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Wescot-Williams and Richardson put electoral reform back on the agenda
PHILIPSBURG – Electoral Reform, a pet project of more than one politician since the fall of the second Wescot-Williams cabinet is back on the agenda for two reasons. The first one is that MP Wescot-Williams brought More...
Recovery money goes as grant into World Bank trust fund
PHILIPSBURG – The €550 million reconstruction fund the Netherlands has made available to St. Maarten will be deposited as a grant into a trust fund at the World Bank. How the money will be spent and made More...
Checkmate director behind questionable harbor-invoices
PHILIPSBURG – The trial of Keith F. – one of the suspects in the so-called Emerald-investigation – offered a candid insight in the way fraud was committed with inflated invoices at the Harbor Group of More...
Why we are called Civil Servants
Dear Editor, The main motivation when postulating one’s self to political party is to serve the people. It’s why we are called Civil Servants. Unfortunately, however; not every postulated candidate shares More...
Fire department battled Cole Bay fire on Tuesday
GREAT BAY – The Fire Department had its hands full on Tuesday morning having to simultaneously deal with two fires in Cole Bay. The Fire Department responded with four fire trucks and two water trucks to a fire More...
PJIA SXM Airport: General Progress Update
Simpson Bay — The management and staff of the Princess Juliana International (PJIA) SXM Airport continues its efforts to rebuild St. Maarten’s award-winning airport. The Supervisory Board and Management More...
Major fire breaks in Cole Bay warehouse complex
Philipsburg — On Tuesday morning, January 23rd, at approximately 10.25 a.m., the first of several calls came in to the Emergency Dispatch about a fire which had broken out in the warehouse complex at Jobco More...
Astonishing donation
By Hilbert Haar Did anybody wonder about the astonishing donation of $46,694 the Jump Up Casino made to the Rotary Club and the Lions Club? I’m not questioning the gesture – on the contrary – but I was blown More...
Minister Giterson: “Dump is a giant murderer”
PHILIPSBURG – “The dump is my biggest problem. It is a monster. I consider it a giant murderer,” VROMI-Minister Miklos Giterson said at his first appearance at a Council of Ministers press briefing on Wednesday. But More...
Man sentenced to six months and mental health treatment
PHILIPSBURG – The Court in First Instance handled a number of minor cases on Wednesday morning, including that of Camille Alvirio Schut, 28, who was sentenced to 6 months of imprisonment, with 2 months conditional More...
