Guidelines
Minister Emil Lee was justly irritated about an article on the SMN-News gossip website because it does not contain a grain of truth. Given the site’s reputation, that is not surprising. Minister Lee called on “the industry” to establish guidelines, but that call will not do anything to change the habits of outlets that have no respect for the More...
Tactical mistake
Where does St. Maarten stand with its intention to appeal the kingdom instruction about the Integrity Chamber? Not even on shaky grounds, because as things stand today, St. Maarten – and Aruba and Curacao as well More...
Shoddy mess
Did we have it coming? The decision by the Kingdom Council of Ministers to force the Integrity Chamber upon St. Maarten cannot come as a surprise to anybody. Let’s not talk about fair, because that is a kids’ More...
Reinforced crown appeal is a nonentity
Douwe Jan Elzinga, professor constitutional law at the National University Groningen examined the value of the reinforced crown appeal (versterkt kroonberoep) in the following article in Binnenlands Bestuur last More...
Important mission
Prime Minister Marlin is on an important mission to the Netherlands with little hope of success. The Kingdom Council of Ministers is dominated by Dutch ministers and it is hardly likely that more than half of them More...
Is Aruba Category 1 status in danger?
Based on the latest documents this newspaper has received from sources in Aruba regarding a warning letter the Department of Civil Aviation in Aruba has issued to Aruba Airlines, giving the company 15 days to rectify More...
Settlement
The debate about the hospital the UP faction requested will today most likely unfold along familiar patters. The UP will make a big deal of the out of court settlement between SZV and Vamed, the Austrian company More...
Motions
President of Parliament Wescot-Williams would like the government to deal in a different way with motions the Parliament approves. We agree, though this is a two-way street. Parliament ought to deal with them in More...
Dangerous Undercurrents
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