### Monday June 2, 2008 ###
Two armed bandits
rob jewellery store
PHILIPSBURG--Two armed bandits robbed a Front Street jewellery store of several pieces of expensive merchandise before disappearing up the street Saturday afternoon.
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Fr. Quarter residents agree to form
association to defend citizens’ rights
FRENCH QUARTER--Maître Harry Durimel, the lawyer who is representing Eugène Brouta, the injured victim of an identity control that went awry ten days ago, is considering suing the three Gendarmes involved in the incident, but says any case brought against the Gendarmes will have more chance of a successful outcome if supported by a committee or association formed specifically for the purpose.
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Three held for
armed robbery
PHILIPSBURG--Police arrested three young men over the weekend on suspicion that, armed with machetes, they had robbed two boys of cell phones at the tennis court in Cay Hill two weeks ago.
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Pupils asked to
name mascots
PHILIPSBURG--As part of its ongoing energy and water saving awareness campaigns, utilities company GEBE wants pupils of Saba, Statia and St. Maarten to create names for the water and electricity mascots.
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Police arrest two men
with gun, marijuana
PHILIPSBURG--Two men were arrested early Sunday during a police control when police officers found drugs and an illegal firearm in a car they approached.
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PCCA to be given presentation on
transfer of tasks, responsibilities
PHILIPSBURG--Geomaly Martes, who chairs the Project Group for Dismantling Country Netherlands Antilles POLNA will be giving a presentation to the Permanent Committee for Constitutional Affairs (PCCA) on Wednesday.
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Commissioner, spouse aren’t
foundation board members
PHILIPSBURG--Commissioner Maria Buncamper-Molanus and her spouse Claudius Buncamper are not board members of The Sky is the Limit Foundation, although the Commissioner has served on this board, the commissioner’s press secretary Michael Granger stated in a press release issued on Sunday.
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Construction new police station
‘landmark’ in history of Statia
ST. EUSTATIUS--The demolition of the old police station on Van Tonningenweg on Thursday, at the same time, marked the start of the construction of a new police headquarters. Several dignitaries spoke of a landmark in the history of the police in Statia.
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Capoeira group blends
stilt walking, string band
PHILIPSBURG--String band music and stilt walking will liven up the third Soualiga Capoeira Foundation Fundraising show set for June 13-15 in Philipsburg Community and Cultural Centre at 8:00pm.
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Common Central Bank requires
harmony, coordination, says Tromp
WILLEMSTAD/PHILIPSBURG--Like an inheritance, the new-found opportunities in constitutional change can be exploited successfully or squandered.
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Richards in the Netherlands
for congress of municipalities
PHILIPSBURG--Lt. Governor Franklyn Richards is in the Netherlands to join his colleague St. Eustatius Lt. Governor Hyden Gittens, mayors of Dutch municipalities and others for a congress organised by the Association of Dutch Municipalities VNG
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