Spontaneous phone combustion
It has long been believed that human beings are able to spontaneously burst into flames and burn to smoldering ashes. This is called Spontaneous Human Combustion or SHC. The Samsung Galaxy Note 7 has given new life to this urban legend or myth surrounding SHC and turned it into a reality show of epic proportions on an international scale and with a More...
The system we live in
Hmmm, a discussion on Facebook about the election results shows that not everybody is happy. What else is new? Interestingly, the discussion is based on knowledge we don’t have: that five of the seven ministers More...
Anonymous letters
We don’t like anonymous letters; especially those that accuse someone of wrongdoing. We’d say: if you’re man enough to accuse somebody, then be man enough to show your face. Otherwise, get lost. Unfortunately, More...
Dangerous places
Hospitals are dangerous places and after reading the results of a study that was published in the journal Plos Medicine you may want to think twice about going there. The study found that 91,000 people die every More...
Stand up for your rights
Two cases stand out in today’s newspaper: the employee that got fired by a supermarket and a girl who got a beating from her stepfather. What do a 37-year-old supermarket worker and a 12-year old kid have in common? More...
Looking the other way
If the first report of the trustee in the bankruptcy of Hypnotic and JMC teaches us anything it is that there are businesses on the island that really could not care less about rules and regulations. The trustee More...
Work permits
Every now and then the discussion pops up: who has to pay for work permits? In a related article, attorney Cor Merx notes that, as employers want to hire someone, said employers will have to pay. It makes sense, More...
Simple scheme
Just when you think that you have seen every possible way to fool the system something new comes up. This time it is a restaurateur – one with a name and reputation to hold up as well – who finds himself on More...
Why Schotte will win tomorrow
Trouw journalist Hans Marijnissen analyzed the phenomenon Gerrit Schotte and Curacao-based journalist Dick Drayer added a brief introduction to the story. Why Schotte is going to win the elections tomorrow. Gerrit More...
A brief political history
Governments have been falling like dominoes since 10-10-10 – the day St. Maarten became an autonomous country and everything was going to become better for all residents. Well, well, and here we are with the formation More...
