PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten – The Committee of Country Expenditures will meet in a closed session on April 26 to discuss matters related to the democratic deficit within the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

GREAT BAY, Sint Maarten (DCOMM) – On the evening of the 20th of April, the board of Stichting Soualiga Foundation left the Evertshuis in Bodegraven elated at the rave results of its first-ever student forum.

PHILIPSBURG - The investigation into the death of two people who died last Sunday morning, April 22nd 2012, on the A.Th. Illidge Road has been completed.

WEST INDIES - Matthew Wade tightened both his grip on the Test wicketkeeping spot and Australia's grasp on the Test with a century that frustrated and demoralised West Indies on the second day in Dominica.

The hosts began the morning on top but Wade's assured innings pushed Australia to a total they were happy with, before another lacklustre batting display from West Indies left Australia in control at stumps.

PHILIPSBURG - On the Morning of Friday the 20th of April the Prime Minister of St. Maarten the Honorable Sarah Wescot-Williams held a meeting with the Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis the Honorable Denzil Douglas at PJIA.

PHILIPSBURG - On Monday April 23rd 2012 at approximately 06.00 p.m., a Junior Officer (Bavpol) in the local police force with the initials E.V. has been detained and is been held in custody as a suspect in an ongoing criminal investigation, which was committed in the year 2009.

WILLEMSTAD, Curacao - On Curacao, residents over the weekend held a manifestation directed at the Schotte cabinet.

PHILIPSBURG - Lions from Anguilla, Saba, St. Eustatius and St. Maarten successfully participated in their 2nd annual advisory meeting over the weekend.

PHILIPSBURG - From April 25 through to the 26th, the Executive Board Meeting of the Pan Caribbean Partnership against HIV AIDS (PANCAP) will take place on the Caribbean island of St. Lucia.

PHILIPSBURG - The legal team of the Workers Institute For Organized Labour {WIFOL}, HBN Law, is still awaiting a ruling from the high court after their hearing last week.