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Dawn Beach Letter of Comfort - 11th March 2005
Meeting with VROM Minutes - 11th May 2005
Westin - Babit Bay permit - 24th May 2005
Letter informing of objections and deliberations - 28th September 2006
Peytons Plan - Pre Suxsit
Profiles of The Windward Island - Dawn Beach Trailer - 28th September 2006
The Death of Dawn Beach - SXM PE Photo Video
Dawn Beach discussion - Eldrige van Putten show - 1st February 2007
Destruction of Dawn Beach - SXM Pride awareness video

Duck and Ms B's.

Latest news

Remax - Dawn Beach Valley - 28th May 2007

Letter - Stinky noisy Westin - 4th May 2007

Letter - Westin sewage plant noise - 3rd April 2007

Taxi Drivers not allowed in lobby or toilets at Westin

Westin Ad page

Westin ad - 9th March 2007

Marriot wants beach for itself - 5th March 2007

Letter - Chamba Chada - Rape and Censure - 28th February 2007

Dinner at Westin - 23rd February 2007

Letter - Chamba Chada - I will never vote again - 22nd February 2007

Letter - Westin workers need transportation - 15th February 2007

Letter - Open letter to Exco - 14th February 2007

Westin Opal opens - 8th February 2007

Westin Opal opens - 8th February 2007

Hayes accuses Westin mistreating employees - 6th February 2007

SXM PE Blog Post - PJD2 Audio - Westin do not own Dawn Beach - 5th February 2007

Westin application for permit to operate hotel - 30th January 2007

PJD2 - Roy Marlin talking about how the Island Govt of St. Maarten is going to use taxpayers money to build a road on Westin land - 26th January 2007

Roy - Dawn Beach road to be refurbished - 27th January 2007

Residents want Westin to clean up - 27th January 2007

Worker claims Westin is cheating on pay - 27th January 2007

TTOL Westin discussion - 27th January 2007

PJD2 - Roy Marlin talking about how the Island Govt of St. Maarten is going to use taxpayers money to build a road on Westin land - 26th January 2007

SMART to be held at Westin - 25th January 2007

View from the Wing - 25th January 2007

SXM PE Blog Post - Westin St Maarten - Welcome? - 24th January 2007

Letter - Bienvenido Rishardson - I just realised how much the island gave Westin - 24th January 2007

Bievenido Richardson - Westin fooling the people - 24th January 2007

Westin opens, praised for delivering on job creation - 24th January 2007

Daily Herald Editorial - Welcome - 24th January2007

Westin opening - 23rd January 2007

Trip Advisor Review - "Would not recommend this place now or ever" - 22nd January 2007

FLyertalk Forum - I am glad we cancelled and don't think that I would want to visit any time soon. - 20th January 2007

Westin Resort open on Monday - 20th January 2007

Letter - Monique Hofman-Ruigrok - Dream on if you think Westin is an asset for St Maarten - 15th January 2007

Win-win agreement reached in Westin/Dawn Beach Road issue - 11th January 2007

Letter - Corporate Citizen Westin, a 5 Star hotel? - 11th January 2007

SXM PE Blog Post - Westin St Maarten - Good neighbors? - 10th January 2007

Daily Herald Editorial - High Time - 10th January 2007

Two communities file official complaint against Westin Hotel - 10th January 2007

TTOL - What the heck is this ? And why ...... - 8th January 2007

Heavy equipment block road to Westin- 8th January 2007

Westin blocks road again with container - 8th January 2007

Letter - Westin, good nieghbors - 8th January 2006

Westin Resort blocks key road, police intervene, containers removed - 23rd December 2006

SXM PE Blog Post - St. Maarten Westin and Columbia Sussex - Environmental Criminals? - Part 4 - 11th November 2006

Press release - Westin Hotels & Resorts to Open Resort Property Featuring Condo Hotel Residences on the Caribbean Isle of St. Maarten - 7th November 2006

TTOL - Photos 6th November 2006

Westin job ad for Residential manager - 3rd November 2006

Westin truck accident - 23rd October 2006

SXM PE Blog Post - St. Maarten Westin and Columbia Sussex - Environmental Criminals? - Part 3 - 17th October 2006

TelEm cables damaged by 'West Inn' - 10th October 2006

Westin damages TelEm cable - 10th October 2006

SXM PE Blog Post - St. Maarten Westin and Columbia Sussex - Environmental Criminals? - Part 2 - 5th October 2006

SXM PE Blog Post - St. Maarten Westin and Columbia Sussex - Environmental Criminals? - 28th September 2006

Profiles of The Windward Island - Dawn Beach Trailer - 28th September 2006

Daily Herald Weekender - Westin boost to island - 2nd September 2006

Columbia Sussex Corporation Forges Ahead With St. Maarten

Many attend Westin Casino job application drive - 26th July 2006

Westin Job Fair day one - 26th July 2006

Marlin gives motivational speech to Westin hopefuls - 19th July 2007

20 attend Westin training prep course - 19th July 2006

Westin interview preperation course - 15th July 2006

Job interview training for westin job fair hopefuls - 14th July 2006

Westin Job fair later this month - 13th July 2006

Westin to hold second job fair - 13th July 2006

TTOL - New Westin Rates WOW - 11th July 2006

TTOL - Wesitin discussion - 11th July 2006

Letter - Dwight Barran - Thank you ExCo - 28th June 2006 - Comments

St. Maarten flag hoisted from Westin highest point - 22nd June 2006

Today Editorial - Dawn of new development - 21st june 2006

Westin Resort to reach highest point next week - 15th June 2006

Over 80 attend Westin job fair - 19th May 2006

More trouble for Westin - 11th May 2006

Skeletons at Dawn Beach were slaves - 9th May 2006

SXM Living Blog Post - Dawn Beach update - 6th May 2006

Beach skeleton either pre-Columbian or slave ~ Second skeleton destroyed - 21st April 2006

Skeleton found in Dawn Beach - 20th April 2006

Dawn Beach co2 explosions - 8th April 2006

Dawn Beach residents tell of dynamite blast - 5th April 2006

Dawn Beach photos - SXM Living Blogspot

Roy loves Suxsit - 27th March 2006

Govt wants Westin to hire 70-80% from local market - 9th March 2006

Members of the Executive Council meets with Westin management, discusses jobs - 8th March 2006

Beach Talk advertisment - CBC - Westin - February 2006

Judge puts Ms Bs and Duck around a table - 17th February 2006

SXM PE Blog Post - Columbia Suxsit presents: "A Series of Unfortunate Events" - 17th February 2006

120 uninsured in SVB control - 11th February 2006)

Construction workers run from SVB inspections - 9th February 2006

Suxsit confused with Aquarius - 3rd February 2006

Court case against Mrs Bs postponed - 30th January 2006

Westin Press release - 29th January 2006

Westin press release - 1st December 2005

Commissioner Marlin and DP please stop being so hypocritical - 28th November 2005

Today Editorial - On the Map - 9th November 2005

Daily Herald Editorial - On the Map - 8th November 2005

Corner stone laid for Westin at Dawn Beach - 8th November 2005

SXM PE Blog post - A shark bite, a stabbing and a new house - 4th November 2005

Developer claims theft is sabotage - 31st October 2005

SXM PE Blog Post - Columbia Sucksit - 21st October 2005

Dawn Beach building permit issued - 13th October 2005

Experts recommended amending Dawn Beach planning permits - 5th October 2005

Daily Herald Letter - Open Letter to Roy Marlin - 5th October 2005

Island Council approves Dawn Beach development - 5th October 2005

Planning permit for resort at Dawn Beach approved – Opposition says proper procedures were violated - 5th October 2005

Govt seeks approval for Babitbay project - 4th October 2005

Letter - Road closure could have serious consequences - 15th September 2005

Letter - Oyster Pond road closed by whom - 14th September 2005

Dawn Beach road closed notice

Police investigating Dawn Beach pollution - 13th September 2005

SXM Pride - Environmental affairs in shambles in St. Maarten - 10th September 2005

Cement mixer washed in ocean at Dawn Beach - 6th September 2005

Photos - Cement mixer washed in ocean at Dawn Beach - 6th September 2005

Dawn Beach Photos - 27th August 2005

SXM PE Blog - Columbia Sucksit - 21st August 2005

Gractia Arrindell questions on Dawn Beach - 25th June 2005

Dawn Beach soon to be off limits to locals - 25th June 2005

Sint Maarten Pride objects to Dawn Beach permits - 24th June 2005

Frans Richardson questions Dawn Beach jobs - 21st June 2005

SXM Pride questions Dawn Beach jobs - 21st June 2005

Roy: Govt determined to make Dawn Beach a success story - 20th June 2005

Police investigating polution at Dawn Beach - 19th June 2005.

Roy spinning Dawn Beach (again) - 17th June 2005

Residents express alarm over Dawn Beach flooding - 11th June 2005

Photo's - After heavy rains - 10th June 2005

Letter - Hotels break the law and government encourages them - 6th June 2005

Marlin - Gov. respects public views on the environment - 6th June 2005

CAST urges Immediate Action to Save Caribbean Coral Reefs - 5th June 2005

Pumping sludge into the sea - 4th June 2005

Letter - Goodbye reefs, goodbye tourists - 3rd June 2005

Progress in all forms is Necessary says Marlin - May 2005

Permits are frivolous details says Marlin - May 2005

Marlin blames individuals for trying to derail Dawn Beach Project. - May 2005

RESEARCH REPORT: Reefs at Risk in the Caribbean

Exco approves permit for Dawn Beach - 27th May 2005

Letter - Pro Dawn Beach - 26th May 2005

Meyers to foreigners: Don't cross the line - 25th May 2005

Letter - Wake Up St. Maarten - 9th May 2005

Roy: Govt determined to make Dawn Beach a success story - 28th April 2005

WRI Report Says Increasing Human Activities Threaten CaribbeanCoral Reefs - March 9th 20005

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Dawn Beach VI
Dawn Beach V
Dawn Beach IV
Dawn Beach III
Dawn Beach II
Dawn Beach I