### Tuesday September 23, 2008 ###
Shooting victim needs
help with hospital bills
~ ‘I feel they were shooting to kill’ ~
CAY HILL--Camika Abraham remembers hearing five shots go off on Tuesday, September 16, while she and her boyfriend walked down a Middle Region alley.
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Rotary Club organising
blood donation drive
MARIGOT--The Rotary and Rotaract Clubs of St. Martin Nord are organising blood donations at the Chamber of Commerce (CCI) in Concordia this coming Friday and Saturday September 26 and September 27.
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Bijleveld sees no reason
to boycott St. Maarten
THE HAGUE--Dutch State Secretary of Kingdom Relations Ank Bijleveld-Schouten doesn’t think the events surrounding the resignation and reappointment of Commissioner Maria Buncamper-Molanus are enough reason for reconsidering agreements with St. Maarten.
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Winair expands operations,
adds two new destinations
ST. KITTS--Windward Island International Airways Winair is expanding its operations in the region in an effort to compete with LIAT and other airlines. It will be adding Montserrat and Barbuda to its list of destinations effective October 1.
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High-level meeting with Aruba
planned for St. Maarten Friday
PHILIPSBURG--A high-level political meeting to be attended by representatives of the Central Government, Curaçao, Aruba and St. Maarten will be held in St. Maarten on Friday.
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Statia Terminals workers
walk off the job in protest
ST. EUSTATIUS--About sixty Statia Terminals workers walked off the job yesterday to protest the absence of a Collective Labour Agreement (CLA) and a range of other grievances.
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Deputy Senator
assured for 2012
MARIGOT—St. Martin will definitely be granted the Deputy Senator seat in 2012, Senator Louis-Constant Fleming has stated.
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