### Wednesday April 9, 2008 ###
Major water plant upgrades
not expected to hamper supply
SIMPSON BAY--Residents all too familiar with low water pressure or no water through their taps at all, can rest easy because the upgrades to the Cay Bay water production units in the coming weeks are not expected to cut supply, Air-Fin Boss Willem Barendsen said Tuesday.
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TOT increase proposal sent
to Saba, Statia for approval
PHILIPSBURG--To increase the Turnover Tax (TOT) from three to four per cent, Saba and St. Eustatius must also agree with the proposal made by St. Maarten.
If they do not agree, the law regulating the TOT will have to be amended, and that could take an additional six months, forcing the island of St. Maarten to make changes in its budget.
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Service at PJIA embarrassing,
change attitude, says Rollocks
PHILIPSBURG--The level of service provided in St. Maarten should be much better, starting at the airport. Julian Rollocks, advisor to the St. Maarten Government and the Democratic Party faction in Parliament, told The Daily Herald it was not acceptable that in a public company such as Princess Juliana International Airport (PJIA) one person behaved as though he or she had everything to say.
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Parliamentary democracy celebration
shifts to the Windward Islands today
PHILIPSBURG--Members of Parliament are now in the Windward Islands to celebrate seventy years of Parliamentary democracy in the Netherlands Antilles.
President of Parliament Pedro Atacho and most of the Curaçao and Bonaire parliamentarians arrived in St. Maarten Tuesday afternoon in the wake of the festive activities already held in Curaçao and Bonaire. d everything to say.
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Police chase, shoot
at robbery suspects
COLE BAY/MADAME ESTATE--Police shot at robbery suspects and injured at least one during a high-speed chase that began in Cole Bay and ended with a crash in Madame Estate early Tuesday.
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Reports on division of assets,
liabilities nearing completion
PHILIPSBURG--The discussions on the division of assets and liabilities among the islands of the Netherlands Antilles seem to be heading towards their final stages.
Minister of Finance Ersilia de Lannooy has already received the report on the division of assets and liabilities pertaining to Social Insurance Bank SVB and hopes to receive the general report on division of assets and liabilities by April 21.
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