Hospitals are dangerous places and after reading the results of a study that was published in the journal Plos Medicine you may want to think twice about going there. The study found that 91,000 people die every year in European hospitals from infections they caught in those hospitals. The number of patients that gets infected is estimated to be 2, 6 million. Maybe that makes the death rate acceptable (3.5 percent), but the absolute number remains rather stunning. Most of the infections are pneumonia, blood poisoning, and infections to the urinal tract or to wounds. Petra Gastmeier, an expert from…
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THE HAGUE – Alfonso Boekhoudt’s appointment as the new governor of Aruba per January 1 stands, Pieter Hofmann reports on Caribisch Netwerk. Aruba gave in because the appointment is official and in the interest of the relationships within the Kingdom. This appears from a joint statement of the Netherlands and Aruba, published yesterday after a meeting between Prime Minister Mike Eman and Kingdom Relations Minister Ronald Plasterk. Aruba was furious about Boekhoudt’s appointment; Eman said it was unlawful and demanded that the Kingdom reverse it. In the end he gave in. Minister Plasterk reportedly ignored several Aruban candidates, among them…
By Milton Pieters GREAT BAY- Just when everyone thought that the most spectacular landing, the largest cruise ship facility and the oddest national borders were the only things that made St Maarten stand out as a country, here comes the zip line at the Emilio Wilson Estate. The zip line that is currently being installed will be the steepest in the world, with an almost 42 degree incline and that is something all residents of this friendly island have to be proud of when it’s completed. St Maarten will now top the ranking ahead of the Zip Flyer in Nepal…
The case of a detective who accused the head of the National Detective Agency of all kinds of things without merit should be a lesson for others. At the heart of the matter is a labor dispute, whereby the detective drew the short straw: he was suspended. His accusations at the address of his employer have been thoroughly investigated and the conclusion is clear. The complaints are baseless. Without any doubt this will put a further dent in the career path of a 29-year-old who was not too long ago hailed by the United St. Maarten party as a rising…
MARIGOT (soualigapost.com) – The Collectivité has extended the Semsamar concession for Marina Fort Louis for another two years. This decision was justified by the designation of the future concessionnaire for the development of Marigot Bay in two years. Since June 2000, Marina Fort Louis has been managed in the context of a public service delegation by the Semsamar, more specifically by one of its subsidiaries, the Samagest, according to an agreement between the two parties. Initially, this agreement was supposed to end on December 31, 2015. According to a contract amendment in December 2015, it was extended until the end…
ORANJESTAD – In a letter to Prime Minister Mark Rutte as the chairman of the Kingdom Council of Ministers, Aruba’s Prime Minister Mike Eman demands that the appointment of Alfonso Boekhoudt as the island’s next governor be voided. According to the Aruban Council of Ministers, the appointment is unlawful, Sharina Henriquez reports on Caribisch Netwerk. The letter was sent last week Wednesday, October 12, five days after Boekhoudt’s appointment. “That appointment flagrantly violates the rules established by the Kingdom Council of Ministers,” Eman wrote. The letter shows that the Aruban Council of Ministers has made clear from the beginning that…
St. Maarten Life Realities, Local Finance & Economics column by Jimmy C. Challenger, writing as a regular weekly columnist for the TODAY newspaper and contributor for the TODAY NEWSPAPER ONLINE. St. Maarten Life Realities “We understand it still that there is no easy road to freedom. We know it well that none of us acting alone can achieve success. We must therefore act together as a united people, for national reconciliation, for nation building, for the birth of a new world. Let there be justice for all. Let there be peace for all. Let there be work, bread, water and…
MARIGOT (soualigapost.com) – The Malo Company, in which Ms. Lharmony is one of the shareholders, intends to build a five-star ecolodge on Pinel Island. The infrastructure would include “Twenty bungalows and a restaurant built in a way to achieve optimal integration”, said Malo, which presented its project on April 5 to the members of the Saint-Martin Executive Council. The bungalows will be built according to the model of a traditional wood and/or stone hut on stilts. The use of materials and techniques which will “reduce the use of raw materials” will be imposed, as well as the use of renewable products. The company wants…
GREAT BAY – Kingdom Relations Minister Ronald Plasterk intends to speak with the new government about the progress with the plan of approach for the Pointe Blanche prison, in close consultation with the Progress Committee and Minister of Safety and Justice Ard van der Steur. Plasterk announced this intention in answers to questions VVD-MP André Bosman posed about the situation at the prison. Pointe Blanche prison under scrutiny In August, the Progress Committee painted a bleak picture of the current situation. “We have not seen positive developments for the past two years and that is extremely worrisome. The government cannot…
Dear Editor, In our current electoral system we vote for all 15 Members of Parliament through a list system of proportional representation, for the term of four years; the so called parliamentary election. So after voting the people have then voiced their opinion and through a list system of proportional representation, the 15 members-elect are elected to represent the people in parliament. If these 15 members remain with their seat and do not opt to become a minister or prime minister in the formation of the government, our problem as it pertains to parliamentary democracy and trias politica, would still…
