### Thursday March 20, 2008 ###
Discussions on target date
should take place, says Sarah
PHILIPSBURG--Constitutional Affairs Commissioner Sarah Wescot-Williams is hopeful that discussions with State Secretary of Kingdom Relations Ank Bijleveld-Schouten on the target date of December 15 will take place in April.
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‘Summer Push’ planned
with American Airlines
PHILIPSBURG--In an effort to allure more North American tourists to St. Maarten in the summer months, the local government is poised to shell out US $350,000 for a joint marketing campaign, starting May 1, with American Airlines (AA).
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CDA and PvdA: ‘Do not let
Antilleans without a job in’
PHILIPSBURG--Dutch governing parties CDA and PvdA want to prevent Antillean youth who do not have jobs or who have not completed their education from entering the Netherlands.
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Police take swimmers off
beach due to high swells
BEACON HILL--Police patrols were in Beacon Hill on Wednesday moving thrill-seekers off the beach to keep them safe from the dangerously high swells hitting the island since Tuesday evening.
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New attempt to establish
tourism stats collection
PHILIPSBURG--Tourism Commissioner Roy Marlin is hoping to implement a new tourism statistics collection system before the end of this year. The data collected on Immigration cards is not tabulated or shared with the local tourism authorities at present.
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Minister not to appeal
against SMMC ruling
PHILIPSBURG--Health Minister Omayra Leeflang won’t be launching an appeal against the ruling of the Court of First Instance, in which she was ordered to set a budget for St. Maarten Medical Center (SMMC) for the years 2004 and 2005.
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Different twist
for SMART 2008
PHILIPSBURG--Island hopping and site seeing trips are to be the hallmark of the seventh St. Maarten/St. Martin Annual Regional Tradeshow (SMART) set for May 20-22.
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Red Alert continues, extreme caution
~ Access to French side coastal areas prohibited ~
MARIGOT--Préfet of Guadeloupe Emmanuel Berthier invoked yesterday the necessary emergency measures to safeguard the public, as the effects of the passing storm located 2,500 km North of the Lesser Antilles on Wednesday were expected to worsen today.
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