Emerald-trial: forged invoices, bribes and tax fraud
PHILIPSBURG - Three high-profile defendants appeared in court on Monday morning for the highly anticipated first step in the Emerald-trial: Member of Parliament Frans Richardson, suspended Port Director Mark Mingo and Checkmate Security Director...
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Court allows hearing of witnesses in Emerald-trial
PHILIPSBURG - Attorney Sjamira Roseburg asked the court on Monday permission to hear twelve witnesses in preparation for the trial against her client, member of Parliament Frans Richardson, who is charged with taking $370,000 in bribes from...
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Dear Reader
Yesterday, all the main players were summoned to court in the Emerald-trial as a result of the ongoing Emerald-investigation into forgeries, bribery and tax fraud.
The next court date will be sometime in October. We do not envy the players in this position having to wait so long to have their day in court to defend themselves against the charges. Quite a long time to have the 'Sword of Damocles' hanging over their heads.
In any event, the next step is to hear this week if the Common Court of Justice will allow the Prosecutor's Office to further investigate the harbour and its group of companies.
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Review LuminAID Packlite Max, a Solar Powered Phone Charger
ST. JOHN'S ESTATE - The Wizards, specializing in computer repairs and onsite services, is now the official reseller for an environmentally-friendly product that has a very unusual feature: A solar powered LED lantern that is a phone charger as...
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A flaw in the corporate governance code
PHILIPSBURG - On February 26, 2010, the Executive Council of Island territory St. Maarten introduced the first Corporate Governance Council. William Marlin, at the time leader of the island government, addressed the council members - Louis...
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An inexplicable oddity in the 2018 budget
By Hilbert Haar ~ The 2018 budget contains a riddle that I have not been able to solve, despite several attempts to get clarity from those who submitted that budget to Parliament. So maybe there is someone out there who knows more about this little..
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Keeping up with the Phoneses
by Chris Morvan I don't know how attached you get to things like laptops and phones. Maybe they're just functional inanimate objects to you. Got to have one, it does the job, end of story. But for the technophobe, when we find something that not...
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TSIS: a little history lesson
By Hilbert Haar Seven years ago, USONA invested 1.63 million guilders for St. Maarten in TSIS - the Tourist Statistical Information System. The money is gone, but the system is not there - though it could have been. TSIS came naturally to mind...
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Mexican standoff with pro bono lawyers
PHILIPSBURG - The strike of the pro bono lawyers enters its fourth week on Saturday and there is still no solution in sight. Geert Hatzmann, the Dean of the Bar Association, does not exclusively rely on handling criminal cases for his income...
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Court gets around absence of pro bono laywers
PHILIPSBURG - In the absence of the pro bono lawyers who went on strike over a payment conflict with the government three weeks ago, the Court in First Instance blustered through a handful of criminal cases on Friday nonetheless. The court took...
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ECLAC emphasizes need for data collection
PHILIPSBURG - Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) became a bit less abstract on Thursday morning for St. Maarten due to a presentation in the Central Committee of Parliament by Diane Quarless, director of the United Nations Economic Committee...
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Dump back on Central Committee-agenda
PHILIPSBURG - The parliament begins next Monday with a series of central committee meetings. On Monday from 10 a.m. the committee handles the draft law administrative appeals and the establishment of the ad hoc committee electoral reform. On...
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Nagico's response to article being circulated
June 7, 2018 - For immediate Release Re: NAGICO Insurance, A Caribbean-Wide Firm, is Doing Business in Territory Without License and Lieutenant Governor Warns Public About NAGICO Insurance Company We have taken note of the Press Releases issued...
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Cable TV employees battle dismissal
PHILIPSBURG - Sixteen employees of St. Maarten Cable TV are fighting for their jobs, but its parent company Caribbean Teleview Services NV wants to dissolve their labor contracts. The Court in First Instance heard pleadings on Wednesday morning...
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CIBC FIRSTCARIBBEAN AND UWI SIGN NEW MOU
Barbados - Bridgetown - Students around the region will continue to benefit from a number of scholarships following the recent signing of another memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the University of the West Indies and CIBC FirstCaribbean...
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The PWR Agency launches Jumpstart June Workshops
SINT MAARTEN (GREAT BAY) - Produce Wealth Revolution Agency, aka "The PWR Agency" launched its first Jumpstart June series of workshops on June 10. These workshops were designed to give tools that can be quickly implemented to propel progress for ...
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Prime Minister Romeo Marlin receives courtesy visit
PHILIPSBURG - Prime Minister the Honorable Leona Romeo Marlin received a courtesy visit at her cabinet in the Government Administration Building from the Commander of the Netherlands Forces in the Caribbean Peter Jan de Vin. Discussions during...
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Chinese Consul General pays courtesy visit to Prime Minister
PHILIPSBURG - Recently, the Consul General Zhang Weixin, paid a courtesy visit to the Prime Minister of Sint Maarten, the Honorable Leona Marlin-Romeo, at her cabinet in the Government Administration Building. During the visit, the two parties...
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Follow procurement procedures, Minister Ferrier urges...
PHILIPSBURG - Suppliers of goods and services to government often encounter trouble getting paid because proper procurement procedures have not been followed, Finance Minister Mike Ferrier said at Wednesday's Council of Ministers press briefing....
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Tzu Chi inspires at triple celebration
An appreciative crowd of 1,470 persons gathered at the L.B. Scott Sports Auditorium on Sunday, May 26, to mark the St. Maarten Tzu Chi Foundation's triple celebration of Mother's Day, Tzu Chi international's 52nd anniversary and Buddha's...
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St. Joseph Primary School participates in STB campaign
GREAT BAY - Sint Maarten (DCOMM) - On Wednesday, May 30th the St. Maarten Tourist Bureau (STB) in its continued efforts in bringing about greater awareness for the country's Tourism Industry to the in-school population, provided an island tour to ...
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VROMI waste forum initiates dialogue among stakeholders...
The Ministry of VROMI hosted a waste forum last week Thursday, which was moderated by Mr. Jan Beaujon. The forum, which carried the theme, "No time to waste," attracted a full house of attendees at the government administrative building. The...
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FBE Exit Exams not impacted by hurricanes Irma and Maria
PHILIPSBURG - The Division of Examination and Inspectorate of Education have made the results of the Foundation Based Exit examinations available to the Minister of Education, Culture, Youth and Sport Jorien Wuite. The sessions that took place...
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ECLAC's Forum on Sustainable Development in Chili
Great Bay, St. Maarten - The Sustainable Development Goals are alive and kicking in many parts of the world, also in Latin America and the Caribbean. From Monday 16th to Friday 20th of April 2018, the Forum on Sustainable Development was convened ...
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SMMC nurses successfully completes PALS & PEARS course
CAY HILL - The SMMC recently held PALS (Pediatric Advance Life Support) and PEARS (Pediatric Emergency Assessment Recognition and Stabilization) courses for staff. Ms. Marina Bayer, coordinator and resuscitator of PALS, PEARS and BLS, returned to ...
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CPS calls on parents to take action against scabies
GREAT BAY - Sint Maarten (DCOMM) - The Collective Preventive Services (CPS), a department within the Ministry of Public Health, Social Development and Labour (Ministry VSA), seeks to share information about scabies and to take preventative...
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Voluntary Partial Recall of Bottles of Stella Artois beer
PHILIPSBURG - The Inspectorate of Public Health, Social Development and Labor informs the public that Stella Artois announced a voluntary recall of 11.2-ounce bottles of Stella Artois beer on June 11. This recall comes after the detection of a...
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Curaçao wants American Category 1 status back
WILLEMSTAD - Curaçao wants to return to the coveted category 1 status of the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The government is making money and extra staff available to regain the status in 2019. The Curaçao Civil Aviation Authority...
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Dutch to provide assistance with oil spills on all islands
THE HAGUE - The 'Rijkswaterstaat' as part of the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment has as its main role the practical execution of the public works and water management, including the construction and maintenance of waterways...
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Navy errors in fatal diving accident Curaçao
WILLEMSTAD - During a diving exercise at the Navy in Curaçao in 2015, in which a 23-year-old sailor died, mistakes were made. This is evident from an internal investigation on which the Second Chamber of the Dutch Parliament was informed this...
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TBO / OM and FIU to brokers and notaries on Bonaire
Following the conference organized by the FIU and the Public Prosecutor's Office on "Combating money laundering and property fraud on Bonaire" of December 2017, employees of the Combat Against Team Undermining (Team Bestrijding Ondermijning)...
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Should the Prosecutors' Office be allowed to further investigate the Harbour?
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Former Jamaica PM: Blame Governments, Not CARICOM...
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Tuesday June 12, 2018 - Blaming the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat for the gaps in implementation of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) is unfair, former Prime Minister of Jamaica Bruce Golding says. He...
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US Coast Guard cutter offloads $2 million worth drugs...
KEY WEST - Crewmembers aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Thetis offloaded 2,116 pounds of marijuana on Friday in Key West after returning home from an 88-day patrol in the Caribbean and Atlantic Ocean. In March, Thetis crewmembers alongside an MH-65...
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Bonaire Presents Itself as World's First 'Blue Destination'
Kralendijk- In a joint press conference today, the Chamber of Commerce, Tourism Corporation Bonaire (TCB), Bonhata and Stinapa, presented the concept today of Bonaire as first so called Blue Destination in the world. According to the four...
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American Airlines Touches Down in Bonaire
By Harald Linkels Kralendijk- This afternoon around 3.30 PM, the first American Airlines flight to ever land in Bonaire, touched down at Bonaire International Airport (BIA). The Airbus A-319 was received by quite a crowd and many dignitaries. ...
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Bitter-Sweet Medicine: Election Promises Fulfilled But...
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Tuesday June 12, 2018 - Prime Minister Mia Mottley yesterday announced she was fulfilling some of her Barbados Labour Party's (BLP) election promises, including scrapping a controversial tax, increasing pensions and...
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Reporters Without Borders Concerned Guyana's Cybercrime...
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Tuesday June 12, 2018 - Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is urging the Parliament in Guyana to amend its drafted Cybercrime Bill, which it said could have a damaging effect on press freedom. The France-based organization which...
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Canada's Largest Airline Expands Service to St Kitts -...
BASSETERRE, St Kitts, Tuesday June 12, 2018 - For the first time in St Kitts' history, Air Canada will serve the island for a full six months for the 2018-2019 peak season. The non-stop Saturday flights from Toronto will operate from November 3,...
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Bahamians to Pay Massive Increase in Value Added Tax
NASSAU, The Bahamas, Thursday June 7, 2018 - From the beginning of next month, Bahamians will be paying significantly more in Value Added Tax (VAT). It will increase from 7.5 per cent to 12 per cent. The increase comes three and a half years...
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