Union wants forensic audit at TelEm reinstated
PHILIPSBURG – TelEm’s top managers paid themselves hefty bonuses in December of last year, union-leader Ludson Evers confirmed to StMaartenNews.com. While there was an agreement about a bonus of 50 percent More...
SMCU union rejects TelEm’s pay cut proposal
PHILIPSBURG – The St. Maarten Communication Union (SMCU) has labeled the proposal of salary cuts by the management of telecom provider TelEm an “indecent proposal.” Chairman Ludson Evers and Secretary Sherman More...
Keith Franca wordt na zeven jaar weer consultant met een plan om zeven eilanden te bezoeken
PHILIPSBURG – Na een dienstverband van zeven jaar stapte Keith Franca eind 2019 op als directeur van het St. Maarten Ontwikkelings Fonds (SMDF). Zijn opvolger is de 30-jarige Makhicia Brooks. Franca leidde het More...
After seven years Keith Franca returns to consulting – with a plan to visit seven islands
PHILIPSBURG – After a seven year-tenure Keith Franca (64) left his position as managing director of the St. Maarten Development Fund (SMDF) per the end of 2019. His successor is 30-year old Makhicia Brooks. Franca More...
“Domain Affairs is devoid of long lease policies”
PHILIPSBURG – “I am completely innocent of these trumped-up charges,” National Alliance MP Christophe Emmanuel said in an interview with 721news anchor Gromyko Wilson, shortly after he was released from custody. More...
How Holland House built back better on its own after Hurrricane Irma
PHILIPSBURG – When Hurricane Irma hit on September 6, 2017, Holland House lost its entire fourth floor to the monster storm. At the time, there were 57 guests staying at the iconic hotel that faces Great Bay More...
Mr. Integrity
By Hilbert Haar Politics is a dirty game and everybody and his uncle knows it. So when somebody gets in the way of a hidden agenda, the spin doctors and people who are ready to do their bidding come out of the woodwork. In More...
Smear campaign comes from fear and jealousy, Minister Lee says
PHILIPSBURG – “The Ministry of VSA rocks and I am very proud of my staff,” caretaker Minister Emil Lee said at the end of his candid interview with Andrew Dick. Lee dismissed allegations made against him More...
Petit repeats old accusations against Minister Lee
PHILIPSBURG – Dr. Michel Petit, the former chairman of the supervisory board of Social and Health Insurance SZV, launched what can be considered an unprecedented attack against caretaker Public Health Minister More...
The thing about Bibi….
PHILIPSBURG — On the occasion of her selection by StMaartenNews.com as Person of the Year 2018, we interviewed Bibi Shaw at her private residence in French Quarter on Saint Martin. We got a first hand look More...
