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Source: The Daily Herald
30 Mar 2015 06:23 AM

First of the new St. Martin driving licences delivered

 MARIGOT--The first batch of the new credit card-type St. Martin driving licences have arrived and are ready to be distributed as of today, it was announced at a press conference on Friday.

The batch of 475 licences include 149 that are first time issues for new drivers, 93 that are duplicates, 114 that have been exchanged i.e. residents of St. Martin who were issued with a St. Maarten licence, and 119 that fall into a conversion category (changing from military licence to civil licence etc.) Read more


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Source: The Daily Herald
03 Mar 2015 06:24 AM

Arnell: ‘Collectivité can only act as a mediator in Minville case’

MARIGOT--First Vice-President Guillaume Arnell said Monday the Collectivité cannot intervene in the Minville family land dispute as the land falls under private ownership and not under domain land that has been handed over to the Collectivité by the State.

"If it was Collectivité land this case would have already been sorted out by now," he said.

Given the recent court ruling and heavy fines, Arnell added the only option left for the family is to try and come to a "friendly agreement" with Société des Hôtels Caraïbes for a compromise on division of the land, acceptable to both parties, that would give the Minville family some peace of mind at least and in this regard he is willing to act as a mediator.

The land in question is that of Morne Rond, an area starting at the St Read more


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