives of 55 people who died in the MH17 disaster. Beers Advocaten accuses Russia of contravening the victims' human...

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Productivity in NL needs to rise to boost wages ...

Wages in the Netherlands are only rising by modest amounts partly because workers are not productive enough, the government's macro-economic think-tank CPB said on Friday. If people work harder and companies invest more in information technology...

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Dutch government gets tough on tax rulings, goes public...

The Dutch government is introducing tough new conditions for advance tax rulings from next July, with the aim of weeding out thousands of shell companies which use the Netherlands to avoid tax. In addition, the tax office will publish anonymised...

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Regulated marijuana trials in trouble: councils unhappy...

Many of the Dutch local authorities which had hoped to become involved in the government's regulated marijuana cultivation trials are not at all happy with the plans. The experiment with regulated growing is supposed to remove the gray area...

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