### Tuesday May 7, 2008 ###
School bus
ambushed
SOUTH REWARD--Some twenty Milton Peters College students leaving school around 1:30pm yesterday were subjected to what was described as an aggressive movie-style-gangster attack on the bus taking them home.
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IC agrees to settlement for
land reclaimed illegally
PHILIPSBURG--The Island Council voted unanimously on Monday in favour of a settlement agreement between the island territory and Albo N.V. for land reclaimed illegally in Great Salt Pond in the Zagersgut area.
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Travellers rate island as
Best Caribbean travel spot
~Named number three in the world~
PHILIPSBURG--Despite complaints about the traffic congestion and fast-paced development, St. Maarten was rated the number three traveller’s choice destination in the world by TripAdvisor. The island also holds the number one spot for preferred destination in the Caribbean.
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Carnival foundation
answers accusations
~ Ready to welcome input and recommendations ~
PHILIPSBURG--In response to various grievances expressed by key stakeholders in this year’s Carnival, as the St. Maarten Carnival Development Foundation (SCDF) recalls the activities of the past few weeks, the members of the foundation have stated that they find it due time to welcome the input and recommendations of all the participants and the public at large.
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PAF inaugurates new temporary
holding centre for illegal immigrants
MARIGOT--Police aux Frontières (PAF) inaugurated its new temporary detention facility, Local de Rétention Administrative, at its headquarters in the former Sous- Préfecture building in Concordia on Monday morning.
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Steward denied
director’s licence
~Amendment to ordinance expected soon~
PHILIPSBURG--A steward turned shareholder of a Front Street Indian restaurant was denied a Director’s Licence by the Island Council Monday on the ground that the application was a way of circumventing the employment permit procedure.
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