Cul-de-Sac — The St. Maarten Tzu Chi Foundation continued its long-standing New Year’s Day tradition on January 1, when a number of cheerful volunteers visited the St. Martin’s Home in St. John’s Estate to treat and entertain seniors on the first day of 2018. In the spirit of giving and sharing, volunteers distributed 76 packages and 150 eggless Ponche Kuba cupcakes to seniors and St. Martin’s Home staffers. Each of the 76 packages contained a package of club social, soap, towel, juice, sugar free chocolate wafer and a bottle of Shilling Oil. Volunteers also entertained the seniors by, amongst other…
Author: The Publisher
Pond Island – On Monday, January 8th, Endorsement Day, four parties were required to garner 142 signatures in order to have their political party registered for the upcoming February 26th elections. The final count indicated that the SDM obtained 194 signatures, SMCP 189 signatures, P.P.A. 86 signatures and the United Democrats 268 signatures. Below is a news clip by StMaartenNews.com with interviews with SMCP leader Wycliffe Smith and PPA leader Gracita Arrindell on the question how it feels to be back in this position again. Both SMCP and PPA leaders, during the interview by StMaartenNews.com also commented on the need…
Philipsburg — Police is still on the lookout for the suspect that robbed Union Caribe on December 8th 2017. Anyone with information that can lead to arrest of the culprit is asked to contact the detective department immediately. In the meantime police have released these screen grabs of the suspect. In case you recognize the robber, we urge you to contact us by phone or send an PM to the KPSM Facebook page. All your PM’s with tips about crime will be handled confidentially for further investigation. We need the help of the community to combat crime, the Police Force…
Philipsburg — On Monday January 8th at around 2.30pm, the police central dispatch received a call that an armed robbery had taken place at the office of Leonard Enterprises located in Madame Estate. Information received is that two robbers, one of which was carrying a firearm stormed the establishment and stole a phone and an undisclosed sum of money. They then sped away in a small car, but the color and number plate are not known at this point. Police are urging anyone with information that may lead to the arrest of these culprits to please come forward or contact…
By Hilbert Haar Vromi-Minister Christophe Emmanuel has made a curious turn in his battle with his fellow-Minister of Public Health, Social Development and Labor Emil Lee. In December there was an interesting publication in the Daily Herald about a statement Emmanuel made during the radio broadcast Online With Fernando Clark. The long and short of that statement was that Emmanuel had filed a complaint against Minister Lee with the office of the public prosecutor. When the Herald rehashed that story on Tuesday, the minister suddenly sprang into action. In an elaborate press statement he denied that he had ever filed…
PHILIPSBURG – Caretaker Vromi-Minister Christophe Emmanuel is scrambling for damage control after the Public Prosecutor’s Office issued a press release on Tuesday stating that there is no criminal investigation underway against Public Health Minister Emil Lee and that the office never received an official complaint that could have triggered such an investigation. The story goes back to December 19 of last year when the Daily Herald reported the following quote from Emmanuel, made during the radio broadcast Online with Fernando Clark: “The minister misused his government number plate MR4 when he placed it on his personal vehicle following the hurricane.…
POND ISLAND — In the article titled, “Prosecution confirms Lee under investigation”, published on January 9, 2018, it stated that Honorable Minister of VROMI, Christophe Emmanuel, filed a complaint against his colleague, Minister Lee, with the Prosecutor’s Office in early December. This is false information. Prior to the above mentioned article, the Daily Herald published on December 19, 2017, that during the radio program “Online with Fernando Clark”, Minister Emmanuel announced that he filed a complaint with the Prosecutor’s Office against Minister Lee for misuse of his Government-issued fuel bonds for his business and placing his Government owned vehicle license…
Philipsburg — The Public Prosecutor’s Office Sint Maarten states, regarding the article today (January 9th, 2018) in The Daily Herald, that there is no criminal investigation ongoing against Mr. Emil Lee at this moment in relation to abuse of car number plates or theft of gasoline/using government fuel bonds to purchase fuel for personal use in the last months of 2017 after the hurricane Irma. There is also no formal complaint at the Public Prosecutor’s Office against Mr. Emil Lee about this subject.
by Cdr. Slabbaert As time and age advance, and with it one’s private and professional life progresses, one might come to the conclusion that most things we do in life, in business or even in politics are just a bunch of nonsense. What is worse that we keep doing it for no good reason at all, and are continuing to create more nonsense. Some will put the blame on the boss or the government, some on the weather, others on their childhood, their mother-in-law or a recession. Great arguments that underline some of the nonsense even more. Climate change and…
GREAT BAY, Sint Maarten (DCOMM) – The Collective Prevention Services (CPS), a public health agency of the Ministry of Public Health, Social Development and Labour, has observed based on its communicable diseases surveillance system during the last weeks of 2017, has registered at least four cases of suspected chicken pox (varicella) cases in the country in adults as well as young children under the age of five, and is therefore, advising the populace to be active in minimizing the spread of this particular medical conditions. Chickenpox is usually a mild disease in children. But the itching can be very uncomfortable.…
