Bosman-law
VVD-MP André Bosman has been at it for a long time with his initiative-law to restrict access to the Netherlands for citizens from St. Maarten, Aruba and Curacao. Yesterday his initiative law stranded in the Second Chamber. One may well wonder whether this is indeed a reason to celebrate. What we learn here is that two political parties in the Netherlands More...
Top 15 Vote Getters
Rumors have been circulating about members-elect of parliament already jumping ship or declaring themselves independent before 24 hours have even been passed or a government has been formed. If we recall, the More...
Voter sentiment
A survey by sxmelections.com shows a different voter sentiment than the Today poll. From a larger sample of 650 votes, collected on the streets and online, this poll gave the UP the lead with 36.3 percent, ahead More...
North Korea in the Caribbean
The ‘I from Here’ mantra got a new lease on life during a broadcast of Billy D’s radio program last week when United People’s party MP Franklin Meyers tore into migrants, saying that they should not come More...
Rising tensions
With just one more weekend to ponder which candidate to vote for when the polling stations open on Monday morning at 8 a.m., tensions are rising. This is apparent from the senseless attack on a gathering of the More...
Figment of the imagination
As we point out in our editorial today, the witch hunt UP-leader Theo Heyliger speaks about (see article on page 3) is a figment of his imagination. On one count the UP-leader is correct: the court acquitted the More...
Lover’s lane
It was rather predictable that some would consider the Pearl of China project an election gimmick. In terms of timing, that is of course quite understandable. But Saturday it became clear that the investor is for More...
Twisting reality
USp-leader Frans Richardson is twisting reality with his statements about the approach of Finance Minister Richard Gibson towards tax reform. We’re not here to defend Minister Gibson (he explains his position More...
Prison search
Prisons are the same all over the world, though some prisons are obviously worse places to be than others. But they have one thing in common: their residents have nothing else to do all day long than thinking about More...
Holding Our Horses
The Pearl of China project in Little Bay has sent rumor mills in overdrive. It also has people concerned about the impact of this project on our infrastructure and of course on the environment. At this moment there More...
