National Alliance kandidaat Terrance Rey mikt op een zetel in het parlement
PHILIPSBURG — National Alliance kandidaat voor de verkiezingen op 19 augustus Terrance Rey kan bogen op ervaring aan beide kanten van de oceaan. Hij verbleef voor studies en werk 19 jaar in Nederland en keerde in 2007 terug naar Sint Maarten met academische diploma’s op zak voor studies in economie en bedrijfsmanagement. Zijn zakelijke activiteiten More...
Cash at home? The tax inspectorate wants to know
THE HAGUE — The Dutch desire to regulate everything becomes once more apparent from rules that apply to the amount of money citizens are allowed to have at home. The situation in St. Maarten is a lot more More...
Aruba’s former Minister Sevinger sent to prison
WILLEMSTAD — The Common Court of Justice sentenced Benny Sevinger, a former Minister of Urban Planning, Infrastructure and Environment (and later of Urban Planning, Integration and Infrastructure) in Aruba More...
Supreme Court validates same-sex marriages in Curacao and Aruba
THE HAGUE – Curacao and Aruba – and by extension St. Maarten – have to allow partners of the same sex to marry, the Supreme Court stipulated in a ruling dated December 22, 2023. The ruling is the More...
Former MP Fritsma still wants to get rid of the Kingdom’s Caribbean territories
PHILIPSBURG — “Every discussion about the future of our kingdom is completely meaningless as long as article 73 of the United Nations Charter is considered as a given.” This statement is part of an article More...
Jetair goes bankrupt, but new owner could restart the business
WILLEMSTAD — After Insel Air ceased operations on February 16, 2019, it was replaced by another Curacao-based airline called Jetair. Five years later, on June 18, 2024, Jetair filed for bankruptcy and the More...
PVV appoints Szabo as State Secretary for Kingdom Relations
THE HAGUE — Instead of Nicolien van Vroonhoven-Kok, the number two on the list of Pieter Omtzigt’s party New Social Contract (NSC), Zsolt Szabo, a member of Geert Wilders’ anti-immigration Party for Freedom More...
Voting for European elections in St. Maarten opens on June 3
PHILIPSBURG — Beginning on Monday June 3, eligible voters in St. Maarten will be able to cast their vote in the elections for the European parliament. The possibility to cast a vote ends on Thursday, June More...
Jorien Wuite appointed to Dutch Social Economic Council
PHILIPSBURG — Former member of the Dutch parliament Jorien Wuite has been appointed as a crown-member of the Social Economic Council (SER) in the Netherlands, dossierkoninkrijksrelaties.nl reports. Minister More...
Aruba is dragging its feet with same-sex marriage legislation
ORANJESTAD — The Aruban Parliament is dragging its feet with the handling of an initiative law that aims to make marriage between partners of the same sex possible. Coalition-partner RAIZ and opposition party More...
