Aerial view of the Mullet Bay property.

PHILIPSBURG--All options are on the table as it relates to either developing or selling the Mullet Bay property to ensure that ENNIA policyholders get paid, Central Bank of Curaçao and St. Maarten (CBCS) President Richard Doornbosch told Members of Parliament (MPs) on Wednesday.

The scene in Baie Nettle on Tuesday (Le Pélican photo)

MARIGOT—Violence in Marigot perpetrated by gangs of youths continued Tuesday night as social unrest escalates on the French side. The Gendarmerie described the first part of the night as “very agitated.”

Currently, Port St. Maarten only bunkers low-sulphur diesel and heavy fuel to the shipping industry.

PHILIPSBURG--In the same way that GEBE no longer produces water, but purchases it from Seven Seas, GEBE could leave power generation and the investment therein to another company and then buy electricity for distribution to households, Canadian Global Investment Ltd explained to Parliament on Tuesday.

WILLEMSTAD/PHILIPSBURG--The Court of First Instance in Curaçao gave a verdict on Monday in the liability case of the Central Bank of Curaçao and St. Maarten CBCS on behalf of ENNIA insurance company against the company’s (ultimate) shareholder and former directors. The court ruled in CBCS’s favour and ordered owner Hushang Ansary, his daughter Nina Ansary, and (former) directors, supervisory directors and shareholders to pay ENNIA more than one billion guilders in damages.

Former Minister of Public Health, Social Development and Labour VSA Pamela Gordon-Carty was elected as the new political leader of the United St. Maarten Party (US Party) on Sunday, November 28. In photo: Gordon Carty (centre) with incoming and outgoing party board members and former leader Frans Richardson (second right). 

 ~ Nicholas new board President ~

PHILIPSBURG--Former Minister of Public Health, Social Development and Labour VSA Pamela Gordon-Carty was elected as the new political leader of the United St. Maarten Party (US Party) on Sunday, November 28.