Legal or Common Practices?
By Emilio Kalmera The news in the last week of November about the court striking the licence fee for Travel Planners must have been an interesting state of affairs for the community. In a ruling which may have big consequences for the banking and financial sectors, the Court of First Instance decided that Windward Islands Bank (WIB) N.V. is no longer More...
Paradise on the edge of demise
Once upon a time there was a sleepy salt blasted mosquito ridden island called Soualiga or Qualichi by the Caribs and more recently dubbed Sunshine City by the DJs of Voice of St. Martin. This island‘s history, More...
Caribbean female leadership needed
by Cdr. Bud Slabbaert Would female leadership change the Caribbean? Most likely it will! It is all about the characteristics of how the members of the male and female gender have a different way of approaching a More...
Caribbean Airlift Council
by Cdr. Bud Slabbaert Airlift is a major Caribbean problem that deserves top priority because it is vital for tourism and trade, subsequently for the economic well-being of all population members of the Caribbean More...
The poison of the legal fruit
Most of the time we have nothing to do with the legal system in other countries. But as a carpenter is always eager to be on top of developments in the wood-area, a lawyer should also be oriented on legal developments More...
Caribbean Friendly Skies
Have you ever heard of the ‘Caribbean Friendly Skies’, an airlift concept where all the flight connections are fast, the schedules are efficient, the flight attendants are beautiful, the pilots are good looking, More...
Conspiracy
By Hilbert Haar Prime Minister William Marlin put a brave face on it, but he could not hide the bitterness over the events that led to the fall of his government and his own departure from office. Marlin has every More...
The Dutch Promise: 550m Euro injection
Dear Editor, We can claim some kind of return to normalcy with the news of a formation of a new cabinet, at long last the face of government is not the two old horses who seem to willingly swap the leadership role. More...
Encouraging messages
by Cdr. Bud Slabbaert Statistics have a sort of magical appeal and are a bit like mathematical enchanted tricks, aren’t they? The worlds of business and politics are littered with statistics. Some individuals More...
No Banana Republics in the Caribbean
By Cdr. Bud Slabbaert Maracuja Republics, yes. But Banana Republics, definitely not! A few clarifying lines of political science may be appropriate here. Every government system is a ‘Cracy’ which originates More...
