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Justice chain function books create financial headache,...

PHILIPSBURG - "My heartfelt congrats to all service members of the justice chain with the approval of the function books." That text, accompanied by a picture of a smiling Minister of Justice Anna Richardson appeared in Facebook on Monday...

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CX Pay B.V. partners with Cybersource for growth

MIAMI/WILLEMSTAD - Curaçao based CX Pay B.V. announced that the FinTech company has selected the payment and anti-fraud platform CyberSource, a Visa solution, to broaden its service offering, while further increasing its application's...

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TBO-budget almost doubles for next three years

PHIIPSBURG - Politicians with criminal intentions better fasten their seatbelts because outgoing State Secretary Knops has almost doubled the funding for TBO, the Team Bestrijding Ondermijning (the anti-corruption taskforce) until 2025 to €25...

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New Dutch government wants to contribute to economy

THE HAGUE - The fourth Rutte-cabinet wants to contribute to the economic development in St. Maarten, Aruba and Curacao through guarantee regulations of the National Service for Entrepreneurial Netherlands (NVO), the National Growth Fund and...

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Draft COHO-law hits another stumbling block

PHILIPSBURG - Contrary to earlier optimistic reports, the draft consensus kingdom law COHO (Caribbean Development and Reform Organization) is not ready to be sent to the parliaments of the four countries until the four governments reach an...

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Makana expects service to resume on Tuesday

THE VALLEY/ORANJESTAD- The Makana Ferry Service expects to resume service between the islands on Tuesday, with the execution of a normal schedule. According to a press release sent out by the Company on Monday morning, the backup vessle...

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Understaffing leads to hour-long queues and delays at CUR

Onderschrift: WILLEMSTAD - A severe understaffing led to enormous frustration on Friday afternoon among departing passengers at Curaçao International Airport, who in many cases queued for up to three hours to pass the immigration...

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Statia introduces long term COVID-19 strategy

SINT EUSTATIUS (ORANJESTAD) - The Public Entity St. Eustatius introduces its long term COVID-19 strategy on January 3rd, 2022, by further opening up its borders and having a less strict entry policy in place. This is needed to recover the economy ...

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Emmanuel wants Ottley to investigate disturbing reports...

SINT MAARTEN (PHILIPSBURG) - Independent Member of Parliament (MP) Christophe Emmanuel on Monday said that it has been brought to his attention that something is amiss with the ongoing construction/expansion of the St. Maarten General Hospital...

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USP: Invisible "savings" from 12.5% cuts do nothing ...

SINT MAARTEN (PHILIPSBURG) - President of the board of the United St. Maarten Party (USP) Cecil Nicholas on Monday said his board is baffled over why to date the mandatory 12.5% cut imposed by government on civil servants and workers of...

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Centrale Bank repeals capital restrictions effective Jan. 1

WILLEMSTAD/PHILIPSBURG - The Centrale Bank van Curaçao and Sint Maarten (CBCS) decided to repeal the capital restriction, effective January 1, 2022. This restriction was introduced on March 20, 2020, to limit possible capital flight after the...

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Integrity of Payments System not Compromised

WILLEMSTAD/PHILIPSBURG - The Centrale Bank van Curaçao and Sint Maarten (CBCS) recently received the final report on the forensic investigation conducted in response to the cyberattack on its IT-environment, finding that the integrity of the...

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95 graduate from the St. Maarten Academy

SINT MAARTEN (CUL DE SAC) - Ninety-five students of St. Maarten Academy graduated under the theme: "Out of Adversity Comes Triumph", held on the school's campus on Thursday, December 16, 2021. Of the 95, 72 were Caribbean Secondary Education...

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Kidz at Sea's SXM Coastal CleanUp Project hosts the 2021 UCU

SINT MAARTEN (SIMPSON BAY) - The SXM Coastal CleanUp Project hosted the 2021 Underwater CleanUp on Saturday, December 4th. During the event volunteers, participants, and dive crew removed 527 pounds of debris from the water in Simpson Bay. This...

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Nature Foundation Begins School Presentations ...

SINT MAARTEN (COLE BAY) - The Nature Foundation St. Maarten has begun presenting at local schools on St. Maarten about plastic and how to keep our environment safe and healthy. The presentations are within the In-No-Plastic Project, a European...

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Sint Maarten Tourism Bureau Congratulates William Bell

SINT MAARTEN (PHILIPSBURG) - The Sint Maarten Tourism Bureau (STB) management and staff would like to congratulate William Bell on his 35th anniversary working with STB. Bell started working at STB on September 1, 1986. Prior to joining STB, Bell ...

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Omicron detected on French Saint Martin; Pfizer Booster...

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten - On Saturday December 18th, it was reported that there was a detection of the first cases of the Omicron variant in Guadeloupe and Saint Martin. After sequencing the evidence, two cases of Omicron variant have been...

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Sint Maarten Residential rent prices Audit

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten - Certified Risk Analyst, Terence Jandroep CRA CQA CLA, recently elaborated an article on minimum earners in Sint Maarten and continues to indicate the unbalances between Minimum Earners and cost of living, starting with ...

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Philipsburg Property For Sale

Photo caption: Property located on the Backstreet no.18 in Philipsburg, St. Maarten. Property located on the Backstreet no.18 in Philipsburg, St. Maarten and is registered at the Cadastre office with Certificate of Admeasurement number PB...

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'Coho bron tweespalt'

Besluit over nota van wijziging als bliksemafleider Van een onzer verslaggevers Willemstad - De Curaçaose regering lijkt een beslissing over de consensusrijkswet voor zich uit te willen schuiven. Want als de wetgeving voor het Caribisch Orgaan...

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Omikron bereikt Aruba en Sint Maarten

Door Sharina Henriquez/Caribisch Netwerk Oranjestad - Omikron is nu ook op de eilanden Aruba en Sint Maarten waargenomen. Op Aruba gaat het al om 17 gevallen. Op de meeste Nederlands-Caribische eilanden stijgt verder het aantal coronagevallen...

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Postuum eerbetoon voor in Sobibor omgebrachte Sabaanse...

Saba - Op Saba is een bijzonder postuum eerbetoon gebracht aan de op het eiland geboren Joodse verpleegster Thelma Esther Polak. Bij het oorlogsmonument werd door gezaghebber Jonathan Johnson en initiatiefnemer Judith Meijer een...

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Analyse redactie: Meer openheid nog altijd groot gemis

Jaarplannen, begrotingen, jaarverslagen en jaarrekeningen. Het blijft voor veel (lees: verreweg de meeste) overheids-nv's, overheidsstichtingen en andere semipublieke instellingen die van subsidie afhankelijk zijn moeilijk om ze op te stellen, in ...

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CPS Office Operations Upcoming Holiday Season Closures

SINT MAARTEN (GREAT BAY, (DCOMM) - The Collective Prevention Services (CPS), a department in the Ministry of Public Health, Social Development and Labour (Ministry VSA), would like to inform the public that its offices at the Vineyard Office...

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2021 Safety Tips for Decorating your Home and Christmas...

SINT MAARTEN (GREAT BAY, (DCOMM) - 2021 Holiday shoppers are busy buying Christmas trees and lights to adorn their home this holiday season. As Christmas Eve gets closer, families are bustling around to have everything in place. Parents and...

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This Holiday Season: Shop Smart, Shop Safe

Every year the Collective Prevention Services (CPS), a department within the Ministry of Public Health, Social Development and Labour (Ministry VSA), as part of its annual calendar of observances, highlights and creates awareness about safe...

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AirSXM.com now offering shared charters to St. Kitts & Nevis

Shared charter rates from $260 US Dollars per one-way and up for groups of up to seven (7) passengers + one piece of checked luggage and one carry-on each. Submit a reservation request online at http://www.airsxm.com/request.php.

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St. Maarten/St. Martin Babe Ruth Baseball Christmas Clinic

SINT MAARTEN (GREAT BAY) - The St. Maarten/St. Martin Babe Ruth Baseball and Softball Association is hosting its first 'Babe Ruth Christmas Clinic' starting Saturday 18 December 2021 thru Friday 24 December 2021 at the Little League Ballpark, the ...

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Weather Forecast: Tuesday to Thursday

PUBLIC WEATHER FORECAST FOR ST. MAARTEN DATE ISSUED: Monday, December 20, 2021 @ 18:00 LST (22:00 UTC) VALID UNTIL: Tuesday evening (18:00 LST) December 21, 2021 ...A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR ST. MAARTENUNTIL FURTHER NOTICE......

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Decline in coronavirus cases slowing down as Omicron...

The decline in coronavirus infections continued to slow down on Monday as another 12,220 cases were confirmed by the RIVM. On average just over 14,000 cases a day were reported in the last week, 19% fewer than in the previous seven days. The...

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Vulnerable children under 12 to receive vaccine from...

Children under 12 with a medical condition such as a congenital heart defect can receive a vaccine against coronavirus from this week, the Dutch health council said. Around 40,000 children between the ages of five and 11 will be eligible for a...

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Antwerp's governor urges Dutch visitors to stay away...

The governor of Antwerp has urged Dutch visitors not to go on day trips to the Belgian city to escape the lockdown in the Netherlands. 'I'm asking Dutch people to grin and bear it,' Cathy Berx told Belgian TV network VRT. 'After this they will be ...

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Visitors from Britain will have to quarantine in NL ...

New restrictions on travel to the Netherlands come into effect on Wednesday, and travellers from Britain will have to quarantine on arrival under new rules to try to curb the spread of the Omicron variant of coronavirus.

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