PHILIPSBURG – Slander, defamation, insults; these are the key ingredients of what St. Maarteners know as melee. Playing out mainly…
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By Hilbert Haar Politics is a dirty game and everybody and his uncle knows it. So when somebody gets in…
PHILIPSBURG — Member of Parliament for the United Democrats UD party, Tamara Leonard, recently saw her first amendment law being…
By Hilbert Haar MP Luc Mercelina finds himself in an awkward position after the 2019 budget debate. To outsiders, it…
By Hilbert Haar It is hard to tell what drives rookie MP Luc Mercelina. His announcement of what he called…
By Hilbert Haar A salary cut for members of parliament is part of the debate about the draft 2019 budget.…
By Hilbert Haar When you publish a story about a rather sensitive subject – like plans to sell the port…
Published June 19, 2019, in The Daily Herald: Dear editor, In April I wrote an article under the headline ‘Heyliger’s…
By Hilbert Haar Technology is wonderful. I can be anywhere in the world, watch what is happening anywhere else and…
By Hilbert Haar Membership of parliament is supposed to be a full time job and our fifteen parliamentarians are handsomely…


