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CURACAO -- Djadumingu 29 di mart 2015 alrededor di 15.40’or di atardi, Sentral di polis a risibí notifikashon di un kaso di hinkamentu serio ku a tuma lugá patras di un “sloperij” na Sta. Catharinaweg. Na yegada di e unidat, ningun hende na e sitio por a splika polis kiko a pasa. Mesora a dirigí un unidat pa poliklínika...

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten - Honorable Minister of Tourism, Economic Affairs, Transport and Telecommunications (Ministry TEATT) Claret Connor while attending the Seatrade Cruise Conference in Miami, Honorable Minister Claret Connor also took the opportunity while in the United States to meet with key airlift partners, namely American Airlines, Jet Blue and Delta Airlines. Minister Connor on Sunday stated that it was...

GREAT BAY, Sint Maarten (DCOMM) – The Ministry of Public Health, Social Development and Labour (Ministry VSA) department Collective Prevention Services (CPS), says the World Oral Health Day held on March 20 was a success. 32 senior citizens made use of the free dental check-up that was provided and were able to get additional information from specialist on site. The activity...

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten -- St. Maarten’s Minister of Justice Dennis Richardson on Friday said he stood fully behind the position of the police union NAPB with regards to the involvement of others in St. Maarten’s justice chain who has tried to “justify their own ineffective presence” and “unjustly marginalized our local law enforcement agencies.” “A Minister of Justice of Sint...

Positively Reuniting the Caribbean with Africa! Great Bay, St. Maarten – On Saturday, March 21, 2015, the Africa Caribbean Heritage Alliance (ACHA) in cooperation with SXM DOET (a national volunteer initiative) and the National Commission of the UNESCO (UNESCO) and the Philipsburg Jubilee Library launched the First ever Africa Resource Center at the Library. The Africa Caribbean Heritage Alliance (ACHA) founded...

Kingston, Jamaica: Digicel today respectfully called upon the Eastern Caribbean Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (‘ECTEL’) to publicly clarify and confirm the  present status of the regulatory approvals process being undertaken by them in conjunction with the National Telecommunications Regulatory Commissions (‘NTRCs’) in relation to the proposed merger between Cable and Wireless Communications (‘CWC’) and FLOW / Columbus Communications Inc. (‘Columbus’); particularly...

OECS -- Arguing that a society unable to feed itself is a civilization that ultimately is doomed to decay, OECS Director General, Doctor Didacus Jules, today made an impassioned plea for the restoration of agriculture to its productive pride of place in the sub region’s economy. Jules was addressing the Inaugural Council of Agriculture Ministers Meeting in Saint Vincent. He told...

SAINT LUCIA -- The President of the National Consumers Association, Kingsley St Hill, has accused importers on the Island of dumping local chicken. “What I have seen happening is that some importers actually buy the local chicken and dump it so that they can now buy cheaper imported stuff to bring down here,” St Hill claimed in an interview with...

DOMINICA - Five police officers have been charged in connection with the death of Joshua Etienne of Portsmouth. The five appeared before a Roseau Magistrate on Friday and were charged with murder. They have been remanded in barracks at Police Headquarters in Roseau. A judicial review into the matter was discontinued on Wednesday and it was expected the five would have charges read...

MARIGOT, Saint Martin -- La conférence sur la maladie d’Alzheimer organisée par le pôle Solidarité & Familles de la Collectivité de Saint-Martin a fait salle comble à la CCISM, mercredi 25 mars 2015. Par cette initiative, la vice-présidente Ramona Connor et ses équipes ont souhaité sensibiliser le public à une meilleure prise en charge de la maladie, mais aussi...