PHILIPSBURG – The Common Court of Justice returned for its first session at the courthouse in Philipsburg on Wednesday, exactly seventy days after Hurricane Irma ripped through St. Maarten. It was not a normal court day though, as the judges wanted to know from several defendants how the hurricane had affected their personal circumstances before rendering judgment at a later date. Among the defendants on the docket were Orlando Tovian G., Cennieke John Ch. and Kendy P. – all three suspects in a string of armed robberies. Attorney Shaira Bommel asked the court to terminate or suspend the detention of…
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Philipsburg — The Sint Maarten Nature Foundation, through the support of the Dutch Caribbean Nature Alliance DCNA, has been able to structurally put a program in place to clean the beaches over the past week. Despite several beach-clean-ups being held and due to large amount of trash and hurricane debris still being found on the beaches the Foundation decided to request DCNA for relief funds to structurally clean beaches. “While we were doing our assessments on the ground post-hurricane Irma and Maria, and after the follow-up assessments which were conducted especially leading into the restarting of the Tourism Season we…
JOINT PRESS RELEASE ~ St. Maarten Communication Union (SMCU) ~ Supervisory Board of Directors and Managing-Director Postal Services St. Maarten N.V. (PSS) ~ Supervisory Board of Directors (SBD) The SBD is truly saddened by the lack of social, political and financial responsibility being taken by Government. Over the years, we have been red flagging the financial realities at PSS to the competent authorities but to no tangible avail. The passage of Hurricane Irma has compounded the problem and further exposed the reality whereby PSS is in dire need of an immediate cash injection by its shareholder. PSS is the only postal…
~ Prizes galore and lots of crazy fun ~ Pond Island –TelCell is gearing up for a “Wacky” sales campaign aimed at turning the company’s dress down Friday of November 24, into a hoot for visiting customers and customer service staff. It’s the Marketing Department’s own take on “Black Friday” with the team daring customers to come in dressed in the “wackiest” attire they can imagine (keep it clean please folks) to win a prize and also have some fun. The Marketing team says the “Wackier” the outfit, the better chance customers have of being invited to dive into a…
PHILIPSBURG — “The news came suddenly and took us all by surprise.” HOPE party leader Mercedes ‘Elektra’ van der Waals-Wyatt stated about when she heard the sad news that party member Jacinto Mock had passed away on Monday, November 13th. “I saw his mom a few days earlier and she did mention he was a bit ill and had seen the doctor.” Elektra said to Loekie, according to a press statement issued by the party. “It took us quite some time to absorb the terrible news. We are both in shock.” HOPE party member Loekie Morales said. “Jacinto was a…
PHILIPSBURG — On Tuesday November 14th the Police Chiefs of Curacao, Caribisch Nederland, Sint Maarten and the Acting Chief of police of the Netherlands met with the Honorable Minister of Justice Rafael Boasman in the Conference Hall of the Government Administration Building on Pond Island. Also present during this meeting was the Chief Prosecutor for Sint Maarten. The Minister of Justice was very happy to receive the delegation where he expressed his sincere gratitude to all police chiefs in question for their support they have given to the KPSM and the people of Sint Maarten in the aftermaths of hurricane…
GREAT BAY – November 14 marked World Diabetes Day (WDD) and the Collective Prevention Services (CPS), a department of the Ministry of Public Health, Social Development and Labour, along with the Diabetes Foundation of St. Maarten, commemorated WDD in collaboration with at least four pharmacies namely, Philipsburg Pharmacy, Simpson Bay Pharmacy, St. Peters Pharmacy and Bush road Pharmacy. The aforementioned collectively created screening opportunities for persons to check their blood glucose and pressure at the respective establishments. In addition to the offered blood glucose and pressure, CPS offered free dental screening, which will continue next week Tuesday from 2.00pm to…
Philipsburg – Foresee Foundation and the ArtsCrafts Café Foundation on Tuesday presented President of Parliament, Sarah Wescot-Williams with the Stories of Irma Through the Eyes of St. Maarten Children. One hundred and eighty-five entries of drawings, stories and poems were received from twelve schools. The artwork depicts the students’ experiences during and after hurricane Irma and offered them a creative avenue of expression. Assisting the foundations was St. Maarten Academy student Jireh James. Presentations were made by Chari Brown of the Helmich Snijders Hillside Christian School, Taliyah Williams of the Seventh Day Adventist School and Guerline Masson of the St. Joseph…
Philipsburg — Detectives are presently investigating a case of ill-treatment which took place on Monday November 13th at approximately 06.15 p.m. in the vicinity of Lucky star Supermarket located on the A.T. Illidge Road. Police were sent to the scene to investigate what had taken place. On the scene the investigating officers learnt from the victim that he was beaten by a person he does not know. This person seriously ill-treated him by pushing his head through the rear windshield of a vehicle causing him to receive cuts and bruises to his head and face from which he was bleeding. The…
PHILIPSBURG — Minister of Tourism and Economic Affairs Mellissa Arrindell-Doncher on Tuesday said St. Maarten will get marketplaces in Philipsburg residents can be proud of, long overdue suitable spaces for Philipsburg taxi’s, an organized tour bus terminal and a green area in the heart of Philipsburg. ~ Tour bus terminal also included ~ All three aspects are part of the Minister’s vision to revamp and enhance the cruise visitor experience in Philipsburg while giving St. Maarten’s capitol a much-needed face-lift which in turn enhances its tourism product. She explained that instead of a jumbled marketplace, vending kiosks will be built…
