Emiko Bird-Lake appointed as Acting Governor
PHIIPSBURG — Emiko Bird-Lake has been appointed as Acting Governor. The Kingdom Council of Ministers approved her nomination for the position on Friday. Bird-Lake was born in St. Maarten in 1971. She studied More...
Bank settles dollar-swiping case for 25 million
WILLEMSTAD — Maduro & Curiel’s Bank (MCB) settled the so-called dollar-swiping case with the Public Prosecutor’s Office for 25 million guilders (close to $14 million). Because of the settlement, the More...
Notaries refuse to sign deeds for the transfer of lease land
PHILIPSBURG -- Civil law notaries refuse to sign deeds for the transfer of lease land because the government does not have a policy in place that is in line with the so-called Didam-arrest, Ombudsman Gwendolien More...
Call for keeping Ennia-expert Grimm on board
WILLEMSTAD – Ennia’s Chief Executive Officer Lesley Ann Harms-Brodie has urged Central Bank President Richard Doornbosch and Minister of Finance Javier Silvania to keep Elisabeth Grimm on board for the More...
Heyliger pays $5 million and goes to prison for five years
PHILIPSBURG -- Former politician and founder of the United People’s party (UP) Theo Heyliger will pay the Public Prosecutor’s Office $5 million and await a summons to start serving a 5-year prison sentence, More...
St. Maarten issues bond loan
PHILIPSBURG — St. Maarten will issue a bond loan of 60,854,000 guilders against 3.4 percent interest on November 10. The duration of the loan is 20 years. The subscription to the loan opens on November 2 More...
PP card regulation labels two-thirds of households as paupers
PHILIPSBURG -- The costs for health care services to so-called PP card holders are more than ten million guilders higher than budgeted, it appears from a compliance audit by the General Audit Chamber. The auditors More...
Ennia wants to take the Ansary-dispute to the Supreme Court
WILLEMSTAD — Ennia and its supervisor CBCS want a ruling from the Supreme Court in The Hague about the dispute with Ennia’s majority shareholder Hushang Ansary and others, the Antilliaans Dagblad reports. In More...
Mullet Bay sale intended to cover Sun Resorts-debts
PHILIPSBURG — The intention to sell a small part of Mullet Bay aims to cover “huge debts” at its formal owner Sun Resorts, Minister of Finance Ardwell Irion said at Wednesday’s press briefing. Irion More...
PAR wants to force Ennia-prosecution with Article-15 procedure
WILLEMSTAD — Opposition party Partido Alternativa Real (PAR) wants to start an Article-15 procedure to force the Prosecutor’s Office to prosecute those who are responsible for the damages inflicted on insurance More...
