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.…
Author: The Publisher
~ 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…
PHILIPSBURG — Love her or hate her, with her SMN-News.com website, Bibi Shaw has become a prominent fixture in the media landscape of St. Maarten and a force to be reckoned with when it comes to exposing wrongdoings, misappropriations and victimization, especially in government and government-owned corporations and entities. Because of her role in creating and making headline news in 2018, Bibi Shaw is StMaartenNews.com’s Person of the Year 2018. Bibi Shaw is fearless in her writing and publishes news other media outlets are hesitant or downright afraid to publish. This form of writing has often been downplayed as ‘yellow…
MARIGOT—Examining the reconstruction of the French side of the island compared to the Dutch Side it will seem that hurricanes of 2017 apparently happened on the French side, said Senator Guillaume Arnell. In making the comparison between the two countries he used as an example the Simpson Bay and Philipsburg areas where extensive work was done to revamp the economy while it seems as though the French side is a on a go-slow. He explained that it seems as though on the Dutch side of the island that they give their priority to the economy while on the French side…
PHILIPSBURG — There are ongoing discussions between the Netherlands and the governments of the French and the Dutch sides of the island on the influx of Venezuelans. According to reports millions of Venezuelans have left their homeland on the South American continent in search of what is described as “a better life” in the islands of the former Netherlands Antilles, the Caribbean and South America. Prime Minister Leona Romero-Marlin when questioned about this situation said that she is aware that the numbers are growing since there are a number of persons on the streets searching for jobs. The matter is…
