### Tuesday May 14, 2008 ###
May 22 political consultation
listed to be held in Curaçao
PHILIPSBURG--The next political consultation on constitutional affairs is being planned to take place in Curaçao despite the original planning for the meeting to be held in St. Maarten.
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NAf. 2.4M facelift
for Belvedere
~ Road works start in two weeks ~
BELVEDERE--Elevating Belvedere from the ghetto status some have given it and bringing the area to a level where tenants are proud to say they live there are two of the main reasons for a NAf. 2.4 million upgrading and beautification project for which Public Works Commissioner Theo Heyliger signed on Monday.
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Soualiga Patrol moves
into tower on wharf
~ Official opening May 27 ~
PHILIPSBURG--A two-week dry run of the Voluntary Corps of St. Maarten’s “Soualiga Tower” started Monday ahead of the long-awaited official opening of the base of operations for the special Philipsburg VKS division at the end of the month, police reported.
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Rape suspect receives
‘conditional dismissal’
~ Ordered not to make contact with wife ~
PHILIPSBURG--Authorities have dismissed charges of rape against civil servant M.J. on the condition that he not have any contact with his estranged wife for at least two years, the Prosecutor’s Office reported Monday.
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Bus tariff increase
to offset fuel price
WILLEMSTAD--In light of the rising cost of living and particularly the announced phased increase of the price of gasoline by a total of forty cents per litre and the price of diesel fuel, also phased, by a total of seventy cents, Curaçao’s Executive Council decided to ask the Antillean Ministry of Economic Affairs to increase the minimum wage on the island immediately by five per cent and adapt the bus tariffs.
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Dick fails to meet deadline,
unions considering action
PHILIPSBURG--Justice Minister David Dick has not responded to issues raised by Civil Servants Union ABVO on the appointment of Ronald Dongor as the new Interim Coach for the Police Force of St. Maarten, St. Eustatius and Saba.
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