St. Maarten Private Eye

Laveist's Foundations under investigation

Remember Grand Getaway Vacations and their $50,000 donation to Laveist's New Hope Foundation? It would seem those rumors we heard about a top politician questioned by police had more truth to them than we we were told.

Grand Getaway was apparently sold last year and was in the news this past March with rumors of a reopening. I think it might be a bit more difficult to bring in their own workers this time with all the scrutiny.

Donations and Foundations at the Center of Investigations - 14th June 2008

Detectives investigating Laveist Foundations - 14th June 2008

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Bad Governance | Business and Labor | Corruption | Immigration | Island Politics | Justice Police Crime | Louie Laveist | Local Hero's blog | 3 comments | read more

Small Businesses appeal new Licence requirements

If you are a small business owner and and don't have a Kingdom of Holland passport, then the following rules now apply when requesting your director's license, your residence and work permits too.

To renew their residence permits, foreign directors have to prove that they earned a salary of at least NAf. 75,000 per year during the preceding year and have proof that the business has an annual turnover of at least NAf. 500,000. Also, the foreigner has to have suitable accommodations by either owning a house valued at a minimum of NAf. 275,000 or renting a home for at least NAf. 2,250 per month.

Can you meet those requirements? No? Then read this.. If you can't be at the Chamber of Commerce meeting next week (when is it?) then you can find their phone and email contact info here.

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Business and Labor | Immigration | Island Politics | Dr. Voodoo's blog | 5 comments | read more

Government raids itself?

Look what government has come to. It is raiding its own self. Just when the Government Building is almost completed and all the illegals have worked their guts out for the government, they have decided to ship them home.
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Immigration | sybille's blog | 2 comments | read more