St. Martin News Network

Legal Affairs Investigating ROB Inspector and Blue Blood---Seen at Questionable House in Cul de Sac.

Philipsburg: --- The island government and the department of Legal Affairs are currently investigating an inspector of ROB (Public Works) who allegedly tried to extort monies from Blue Marine. According to reliable sources, the ROB inspector and his girl friend are owners of Blue Blood Construction tried to extort $42,000 from Blue Marine, a company that belongs to Saro Spadaro. SMN News learnt that the inspector committed his act since July 2009 and to date no actions has be...

Blackman Escapes Vote of No Confidence for Lack Quorum--- Budget Issues Still Pending.

Philipsburg: --- Commissioner Xavier Blackman narrowly escaped a motion of no confidence which was to be presented by Island Councilman Petrus Leroy De Weever had the island council meeting convened on Thursday.
The Democratic Party Faction of the island council called an island council meeting on Thursday to discuss the pending 2010 budget and labor related matters, however the meeting could not be convened because the Democratic Party did not have a quorum even though Commis...

Bush road closure Thursday night.

GREAT BAY (GIS)—Due to unforeseen problems during work on the Bush road on Wednesday night the contractor and NV GEBE were not able to complete the planned work. The Bush road was to be closed on Wednesday evening until Thursday morning 6:00 AM.

Because of the problems and delays,...

Commissioner Heyliger signs USONA agreement for school information system.

GREAT BAY (GIS)—On Thursday, Commissioner Theo Heyliger signed an agreement with USONA for the financing of an Education Management Information System.

Present were Lars Walrave, Dutch Representative on St. Maarten, Reginald Isenia, Director of USONA(St. Maarten), and Bart Pasman ...

NAGICO CO-SPONSORS DIGICEL CRICKET SERIES LIVE BROADCAST.

NAGICO Insurances has once again sponsored the cricket matches for the Digicel Home Series, which is being broadcasted live via St. Maarten Cable TV. The company which is known for its strong support of sports activities on the island, including basketball, baseball and cricket,...

Use prison as last option for first offenders - Wigley. By Rawle Nelson.

"I think that jail should be used as a last option when dealing with first time offenders as we continue to see that many first time offenders continue to return after they would have been placed with hardened criminals," this is according to former Senior Defense Force Officer a...

COMMISSIONER FRANS RICHARDSON: THIS IS NOT ABOUT POLITICS FOR ME.

GREAT BAY:--- "It is sad, very sad, that some people would deliberately take a decision of government meant for the good for our youth and create a big controversy from it about the separation of church and state." These were the initial comments of Commissioner Frans Richardson ...

Former USM Student earns spot on the starting line up at UVI after long struggle.

Philipsburg:----Former Student and basketball player of the University of St. Martin Robenson Gassant has earned his way on the starting line at the University of the Virgin Islands. The University of the Virgin Islands Men's Basketball Team is off to a great start posting a 2-...