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THE HAGUE--The St. Maarten Government has taken 205 million euros in loans from the Dutch Government, of which the majority, 121 million euros, is the result of the refinancing of existing loans when St. Maarten became a country in 2010.

PHILIPSBURG--The Judge of Instruction on Friday deemed the detention of the suspects in the Pompei investigation, Etienne “Tochi” Meyers (65), D.F. (54), Le Petit Chateau’s manager Louella Rog (50) and R.L.R. (47) lawful.

PHILIPSBURG--The St. Maarten Tourism Authority (STA) took another hit on Thursday when the only member of the board, Christina Labega, resigned effective immediately.

BRUSSEL - Het Brusselse parket heeft een gevangenisstraf van 1 jaar met uitstel gevorderd tegen ex-Miss België Daisy Van Cauwenbergh en een celstraf van 2 jaar met uitstel tegen haar echtgenoot Johannes 'Huub' Fijen.

LONDON, England--Prince Harry won’t be talking with the media when he visits the Caribbean later this month.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Thursday November 3, 2016 – The Barbados Water Authority (BWA) had admitted that it signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Suriname company Amazone Resources, which is preparing to ship two million litres of surface water this month.

ORANJESTAD - De Arubaanse minister van Toerisme en Transport Otmar Oduber is afgetreden. Dat hebben bronnen bevestigd aan de site NoticiaCla.

- Low but stable oil prices, subdued recovery in advanced economies, and low interest rates levels influencing the region’s economic outlook

- Impact of Cuba’s further opening up in the tourism industry likely to be manageable over the long run

- Exposure to climate change is one of the main challenges for island nations

WILLEMSTAD – Leider van de PNP Humphrey Davelaar is met 15 stemmen verkozen tot Statenvoorzitter voor de komende vier jaar. Jaime Córdoba van PS is met 13 stemmen gekozen tot vicevoorzitter.

PHILIPSBURG - Rolandito Richardson (30) was convicted and sentenced to twelve years behind bars for raping, robbing, assaulting and extorting several women ages19 to 67 years between February 27 and April 27 this year.

THE HAGUE--Dutch Minister of Home Affairs and Kingdom Relations Ronald Plasterk stated on Wednesday that he agreed with the Plans of Approach Progress Committee St. Maarten that concrete steps and financial reprioritising were needed to solve the urgent problems at the St. Maarten Police Force KPSM and the Pointe Blanche prison.

PHILIPSBURG--The two persons suspected of killing Eddie York Sr. in cold blood in his home on December 12, 2014, appeared before a judge in the Court of First Instance on Wednesday afternoon.

WILLEMSTAD – 20 new Members of Parliament were sworn in today to represent the people of Curaçao in the legislative branch of Government.

WILLEMSTAD - Het pilotproject “Preveni i Proteha, ta bo asuntu tambe” in de wijk Noord Santa Rosa is afgerond.

WILLEMSTAD - Het Gerecht in Eerste Aanleg heeft in een kort geding bepaald dat het voldoende aannemelijk is dat het land aansprakelijk is voor het ongeval van mevrouw Verginie tijdens de carnavalsoptocht op 4 maart 2014.

The Attorney General’s Office together with the Kingdom Detectives Cooperation Team (RST) and DataExpert from the Netherlands will host the first Caribbean Cybercrime Conference in the Renaissance Hotel in Aruba on November 16, 2016.

ORANJESTAD – Oud-minister van Financiën Juan David Yrausquin en Cedrick Tilma zijn de twee kandidaten die de Arubaanse ministerraad overweegt als nieuwe gevolmachtigde minister van Aruba in Den Haag.

HELSINKI, Finland--In just over three weeks, four Caribbean entrepreneurs will travel to the frozen Nordic city of Helsinki, Finland, to participate in Europe’s largest tech entrepreneur conference, SLUSH Global Impact Accelerator (GIA) and SLUSH 2016.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - Barbados may be looking outside its shores for assistance in dealing with the severe water shortage affecting the country.

PHILIPSBURG--Officers of the Kingdom Detectives Cooperation Team, RST, assisted by members of the St. Maarten Police Force (KPSM), the Dutch Royal Marechaussee and the NationalDetectives Agency held searches on Tuesday, November 1, 2016 at the brothels El Capitan and Petit Chateau including secondary offices.