Will Minister Gordon’s new work permit policy do any good?
By Hilbert Haar Minister Pamela Gordon-Carty is not the first one to come up with measures to protect the local labor market. Her work permit policy that went into effect on February 7 has met with instant resistance from employers organizations. Said reactions in turn have inspired other to rail against the employment of foreigners on the island. The More...
Protect Your Money
By Hilbert Haar When Girobank accountholders in Curacao panicked and started a run on the bank, the Central Bank was quick to point out that all deposits up to 10,000 guilders (just over $5,500) were safe and that More...
Tempest in a teapot
[PUBLISHER'S NOTE: It has been brought to our attention that certain information published in our opinion piece written by Hilbert Haar are incorrect. First of all, the Facebook-video by labor department head Peggy More...
Does a Facebook-rant justify disciplinary measures?
PHILIPSBURG – Peggy Ann Dros-Richardson, since time immemorial head of the Labor Department is in some serious trouble after she ranted about her job in a Facebook-video. The government has issued a warning letter More...
Nothing is going to stop the carnival
By Hilbert Haar Wednesday’s court rulings in the Emerald-case against USp-leader Frans Richardson, former port-director Mark Mingo and Checkmate Security director O’Neal Arrindell mark a turning point in the More...
Protect your assets
By Hilbert Haar The mindboggling case of the now former branch manager of the courthouse in St. Maarten, Maritsa James-Christina, should function as a cautionary tale to all companies and organizations where somebody More...
The Conspiracy to Rehabilitate Christophe Emmanuel
By Hilbert Haar An anonymous letter writer has posted several installments on the 721news website under the headline The conspiracy to ruin MP Christophe Emmanuel. The stories come across as exhaustively researched More...
Instability is here to stay
By Hilbert Haar Based on results, issues like integrity and transparency do not appeal to our electorate. The United Democrats and the St. Maarten Christian Party campaigned on these issues and look where it got More...
The right to self-determination
By Hilbert Haar “We have remained for 300 years under the laws and control of the Netherlands despite our efforts to have autonomy.” Please note that I did not write this sentence. It stems from a statement More...
Reforming politicians
By Hilbert Haar The amendments to election-related ordinances proposed by Sint Maarten Christian Party leader Wycliffe Smith seamlessly solve the existing conflicts between these ordinances and the constitution. Article More...
