SSRP-audit leaves questions unanswered and raises new...
PHILIPSBURG - The General Audit Chamber's focus audit of the execution of the stimulus and relief program (SSRP) in 2020 raises questions about the program's effectiveness, its authors write. The report's cover shows a one hundred dollar bill,...
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CX Pay B.V. partners with Cybersource for growth
MIAMI/WILLEMSTAD - Curaçao based CX Pay B.V. announced that the FinTech company has selected the payment and anti-fraud platform CyberSource, a Visa solution, to broaden its service offering, while further increasing its application's...
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Makana Ferry suffers breakdown while questions surface...
ORANJESTAD/THE BOTTOM- The Makana Ferry on Saturday evening suffered a breakdown and had to return to port due to a technical malfunction. Information circulating on Social Media suggested that a shaft coupling of the Makana would have...
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New Chief Prosecutor appointed for Sint Maarten
HE HAGUE/PHILIPSBURG, Prosecutor Hieke Buist has been appointed as Sint Maarten's new Chief Prosecutor as of January 1, 2022. The Kingdom Council of Ministers formalized her appointment in its meeting of Thursday, 13 December...
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Is St. Maarten's minimum wage at the bottom of the pile?
PHILIPSBURG - "A complete revamping for the economy boosting strategy is necessary, because it has not worked for the St. Maarten minimum wage earner." That is the conclusion of Certified Risk Analyst Terence Jandroep after a study on the "small...
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PJIA board calls meeting to fire Hyman, MPs concerned |...
PHILIPSBURG-An Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders of Princess Juliana International Airport (PJIA) set for December 23, which has as an agenda point the termination of Michel Hyman as Managing Director of the airport, has caught the...
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InterCaribbean Airways starts flights between BGI and GEO
reporter 133 0 GEORGETOWN- Turks and Caicos Islands-based InterCaribbean Airways this week has started direct flights between Guyana and Barbados. Insel Air The airline will be handled in Guyana by local airline Roraima Airways. InterCaribbean...
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Call to revisit affordability air travel and costs to region
Barbados' Minister for Tourism Lisa Cummins says the Caribbean urgently needs to revisit the high cost of air travel and its effects on the region's tourism industry, especially during COVID. In an exclusive interview with Saint Lucia News Online ...
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CARIBBEAN AIRLINES GETS 'FOUR STAR MAJOR AIRLINE' RATING
Port-of-Spain, Trinidad & Tobago - Caribbean Airlines has been rated a ' Four Star Major Airline' by its passengers, in the APEX Official Airline Ratings™ for 2022. APEX designed the Official Airline Ratings™ to capture the voice of customers'...
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MP Emmanuel to govt: I warned you about COHO and conditions
PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten - Independent Member of Parliament Christophe Emmanuel wasted no time on Friday to point out that the government of St. Maarten has once again demonstrated its deceit by withholding vital information from Parliament and...
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MP Buncamper concerned about PJIA COO's dismissal
PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten - During Monday's central committee meeting of parliament, independent member of Parliament, Claudius "Toontje" Buncamper fired off a number of questions to the minister of general affairs, Prime Minister Silveria Jacobs.
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Dutch Prof. Hoogers Misinforms InterExpo Delegation...
While we agree with Prof. Hoogers that our decolonization history is a complicated subject, his reasoning for said complications is ultimately flawed. Firstly, he stated that due to the unique arrangement and complexity of the Kingdom Charter,...
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Lions Club organizes Thanksgiving Day Painting and Video ...
SINT MAARTEN (ST. JOHN'S ESTATE) - The Sint Maarten Lions Club Celebrated Thanksgiving Day with 30 seniors at the White and Yellow Cross Foundation (WYCFF). The enthusiastic seniors were given the choice of participating in a Painting Contest or...
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Wever secures digital boards for St. Dominic, St. Joseph
SINT MAARTEN (PHILIPSBURG) - Former Minister Chris Wever is ending 2021 much of the same way he has kept busy throughout the year; giving to institutions dedicated to education, youth care and vulnerable sectors in the community. Through...
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Julisa Frans and Hans Hoogervorst new members for Cft
Philipsburg, Sint Maarten - On December 17th, 2021 the Kingdom Council of Ministers approved the appointment of Julisa Frans M.Sc. as a member of the Board of financial supervision (Cft) upon proposal of Sint Maarten and of drs. Hans Hoogervorst...
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Deviation of the Budgetary norms linked to approval Note ...
SINT MAARTEN (PHILIPSBURG) - St. Maarten requests postponement of the Kingdom Council of Ministers (RMR) decision that was scheduled to be taken today, to approve the deviation for the budgetary norms of article 15 of the Rijkswet Financieel...
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UPDATE - Irma Landfill Fire Brought Under Control
SINT MAARTEN (GREAT BAY, (DCOMM) - The Ministry of Public Housing, Environment, Spatial Planning, and Infrastructure (Ministry of VROMI) said on Sunday afternoon that as of 3.45 PM, the fire at the Irma Landfill was brought under control....
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OSP technicians, contractors ready to take on TelEm...
SINT MAARTEN (POND ISLAND) - TelEm Group technicians in the Outside Plant (OSP), along with several TelEm Group contractors, recently completed a Fiber to the Home (FTTH) training course and earned certificates of achievement for their efforts....
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CPS Office Operations Upcoming Holiday Season Closures
SINT MAARTEN (GREAT BAY, (DCOMM) - The Collective Prevention Services (CPS), a department in the Ministry of Public Health, Social Development and Labour (Ministry VSA), would like to inform the public that its offices at the Vineyard Office...
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Sint Maarten Residential rent prices Audit
PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten - Certified Risk Analyst, Terence Jandroep CRA CQA CLA, recently elaborated an article on minimum earners in Sint Maarten and continues to indicate the unbalances between Minimum Earners and cost of living, starting with ...
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Philipsburg Property For Sale
Photo caption: Property located on the Backstreet no.18 in Philipsburg, St. Maarten. Property located on the Backstreet no.18 in Philipsburg, St. Maarten and is registered at the Cadastre office with Certificate of Admeasurement number PB...
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Nina Ansary in beroep
Dochter eigenaar Ennia neemt nieuw advocatenteam in de arm Van een onzer verslaggevers Willemstad - Nina Ansary, evenals haar vader Hushang Ansary in de Ansary/Ennia-zaak veroordeeld tot betaling van honderden miljoenen schadevergoeding aan de...
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'Handen af van goudvoorraad'
Ministerraad: Goud Pais Kòrsou mag niet worden verkocht Van een onzer verslaggevers Willemstad - De ministerraad van Curaçao heeft het besluit genomen dat de goudvoorraad niet verkocht mag worden. Financiënminister Javier Silvania (MFK),...
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Geen beslissing Rijksministerraad
Aruba nog geen liquiditeitssteun Van een onzer verslaggevers Willemstad - In de Rijksministerraad zijn gisteren alle voorstellen voor de CAS-landen die op tafel lagen aangehouden. Dat betekent concreet nog géén toestemming om af te wijken van de...
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'Onnodige politieke druk op eilanden'
Sint Maarten stemt ook niet in met nieuwe voorwaarden Nederland Van een onzer verslaggeefsters Philipsburg - Met het opnieuw opleggen van nieuwe voorwaarden door Nederland wordt er 'onnodige politieke druk' uitgeoefend op de kleinere landen van...
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Premier Wever-Croes met lege handen tegenover vakbonden...
Den Haag - De Nederlandse regering piekert er niet over minister-president Wever-Croes toe te staan de korting op de overheidssalarissen in te trekken. De premier staat onder zware druk van de overheidsvakbonden en had haar hoop op Den Haag...
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Regering Curaçao boos op den Haag
Willemstad - De regering van Curaçao is boos op staatssecretaris Knops (BZK). Die zou de Caribische landen aan de vooravond van de Rijksministerraad hebben overvallen met nieuwe voorwaarden. In een verklaring zegt het kabinet Pisas "de acties"...
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Kabinet Rutte bespaart ABC-eilanden een economische ramp ...
Den Haag - De Nederlandse regering heeft bij het aanscherpen van de maatregelen om de omikron-variant in toom te houden de Caribische delen van het Koninkrijk gespaard voor een nieuwe economische ramp. Het Outbreak Management Team blijkt het...
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COLUMN - Hoog spel - Dossier Koninkrijksrelaties
Nederland wil dat de Curaçaose regering de uitdijende gokmaffia dat vanaf het eiland internationale criminele organisaties faciliteert aan banden legt. Prompt neemt het kabinet Pisas zelf een gok met als inzet honderden miljoenen...
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COLUMN - Bericht uit Bonaire - Dossier Koninkrijksrelaties
In de zondagse estafette-rubriek 'Bericht uit...' belichten columnisten uit de Caribische delen van het Koninkrijk bij toerbeurt de kanten van hun eiland waarvan zij vinden dat die de aandacht van alle koninkrijksburgers verdienen. Vandaag komt...
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2021 Safety Tips for Decorating your Home and Christmas...
SINT MAARTEN (GREAT BAY, (DCOMM) - 2021 Holiday shoppers are busy buying Christmas trees and lights to adorn their home this holiday season. As Christmas Eve gets closer, families are bustling around to have everything in place. Parents and...
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This Holiday Season: Shop Smart, Shop Safe
Every year the Collective Prevention Services (CPS), a department within the Ministry of Public Health, Social Development and Labour (Ministry VSA), as part of its annual calendar of observances, highlights and creates awareness about safe...
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AirSXM.com now offering shared charters to St. Kitts & Nevis
Shared charter rates from $260 US Dollars per one-way and up for groups of up to seven (7) passengers + one piece of checked luggage and one carry-on each. Submit a reservation request online at http://www.airsxm.com/request.php.
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St. Maarten/St. Martin Babe Ruth Baseball Christmas Clinic
SINT MAARTEN (GREAT BAY) - The St. Maarten/St. Martin Babe Ruth Baseball and Softball Association is hosting its first 'Babe Ruth Christmas Clinic' starting Saturday 18 December 2021 thru Friday 24 December 2021 at the Little League Ballpark, the ...
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Weather Forecast: Sunday to Tuesday
PUBLIC WEATHER FORECAST FOR ST. MAARTEN DATE ISSUED: Saturday, December 18, 2021 @ 18:00 LST (22:00 UTC) VALID UNTIL: Sunday evening (18:00 LST) December 19, 2021 ...THE SMALL CRAFT WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED... ...A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS NOW IN ...
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The Netherlands shuts down to buy time ahead of Omicron...
The Netherlands is going back into lockdown from Sunday morning in an effort to buy time to head off the impact of the Omicron version of coronavirus. The lockdown, involving the closure of schools and higher education, all non-essential shops,...
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City centres busy as shoppers rush to buy Christmas gifts
Officials in Rotterdam urged shoppers to stay away from the city centre on Saturday, as crowds rushed to buy Christmas gifts ahead of the impending lockdown. 'Do not come to the city, and avoid crowds,' the council said on Twitter.
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Dutch town Zeewolde backs massive Facebook data centre
Councillors in the Flevoland town of Zeewolde have voted in favour of plans to allow Facebook parent company Meta to build a massive data centre on farmland. The council voted by 11 votes to eight to back the plan, with Labour and GroenLinks...
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