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St. Maarten has Budget---Media Articles were Emotional with Misconstrued Information---Blackman.

Philipsburg: --- Commissioner of finance Xavier Blackman in reaction to several media reports on the 2010 budget said the information given to the media was emotional and misleading. The commissioner said he believes the aim was to cause fear and deception to the public and taxpayers both of which are irresponsible and unfortunate. He said for as for him the information was politically tainted and does not represent the facts regarding the CFT and the budget of 2010.
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Island in Total Blackout for More than Five Hours---Short Circuit and Computer Failures May Have Contributed .

Philipsburg:--- Two days after GEBE held its party to celebrate the inauguration of their two new generators that were installed some three months ago, the island residents were thrown into an island wide blackout, which lasted more than five hours on Sunday evening. While GEBE did not say, what was the cause of the blackout until late Sunday night SMN News learnt that a some sort of short circuit was the main cause. Sources say that for some unknown reason the computer syste...

Hurricane season expected to be extreme.

The first prognosis about the 2010 hurricane season is that it will be more active than last year and has the potential to be an "extreme season" similar to 2008. We can all recall Hurricane Omar in mid-October 2008 when it passed less than 50 miles from the island as a major ca...

Milton Peters College launching new Interact Club.

St. Peters: ---The students of Milton Peter College are in the process of chartering their first Interact Club.
In coming vice-president, Celine Verheij stated, " As you may know Rotary Interact Club is a junior form of the well-known Rotary Club International. Our soon to be esta...

18-year old Gunned Down --- Shooter Called Victim to His Death.

Marigot: --- The gendarmes are busy investigating the shooting of 18-year old Franck Petion better known as Vebby who was brutally murdered early Saturday morning in the vicinity of the sorting station of La Poste (Centre de Courrier) at Rue Francois Hunt in Concordia.

According t...

Registration of Haitian Nationals in Relation to the Brooks Towers (Category 3).

Philipsburg:--- Registration of Haitian nationals who fall under category three of the Brooks Tower Accord can register themselves to avoid deportation as of Monday March 15. Brooks
The registration will take place from Monday through Friday from 8 am non-stop till 4 in the afte...

Health Commissioner and SMMC Medical Director Announces Two New Gynecologists.

GREAT BAY (GIS)— Commissioner of Health Hyacinth Richardson and the medical director of St. Maarten medical center announced on Friday the arrival of two new gynecologists who would begin working at the St. Maarten Medical Center as early as Monday.

Commissioner Richardson, said ...