The snake in the grass at the Chamber of Commerce
Dear Editor, One of the most prominent institutions on the 6 islands of the previous Netherlands Antilles is the Chamber of Commerce & Industry which they have inherited in 1945 from our European mother country the Netherlands. Nowadays the three bigger islands have a Chamber of their own while the smaller three have one for them together. Said More...
Captain Dino
Closed down, victim of a possibly outdated, easily circumvented government policy on vending licenses. That policy states (and I am paraphrasing) that vending licenses can only be issued to unemployed persons who More...
Unnecessary bureaucracy
Dear Editor, The more we learn about the Timeshare Authority proposal from the Dutch Side government, the more we think it’s imperative for timeshare owners to speak up in opposition to it. We understand the More...
Life rings at Mullet Bay
Dear Editor, It may come as surprise to many, that two able bodied young men drowned in the waters of Mullet Bay last Saturday. Please allow me to explain my perception as to how easily this can happen, and my suggestion More...
Vamed, the bully?
Dear Editor, Vamed (possibly a derivative of the word that describes the result of nausea?) got its their pound of flesh and now we, a tiny 16-square mile half-of-an-island country can move on and build a new hospital. More...
Autism Awareness Day
The theme for this year’s World Autism Awareness Day is Toward Autonomy and Self-Determination. The day was on the UN-calendar yesterday. The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities recognizes More...
Glorified manifesto
Dear Editor, The long awaited governing program has finally been released under the name Solidarity for Prosperity. I commend the United Democratic Alliance (UDA), comprised of the NA, USP and DP factions, for More...
The Philipsburg Landfill; A Possible Solution
Dear Editor, It is nine in the morning and a purple dawn is rising with difficulty in the east while a strong ice-wind is blowing over the cold North Sea to the west. It is February 2008 and I am standing with fifty More...
Parliamentary supervision
Dear Editor, Through its work, Transparency International (TI), a global organization, hopes to realize a world in which government, business, civil society and the daily lives of people will be free of corruption. More...
