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~ Say the laws have to be reviewed ~ PHILIPSBURG — Members of Parliament of the United St. Maarten Party (USP) Akeem Arrindell and Claudius “Toontje” Buncamper have expressed words of congratulations to MP Christophe Emmanuel on the victorious outcome of his recent case in which the prosecutor’s request to the Joint Court of Justice to prosecute him was denied. The USP MP’s feel that justice has prevailed in this particular case but wonder how MP Emmanuel will restore his good name in the community after having it tarnished due to the alleged wrongdoings labeled on him by the prosecutor’s…
Dear Editor, This opinion piece on Koninkrijk.nu is well worth space and time in our local media according to me. Had I written this following Koninkrijk.nu article myself, I probably would have called “Food For Thought Part III” Het morele failliet van de Sint Maartense politiek – Koninkrijk.nu A loose translation compliments of a friend and just as concerned SXM citizen: Quote: “Politicians on St. Maarten – with a lone exception – succeed time and again in convincingly proving that they are unfit to the very core of entrusting the administration of anything. If Sint Maarten were a company, it…
~ Says, “screening process must be screened” ~ PHILIPBURG — The true essence of democracy must include resecting the rights of the people of the Country to elect whom they wish to serve as their leaders and government officials. So says Faction Leader in Parliament for the United People’s Party the honourable Grisha Heyliger-Marten who sang high praise for MP Christopher Emanuel of the National Alliance who was vindicated by the Court of Appeal for being wrongfully detained on October 22, 2019, by the Public Prosecutor’s Office. Heyliger said on Friday, “It hurts that you have damaged the reputation of…
PHILIPSBURG – Planet Hollywood, the all-inclusive successor of the Sonesta Great Bay Beach Resort and Casino, will not open its doors at the end of this year and opening in 2021 has also become a practical impossibility due to legal disputes about the building permit for this $600 million project. On Wednesday, October 28, plaintiff Steven Johnson withdrew an injunction against construction company Balaclava that asked the court to revoke the new building permit the ministry of VROMI granted because it violates administrative law. Johnson withdrew his lawsuit after the ministry promised the court that it will set a date…
~ An opinion article by former minister of TEATT, Stuart Johnson ~ Oh, how I wish deep within my soul we were in better times and better prepared to handle the challenges we are now facing. Like so many of you, I have expressed my opinion and provided my feedback on many issues via Facebook. Everyone one of us can give our own personal story on how COVID-19 has either directly or indirectly affected us. Some of you are either jobless, on the brink of losing your apartment/home, feeling overwhelmed with mixed emotions or just unsure of your next step…
PHILIPSBURG — On October 28, 2020, Members of Parliament of the United St. Maarten Party (USP) Akeem Arrindell and Claudius “Toontje” Buncamper sent a letter via email to the Chairman of the Permanent Committee of Kingdom Relations, Mr. Jan Paternotte, in regards to the (re)building of the Point Blanche Prison. The letter resulted from a press release on koninkrijk.nu, which stated that “the Permanent Committee of Kingdom Affairs will be discussing the troubling humanitarian situation at the Point Blanche Prison” on Friday, October 30, 2020. In their letter, the MPs stated that this is a problem that has remained unresolved…
PHILIPSBURG – “In The Hague you had to use a searchlight to find the few people who were really interested in the islands. You cannot be successful with that dossier,” former Minister of Administrative Innovation and Kingdom Relations Alexander Pechtold writes in his contribution to Koninkrijk op Eieren, a book with observations by a colorful crowd of fifty scientists, politicians and other stakeholders about the dismantling of the Netherlands Antilles and the formation of the autonomous countries Curacao and St. Maarten. Retired professor Joop van den Berg and former journalist René Zwart compiled the book. Its title refers to the…
PHILIPSBURG – During the first nine months of this year there were more than 600 recorded traffic accidents, it appears from a press release issued by the communications department of the police force. The A.T. Illidge Road tops a list of twelve roads were most accidents happened. The roundabout at Indigo Bay is listed as the most dangerous intersection. There were 59 traffic accidents on the A.T. Illidge Road, representing 14.9 percent of the 396 accidents that took place on eleven different roads. Second on the list is the Walter Nisbet Road (53 accidents, 13.4 percent), followed by the A.J.C.…
Government at odds on COVID-19 testing, claims to be awaiting the green light from RIVM. Is Government really speaking with the business sector? “During the past week again Government’s lack of cohesion on a important matter was as glaring as a sunlit day”, commented Member of Parliament, Sarah A. Wescot-Williams on the public meeting regarding the financial and socio-economic outlook of Friday last. While debating in the second round, MPs received answers to questions in the first round via email from the Minister of VSA. Answers such as: “At present, all antigen tests are inferior to RT-PCR, from a diagnostic performance perspective. Use of antigen tests to conduct source and contact tracing among the…
