Focus on addressing the broader and higher revival ideals of our society Oath of Office Ceremony for Parliamentarians Address by The Governor of Sint Maarten, His Excellency drs. Eugene B. Holiday April 2, 2018 Falcon Drive 3, Philipsburg, Sint Maarten Chairlady of Parliament, Prime Minister, Vice President of the Joint Court of Justice, Members of Parliament elect, Distinguished guests, Ladies and gentlemen, Good morning and a pleasant welcome with Easter greetings to all on this Easter Monday. In particular I herewith extend a special welcome and Easter greetings to the fifteen (15) elected parliamentarians seated alphabetically on…
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PHILIPSBURG – On Tuesday, November 27 at 9 a.m. the currently largest cruise ship in the world will dock in the port of Philipsburg. The Symphony of the Seas will spend the day in port and leave again at 6 p.m. The vessel is part of the fleet of Royal Caribbean; it was delivered to the company last week Friday by STX France at the ship yard of Saint-Nazaire in the western part of France. The Symphony of the Seas will spend its first months in the Mediterranean before it crosses the Atlantic to its future home port of Miami.…
PHILIPSBURG – The public prosecutor demanded 36 months with 6 months suspended and 2 years of probation against Juan L., owner of the Juan Bar in Cole Bay for ill-treatment, human trafficking and the illegal employment of eleven foreign women who worked as prostitutes in the rooms he rented out to them. The prosecution also wants to seize cash worth a bit more than $5,500 investigators found hidden in the defendant’s bedroom in dollar, guilder and euro denominations. The court will pronounce its verdict on April 18.
PHILIPSBURG – On December 21, unknown gunmen fired shots at Erno Labega jr. when he came back home. His car was riddled with bullet holes and Labega sustained serious injuries, but he survived. When police arrived on the scene, officers found a handgun behind the victim’s car; when they searched his house, they found a semi-automatic Uzi hidden in a wardrobe. For the possession of that last weapon, the Court in First Instance sentenced Labega on Wednesday to 12 months imprisonment. Labega, 35, does not have to go to prison immediately though, because the court extended the suspension of his…
Cul de Sac — Franklyn Richards will remain chairman of the board of APS for another two years. This after his being reappointed as such, in accordance with advice of the Minister of Finance and the board of the general pension fund. As such, the Governor of Sint Maarten has reappointed Richards as independent chairman of the board of APS. The APS board is pleased with this reappointment, which recognizes the chairman’s continued leadership in carrying out the fund’s strategy of pension reform, innovation and local investments in support of the development of Sint Maarten. A highly respected member of…
SABA/PHILIPBURG — In January of 2018 the school board of the Sacred Heart Primary School in Saba determined that raising the bar in teaching standards and investing in their teacher’s professional development was an ongoing priority. Unanimously the board voted to implement the Teachers of Promise (T.O.P.) Program. The program was written and designed by Teach Institute, Training Professionals International Firm’s Education Arm, (TPI) and commences on March 26 – May 26, 2018. Twenty-four school professionals will complete the course, comprising of teachers, school leaders and teacher’s assistants. Each of the participants will receive a “globally accredited” certificate upon completion issued…
By Hilbert Haar The Emerald-trial is formally about companies that did not file returns for income and turnover taxes by not reporting income they received from the Harbor Group of Companies to the tax office. Altogether, the six suspects that have so far been in court fleeced the tax office for 5.7 million guilders. The public prosecutor maintains that the companies did not even do all the work they claimed on their invoices and qualified their actions simply as “stealing from the harbor.” Attorneys balked at the suggestion, saying – correctly – that their clients have not been charged with…
Simpson Bay — Tuesday March 27th, Axxess Marine formally presented a $10,000 cheque to Sister Regina Primary School during a live interview with Dr. Soc on Island 92 Radio in which company CEO Dennis Fokke discussed Axxess Marine’s commitment to the rebuilding of the island and its passionate support for the team members, associates, friends and colleagues in the yachting industry who call St Maarten home. Seven months ago, on September 7, 2017, Axxess Marine launched an emergency relief fund to support the people of St. Maarten after the devastating impact of Hurricane Irma. Shortly thereafter the company also donated…
PHILIPSBURG – The Court in First Instance handled the cases of four suspects in the Emerald-investigation on Tuesday and the demands from the prosecution against all four were identical to those issued in February against two other suspects: 15 months of imprisonment and a conditional fine of 250,000 guilders, combined with 3 years of probation. The court will pronounce the verdicts on April 17.
Philipsburg — At the end of the deadline, Monday, March 26, 2018, at 18:00 hours, eighty-eight (88) of the ninety-three (93) political candidates, who contested the recently held parliamentary elections, have formally submitted their donation registration. Two (2) candidates have not finalized the registration online nor have they provided the Electoral Council with any information regarding their non-compliance. These candidates are: Christopher Emmanuel (NA) Roberto Arrindell (NA) Two other candidates concluded the registration online with no possibility to make any more adjustments. However, they failed to submit the signed register of donations to the Electoral Council as is required by…
