St. Martin News Network

Two Suspected Armed Robbers Arrested.

Marigot: --- The gendarmes have arrested two persons who are suspected perpetrators of an armed robbery which took place at a grocery store in French Quarter. The arrest was made on June 29 and 30 by two teams of gendarmes. The suspects, one of which is a minor is suspected on committing the crime some time during the month of March. They were carrying a handgun and demanded cash from the cashier by hitting the cashier with butt of the revolver. The suspects taken in custody ...

Search for Leta Lynn Cordes Resumed.

French Quarter/ Philipsburg:-- The team of divers who have been searching for the remains of the Leta Lynn Cordes over the past few days have decided to resume the search in another area close to the Etang de Poisson (Fish Pond). Prosecutor Rienk Mud in a press release said the team comprised of 15 divers from the Netherlands, France and America have been searching for the bodily remains of Leta Lynn Cordes, who went missing in January 2008. Mud said extensive searches were c...

No Conclusive Results from Dead Baby’s Autopsy.

Philipsburg:-- The mother of a six month old baby who died mysteriously remains behind bars as the prosecutor’s office wait on the microscopic results from the autopsy taken a few weeks ago. In an updated report Prosecutor Rienk Mud said the results they received thus far are no...

Island Council to Sends Letter to Scarlet.

Philipsburg:--After closed door meeting with members of the island council they decided to send a letter to telecommunications company Scarlet who recently won a court case to be able to open and operate business on St. Maarten.

The contents of the letter were not released, but op...

Kingdom Laws Approved By Island Council.

Philipsburg: --- The island council of St. Maarten approved the draft Kingdom Laws which has to go to parliament for its establishment. The five laws approved unanimously are the Kingdom Law on the joint court of Justice, Financial Supervision of the countries Curacao and St. Maa...

BOPP 2009 UNDERWAY, STUDENTS RECEIVE TRAINING.

GREAT BAY (GIS)—The Business Outreach & Placement Program(BOPP) is about to start, and the first training session has taken place at the PMIA Hall on Backstreet, where students received information on entering the job market, whether in the private or public sector.

The Busine...

Police Brigadier Accused of Beating his Wife for Lover. --ordered to leave the family residence.

PHILIPSBURG: --- The wife of a police brigadier was seen at the Philipsburg Police Station on Tuesday morning hardly able to walk. The woman told this reporter that she was trying to file an official complaint against her abusive husband who happens to be a police brigadier.

She i...