### Friday April 18, 2008 ###
Aimé Cesaire passes on
~ Region mourns loss of a great ambassador ~
MARIGOT/FORT-DE-FRANCE--President Louis-Constant Fleming has extended his condolences on behalf of the Territorial Council, St. Martin, and the Collectivité, to the family of French Caribbean poet Aimé Cesaire who died in his native Martinique on Thursday aged 94.
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Sarah advises taking
time to plan strategy
PHILIPSBURG--St. Maarten should take some time out and plan a strategy as to what it has to do regarding the constitutional change process. That’s what’s next for the island, Constitutional Affairs Commissioner Sarah Wescot-Williams said on Wednesday.
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Carnival Season
officially opens
PHILIPSBURG--Carnival revellers flocked to the Festival Village as the 2008 Carnival Season was officially opened with a jump-up last night.
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Constitutional change process a mess,
says Aruban Council of State member
PHILIPSBURG--The constitutional change process of the Netherlands Antilles is a mess, member of Aruba’s Council of State Hubert Maduro said in an interview with Dutch World Radio.
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Beau Beau, Fish first on stage in
tonight’s ‘King of Kings’ clash
PHILIPSBURG--Two of the more controversial calypsonians will set the ball rolling at tonight’s much anticipated King of Kings competition.
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Still no significant role for
St. Maarten in Justice area
WILLEMSTAD--St. Maarten has tried, but so far has not been very successful in establishing a more significant role for the Justice Task Force.
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