GREAT BAY, Sint Maarten Saturday, February 4, 2012)-President of the WICLU/WIFOL, Theophillus Thompson said informed during the weekly press briefing on Thursday that the Simpson Bay Resort Management a couple of weeks ago called the workers and offered them re-employment, but refused to give them a copy of their contract.

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GREAT BAY, Sint Maarten Saturday, February 4, 2012)-The Windward Islands Chamber of Labour Union (WICLU) weekly press briefing took place on Thursday at the WIFOL. In her opening statements, WICLU ‘s 1st Vice President, Claire Elshot-Aventurin said that she has just learned that a number of pensioners received a letter from the pension fund informing them of what they would be doing. ... Read more

 

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten ( Saturday, February 4, 2012)– A Central Committee Hearing is planned for 6 February about a Centralized Registration System for Child Abuse, and a representative from Women’s Desk will be present for the parliamentary session.

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President Frantz Gumbs, joined by several taxi association representatives, talks to the media on Friday following their meeting on the controversial taxi fee issue.

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THE HAGUE--The liberal democratic VVD party is preparing a law proposal to restrict immigration to The Netherlands by residents of Aruba, Curaçao and St. Maarten.

Under VVD's law initiative, people from the islands with insufficient education, those who do not have command of the Dutch language and persons with criminal records no longer would be allowed to register.

The proposal doesn't seem to have much support. VVD's coalition partner the Christian Democratic Party CDA is not eager to support a law initiative that would cut through the plans to realise the Kingdom Law on ... Read more

PHILIPSBURG--Prime Minister Sarah Wescot-Williams underscored on Friday the importance of political accountability and of impartiality in the work of National Security Service St. Maarten VDSM.

She said that as sensitive as the services were, there must be political accountability and there never should be even the slightest semblance of partiality or bias against anyone or any group.

The Prime Minister was speaking at the official opening of VDSM's offices at Harbour View Executive Center in Philipsburg Friday.

She stressed, "If national security is at stake, preven ... Read more

PHILIPSBURG--Minister of Tourism Franklin Meyers met with private-sector stakeholders involved in the establishing of a board for the still-to-be-formed Tourism Authority and advised them to nominate six persons to sit on the board of the authority.

This changes the initial structure that the Minister had wanted to implement, which called for three members from the private sector and three that government would appoint (not necessarily civil servants).

The initial plan was for those six persons to select a seventh, leaving the Minister with the responsibility of appointing a ... Read more

Have you been to Motorworld recently? You'll think you've walked into a scene of romance; you can actually smell the sweet perfume of the flowers and see the happy hearts dancing in the air.....

Motorworld is celebrating Valentine's Day early this year. They are making it easy to surprise your loved one for this special lovers' day. Not only are the vehicles well priced, they have the Best Brands and Best Cars! ... Read more

Stops on this Cruise included Aruba, Curacao, Grenada, Barbados, St. Lucia, Antigua, St Maarten, and St Thomas along with five sea days (two at beginning and end and one after Curacao). Nice mix and we liked it so much we booked the same Itinerary for next ... ... Read more

Philipsburg: On Friday February 3rd at approximately 2:40am while patrolling on Bush Road, a Philipsburg police patrol saw a man driving towards Philipsburg without headlights on. When the driver of this car passed next to the police car, he started behaving quite nervous.
The patrol decided to check out the driver to find out if the documents of vehicle were in order and why he was behaving so suspiciously. The driver was stopped by the police and he was not in possession of a driver's license. While being questioned he became increasingly nervous. The patrol decided to search him. Durin ... Read more

Cole Bay:--- On Friday February 3rd at approximately 1:00am, a Simpson Bay police patrol was directed to a yacht harbored on the premises of Port de Plaisance to investigate a case of ill-treatment. On the scene, police spoke to a man with initials T.E.W. from the U.S.A., who had a wound in his face. He stated that he was ill-treated and threatened by the captain of the yacht on which he was staying called "MARLENA". He also ... Read more

Philipsburg:--- On Thursday February 2nd at approximately 11:30pm, several Philipsburg police patrols responded to a call regarding shots being fired in the vicinity of Le Petit Chateau on the Soualiga Road. On the scene, the investigating officers learned that the driver of a green colored Dodge Caravan with license plate M-8441 for unknown reasons fired a gunshot in the area and then drove in the direction Arch Road. ... Read more

Philipsburg:--- On Thursday February 2nd at approximately 7:10pm a patrol from the Zero Tolerance Team responded to an armed robbery at Samuel Food Market in St. Peters which had taken place shortly before. On the scene, the investigating officers learnt that an unknown young man armed with a silver colored gun had entered the supermarket and while threatening the cashier stole all the money from the cash register. A complete description of the suspect was given to the officers on the scene. Police Spokesman Ricardo Henson said while the officers were conducting a search in the area, the patro ... Read more