GEBE pays a heavy price for firing Sharine Daniel
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PHILIPSBURG -- Utilities Company GEBE is finally rid of its former Head Internal Audit Sharine Daniel, providing that it does not withdraw its request to dissolve the labor agreement and that it pays Daniel 350,000 guilders ($195,530) in compensation. The Court in First Instance issued the order to dissolve the labor contract on June 25. Daniel, 44, More...
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European millions available for energy transition
PHILIPSBURG — “It is imperative for St. Maarten to look into renewable energy sources and alternative energy sources. The COVID-19 crisis has shown St. Maarten that making deep structural changes and reforms More...
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Politicians express concerns about energy-crisis
PHILIPSBURG -- Politicians are jumping on the energy-crisis bandwagon expressing different concerns and suggestions. URSM-MP Richinel Brug addressed concerns about public health, while DP-MP and President of Parliament More...
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Dr. Rhoda Arrindell Represents One St. Martin Association at the BIG Conference at the UN
GREAT BAY, St. Martin (June 24, 2024)—Dr. Rhoda Arrindell, president of the One St. Martin Association (One SXM), was the sole delegate from St. Martin at the BIG international conference on decolonization More...
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Lawyers for Silveria Jacobs demand $4 million in penalties from Olivier Arrindell
PHILIPSBURG -- In November of last year the Court in First Instance ordered Olivier Arrindell to rectify statements he had made in several videos about former Prime Minister Silveria Jacobs. The penalty for not More...
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Guilty without a sanction? You are still convicted of a crime, Supreme Court rules
THE HAGUE — Is someone convicted if a court finds a defendant guilty and punishable but does not impose a sanction? The Supreme Court considered this question “in the interest of the law” after the Common More...
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GEBE’s tariff-structure hampers energy transition
PHILIPSBURG -- The structure of the tariffs used by Utilities Company GEBE are a stumbling block on the road to energy transition, it appears from a report by TNO, the independent Dutch organization for scientific More...
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Court appoints appraiser to determine fair value of Mullet Bay
PHILIPSBURG -- The Common Court of Justice will appoint Greg Becker of the Canadian real estate management company Colliers as appraiser for providing an advice about the fair value of Mullet Bay. Collier was established More...
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National Alliance suggests budget amendment to facilitate solution for energy crisis
PHILIPSBURG – The faction of the National Alliance (NA) has requested an urgent meeting of parliament with the objective to establish an amendment to the national budget to facilitate the purchase of generators More...
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Two new parties to take part in August 19 elections
PHILIPSBURG — Two new political parties will contest the August 19 parliamentary elections: the Soualiga Action Movement (SAM) and the Oualichi Movement for Change (OMC). The founder of the latter party is More...