Cul-de-Sac — City Furniture has now open its doors at a new location on the L.B. Scot Road across from Cake House Supermarket in Cul-de-Sac. The new location boast a 4500 square foot showroom and convenient parking for its customers. “We carry a wide variety of solid wood and high quality furniture from the US, Brazil and Canada.” management wrote in an email to the newsdesk of stmaartennews.com. City Furniture representative, managing director Mr. Nasser Kassrawi, stated that after more than ten years in business at the previous location across from Le Grand Marche shopping center, the company finally made a…
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Philipsburg — Member of Parliament Frans Richardson on Friday lauded the management of GEBE for the diligent work currently being executed and for their professionalism under pressure-filled circumstances following hurricanes Irma and Maria. The MP also praised GEBE’s personnel for going above and beyond in putting St. Maarten in position for a quicker recovery. Richardson said the government and people of St. Maarten put its faith in three local professionals to manage and forge a future for the utility company and, in his opinion, they are fulfilling the obligations bestowed upon them. He said Kenrick Chittick, Iris Arrindell and Veronica…
Philipsburg — Wycliffe Smith, Leader of the Sint Maarten Christian Party (SMCP) announces that Shenella Browne will be contesting the upcoming elections on the slate of the Christian Party. Shenella Browne is “Determined for Change”. Here is her story. Most people call me “Shenel”. I am a proud daughter of sweet St. Maarten and was raised in Dutch Quarter. I am the fifth of seven kids and was raised in a joyfully large and close-knit family, where individuality and self-expression were encouraged. Growing up, my mother taught me the true meaning of diligence. She is easy going, but takes every…
Philipsburg — The St. Maarten Nature Foundation has been continuously monitoring the reefs for their health and to assess the underwater damage caused by Hurricane Irma. During the reef surveys held at the beginning of November, several shallower dive sites started to show a worrisome outbreak of red algae species. Especially on reefs shallower than 35 feet in depth large red algae blooms were recorded in the Marine Park and on other reefs around the island. Blooms of red algae can hamper the regrowth of several reef species which were damaged due to hurricane Irma’s swells. Red algae are strong…
Royal Caribbean Confirms Holiday Cruise Schedule and is on track for December 17 return. Sister cruise line Celebrity Cruises returns February 2018 ~ PORT ST. MAARTEN – A Port St. Maarten delegation from the Cruise Business Unit met recently with Royal Caribbean International (RCI) representatives in Miami, Florida, to provide an update on the progress of current recovery efforts in destination Sint Maarten. During the discussions, Royal Caribbean reiterated its commitment to the destination and provided a schedule of the vessels that will call on Sint Maarten starting in mid-December, just in time for the peak family travel season. Grandeur…
Dear Editor, We can claim some kind of return to normalcy with the news of a formation of a new cabinet, at long last the face of government is not the two old horses who seem to willingly swap the leadership role. It also gives some sense of pride to know that we have something the Dutch can learn from, it took us just two weeks to reach a governing agreement and we have to go to screening. Shouldn’t those super civil servants who are to give advice you can’t refuse also be required to go through the same screening?…
by Cdr. Bud Slabbaert Statistics have a sort of magical appeal and are a bit like mathematical enchanted tricks, aren’t they? The worlds of business and politics are littered with statistics. Some individuals using statistics are like the diplomat who always remembers a woman’s birthday but never remembers her age. They are selective about the dates they choose, and about the numbers, that they do not want to use in order to keep their audience happy. Statistics can baffle and excite an audience. They can be a calming remedy. Take stabilizing statistics. They are like looking through the glass of…
Philipsburg – Detectives are presently investigating the fatal stabbing of a man on Genip Road in the vicinity of Sunshine Supermarket. The incident took place on Saturday November 18th at approximately 07:40 p.m. Immediately after receiving this call several police patrols, Detectives, Forensic Department and paramedics were sent to the scene to investigate what had taken place. On the scene the male victim was not showing any signs of life. The area was immediately closed off for the Forensic Department to collect evidence and the Detectives to question potential witnesses. The suspect identified with initial F. as his last name…
Philipsburg — One man identified with initials F.S. was arrested by police on Saturday November 18th shortly after 06.30 p.m. According to the reports the Emergency Dispatch received a call informing them that a man had fired shots and threatened to shoot someone in the vicinity of Bobby’s Bar on Middle region road. Immediately police patrols were sent to investigate what had taken place. On the scene the investigating officers learned that the suspect was hiding in his home to avoid being arrested by police. The home of the suspect was surrounded by police and shortly after the suspect surrendered…
WILLEMSTAD –During a meeting of the supervisory board of directors held on Friday morning, November 17th, 2017, in Willemstad, Curacao, dr Jose Jardim accepted his appointment as temporary financial economic director of the Central Bank of Curacao and St. Maarten (CBCS). The supervisory board also ratified the appointment of Leila Matroos-Lasten as temporary interim president of the CBCS as well. Photo caption: dr Jose Jardim (center) signs appointment during supervisory board of directors meeting at CBCS with left Leila Matroos-Lasten (new interim president) and right supervisory board chairman Etienne Ys.
