Dump gets hardly attention in draft budget
PHILIPSBURG – The Ministry of Public Housing, Urban Planning, Environment and Infrastructure (VROMI) does not spend a word on the situation at the dump in the draft 2018 budget. Under a heading that More...
Dump gets hardly attention in draft budget
PHILIPSBURG – The Ministry of Public Housing, Urban Planning, Environment and Infrastructure (VROMI) does not spend a word on the More...
BREAKING NEWS: Dump under scrutiny from Prosecutor’s Office
PHILIPSBURG – The disastrous situation at the landfill and the persistent fires that have put many citizens on edge has drawn the More...
Humanitas-chairman apologizes for insulting Antilleans
THE HAGUE – The chairman of the Humanitas Foundation, Gijsbert van Herk, apologized last week in an email for his statements about More...
Dump management requires more money
PHILIPSBURG – MP Theo Heyliger, leader of the United Democrats, was right when he observed in a meeting of Parliament in February More...
A brief history of the dump
By Hilbert Haar In June 2008 I wrote an article under the headline “Landfill remains until the end of 2010.” It appeared in the More...
Civil service remains understaffed
PHILIPSBURG – The government organization currently employs 1,822 civil servants, but all departments struggle with staff shortages More...
Education Minister Wuite takes thank you gifts to Dutch Representative
PHILIPSBURG – As a follow-up to the digital letter of appreciation sent to Dutch Ministers Ingrid van Engelshoven of Education, More...
No new initiatives in draft budget
PHILIPSBURG – The accumulated deficits on the national budget increase to a total of 486.2 million guilders in 2020. The government More...
The human factor
By Hilbert Haar ~ The final report informateurs Dr. Nilda Arduin and Jan Beaujon submitted on Monday to Governor Drs. Eugène Holiday is a solid piece of work – the first of More...
Sinister minister
There seems to some kind of behind-the-scenes coordinated effort to make out former VROMI-minister Christophe Emmanuel to be some kind of 'sinister minister'. Here at StMaartenNews.com More...
The day after
Theo Heyliger is once again the highest vote-getter in the country. He is the only person to earn his seat outright with 1289 votes. The threshold was 903 votes to get your own More...
The Unprofessionals
by Chris Morvan Lack of professionalism is not something anyone likes to be accused of, but it confronts us in all walks of life, not just here but everywhere. I’m talking about More...
Mosquito stakeout
by Chris Morvan I don’t know where the mosquito stands on the conservationists’ list of protected species, but I would hope it’s very near the bottom. Do they do any good More...
Dollars, not guilders
By Hilbert Haar An alert reader pointed out to me that the price the waste-to-energy plant would charge GEBE for a Kilowatt More...
The question nobody ever asked
By Hilbert Haar The dump remains a hot item and for good reason. For decades dump fires have affected the health More...
BREAKING NEWS: Dump under scrutiny from Prosecutor’s Office
PHILIPSBURG – The disastrous situation at the landfill and the persistent fires that have put many...
Little Switzerland employees demand their salaries
PHILIPSBURG – Twenty-two employees of World Gifts Import BV, a company that operates two stores in...
Hot-headed driver get suspended community service
PHILIPSBURG – The Court in First Instance devoted almost three hours on Thursday afternoon to the...
Dump gets hardly attention in draft budget
PHILIPSBURG – The Ministry of Public Housing, Urban Planning, More...
Humanitas-chairman apologizes for insulting Antilleans
THE HAGUE – The chairman of the Humanitas Foundation, Gijsbert van Herk, apologized last week in an email More...
Dispute regulation put on ice
THE HAGUE – The Dutch government has put the establishment of a dispute regulation on ice, John Samson reports on Caribisch..Trust Fund agreement officially presented to Prime Minister Leona M. Marlin-Romeo
Philipsburg – On behalf of the Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations, Chris Johnson, head of the Dutch Representation Office..Open letter to Pastor Wycliffe Smith
I doubted very long whether I would write this comment. Let me begin by congratulating pastor Wycliffe Smith More...
SMCP’S STANCE ON COURT VERDICT REGARDING MP BROWNBILL
Dear Editor, The Sint Maarten Christian Party (SMCP) has taken note via the media that the Court in First Instance has..Why no new government yet?
by Wycliffe Smith “It’s already six weeks after the elections and still no government in place!” This is the comment, the..Survivors take Troupe and Individual Titles
PHILIPSBURG — It was a combination of the uses of colors with huge doses of creativity that enabled the Survivors Productions..
Theft, violence and prostitution marred safety in Festival Village shelter
PHILIPSBURG – More than half of the people who lived sheltered in the Festival Village and the Little League Ball Park..
Questions remain about MP-status Frans Richardson
PHILIPSBURG – “I do not share your opinion that Member of Parliament Frans Richardson’s letters of credence have been wrongly approved,”..
SMCP’S STANCE ON COURT VERDICT REGARDING MP BROWNBILL
Dear Editor, The Sint Maarten Christian Party (SMCP) has taken note via the media that the Court in First Instance has..
Dump management requires more money
PHILIPSBURG – MP Theo Heyliger, leader of the United Democrats, was right when he observed in a meeting of Parliament in..
5 candidates did not meet deadline
Philipsburg — At the end of the deadline, Monday, March 26, 2018, at 18:00 hours, eighty-eight (88) of the ninety-three (93)..
Dump gets hardly attention in draft budget
PHILIPSBURG – The Ministry of Public Housing, Urban Planning, Environment and Infrastructure (VROMI) does not spend a word on the situation..
Timeshare barkers
By Hilbert Haar The timeshare-industry is important for St. Maarten because timeshare owners spend a lot of time on the island..
Education Minister Wuite takes thank you gifts to Dutch Representative
PHILIPSBURG – As a follow-up to the digital letter of appreciation sent to Dutch Ministers Ingrid van Engelshoven of Education, Culture..
Open letter to Pastor Wycliffe Smith
I doubted very long whether I would write this comment. Let me begin by congratulating pastor Wycliffe Smith with his upcoming..
