PHILIPSBURG – The Court in First Instance postponed the trial against the former station manager for Insel Air in St. Maarten and a sales ticket sales agent to an unspecified future date because there is no clarity about the amount of money the two defendants allegedly embezzled from the company. The court wants to see bank statements to find out how much money the defendants deposited in the account of their now former employer. In August 2016, Insel Air filed a complaint against station manager Alonzo Alfred H. (now 51) and sales agent Stephanie B.B. (now 28) after discovering that…
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PHILIPSBURG – The Ministry of General Affairs hereby provides an update regarding the resumption of the following services. The Civil Registry Department in Philipsburg at the Government Administration Building will be open for all services -except for Drivers License & Identification Cards, on Wednesday, April 11, 2018. The Civil Registry Department has made the following arrangements in order to serve their customers as optimally as possible. Please refer to the information below. Persons with an old appointment date of: New date to visit Civil Registry in Philipsburg April 3rd / April 4th / April 11th April 11th April 5th /…
PHILIPSBURG — NV GEBE in a press release indicated that the (RO) Reverse Osmosis Water Tank located on Soualiga Boulevard in front of the Festival Village will be out of use as of April 16 for approximately 3 weeks. The closure of this tank is based on the amount of traffic in that location as St. Maarten prepares for the upcoming Carnival season. Users who frequent the tanks on Soualiga Blvd are advised to make use of the storage tank located in Dutch Quarter on the McDonalds parking lot and the other located on the parking lot of AbuGhazi in…
MARIGOT – The deteriorating situation in Venezuela started having its effect already in 2016 on the French side of the island. According to data released by the prefecture, there were 345 requests for asylum in 2016, 300 more than in 2015. More than 78 percent of these requests – 270 – were asylum seekers from Venezuela. The prefecture estimates the number of foreigners living in Saint Martin at around 14,000; that’s roughly 40 percent of the population. The number of foreigners living in the territory without a residence permit is around 8,000. In 2016 the PAF (French border patrol) caught…
Last Saturday morning, looking in my book case for a legal hand book in connection with a complicated case I was working on, I saw this book by the cardiologist Pim van Bommel “Eindeloos Bewustzijn” (Dutch for “Infinite Consciousness”) wickedly smiling at me. In that 400 page book the author makes a strong academic point for the theorem that consciousness continues after the end of one’s physical life. That indeed threw me back to the wake that was held for Dexter Kalla, the prior Friday evening at the Rupert Maynard Community Center in St. Peters. The Center was filled with…
CUL-DE-SAC — At around 6:30am this morning, just before the sun rose over the Cul de Sac basin, a blazing fire was captured on camera by a Saunders’ resident. The blazing fire was in the Emilio Wilson Park and a huge billow of smoke was emanating from this fire. The police responded quickly and the fire department immediately arrived on the scene. According to the Fire Officer On Duty, the fire department was quick to get the under control and quickly put out the fire. Fire caused by accident? Also spotted at the location of the fire by residents of…
Cul-de-Sac — What began as an experiment back in the 14th century has since been incorporated into huge festivities like carnival. Case in point is the balloon parade that took place yesterday afternoon which started at Carrefour and concluded at the Festival Village. Under the theme of ‘Too Cool To Loot’ It was a delight to see over 3,000 balloons in all shapes and sizes on the backs of kids who were more than eager to get involved in the colourful festivities and by extension being a part of the carnival celebrations on sunny St Maarten. Jasmine Philips (see photo),…
PHILIPSBURG – Prime Minister Leona Romeo-Marlin returned to Sint Maarten over the weekend following a successful working visit to Curacao. While in Curacao, the Prime Minister Romeo Marlin attended the meeting of Foreign Affairs Ministers within the Kingdom of the Netherlands, held discussions on Venezuela and its impact on the Dutch Caribbean Islands, St. Maarten’s Post Hurricane Recovery efforts. Also on the meeting, agenda were talks on European Union relations as it relates to Post 2020 negotiations on the relationship of OCT’s with the European Union and evaluating the importance of Sint Maarten participating in Regional organizations such as CARICOM,…
by Chris Morvan For decades the tourism world has been pandering to the lowest common denominator, accepting the money of anyone who can afford to visit them and putting up with the behavior of the mindless, boorish element. After all, which bar owner would rather have an empty room than one filled with a heaving, raucous crowd having their idea of a good time?
Cayhill — During the month of March, the St. Maarten Medical Center (SMMC) installed three new 3D-ultrasounds for the Radiology, Gynecology and Cardiology departments respectively. The arrival of the innovative ultrasounds was met with enthusiasm as they that will better assist the specialist with diagnosis and treatment. The 3D-ultrasounds were delivered and installed by MED-X International. In addition, MED-X sales specialist Richard Soutar and an accompanying registered Nurse trained the SMMC specialist on the most optimal use of the machines. An ultrasound is a safe and effective, non-invasive, non-radioactive imaging method. 3D-ultrasounds enable specialist to move beyond the point of…
