MARIGOT — “There is need for proper planning in the rebuilding of the communities following the devastation of the island by the hurricanes of 2017,” said Senator Guillaume. He explained that among the issues that they are facing are persons who are not qualified to construct buildings are allowed to bid for projects. This has resulted in serious problems with the repairs to the college in the La Savanne. After nearly 18 months hardly any work has been done that has the parents, teachers and students fuming with the way things are being done. He pointed out that government has…
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PHILIPSBURG — The United St. Maarten (US) party and National Alliance factions of Parliament has requested Chairlady of Parliament Sarah Wescot-Williams to convene an urgent meeting of Parliament to discuss the reported Decision of The Council of Ministers to go with the Dutch government and European Investment Bank (EIB) financing proposal to the tune of US $100 million to go towards the reconstruction of Princess Juliana International Airport (PJIA). The aforementioned factions requested the presence of the Minister of General Affairs, Prime Minister Leona Marlin Romeo and the Shareholder Representative TEATT Minister Stuart Johnson for this urgent meeting. “Considering that…
PHILIPSBURG – Hushang Ansary, the 93-year old Persian-American major shareholder of Parman International B.V. is frustrating the restructuring process the Central Bank of Curacao and St. Maarten (CBCS) has initiated to rescue troubled insurance company ENNIA. This appears from a press release issued by the Central Bank in reaction to what it calls inaccurate media reporting. ENNIA is a subsidiary of the Parman Group. Last week, the Parman Group took the Central Bank to court in an attempt to stop the emergency ruling the Central Bank issued for ENNIA. The court will pronounce its verdict in this case no later…
POND ISLAND – Minister of Justice Cornelius de Weever is offering condolences to the bereaved family and friends of the driver who lost his life in the early morning hours of Saturday, January 12th on the A.J.C. Brouwers road in the vicinity of the Osbourne Kruythoff round-a-bout. This is the first traffic fatality for 2019. There was also another tragic incident involving a three-year old toddler who tragically lost his life over the weekend in another vehicle incident which is currently under investigation. The Minister of Justice Cornelius de Weever extends his condolences to the family of the young victim.…
~ Minister of Justice Cornelius De Weever pays sympathy visit to incident scene ~ RETREAT ESTATE — An innocent life has been taken away today. Around midday, Sunday, January 13, 2019, an unmarked van from a funeral home came to take away the body of the two year old boy named Jeremy, who was tragically killed this morning around 10:30 am as a result of an incident whereby boys driving a car attempted to rundown other boys outside the Retreat Estate home of the Williams family. This as a result of an ongoing beef, apparently over a scooter. Also visiting…
St. Peters/Retreat Estate — St. Peters is all shook up at the tragic death of a 2 year old boy, who is said to be turning 3 tomorrow. The incident occurred sometime around 10:30am this Sunday morning. Apparently, a feud between a group of boys led a situation where one group attempted to ram one of the other boys with their car. One young fellow barely managed to jump over a wall, badly scrapping his body and injuring his leg. In the heat of the attack, a little boy who was playing on his toy truck on the side of…
PHILIPSBURG — On the occasion of her selection by StMaartenNews.com as Person of the Year 2018, we interviewed Bibi Shaw at her private residence in French Quarter on Saint Martin. We got a first hand look at who Bibi Shaw really is and we heard her talk about her other activities besides writing for SMN-News.com. To find out what those activities are, read on. But first we talked with Bibi about her work as a journalist and her writings about politics on St. Maarten/Saint Martin. Background Bibi first worked in the news industry on St. Maarten as a reporter at…
Part 1 I went down to NAGICO Insurances offices on the Cannegieter Street. Finding parking close by is always a challenge. I figured I would use The Secret to attract a parking spot right in front of the NAGICO building. I imagined that the old security guy would be holding a spot for me as I pulled up in my red Ford Escape jeep. Indeed. That is exactly what happened. He was in the process of pulling back up the lock after a client had backed out and drove away when I arrived and turned on my indicator light to…
By Hilbert Haar The press conference at the end of the Inter-Parliamentary Kingdom Consultation (Ipko) produced one interesting question from a journalist in Curacao. What is the importance of the Ipko? I have asked myself that same question many times during the years I worked for the Today newspaper. It is a question that also applies to Parlatino. What I heard about the importance of Ipko at Friday’s press conference is: the Ipko is the only platform where delegates of all four parliaments in the kingdom meet. Okay, I get that, but the question remains: what is the return…
PHILIPSBURG – Delegates to the Inter-Parliamentary Kingdom Consultation (Ipko) that ended on Friday found common ground for a list of agreements that was signed by all delegations. The document contains quite some procedural agreements and also a long paragraph about the effect the political situation in Venezuela has in particular on Aruba and Curacao and to a lesser extent on St. Maarten. For St. Maarten Venezuela is an “emerging problem” due to the influx of refugees via the French side of the island, the document states. The delegations agree that the “worrisome influx of refugees” is a source of concern…
