Common Court of Justice reports surplus in 2022
PHILIPSBURG — The Common Court of Justice closed 2022 with a positive balance of 1,330,000 guilders (around $743,000); this amount will be added to the court’s general reserves. During the past five years More...
MP Peterson criticizes process for public tenders
PHILIPSBURG — Public tenders falling under the authority of the Ministry of Public Housing, Urban Planning, Environment and Infrastructure (VROMI) have once again become a bone of contention. In 2022 the More...
VVD concerned about weaknesses in mutual agreement
THE HAGUE — The VVD-faction in the Dutch parliament has serious concerns about the mutual agreement St. Maarten, Aruba and Curacao recently signed with the Netherlands as the replacement of the controversial More...
Seven local detainees transferred to the Netherlands
PHILIPSBURG — The limited availability of cell capacity at the Pointe Blanche prison is costing the government a fortune. The Volkskrant reported in November 2019 that the 31 detainees that were at that More...
CIBC FirstCaribbean announces Realtor of the Year Award
PHILIPSBURG — CIBC FirstCaribbean introduced the Realtor of the Year Award during special client events it held recently in the Cayman Islands, Jamaica and Barbados. The bank announced that a similar event More...
Chief Commissioner John addresses artificial intelligence during symposium in Aruba
PHILIPSBURG — Chief Commissioner Carl John delivered a compelling presentation about the use of artificial intelligence (AI), highlighting advantages as well as disadvantages at the symposium Human Factors More...
Law enforcement requires substantial investments
PHILIPSBURG — The Law enforcement Council made fifty recommendations in 2022 to improve the situation at the police force in St. Maarten. Eleven of them have so far been ignored, and five have been partially More...
Who benefits?
By Hilbert Haar I am not a fiscal expert, let me make that clear from the get go, but I have a simple question. Have you ever wondered why things are the way they are? I ask myself that question a lot and now I More...
Tax office has no grip on ex officio assessments
PHILIPSBURG — If you have ever wondered why the tax administration continues to publish dozens upon dozens of tax warrants in the National Gazette, you can find the answer in the latest audit report of the More...
Concerns about the future of Claude Wathey’s statue
PHILIPSBURG — The old Government Administration Building will finally be demolished by a company called Limitless Infrastructure at a cost of approximately 660,000 guilders ($368,715). A ceremony to “celebrate” More...
