Welcome to Mount Trashmore
A lot has been said and written about the dump and a lot will be said and written about this thorn in everyone’s hide for decades to come. Those who think that our politicians will take care of the problem are dreaming. Politicians who says that they will take care of the dump are hallucinating. Why? Because we have amassed an enormous amount of More...
Dump Fire Smoke over Sentry Hill
PHILIPSBURG — Elections are over and we have a new coalition government in place to be sworn in on October 30th. Now there is a wind of change blowing through this country and it has changed direction. But More...
The Birth of Our Own Socioeconomic Two Headed Dragon
St. Maarten Life Realities, Local Finance & Economics column by Jimmy C. Challenger, writing as a regular weekly columnist for the TODAY newspaper and contributor for the TODAY NEWSPAPER ONLINE. St. Maarten More...
It’s Going To Be Four Long Years
It’s Going To Be Four Long Years At least, that is what we hope! We can be optimistic because even losing parties such as the HOPE party are happy with this new NA-UP formation, which – according to HOPE More...
Should St. Maarten be worried about Trump?
Yes, St. Maarten should be worried about Trump, but not for the reasons you think As the saying goes; if the US sneezes, St. Maarten catches a cold. Our economy is inextricably linked to that of the United States, More...
The Emil Lee Effect
That Emil Lee has run an effective campaign, no one can deny. The results are there to prove it. I saw his video interviews on Facebook the weekend before election day and they were personable, informative and More...
Richard Gibson looking back on the recent history of St. Maarten
“No one wants to stay on a leaking ship in the middle of the ocean” GREAT BAY – More than twelve years ago, on January 28, 2004, current Minister of Finance Richard Gibson Sr. presented the Lionel B. Scott More...
The Suspect
About the law ~ The Suspect (4) ~ By Cor Merx, attorney at law From last week’s explanation about how difficult it is to identify someone as a suspect, today we will have a look at the process of handling a suspect. Let’s More...
Direct vs Indirect Taxes
All over the internet you come across the same statement: “In 1939 St. Maarten was declared a duty-free port”. Literally, every wiki site and encyclopedic source online about the history of St. Maarten More...
