Editorial: A better way
Those who still doubted whether execution of the Brooks Towers Accord was a good idea may have changed their minds after seeing yesterday’s front page. The first two persons to be given one-year temporary residence permits so they can apply for regular papers had been living in St. Maarten respectively 22 and 12 years.
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8,000 H1N1 vaccine doses arrive,
vaccinations set to start Monday
~ High risk groups to get vaccinations first ~ PHILIPSBURG--The Preventive Health Department (PHD) has received 8,000 doses of the H1N1 vaccine from Holland and persons who are in what are considered the high risk groups will start receiving their vaccinations on Monday, November 23.
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New floodgates to
be designed soon
ZAGERSGUT--The floodgates at Zagersgut that regulate water flow from the Fresh Pond to Great Salt Pond may be replaced by a newer, better design next year.
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St. Maarten budget
submitted on time
PHILIPSBURG--The National Alliance (NA)/Heyliger Government did not miss Wednesday’s final deadline for the submission of the 2010 budget to the Committee for Financial Supervision CFT.
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About 4,000 businesses
have no CRIB number
~ That’s ‘shocking’, says Carty ~ PHILIPSBURG--About 4,000 active businesses registered at the St. Maarten Chamber of Commerce and Industry have no identifying CRIB numbers at the Inspectorate of Taxes, Chamber President Glen Carty said Thursday.
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Carty: Give staff help
with BTA applications
PHILIPSBURG--St. Maarten Chamber of Commerce and Industry President Glen Carty is calling on businesses to assist their undocumented workers with the documentation they need to become legal residents under the Brooks Tower Accord (BTA).
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Hyacinth underscores the
value of rights of the child
~ Today is International Day of the Rights of the Child ~ PHILIPSBURG--Youth Affairs Commissioner Hyacinth Richardson has underscored the importance of the rights of children.
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DP members
to meet today
PHILIPSBURG--The Democratic Party (DP) will hold a general membership meeting today, Friday in John Larmonie Centre starting at 7:30pm. The main item on the meeting’s agenda is the list of candidates for the January 22 parliamentary elections.
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Govt plans to appoint
workplace controllers
PHILIPSBURG--The Executive Council plans to appoint workplace controllers to ensure that employers are hiring legal residents and updating their workers’ papers, Commissioner William Marlin said.
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Dutch Quarter icons’ statues
unveiled at new roundabout
DUTCH QUARTER--There was a feeling of pride at the unveiling of the statues of three Dutch Quarter icons – Jean Frederique Brooks, known as “Tata the Bus Driver”; Florian Eulalie “Ms. Lalie” Duzanson; and Alexander Lionald Richardson, known as “Alec the Butcher” – at the new Bishop Hill Road Roundabout on Thursday afternoon.
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Justice Minister attends
BTA town hall meeting
PHILIPSBURG--Antillean Justice Minister Magali Jacoba fielded questions from undocumented persons in English, Spanish and Creole about applying for temporary residence and requesting special permits, at a town hall meeting Wednesday.
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News from Thursday November 19, 2009
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News from Wednesday November 18, 2009
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News from Tuesday November 17, 2009
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News from Monday November 16, 2009
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News from Friday November 13, 2009
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