SMART CONVERSATION, is a fun, thought provoking, interactive, informative and knowledge focused one-hour talk show with two dynamic co-hosts, Dr. Natasha Gittens, Ph.D. and the Real Deal Cuchi the Captain. The show is sponsored by, The Windward Islands Bank Ltd, Training Professionals International Firm and Customer Service Mobile Academy. The show debuts on Friday, February 16, 2018, two days after the well celebrated Valentine’s Day. Considering the holiday, the show will issue special prizes to callers that provide his or her input on that day’s topic: “Does Your Valentine’s Day gift determine the status of your relationship?” The co-hosts are very different…
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PHILIPSBURG – Electoral Reform, a pet project of more than one politician since the fall of the second Wescot-Williams cabinet is back on the agenda for two reasons. The first one is that MP Wescot-Williams brought it up on Wednesday; the second reason is a motion MP Frans Richardson – currently detained by the anti-corruption unit for vote buying – submitted in April 2013 to Parliament. Wescot-Williams said that the Parliament is the right place for a debate about constitutional and electoral reform, “A proposal will shortly come to Parliament about the quotations we have from constitutional experts and constitutional…
PHILIPSBURG – Parliament will begin to host a bi-weekly question hour with members of the government after the February 26 elections at the beginning of March, President of parliament MP Sarah Wescot-Williams said on Wednesday. While not everything is set in stone, the idea is to hold these sessions on Monday morning. The meetings will be open to the public. “Members of Parliament will send their questions beforehand to the ministers,” Wescot-Williams said. “During question hour they get two minutes to repeat their question; the minister gets one minute to answer.” After that first round, parliamentarians get another two minutes…
PHILIPSBURG – The draft ordinance containing amendments related to labor contracts to the civil code is not “a watered down version of an initiative-law submitted to parliament in the past,” President of parliament MP Sarah Wescot-Williams said on Wednesday. When parliament was ready to handle to ordinance last Friday, members of the opposition were in the building but they did not sign in to the meeting. Because there was no quorum, the meeting had to be postponed. “What I heard is that we were handling the initiative law of the National Alliance but because it was watered down the NA…
PHILIPSBURG – Oswald Dwayne Sherwood had a prominent presence on the docket of Wednesday’s court session. His name appeared nine times – four times for petty crimes like theft, ill-treatment and trespassing, and five times for demands to execute previous conditional sentences. The court was mild and sentenced the 33-year old to the 242 days that were outstanding from previous crimes. The court saw “no added value” in punishing Sherwood for his more recent criminal activities as well and left it at an unconditional prison sentence of 242 days. The court had postponed an earlier court hearing at the request…
Marigot — With the burning of King Moumou the end of carnival on French St. Martin came to a close. Described by StMaartenNews.com photo journalist, Milton Pieters, as “people with energy to burn”, revellers came out in full force for last lap in Marigot to enjoy themselves as the 2018 carnival fete came to an end while King Moumou went up in flames. Click here to view photos by Milton Pieters aka Robin online on Facebook…
GREAT BAY — The board of the United St. Maarten Party, in reaction to the detention of its leader MP Frans Richardson, on Wednesday said their leader maintains his innocence and expects to be fully vindicated of all chargers. The board and candidates stands behind its leader and his family and awaits with confidence the outcome of any trial before a court of law. The timing of the arrest has however not gone unnoticed, so close before an election. The party cannot escape the impression that the prosecutor is attempting to influence the outcome of the election. The timing is…
Philipsburg — The anti-corruption team TBO executed two searches in homes and one in a company on Sint Maarten. Arrests were made. Two suspects were arrested. One home was seized. The arrest of F.G.R. (1968) is the result of the “Emerald” research, an investigation into fraud and corruption in the Port of Sint Maarten. In that case, 7 suspects were still in session last week. In two of those cases the judge pronounces judgment on February 22, 2018. The other cases will be discussed further in the month of March of this year. The accused suspect is a member of…
WILLEMSTAD – Dr. Emsley Tromp made a failed attempt to recoup his salary for the months of December and January from the Central Bank of Curacao and St. Maarten where he worked for more than 25 years as its president. The Court in First Instance denied Tromp’s request that the bank pay his salary over the months of December and January and his 2017 year-end bonus. Tromp received a gross monthly salary of 59,915 guilders ($33,472). In 2016 he started making expenses for legal assistance and fiscal advice because of a criminal investigation into his private finances and because the…
PHILIPSBURG – Kathron Fortune seemed at ease when his image appeared on a video link to the courthouse is in Philipsburg on Wednesday morning. Dressed in a black Nike training jacket he calmly followed the procedures in court as if he is not a suspect in the double murder of Edwin Rosario and Luiz Diaz Sarante on December 5, 2016. Fortune was on the run after he escaped from his guards on February 15, 2016, during a visit to the clinic of Dr. Paul de Windt in Cay Hill. He was serving a 21-year sentence for the execution-style murder of…
