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Triathlon Thoughts

Wednesday, 08 February 2012 22:08
OPINION_BANNERDear Editor,

This letter is for my Dad. Dear Dad, today is your birthday and though you are not with us, we want to keep your message alive and well in our hearts and minds. Your strong belief in the importance of health and fitness through sports of any kind played a huge role in our lives, and I want to honour you by telling everyone what I learnt from my very wise father.

Though you were...

Cockfighting is a bloody form of animal cruelty

Wednesday, 08 February 2012 22:07
Dear Editor,

Cockfighting, a blood sport in which roosters are placed in a ring and forced to fight to the death for...

Rules....when stupidity gets in the way!

Tuesday, 07 February 2012 21:39
Dear Editor,

Yesterday I visited the Cay Hill Pharmacy to get a "refill" on one of the many medicines I have been...

Concerned visitor

Tuesday, 07 February 2012 21:37
Dear Editor,

I am writing because I am concerned. We have been visiting St. Maarten, often twice a year, for 27...

Be kind instead

Tuesday, 07 February 2012 21:36
Dear Editor,

I challenge people on St Maarten/St Martin to explain how cockfighting is kind to the birds in...

Canadian education

Monday, 06 February 2012 20:55
Dear Editor,

I write in reference to Vanessa Hunt's article in The Daily Herald of February 4.

Ms. Hunt bewails...

Monkey business

Monday, 06 February 2012 20:45
Dear Editor,

I would like to respond to the article "Kind Words – Monkey Business" that was in Saturday's...

Stop the bonfires on our beaches

Sunday, 05 February 2012 18:16
Dear Editor,

I am so sick and tired of seeing two restaurants on Kim Sha beach burning fires on a daily basis. Why...

Unpaid Advice to Domino Gijs

Sunday, 05 February 2012 18:16
Dear Editor,

For a very long time I have a vague but strong feeling that I am missing something in my life. Love...

Our pledge of allegiance to the St. Maarten people

Sunday, 05 February 2012 18:15
Dear Editor,

A pledge is sometimes called bailment; pledges are a form of security to assure that a person will...

Expectations of ministers

Friday, 03 February 2012 20:25
Dear Editor,

My letter today is in response to Mr. Russell Simmons' letter of Tuesday, where he states he does not...

In reaction to Mr. Simmons

Friday, 03 February 2012 20:24
Dear Editor,

The examples you gave for fighting cocks are as different as oranges and apples,

1. Horses are not put...

I help to solve problems, not to cause or to provoke them

Friday, 03 February 2012 20:23
Dear Editor,

I do not usually react to those persons who have an opinion about my opinion because that is what it is...

No to cockfighting

Wednesday, 01 February 2012 22:23
Dear Editor,

Cockfighting is a sport of abuse. The roosters are raised, fought and all too often left to die hideous...

Unpaid Adviser’s best of 2011

Wednesday, 01 February 2012 22:22
Dear Editor,

The following is my list for the best of 2011:

Best new restaurant: The Palms (opposite Rancho)

Best...

Justice for dogs

Wednesday, 01 February 2012 22:21
Dear Editor,

   A week a ago I was leaving for work and at the side of my house laid the lifeless body of...

About cock fighting

Tuesday, 31 January 2012 22:06
Dear Editor,

Should cockfight be banned? After reading the answers to that question, I will not give my opinion...

The insensitivity of a politician

Tuesday, 31 January 2012 22:06
Dear Editor,

How insensitive can our politicians become towards the needs and suffering that the less fortunate of...

NuStar expansion

Tuesday, 31 January 2012 22:05
Dear Editor,

I recently read an article regarding NuStar's open day to explain to the general public the proposed...

Life or death

Monday, 30 January 2012 22:47
Dear Editor,

Why do we keep National Day of Prayer each year? Or, who are we really praying too?

Persons were...

Jobs

Monday, 30 January 2012 22:45
Dear Editor,

After reading the article in your paper today "Nothing to come home to", and also "The Nature of Our...

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Islands
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Meyers names members for Tourism Authority
Thursday, 09 February 2012
~Government picks Wendy Wathey~ PHILIPSBURG--Minister of Tourism Franklin Meyers on Wednesday... Read more...
235 students apply for study financing
Thursday, 09 February 2012
~Initiatives being studied to attract students back home~ PHILIPSBURG--A total of 235 students have... Read more...
Regional
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PJ Patterson unhappy with pace of change
Thursday, 09 February 2012
ROUND HILL, Jamaica--Former Prime Minister of Jamaica PJ Patterson has registered his... Read more...
Lawyers block attempt to charge Top Cop for rape
Thursday, 09 February 2012
GEORGETOWN, Guyana--Lawyers for Commissioner of Police Henry Greene have secured an order barring... Read more...
U.S.
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After stunning victories, Santorum seeks money
Thursday, 09 February 2012
MCKINNEY, Texas--Republican presidential contender Rick Santorum, a day after his stunning sweep of... Read more...
Obama birth-control rule stokes election-year fight
Thursday, 09 February 2012
WASHINGTON--The top Republican in the U.S. Congress on Wednesday denounced President Barack Obama's... Read more...
International
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Ousted at gunpoint, ex-president of Maldives takes to streets
Wednesday, 08 February 2012
MALE--The ousted president of the Maldives, credited with bringing democracy to the Indian Ocean... Read more...
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Haitians bound for Brazil languish in Peru's Amazon
Wednesday, 08 February 2012
INAPARI, Peru--Nearly 300 Haitians fleeing the poverty of their earthquake-ravaged homeland have... Read more...
Business
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French deficit drops, auditor urges stronger action
Thursday, 09 February 2012
PARIS--A dive in the central government budget deficit last year due to one-off accounting items... Read more...
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Hungarian town suffers as Nokia announces big layoffs
Thursday, 09 February 2012
KOMAROM, Hungary--Veronika Szalai had just graduated from elementary school when Nokia, the Finnish... Read more...
Opinion
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Triathlon Thoughts
Wednesday, 08 February 2012
Dear Editor, This letter is for my Dad. Dear Dad, today is your birthday and though you are not... Read more...
Cockfighting is a bloody form of animal cruelty
Wednesday, 08 February 2012
Dear Editor, Cockfighting, a blood sport in which roosters are placed in a ring and forced to fight... Read more...
Sports
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Capitales invest in St. Maarten youth
Wednesday, 08 February 2012
PHILIPSBURG—Members of the Quebec Capitales of the Canadian-American Professional Baseball League... Read more...
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India overcome middle-order slump to beat Sri lanka
Wednesday, 08 February 2012
PERTH-- India made heavy weather of a modest run chase before securing a four-wicket victory... Read more...
People
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A Minute With: Rachel McAdams on remembering her Vow
Wednesday, 08 February 2012
LOS ANGELES--Eight years ago, Rachel McAdams hit Hollywood's map in teary, romantic drama "The... Read more...
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Family, fashion dominate days of Carolina Herrera
Wednesday, 08 February 2012
NEW YORK--Designer Carolina Herrera didn't grow up dreaming of a fashion career. Born in Caracas,... Read more...
Supplements
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Art in the Park
Friday, 03 February 2012
~ Emilio Wilson Park next Sunday ~ Some traditions are treasures! And so it is with Art in the... Read more...
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Patty Meotti
Friday, 03 February 2012
Capturing art all around By Lisa Davis-Burnett They call her the Queen of Hats. She paints images... Read more...
Editorial
Editorial - In the right direction
Thursday, 09 February 2012
It appears the Second Chamber of the Dutch Parliament is finally seeing the light with a motion... Read more...
Editorial - School bus drama
Tuesday, 07 February 2012
Monday's stabbing (see Tuesday paper) is the umpteenth violent incident on a school bus. While one... Read more...
Classifieds
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Community
Notices February 10
Thursday, 09 February 2012
Only notices and events of non-profit or educational organisations will be placed in the... Read more...
Notices February 8
Tuesday, 07 February 2012
Only notices and events of non-profit or educational organisations will be placed in the... Read more...