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Friday, Jul 30th

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Students receive tearful farewell

PAF finds tenants living in atrocious conditions

Task force to community:‘Join crime walk tonight’

Crime spike has ‘concern’ of the police, government

Child Abuse checkpoint in Court of Guardianship

Police Force has 13 new officers

Humanism, a cohesive concept

Think my people

TelEm Group of companies and their wonderful future plans

The haves and the have-nots

Casinos caught using ‘funny balls’ for bingo

PHILIPSBURG--Tropicana, Coliseum, Rouge et Noir and Hollywood Casinos were all found using "funny balls," or balls that do not comply with regulations regarding weight, for their bingo games on Thursday.

The "funny balls" were confiscated immediately.

Two of the casinos, Tropicana and Coliseum, later produced balls that met the requirements. The other two were ordered by inspectors of the Economic Affairs Department to suspend their bingo games until they acquired proper balls.

Inspectors said none of the confiscated balls had any sort of indications on them, "no codes, nothing that they can show to the public that they are in compliance with international measuring requirement."

To meet require...

Two persons arrested for shooting incident

MARIGOT--Gendarmes have detained two individuals, both 20-years-old, for their part in a violent altercation in Grand Case on Wednesday, July 28, that led to two persons ...

CFT: Budgetary process leaves a lot to be desired

PHILIPSBURG--The Committee for Financial Supervision (CFT) informed the Kingdom Council of Ministers that after almost two years of financial oversight in St. Maarten, th...

Man in custody for attempted homicide

MARIGOT--A 19-year-old suspect was detained Wednesday afternoon for an attempted homicide in French Quarter.

The Gendarmerie indicated two individuals were quarrelling and...

Police fine 21 drivers in stepped-up controls

PHILIPSBURG--Police fined 21 drivers and arrested one undocumented person Tuesday in controls that they hope will scare criminals off the streets and deter crime.

Officers...

Islands

Students receive tearful farewell
Saturday, 31 July 2010
AIRPORT--Parents and friends tearfully bid farewell on Friday to 38 St. Maarten students who left... Read more...

PAF finds tenants living in atrocious conditions
Saturday, 31 July 2010
MARIGOT--Officers from Police aux Frontières (PAF) have detained three persons, including a father... Read more...

Regional

Cool Kings
Thursday, 29 July 2010
The two most dominant forces in Barbadian calypso are set to clash tonight, Friday night. Reigning... Read more...

Ten per cent duty waiver on refurbishing material
Thursday, 29 July 2010
Sandals to spend US$20M on J'can properties KINGSTON, Jamaica--Hoteliers and other players in the... Read more...

U.S.

Brownsville, the hood that New York left behind
Saturday, 31 July 2010
NEW YORK--Josephine Spearman alternately fought back tears and grew defiant with anger when... Read more...

Obama: US automaker rescues paying off
Saturday, 31 July 2010
DETROIT--U.S. President Barack Obama on Friday defended his decision to bail out General Motors and... Read more...

International

Wildfires sweeping Russia kill at least 25 people
Saturday, 31 July 2010
MASLOVKA, Russia--Wildfires sweeping across European Russia killed at least 25 people on Friday and... Read more...

Sarkozy cracks down on crime, immigrants
Saturday, 31 July 2010
GRENOBLE/PARIS--President Nicolas Sarkozy proposed tough measures on Friday to fight crime,... Read more...

Business

Honda posts record quarter, Renault returns to profit
Saturday, 31 July 2010
TOKYO/BOULOGNE-BILLANCOURT, France--Honda Motor Co raised its full-year forecasts after posting a... Read more...

Disney sells Miramax for more than $660 million
Saturday, 31 July 2010
LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK--Walt Disney Co has struck a deal to sell Miramax, the studio behind such... Read more...

Opinion

Humanism, a cohesive concept
Saturday, 31 July 2010
Dear Editor, 10-10-10 is fast approaching. It is less than 70 days away. Processes that are... Read more...

Think my people
Saturday, 31 July 2010
Dear Editor, I thank you in advance for giving me some space in your newspaper to bring some things... Read more...

Sports

Netherlands Antilles shut out 5-0
Thursday, 29 July 2010
St. Maarten's Paul Dijkhoffz sees action with the Netherlands Antilles Hockey Team at the Central... Read more...

T&T whip Jamaica to take top spot in Caribbean T20
Thursday, 29 July 2010
PORT OF SPAIN-- Trinidad and Tobago cricket team whipped their hapless Jamaican counterparts by 49... Read more...

Entertainment

Hugh Hefner: Rebel with a cause
Saturday, 31 July 2010
LOS ANGELES--At 84 years-old, Playboy founder Hugh Hefner embodies the lifestyle of sexual freedom... Read more...

Sarajevo now biggest regional film market
Saturday, 31 July 2010
SARAJEVO--Romanian film director Florin Serban was overwhelmed after showing his debut film this... Read more...

Supplements

On board La Pinta to Anguilla's August Monday
Wednesday, 28 July 2010
Yes! It is this time of the year again. This Monday, August 2, is "Anguilla's August Monday." Go... Read more...

Ku-J's video release party!
Wednesday, 28 July 2010
St. Maarten-born and -raised artist Ku-J will be releasing the music video Mr. Customs Officer at... Read more...

Editorial

Editorial - By the book
Friday, 30 July 2010
After the votes were tied in Monday's Island Council meeting on a proposal to reject the appeal for... Read more...

Editorial - Affordable homes
Wednesday, 28 July 2010
While long in coming, news that a management agreement for the 70 low-cost apartments at Hope... Read more...

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