Election Guide – The Do’s and Don’ts of electing our leaders

Dear Editor, With the elections slated to be at the end of this year, we’ve already seen several parties and persons pop out of the woodworks in an effort to convince you, the reading, voting populous, to vote for them. I strongly encourage those that truly want change for the better for St. Maarten to jump into the arena, as with the current political More...

Letter to the editor re voting booth rear curtain removal.
Reading the front page article in the Daily Herald of February 22, 2023, regarding a squabble over the PFP proposal to remove the rear curtain from the voting booths, I took note: NA’s George Pantophlet thinks More...

Trade fairs
Dear Editor, After previously shining the light on ‘Call Centers’ as an avenue to diversify the economy, the topic today will surround ‘Trade Fairs’. See related article: Call centers as a way to diversify More...

IAM practical proposal to inventorize monuments on St. Maarten
~ “We have been searching for complicated solutions, when there are simple and realistic solutions to be found.” ~ Dear Editor, Reading, listening, analyzing, researching, evaluating, and continuously More...

‘Soualiga isn’t who she used to be’
Dear Editor, Words can’t describe how distraught I am at this moment. I can only imagine how my ancestors would feel if they were here to witness this atrocity. The historical structure at Diamond Estate has More...

Diversifying our economy with local call centers
Dear Editor, I hope one of the outcomes of the pandemic would be a real discussion on the dependence of our island’s economy on tourism. Every election there has been much talk on the economy, but besides More...

Sustainable Road Infrastructure or Quick Fixes?
Dear Editor, Traffic is a combination of three components: people, roads, and vehicles (motorised and non-motorised). Safety on public roads should be of great concern to everyone; therefore, it calls for both More...

Taking you back in COHO history
By Roberto Achken Richardson I made a complete Overview on the Facts of what had taken place in the past during the Term of the Former Dutch State Secretary in terms of decisions on this Country Packages Process. Note: I More...

Speaking out on behalf of pensioners
Dear Editor, How can we be just looking forward to the fun filled coming days of the closing of 2022 and the opening of 2023 Celebrations, when our Seniors still continue to struggle and suffer every end of the More...

A beginning
A begin, whether you would want to accept this or not. But IAM looking forward to the Next Steps. Of course, IAM, and I intend to making my very serious contributions in assisting to steer the coming future Steps More...