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ORANJESTAD, Aruba - MPs Jacobs, Emmanuel, Pantophlet and J. Leonard accepted the invitation of the Parliament of Aruba to attend their celebrations on the occasion of the anniversary of the Dia di Hymno Y Bandera di Aruba held on March 17 and 18 this week. The commemorative ceremony of their path to the freedom to self govern within the Kingdom...

SIMPSON BAY, St. Maarten (Thursday, March 19, 2015)— Twenty-five years after the first call was made for a Fixed Based Operations (FBO) facility, the Princess Juliana International Airport, SXM, and TLC signed an agreement that places the island on the threshold of building a modern, state-of-the-art Terminal for the General Aviation sector. Speaking at the signing ceremony Thursday morning, Regina...

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, Friday March 20, 2015, CMC – Travellers were placed on alert for possible industrial action by pilots of the regional airline LIAT, with the financially strapped company warning that its employees were using a “cynical tactic to exploit the fears of the travelling public” particularly over the Easter weekend.  The Leeward Islands Airline Pilots Association (LIALPA) has...

Barbados - THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER of a new airlines company in Barbados was arrested by police yesterday. Reports indicate that Neville Gumbs of Phoenix Airlines, located at Hastings, Christ Church, was arrested by police from the Fraud Squad and was last night assisting with investigations into a financial matter with a bank involving $60 000 as well as other...

Suckergarden, Sint Maarten - The Walichi Basketball Association will officially close off the Ladies Basketball Championship 2014-2015 season with an exhibition game between the "LBC All First Team"  and" LBC All Second Team" which will showcase the top 14 players in the league. The All-LBC Team is composed of two five-woman lineups—a first and second team, comprising a total of 10...

Willemstad - Polis a arestá kasá di e señora Cristina Barry ku polis a haña morto den su kurá di kas. Investigashon ta indiká ku di un manera òf otro e kasá tin algu di aber ku e asesinato. Ta trata di un hòmber ulandes ku ta duna lès na un skol avansá priva aki na Kòrsou.  E aresto a...

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten – SXM Airport representatives will be making a presentation on March 23 to the Permanent Committee of Tourism, Economic Affairs, Transport & Telecommunication (CTEATT) of the House. The public Permanent Committee meeting is set for Monday at 2.00pm in the General Assembly Chamber of the House at Wilhelmina Straat #1 in Philipsburg. The agenda point is a presentation...

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten – The Permanent Committee of Kingdom Affairs and Inter-parliamentary Relations (CKAIR) of Parliament will meet in session on March23. The Permanent Committee of Kingdom Affairs and Inter-parliamentary Relationsmeeting is set for Monday at 10.00am in the General Assembly Chamber of the House at Wilhelmina Straat #1 in Philipsburg. The eight point agenda for the meeting is approval of...

Cicely van der Dijs ku kaso kontra dagvaarding Willemstad - Djabièrnè awor e "regiezitting" den kaso di Cicely van der Dijs no ta sigui debi ku el a kuminsá ku un kaso di opheshon kontra di e dagvaarding ku Ministerio Públiko a saka den su kontra. Pero e "regiezitting" kontra di su partner, lider di partido MFK, Gerrit Schotte si...

ANTIGUA - The government of Antigua and Barbuda has questioned a report by the United States Department of State that categorises Antigua and Barbuda and six other Caribbean countries as “jurisdictions of primary concern for money laundering”. The report is the International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR) for 2015. Prime Minister Gaston Browne, who is also Minister of Finance, said that...