Minister Boasman about prison: “We have to look at safety for all”
GREAT BAY – Minister Rafael Boasman (Justice) said yesterday that the Progress Committee has given him the time to implement his plan for the Pointe Blanche prison. The minister said that the plan of approach for the police is progressing well. “In a few months I expect to have met all the requirements. The prison is a different story though.” Boasman More...
After conviction for armed robbery: Mother stands up for her son
GREAT BAY – “I know my son. If you told me he got into an argument with the police I would believe you. If you told me he got into a fight I would believe you. But my son would never rob a supermarket,” the More...
The Philipsburg Landfill; A Possible Solution
Dear Editor, It is nine in the morning and a purple dawn is rising with difficulty in the east while a strong ice-wind is blowing over the cold North Sea to the west. It is February 2008 and I am standing with fifty More...
Lack of interest
The first annual report of the Electoral Council shows that political parties still have a lot to learn. Not only do they lack knowledge about the very ordinance that regulates their existence, they also show a More...
Donors gave parties more than one million in 2014
GREAT BAY – Most parties and politicians hardly have accurate knowledge of the contents of the national ordinance on registration and finances of political parties and the role of the Electoral Council. This is More...
No interest
It seems now that Education Minister Silveria Jacobs has no interest whatsoever in settling her differences with the American University of Integrated Sciences. What was supposed to be a simple name change has turned More...
Dozens of initiatives in governing program
GREAT BAY – The National Alliance, the United St. Maarten party and the Democratic Party present themselves in the governing program for the 2016-2020 period as the United Democratic Alliance – an umbrella that More...
Minister Jacobs stonewalls AUIS-request for meeting
GREAT BAY – Attempts by the American University of Integrated Sciences (AUIS) to settle their differences with Minister Silveria Jacobs (Education; see photo) have been stonewalled by the ministry it appears from More...
Putting our people first
Dear Editor, Our government has presented its governing program some six month after the elections which really was a continuation of the previous government not withstanding a few changed names. Government programs More...
Blame game
Not even six months ago pro bono attorneys disturbed the inauguration of the new Government Administration Building to stage a protest against the non-payment of their invoices. Now the attorneys are ready to take More...
