Informateurs find many similarities but no options for a broad-based coalition
PHILIPSBURG -- Informateurs Dr. Nilda Arduin and Drs. Candia Joseph have been unable to present a coalition of parties that represents the broadest possible support in Parliament. This appears from their report they submitted to Governor Ajamu Baly under the title Beyond the Coalition Handshake. [Read our review below....] Editorial: Community involvement Informateurs More...
National Alliance manifesto appeals to voters with lower taxes
PHILIPSBURG — The National Alliance (NA) manifesto for the upcoming elections is a 30-plus pages document that outlines the party’s plans for the immediate future. There are a lot of initiatives that More...
Political manifestos read like a Christmas wish list
PHILIPSBURG — The political manifestos of the political parties that will take part in the January 11 elections are a hodgepodge of ideas and proposals and at times read as a Christmas wish list. The National More...
USP want English as formal language in court
PHILIPSBURG — The manifesto of the United St. Maarten party (USP) promises voters a myriad of initiatives. A key issue seems to be the intention to create a legal framework that always gives born St. Maarteners More...
Potential voting power puts National Alliance ahead of the rest
PHILIPSBURG — Eight parties will contest the January 11 elections. Together they are fielding 131 candidates of whom 42 also took part in the 2020 elections, bringing the total of new faces in the political More...
Almost one in five households live under the poverty line
PHILIPSBURG — At least 19 percent of St. Maarten’s population has a monthly income of 1,000 guilders ($558.66) or less, it appears from an analysis of the local labor market by the Economic Bureau Amsterdam More...
Deborah Jack recipient of Soros Arts Fellowship
PHILIPSBURG — St. Maarten-born artist Deborah Jack is one of eighteen recipients of a 2023 Soros Arts Fellowship from the New York-based Open Society Foundations that comes with a grant of $100,000. Jack More...
PP card regulation labels two-thirds of households as paupers
PHILIPSBURG -- The costs for health care services to so-called PP card holders are more than ten million guilders higher than budgeted, it appears from a compliance audit by the General Audit Chamber. The auditors More...
Dutch-side economy twice the size of that on the French side
PHILIPSBURG — The economy of St. Maarten is roughly twice the size of that of the French part of the island, it appears from the Economic Bulletin of September, published by the Central Bank of Curacao and More...
Central Bank: economic recovery continues
PHILIPSBURG — The economies of Curacao and St. Maarten continue to recover from the corona pandemic, the Central Bank of Curacao and St. Maarten (CBCS) states in its economic Bulletin of September. The first More...
