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St. Maarten Heineken Regatta

Celebrating its 40th anniversary next year, this Regatta just keeps getting better. Four days of world-class racing with some of the world’s most seasoned sailors, hailing from over 35 countries. This is truly a Regatta for everyone including professio

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This signing came within a year since RFHL announced in a statement issued last November, that it was seeking to acquire Scotiabank operations in Guyana, St Maarten, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, and St Vincent and the Grenadines.

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The residents of Saint Martin are French citizens, entitled to the protections of the French social security network. But that generosity could have undermined private initiative. On the Dutch side, much of the reconstruction has been driv

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Dutch Caribbean law means a father can have his name on the childs birth certificate. But if he is not married to the mother, she can take the child and leave. Continue reading →

PHILIPSBURG:— In an ongoing investigation into car theft, the police arrested a man and women, on Thursday, October 17th, 2019 for being in the position of a stolen vehicle. During a police control, a few days earlier the police confiscated a jeep, whose VIN number has been tampered with. The jeep’s registered owner was summoned the police station in Philipsburg, which he did. The male suspect with the initials K.J.C was immediately arrested and handed over to the detective department for questioning. After being questioned he was incarcerated pending further investigation. The girlfriend of the suspect was also arrested late that same evening. After giving a statement to the detectives, she was released. This investigation is still ongoing.

KPSM Press Release

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PHILIPSBURG:— On early Friday morning October 18th, 2019 the police arrested a male suspect in the ongoing investigation into the shooting that took place on the “Block” in Dutch Quarter. More information about this investigation will be given in the future.

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The Netherlands has ratified the treaty on behalf of the Kingdom, but the individual countries of the Kingdom must accept it separately. Curaçao, Aruba and Sint Maarten did not do that.

Nevertheless, after lengt

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Scotiabank has therefore decided to sell its operations in St. Lucia, Dominica, Anguilla, St. Kitts and Nevis, Grenada, St. Vincent, the Grenadines and St. Maarten.  Continue reading →