THE HAGUE – The police officers that were involved in the arrest of Aruban Mitch Henriquez in June 2015 at the Parkpop festival in The Hague have appealed their convictions, their attorneys announced on Thursday. The two officers, identified only as DH01 and DH02 should have been acquitted, the defense reasons. Two weeks ago the court sentenced the two officers to a conditional prison sentence of 6 months, Elsbeth Stoker reports in the Volkskrant. According to the court, the officers ill-treated Henriquez and they are responsible for his death. The judges established that there was no intent to kill the…
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AMSTERDAM/ROTTERDAM – The first black party in the Netherlands is a fact. U-buntu Connected Front (UCF) registered in Amsterdam and Rotterdam for the municipal elections of March 2018. But whether the Afro party will be successful, Aziz El Kaddouri of the research bureau EtnoBarometer is doubtful. Analysts are not hopeful about its chances The name of the party, U-buntu Connected Front, comes from Africa and means respect, solidarity and unity. “You are ubuntu if you have self-confidence and stand up for people who are humiliated or oppressed,” explains initiator, Iwan Leeuwin. “Translated to the Dutch situation you end up in…
GREAT BAY, St. Martin (January 3, 2018)—Language, Culture and Identity in St. Martin by Rhoda Arrindell, a leading St. Martin linguist, has won the Graphic Design USA Award according to Gordon Kay, editor of the GDUSA magazine. Carole Maugé-Lewis designed the winning book cover for the House of Nehesi Publishers (HNP) title, said Jacqueline Sample, president of the St. Martin indie press. In his letter to HNP in December, Kay congratulated Sample “and the House of Nehesi Publishers on the award-winning performance in our 54th Annual American Graphic Design Awards.” Kay called the design performance by Maugé-Lewis “exceptional.” Prof. Maugé-Lewis is…
The news that Cable TV workers found themselves locked out despite a court ruling in their favor shows the limitations all workers in a post-Irma environment can and will be facing: lifetime employment is a thing of the past. Other than starting their own business to provide the cable tv services that Telem may be willing to make use of, a workers cooperative may be the only solution for the workers to unite themselves under and provide their expertise to the market they have been working all these years in. According to Wikipedia, Cooperatives may be classified as either worker, consumer, producer, purchasing or housing…
PHILIPSBURG – Hurricane Irma has inspired entrepreneurs to bring new products to the island. A prime example is the Envirodome, a portable shelter the Alaska-based company Intershelter produces. A model of the shelter can be seen on the parking lot behind Cost U Less in Philipsburg. The shelters consist of 21 panels and can be assembled in just a couple of hours by three people; no training necessary. At a price of just over $18,600, establishing a village of fifty such shelters for currently homeless hurricane victims would cost the government less than a million dollars and house around 250…
Marigot–Miss Teen Saint Martin 2017-2018; Tasyanna Clifton, made history for being the first contestant from Saint Martin to be crowned Haynes Smith Miss Caribbean Talented Teen Queen 2017-2018. In front of hundreds, Tasyanna demonstrated grace, confidence, intellect and natural talent in every segment at the pageant on Saturday 30th December 2017 at the Marriott ball room in St. Kitts. Tasyanna was competing with contestants from Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, St Kitts and St Lucia. Besides being crowned Haynes Smith Miss Caribbean Talented Teen Queen 2017-2018, Tasyanna walked away with the titles of best theatrical appearance (which includes speech) and…
PORT ST. MAARTEN – Port St. Maarten kicked off the New Year on a high note on Tuesday, January 2nd, with approximately 12,000 cruise passengers in port on three cruise ships. On the second day of the New Year – January 2nd, there were three ships in port and the first cruise vessels for 2018, namely, Disney Fantasy, Marella Discovery, and Harmony of the Seas. “We have started the New Year with a bang and are happy to see the return of Disney Cruise Lines as well as Royal Caribbean International Genesis class vessels such as Harmony of the Seas.…
Dear Editor, This past year we felt the breath of the Earth, heavy and haunting, moaning like ancestors long forgotten. Shaking our souls and our foundations. Heaving our lives. Collapsing our dreams. We were torn by wind warmed by our Earth’s building fever. After Irma left us, crumbled and reeling, St. Maarten’s children dealt her the final blow, our humanity a memory, like a lover’s final embrace. We dealt the coup de grace. We ended the swan’s song. Instead of standing united we stood divided, our humanity tested, or resiliency tried. We wavered like the lonely palm on Great Bay’s…
Philipsburg — The St. Maarten Carnival Development Foundation (SCDF) will host a meeting upcoming Thursday, January 4th, for all registered participants for the 2018 Bandclash and Roadmarch competitions. ~ SCDF office opens January 8 ~ The meeting will be held at the offices of the SCDF on Illidge Road (above the Windward Islands Bank) at 7:30pm. The meeting is the first official session SCDF is having with any of its show participants in preparation for Carnival 2018. The Roadmarch and Bandclash competitions are two shows in one and likely to feature a similar amount of participants as Carnival 2017. The…
Simpson Bay – The Princess Juliana International Airport-SXM recently won the BIZZ AMEA award for 2017. The Board of Directors of the World Confederation of Businesses (WORLDCOB) announced the award at a gala ceremony held at the Burj Al Arab Hotel in Dubai, UAE. The BIZZ AMEA is considered the most important business award in the world. It is presented by WORLDCOB to the most outstanding companies and business people in each country. The award was introduced in essence, to recognize business excellence and is meant for small, medium and large enterprises. “I am humbled by yet another accolade received…
