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MP Christopher Emmanuel gives Shareholder Representative of SMHGC One Week to Provide Checkmate Contracts.

If the Contracts are not Provided Minister Claret Connor and Supervisory Board Should Resign Immediately.

PHILIPSBURG: --- Member of Parliament Christopher Emmanuel is calling on the shareholder representative of SMHGC Minister Claret Connor to provide parliament with the both the old and new contracts between Checkmate Security and the St. Maarten Harbor Group of Companies (SMHGC). MP Emmanuel said he is giving the Minister until the end of this week to provide parliament wit...

Armed Robbery --KPSM full police report.

PHILIPSBURG:--- On Friday February 27th at approximately 02.30 p.m. police and Detectives was directed to a home on Claude Estate to investigate and armed robbery. On the scene the investigating officers spoke to the two victims that were in the house at the time of the robbery. The victims stated that an unknown young man had forced himself into the house with a firearm in his hand. At one point the suspect put the gun to the head one of the victims and threatened to use it....

Dredging and Filling in Simpson Bay Lagoon Halted

Activity has Consequences on Environment. Recurring Failure to Provide Permits

SIMPSONBAY:--- During a scheduled Nature Foundation Marine Patrol on Saturday February 28th Nature Foundation Manager Tadzio Bervoets noticed significant dredging and filling in occurring from a barge anchored in the Cole Bay section of the Simpson Bay Lagoon.

Upon further inspection no documents or permits could have been provided by the operator of the equipment nor was there any information availa...

Sundiata Lake on career and skills development in Saba, as WIPM candidate 8

GREAT BAY:--- Family and friends in his native St. Martin are probably over the shock or surprise that Sundiata Lake is a candidate in the March 18 Island Council election of neighboring Saba.
Lake is the number 8 candidate of the Windward Islands People's Movement (WIPM). "I plan...

Parliament’s Website Revamped

PHILIPSBURG:--- The House of Parliament's website has been revamped. The new site is back online in a new format as of Monday, March 2 at the same website address: www.sxmparliament.org.

The Presidium of Parliament was recently given a preview of the site prior to it going live on...

Mr. Robert Judd and Bureau of Intellectual Property at POWER HOUR on March 4

INFOBIZZ prepares to for the first GO GET IT Edition of POWER HOUR

Great Bay:--- Foundation INFOBIZZ is preparing for the first POWER HOUR for the year under the theme: GO GET IT. On March 4, 2015 at the Belair Community Centre from 7:00 – 9:00 PM, entrepreneurs and entrepreneuria...

46 year old Dominica National died in Fatal Road Accident on Bishop Hill.

Speeding Driver Arrested.

PHILIPSBURG: --- Relatives of a 46 year old national of Dominica are now mourning his sudden death. The victim was killed around 6am on Saturday morning. Police Spokesman Ricardo Henson said police was called to the scene of the accident at Bishop Hill ju...

St. Maarten wants to buy UTS Eastern Caribbean

St. Maarten wil UTS Eastern Caribbean kopen

Minister Richardson geeft, als vertegenwoordiging van de aandeelhouder St. Maarten in UTS aan dat de regering van St. Maarten de aandelen van UTS Eastern Caribbean wenst te kopen. Volgens de Minister is dit geen nieuw plan en heeft dit v...

Academy Celebrates Black History Month

CUL DE SAC:--- St. Maarten Academy on Friday celebrated Black History Month with an Art Exhibition as well as a cultural programme, the latter organized by the school's Student Government Association (SGA).
The Black History Month programme created a platform for an array of talen...

St. Eustatius Island Governor Reported To Public Prosecutor

St. Eustatius:--- The Island Governor of St. Eustatius has been reported to the Public Prosecutor for his order to illegally demolish the first protected monument of the island. The legal offenses are now being investigated by the office of the Public Prosecutor of the Caribbean ...

Suspect arrested for the possession of cocaine

PHILIPSBURG:--- On Wednesday February 25th at approximately 01.35 a.m. during a routine control by police of a SUV, which was parked on the beach close to La Bamba, one suspect was arrested for drugs possession. The police approached this vehicle in which two unknown men were sit...

Application period for Carnival vending starts Monday March 2

GREAT BAY(DCOMM):--- The Department of Economic Licenses announces that persons interested in vending food, beverages, helium balloons and other typical items associated with Carnival, can now apply for these licenses at the aforementioned department located on Zoutsteeg 3, Phili...

Permanent Committee of Kingdom Affairs and Inter-parliamentary Relations to Meet about formulation of questions for Kingdom Council of State

PHILIPSBURG:---The Permanent Committee of Kingdom Affairs and Inter-parliamentary Relations of Parliament will meet in session on March 2.

The Permanent Committee of Kingdom Affairs and Inter-parliamentary Relations meeting is set for Monday at 10.00am in the General Assembly Cham...