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POLICE REPORT PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten - On Sunday, March 22nd at approximately 11.25 a.m. while driving through Aaron Jacob drive a police patrol saw a young man standing on the porch of a house on that street. They noticed that the youngster had a long object resembling a rifle in his hands. The patrol immediately approached the youngster who tried...

*** UPDATE *** PRESS RELEASE: Member of Parliament Hon. Maurice Lake  PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten – United People’s (UP) party Member of Parliament (MP) Hon. Maurice Lake says the social media rumours and the story in a daily newspaper over the weekend where it mentions that he is involved in a plot to throw down government and send home the Cabinet of Prime Minister...

UPDATE: POLICE REPORT. PHILIPSBURG , Sint Maarten - On Saturday March 22nd at approximately 11.20 p.m. a police patrol was directed to the Princess Heights to investigate a case involving a man who after stepping out of his car had fallen and injured himself and also not showing any signs of life. On the scene the investigating officers encountered the...

PHIIPSBURG, Sint Maarten - Minister of Culture Rita Bourne Gumbs was just one of the hundreds of volunteers that took part in the SXM Doet program which ended on Saturday March 21. The Minister and her family volunteered to paint the walls of the John Larmonie center. Hundreds of persons took part in many projects which needed assistance. In this photo...

All new buildings in commercial zones across the country must comply with new environmental legislation FRANCE - Rooftops on new buildings built in commercial zones in France must either be partially covered in plants or solar panels, under a law approved on Thursday. Green roofs have an isolating effect, helping reduce the amount of energy needed to heat a building in...

ORANJESTAD, Aruba - MPs Jacobs, Emmanuel, Pantophlet and J. Leonard accepted the invitation of the Parliament of Aruba to attend their celebrations on the occasion of the anniversary of the Dia di Hymno Y Bandera di Aruba held on March 17 and 18 this week. The commemorative ceremony of their path to the freedom to self govern within the Kingdom...

SIMPSON BAY, St. Maarten (Thursday, March 19, 2015)— Twenty-five years after the first call was made for a Fixed Based Operations (FBO) facility, the Princess Juliana International Airport, SXM, and TLC signed an agreement that places the island on the threshold of building a modern, state-of-the-art Terminal for the General Aviation sector. Speaking at the signing ceremony Thursday morning, Regina...

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, Friday March 20, 2015, CMC – Travellers were placed on alert for possible industrial action by pilots of the regional airline LIAT, with the financially strapped company warning that its employees were using a “cynical tactic to exploit the fears of the travelling public” particularly over the Easter weekend.  The Leeward Islands Airline Pilots Association (LIALPA) has...

Barbados - THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER of a new airlines company in Barbados was arrested by police yesterday. Reports indicate that Neville Gumbs of Phoenix Airlines, located at Hastings, Christ Church, was arrested by police from the Fraud Squad and was last night assisting with investigations into a financial matter with a bank involving $60 000 as well as other...

Suckergarden, Sint Maarten - The Walichi Basketball Association will officially close off the Ladies Basketball Championship 2014-2015 season with an exhibition game between the "LBC All First Team"  and" LBC All Second Team" which will showcase the top 14 players in the league. The All-LBC Team is composed of two five-woman lineups—a first and second team, comprising a total of 10...