“Inquiry-proposal fully misses the point” says Dutch civil law attorney
PHILIPSBURG – There is no justification for spending half a million guilders on a parliamentary inquiry into Mullet Bay of which the outcome will be that the beach is public. That is the opinion of civil law attorney Wim van Sambeek who dissected the inquiry proposal MP Rolando Brison submitted to parliament last week. LOGIN TO READ MORE... THIS More...
Volkskrant describes St. Maarten as money laundering center
PHILIPSBURG – Sint Maarten made headlines in the Volkskrant on Tuesday and the news was not good. “An attractive island for tourists – and for criminal gangs that launder money,” correspondent Kees More...
Inequality in the Kingdom: a constitutional judge would be a step in the right direction
PHILIPSBURG -- Maintaining the myth that there is equality between the four countries in the Kingdom of the Netherlands is hypocritical, St. Maarten’s representative in the Council of State Maria van der Sluis-Plantz More...
Collection long lease fees seems problematic
PHILIPSBURG -- The government has issued 2,955 long lease contracts for land that covers 4.87 square kilometers of land; this is 14.3 percent of St. Maarten’s total area of 34 square kilometers. The annual lease More...
There is a hole in the budget
POND ISLAND — The draft 2019 budget closes with a deficit of 67.2 million guilders. The government projects 478.8 million in expenditures this year and 411.6 million guilders in revenue. The tax office project More...
Review Kreative Juices Catering Pre-St. Maarten Day Breakfast
Today, Friday, November 9, 2018, as a pre-St. Maarten Day gift, a complimentary container filled with a delicious and tasty breakfast combo consisting of two johnny cakes, a croissant, saltfish, boiled egg, tuna, More...
Leisure Car Rental Wins Big at the 2018 World Travel Awards
SIMPSON BAY — Leisure Car Rental was established in 2007 on the island of St. Maarten. They started small, but consistently grew over the years to become the number one Car Rental Agency on the friendly island. More...
A year later: IRMA interviews published in RESILIENCE – SXM open for business!
PHILIPSBURG — One year after hurricane Irma, the corporate community of St. Maarten is on review in the book RESILIENCE – a series of interviews with business owners and leaders who took the lead again More...
Predicting extreme weather events to reduce impact on coastal communities
Delft, The Netherlands – 31 July 2018. An international team of researchers, led by IHE Delft Institute for Water Education, has developed adaptive risk management strategies for coastal communities. Coastal More...
“It is a jewel” – Schoolboy in Wartime reviewed in Netherlands newspaper
GREAT BAY, St. Martin (July 17, 2018)—With the music of Betty V’s Hold on and Neville York’s Sweet Salt playing in the background, about 75 book party guests were treated here at the Parish Hall to an evening More...
