### Tuesday August 14, 2007 ###
Number of St. Maarten
vacancies has doubled
PHILIPSBURG--The results of the Job Vacancy Survey in St. Maarten conducted by the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) in November of last year show that compared to June 1998, the total number of vacancies has doubled. Most of the surge in vacancies can be attributed to demand in construction.
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Tropical Depression
heads for Caribbean
PHILIPSBURG--Tropical Depression #4 has formed in the Eastern Atlantic and is racing Westward, with the current forecast track placing it close to the local area on Saturday. The National Hurricane Centre mentions the Dutch Windward Islands, the British and US Virgin Islands, Antigua and Barbuda, St. Kitts and Nevis, Dominica and Guadeloupe as possibly being in the system’s path.
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Concrete ceiling debris
falls into baby’s crib
PHILIPSBURG--A seven-month old baby narrowly escaped death early Monday when a section of the ceiling of a ground floor apartment in Fort Willem fell into the crib where she was asleep around 3:00am.
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Teachers meet tomorrow to
discuss final salary proposals
~ Elshot upbeat, hopes for early implementation ~
PHILIPSBURG--The Windward Islands Teachers Union (WITU) has summoned an extraordinary meeting of its general membership for tomorrow, Wednesday, to discuss the final package of proposals for new salary scales for teachers as compiled by the salary scales committee.
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Stein: Investigation
of murder is ‘tricky’
PHILIPSBURG--“It’s a bit tricky, this investigation,” explained Chief Prosecutor Taco Stein in describing Saturday’s murder.
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Lloyd Tackling appointed to
board of Dominion Airways
MARIGOT--Dominion World Airways based in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, recently appointed Lloyd Tackling to its board of directors, the company announced in a press release Monday.
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Animal Welfare sponsors
50 free spay certificates
POINTE BLANCHE--In an effort to decrease the number of stray and abandoned animals on St. Maarten, St. Maarten Animal Welfare Foundation is offering to the Dutch side 50 free certificates to cover the cost of spaying female dogs and cats.
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