### Monday June 16, 2008 ###
Richards suggests hearing more
witnesses in Derrick Holiday case
PHILIPSBURG--Lt. Governor Franklyn Richards has suggested that the Judge of Instruction should call additional witnesses to testify in the ongoing investigation regarding suspended Police Chief Commissioner Derrick Holiday.
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Land fraud scheme
hits immigrants hard
PHILIPSBURG--The apparent scheme started with a series of classified ads appearing in local newspapers late last year announcing the sale of land in St. Maarten through a seemingly reputable real estate firm.
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Deadbeat dads continue
to be a source of concern
PHILIPSBURG--Father’s Day, observed yesterday, Sunday, should have been a time to celebrate the joys of fatherhood. But for scores of children whose fathers play little or no role in their emotional upbringing and contribute very little financially, there was not much to celebrate.
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Police investigating
case of sexual abuse
ST. EUSTATIUS--A detective from the Technical Department of the Windward Island Police Force in St. Maarten arrived on Statia Sunday morning, to assist the local Police with their investigations in a case of sexual abuse.
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Investigation around Laveist
reaching large proportion
PHILIPSBURG--The scope of the investigation that for now seems to concentrate around foundations with which Commissioner Louie Laveist has been involved is reaching large proportions.
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Creating home-grown intellectuals
should be our goal, says Sarah
MAHO--St. Maarten should strive to create home-grown intellectuals, Education Commissioner Sarah-Wescot-Williams said in an address to the Fourteenth Commencement Ceremony of the University of St. Martin (USM), Saturday evening.
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