Philipsburg — Leader of the United St. Maarten (US) party MP Frans Richardson on Monday questioned what the role of the Post Office will be in distributing voting cards for the February 26 Parliamentary election. Richardson was reaction to information from the Prime Minister and Civil Registry that voting cards would be distributed via the community centers in the various districts, with several voting districts grouped together. Persons would then physically have to go to their designated stations to collect their voting cards. “I find it hard to believe that this will be the only way people will be able…
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Philipsburg — The Sint Maarten Nature Foundation has distributed almost 300 facemasks on Monday to residents affected by the landfill fire which has been raging at the Irma Landfill. Facemasks were especially distributed to the elderly, those with medical issues and those in difficult financial situations. Facemasks were also distributed to law enforcement personnel controlling the checkpoints at the landfill fires for further distribution. “Again we are faced with a situation where the community is brought in danger by this significant fire and the smoke caused by it. As we still wait for action to occur regarding the management of…
Philipsburg — Detectives are presently investigating the shooting of man which took place in the early hours on Monday february 5th. The incident took place in the vicinity of Scotia Bank/Simpson Bay Yacht Club and Marina. According to the victim he was offered a lift after leaving a sports bar by two unknown men who were driving in a small car. After arriving at his destination the two men demanded money from him. After telling them he had no money he was shot by one of the men in his left hand. The victim then ran towards the security booth…
Philipsburg — All streets leading to Pond Island are closed off by police due to the massive fire that started at the new dumpsite (hurricane Irma debris) on Sunday afternoon February 4th. The Fire department and other relevant departments who have been working through the night are doing their utmost to bring this situation under control and to finally put the blaze out. During the night many persons including families with children living on Pond Island were told to evacuate the area, to avoid the inhalation of the heavy toxic smoke. The Emergency Dispatch however received several calls during the…
Pond Island– At approximately 1.45 pm Monday afternoon, TelEm Group technicians restored internet services to customers island-wide following an early morning system crash. The technicians worked diligently after identifying the problem and provided a temporary solution to reconnect customers while the main cause of the problem, access to an authentication server was being resolved. According to Chief Technical Officer, (CTO) Mr. Eldert Louisa, the unusual crashing of two drives in a 10-drive system cause the important server in the company’s data center to become corrupted. “Customers were able to see from the messages they received when they tried to connect…
Philipsburg — On Monday at approximately 07.00 a.m. Police, Detectives and paramedics were sent by the Emergency Dispatch to an apartment building located on Peterson Drive in Simpson bay to investigate a case involving a man that was lying on the ground and was not showing any signs of life. On the scene the investigating officers encountered the lifeless body of the victim. According to a witness the victim is staying on the second floor of the same apartment building. Another witness stated that the victim and he had gone out the night before to watch a game at a…
Landfill Fire: COM Closes Schools in Philipsburg. Business Owners and residents should take measures GREAT BAY – Due to the fire at the Pond Island landfill, the Prime Minister in collaboration with the Council of Ministers took the following decisions after assessment of the current on-going situation. All schools in the Philipsburg area were ordered to be closed and parents/guardians as well as school bus operators were asked to pick up the school children from the schools in the aforementioned area. The Police Department was requested to assisted with the potential traffic challenges in the Philipsburg area. Residents and business…
PHILIPSBURG — In August 2017, the Public Prosecution Service, KPSM, RST and FIU Sint Maarten launched a criminal investigation into 13 service providers that do not, or insufficiently, cooperate with their registration with the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU). A number of these service providers have been heard as suspects. OM will send out non-notifiers with a warning, remainder to be investigated further These are jewelers, brokers and accountants that have repeatedly been requested by FIU to register. In spite of several requests, they have not complied with the related obligations. Non-financial reporting institutions on Sint Maarten are legally obliged to…
Dear Editor, This morning early, I have taken notice of the news that the National Government has taken the decision to sideline the government of St. Eustatius and to appoint a special commissioner who will take over the governing of the island. This decision has been taken following the report, conclusions, and recommendations of the committee of wise men. The measure, although very unfortunate, to me has been unavoidable. As an island council member, I have seen this coming for a while. I am not happy about it and it is nothing to rejoice over. Unfortunately, our government keeps on…
Photo caption: StMaartenNews.com’s interview with Lee Halley gets well over 10,000 views as of today, Monday, February 5th, 2018. The video interview was published on Friday, February 2nd. Therefore, it has garnered over 10,000 views over a period of three days. Click here to view the video interview online here>>>
