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By the Today Newspaper GREAT BAY – Two teenagers who attempted to rob the Star Ocean supermarket in Dutch Quarter on March 20 and shortly afterwards were more successful at the nearby Lucky Star supermarket are facing 70  months and 6 years of imprisonment respectively. Jean Ely F. and his cousin Keanu Valencia A. (both 19) will hear the verdict...

  BY the Today Newspaper GREAT BAY – José Leonel Gomez served his sentence for firearm possession – a conviction dating back to March 2, 2014 - and his probation expires on September 26. Yet, he was in court on Wednesday to answer to charges for money laundering stemming from the same 2014-court case. The Court in First Instance acquitted him...

BY The Today Newspaper GREAT BAY – Long prison sentences for Renald Reo Reymond and Rolando Cecil Trevor Arrindell and an acquittal for 25-year old Parbattie G. concluded the trial on Wednesday morning in the Court in First Instance about the failed killing spree the two sentenced men unleashed after a gunman shot and killed Reymond’s pregnant girlfriend Deyanida Faynette...

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten – The Central Committee of Parliament that was scheduled for Thursday, September 3 has been cancelled. Faction leaders need additional time to finalize discussions on the proposed changes prior to handling in a Central Committee meeting. The public Central Committee meeting was scheduled for 10.00am on Thursday in the General Assembly Chamber of the House at Wilhelmina Straat...

GREAT BAY, Sint Maarten (DCOMM) – Ministry of Public Housing, Environment, Spatial Development and Infrastructure (Ministry VROMI), announces that that the Simpson Bay Road will be closed from 11.00AM on Friday, September 4 in front of the Mary of the Sea Church. The road will reopen after the funeral services of L. Johnson have been concluded. Ministry VROMI apologizes for any...

Peak Re makes strategic equity investment in Caribbean insurance group NAGICO Peak Reinsurance Company Limited (“Peak Re”), the Hong Kong based global reinsurer, is pleased to announce that it has reached definitive agreements to acquire a 50% stake in NAGICO Holdings Limited (“NAGICO”), a leading Caribbean insurance group. The transaction is subject to the receipt of all required regulatory approvals and...

Philipsburg – Tuesday August 25, 2015, the Immigration and Border Protection Service (IBP) more specifically the National Reporting Bureau on Human Trafficking (NRB) is making strides in the fight against human trafficking by proactively informing and educating every sector of the community about their bureau’s core tasks and the role we all play in combating Human Trafficking. In addition,...

Lots a kima den Freezone FREEZONE, Curacao -- Djaluna 1 di sèptèmber 2015, alrededor di 19.20’or Sentral di Polis a risibí informashon ku tin un kandela grandi den Freezone. Vários unidat polisial a bai na e sitio i na nan yegada a bin konstatá ku tabatin un lots grandi, den kual tin vários pakus, kompletamente na kandela. Brantwer a trata di paga e kandela pero...

By Eye4weather Today's Temps High (Day): 87F/31C, feels like 95F/35C Low (Night): 77F/25C, feels like 79F/26C  Local Weather Partly Cloudy & HOT with a brief AM shower possible -- here & there. Winds: are from the south-east at 5 to 15 miles per hour. Seas: Gentle with wave heights up to 4 feet. Special Weather  Tropical Storm Fred remains no threat to the Caribbean and is currently weakening in the far Eastern...

Detenshon pa atrako. Kontinuando ku investigashon relashoná ku un kaso di atrako, polis a detené un hòmber sospechoso. Djadumingu 16 di ougùstùs 2015 den oranan di mainta dos hòmber bou di menasa ku arma di kandela, a kita un vehíkulo for di un pareha na e playa di Daaibooi. Polis a señalá e vehíkulo i a kuminsá ku un persiguishon....