WILLEMSTAD – The Prosecutor’s Office received a report of a possible threat with a firearm by the Director of the Curaçao Intelligence Service (VDC) Michael Römer. Given the seriousness of the allegation and the position of the person concerned, the Attorney General asked the National Detective Agency on October 11 to proceed with a factual investigation. The purpose of this investigation is to find out what actually happened and to determine if there is a suspicion of a criminal offense. The prosecutor’s office emphasizes that there is no question at this time of a criminal investigation. No one is considered a…
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BREAKING NEWS — HOUSE ON FIRE — News just reached our TODAY ONLINE NEWSPAPER desk that a fire broke out in the shanty neighborhood in the Cay Hill area in the vicinity behind the well-known Cake House Road. It is said that huge smoke can be seen billowing from the fire source. However, a fire official says the area of the source of the fire is not easily accessible for the fire trucks. Photo by Milton Pieters Photo caption: Photo taken from screenshot of videoclip. Video provided by Milton Pieters Above is the videoclip uploaded to us from our photo…
The call by attorney Geert Hatzmann for the establishment of a victim’s fund is a just one and one may well wonder why this call to action has to come from an attorney while successive governments and all Members of Parliament have been quiet on this issue for the past six years. The money to support victims is there. The minister of justice has a crime fund at his disposal that is funded with assets seized from criminals. While we do not know how much money there is in this fund at the moment, as far as we know the…
BREAKING NEWS – Ambulance captured on camera after fire damage on its way to an emergency call in Ebenezer this morning. Judging from the photo, the ambulance has incurred extensive fire and smoke damage as a result of an apparent engine fire and can be considered a total loss. A neighbor confirmed that this took place in the street next to the Academy’s P.S.V.E. school in Ebenezer. In an invited statement from the head of the Ambulance Department, Mr. Cylred Richardson stated that they are presently busy making a report on the fire incident with their ambulance. Richardson told our…
PHILIPSBURG – You may agree that GREE is a well-known brand name in St. Maarten when it comes to air conditioning units. However, what you may not know is that GREE HOME now has a new line of household appliances that are being marketed under the brand name MIDEA. GREE has a new store in Philipsburg that opened in February this year and is doing business under the name GREE HOME. The retail store not only carries the complete line of GREE AC products, accessories and supplies, but also the new line of MIDEA house appliances such as refrigerators, stoves, washing machines,…
BELIZE (CMC ) — Belize tourism officials say that for the past 15 consecutive months the industry has been experiencing “record breaking increases” in overnight arrivals monthly. The Belize Tourism Board (BTB) said that the sector had been recording double-digit increases of as much as 33 per cent growth. “We are now nine months through 2016 and the tourism arrival figures continue to show this upward trend, closing off this third quarter with an incredible 26.9 per cent increase for the month September 2016 over September 2015. “Overall, the first nine months of 2016 recorded a total of 293,622 overnight…
Dear Editor, I kindly request that you allow me some space in your publication to express my thoughts about the recent articles that have been written about me in the media. I am hopeful that you will consider giving this story the same kind of exposure as you did to the story printed about me on Thursday October 6, 2016. I would like to start by thanking everyone in the local media for the countless times over the past two decades that they have highlighted my many accomplishments, awards, and services within the community. I have taken great pride in…
GREAT BAY – For the first time in St. Maarten’s history, employees who fall under the Justice Ministry now have full insurance coverage for accidental death and dismemberment. Minister of Justice Edson Kirindongo collaborated with the three unions ABVO, WICSU and NAPB that represent the Justice workers to negotiate and provide coverage for the staff. Nagico Insurances was selected as the insurer of choice after winning the bid which included five other insurance companies. At the signing ceremony yesterday held at the Cabinet of the Minister of Justice; the insurance company revealed that since the offering was announced, other territories…
GREAT BAY – Former Island Council member Julian Rollocks was retained by Marilyn Moses in June as a political consultant and strategist for her political party Movementu Progressivo. Last week, the MP won one seat in the new parliament in Willemstad. Rollocks hosted a tourism economic summit to position the party; experts from the United States including Jerry Butler from the Inter-American Development Bank spoke at the summit about the tourism industry. This presentation was “quite well accepted” by all the stakeholders and created interest in the community. Political parties must be endorsed by at least 1 percent of the…
GREAT BAY – The September 26 votes were counted, recounted and validated by the Main Voting Bureau on Tuesday October 11th 2016. The Sint Maarten Christian Party thanks the 848 voters who cast their votes based on the principles, norms and values that the party stands for. “These votes were definitely not bought but came from persons who genuinely believed in the stand that the party has taken to seek to govern Sint Maarten based on the Christian principles of honesty, integrity, transparency, accountability and compassion,” party leader Wycliffe Smith said in a press statement. “Even though SMCP got 99…
