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House fire in Dutch Quarter
On Saturday July 7th during the evening hours police patrols and the Fire Department were directed to Manilla Drive in Dutch Quarter where a house was on fire. On the scene the investigating officers realized that More...
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Dutch Quarter sewage project starts in August
PHILIPSBURG – The long awaited Dutch Quarter sewage project is becoming a reality. Contractor Van Boekel will begin the work with a survey next month and start the actual work in August. The project is scheduled More...
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Young boy missing from Martin Luther King School Dutch Quarter
Philipsburg — On Tuesday, February 6th, 2018, a missing person report was filed at the Police Department by his parents, stating that their twelve year old son Nathan York had gone missing. He was last seen More...
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Shooting in Dutch Quarter
Dutch Quarter — On Thursday December 21st at approximately 06.00 p.m. the first of several calls came into the Emergency Dispatch with the information that a shooting had just taken place in Dutch Quarter More...
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Dutch prison system also struggles with staff shortages
PHILIPSBURG — The Pointe Blanche prison is not the only facility in the Kingdom’s justice chain that struggles with staff shortages it appears from a letter Minister Franc Weerwind (Legal Protection) sent More...
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Dutch senate gives green light for capital expenditures
PHILIPSBURG — The Dutch Senate approved a 60.9 million guilders ($34 million) loan for capital expenditures on Tuesday, September 26, Finance Minister Ardwell, Irion announced in a press release. The minister More...
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A vision plan for Quarter Development? Where have we heard that before?
PHILIPSBURG – The Council of Ministers recently approved a “vision plan” for the development of what is now called the Quarter Development, situated next to the A.C. Wathey Cruise and Cargo Facility. Minister More...
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Knops: “There will be no Dutch take-over”
PHILIPSBURG – “There is not and there will not be a Dutch take-over,” State Secretary Drs. Raymond Knops said at a press conference in Maho at the end of his flash visit to St. Maarten. “All these stories, More...
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PM points out COVID-19 hot spots on Dutch St. Maarten
PHILIPSBURG — The Cul de Sac, Cole Bay and Little Bay areas are the districts on Dutch St. Maarten with a majority of persons who tested positive for the corona virus called COVID-19. Other areas with persons More...
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UPDATED: Two borders between French and Dutch St. Martin completely blocked off
OYSTER POND — Late Monday afternoon authorities sent a container truck with containers to block off the border at the Oyster Pond frontier crossing after the border in Cupecoy had been blocked off earlier More...