GREAT BAY – The Court in First Instance sentenced Shawn Emmanuel Benders on Wednesday to a 4-month prison sentence for fencing a stolen car on November 29 of last year. Benders was found driving the car with Veon Aaron P. in the passenger seat. The latter was also charged, but the court acquitted him. Benders told the court he had bought the car for $300 and that he owed the seller another $100. The court found no proof that the 22-year old Benders had actually stolen the car. The prosecutor demanded 5 months against Benders and 90 days, with 70…
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GREAT BAY – The Ministry of Public Health, Social Development and Labor is currently in the process of organizing a stakeholders sensitization session on National Health Insurance. The sessions begin next week Monday, January 23 and will be facilitated by Professor Wynand van de Ven of the Erasmus University in Rotterdam who has extensive knowledge and experience in health insurance and Dr. Stanley Lalta, who is a researcher at the University of the West Indies with special interests in the area of health financing. Professor Van de Ven has a vast wealth of knowledge on sustainable health care financing as…
GREAT BAY – Vromi-Minister Chirstophe Emmanuel and his cabinet toured the sanitary landfill commonly known as the dump with the Head of the Infrastructure Management department, Claudius Buncamper. The camera crew from the Department of Communication of the Government of Sint Maarten joined the tour to take video footage of the dump. Minister Emmanuel wanted to highlight the severity of the dump and also explain his plans to move forward with the waste-to-energy facility. Buncamper brought forth implementing a municipal waste recovery facility (MRF) which is also a possible solution for the Dump. A MRF is a plant which will…
Dear Theo, There is always a reason for something. Nothing happens “just fo so” as we like to say. It is amazing to me that you are still trying to peddle your sob stories to the public as if we are supposed to feel sorry for you or your family or forever be beholden to your grandfather’s legacy. Why do you think you are entitled to throw a pity party for us every few months? Why do you expect for us to cry a river every time you speak about being so called “persecuted”. It has gotten so bad, both…
GREAT BAY – Kendall Dupersoy has been appointed as the CEO of the TelEm Group of companies, Prime Minister William Marlin said at Wednesday’s council of Ministers press briefing. The telecom provider has been without a CEO for almost eight years, since the departure of interim manager Pieter Drenth in the fall of 2009. Dupersoy previously managed the IT department at the princess Juliana International Airport. He will start working at TelEm per February 1. The shareholder also appointed three new board members: Arnell Brown, John Richardson and Jimmy Challenger. The shareholder still has two vacancies on the board of…
GREAT BAY – In late December 2016 the National Public Holiday schedule was published. Please take note of the error regarding Emancipation Day that was mentioned in the 2017 Schedule. The correct date is Saturday July 1 as stipulated in article 23, paragraph 3a of the Labor regulation. Emancipation Day is celebrated annually on July 1 unless that day falls on a Sunday, in which case Emancipation Day is celebrated on the first next business day.
After 8 years without a CEO, local telecom provider TelEm finally gets a new Chief Executive Officer in the person of Kendall Dupersoy. The selection process has not been without controversy and certainly many within and outside the company have a lot to say about that. However, the Government as the shareholder has a finally made a decision and it is time to get moving with managing the TelEm Group of Companies with one person at the helm who is accountable and can be held responsible for the company’s actions and results. The telecom market is not without perils and…
GREAT BAY – Prime Minister William Marlin was “flabbergasted” when he read that the Dutch government had appointed Hans Leijtens as the quartermaster for the Integrity Chamber. At the same time, Marlin noted that the government had not received any official communication about the appointment. Marlin said at Wednesday’ Council of Ministers press briefing that the country does not need an Integrity Chamber. “The faction of the National Alliance vehemently opposed the legislation to establish the Integrity Chamber in the form it was proposed. It is not that we are against addressing integrity issues but there are enough mechanisms in…
GREAT BAY – Governor Eugène Holiday administered the oath of office on Tuesday to new Member of Parliament Perry Geerlings at the Governor’s Cabinet. Geerlings takes the seat for the Democratic Party left vacant by the appointment of Emil Lee as Minister of public health, social development and labor. This means that the Parliament is now at full strength with 15 members. Governor Holiday congratulated Geerlings and wished him strength and wisdom in the performance of his responsibilities to foster the wellbeing of the people of Sint Maarten. Photo caption: Governor Eugène Holiday administered the oath of office to Perry…
The authorities are coming down hard on casino owner Francesco Corallo. Today he stands in front of the Judge of Instruction for an assessment of the legality of his arrest. That will be followed further down the road by an extradition hearing. In the meantime, the Italian authorities have indicated that it is okay to seize several hundreds of millions of dollars worth of assets from Corallo. It is probably all according to procedure, yet one gets the feeling that law enforcement is rushing here, for reasons that remain unclear. Corallo’s real estate in St. Maarten is not going anywhere…
