Unhappy
When we received a story for publication containing the opinion of René ‘Koto’ Wilson about the screening process, we declined to publish it. Not that we deny anyone the right to his opinion – any letter to the editor is welcome – but presenting an obviously flawed opinion as a news story would suggest that this newspaper legitimizes Mr. More...
Useless treatments
The report that more than one thousands of medical treatments are actually useless is quite an eye opener, as is the report that the cost of healthcare in the Netherlands has shot up by 40 percent over the past More...
Real motives
That the prosecutor’s office has decided not to start a criminal investigation against Minister Emil Lee (Public Health) and SZV-Director Glen Carty suggests that the departed chairman of SZV’s supervisory board More...
Promoting St. Maarten
The report about spending by cruise passengers in St. Maarten is a clear yard stick for the effects drops in passenger arrivals will have on the local economy. When the chairlady of the Florida Caribbean Cruise More...
Ugly practice
If only half of the story of our anonymous Indian man is true, then there is an ugly practice going on our island. It’s called enslavement. Fortunately there are plenty of actors in our community that have the More...
Back to the dark ages
Where do you draw the line when it comes to domestic violence? The Women’s Desk (see the opinion under ‘Taboo’ in the Letters to the Editor section) considers the Monday and Friday girl this newspaper publishes More...
Tricky situation
We hate to write certain opinion pieces because they have a tendency to work like a self-fulfilling prophecy and we are not in the business of predicting the news but writing about it as it occurs or after it has More...
Lying in court
We have no idea why defendants lie in court. It is rare for someone to come up with a story that has the court so baffled that there is no other option than to give it at least the benefit of the doubt. It is obviously More...
A final goodbye
When you have to say goodbye for the last time to someone you have known for years – as was the case with the funeral of Today’s employee Lyndon Dusty’ Nelson yesterday – emotions tend to run high. Everybody More...
Protest without a soul
That some people took to the streets to express their frustration about the power outages is understandable. It is, actually, amazing, that some people showed up for the mini protest at all. Recent history shows More...
