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Budget 2018: A patchwork of little known facts
PHILIPSBURG – The second day of the 2018 budget debate went through the motions on Tuesday morning and continued into the afternoon until the meeting was adjourned until 6.30 p.m. to give ministers the time to More...
MP Emmanuel: legalize marijuana
PHILIPSBURG – Legalize marijuana and call a referendum about independence. Those were the two messages MP Christophe Emmanuel (National Alliance) brought to the table during the first day of deliberations about More...
True Political Representation
DIVINE ALIGNMENT & EDUCATION IS KEY TO SELECTION OF REAL LEADERSHIP Jimmy Challenger ran on a platform of Political Stability, establishing a multiannual plan to achieve Financial Independence, allowing us to More...
Colonialism On Some Caribbean Islands
Dear Editor, The winds of colonialism still tend to pose a threat to life on some Caribbean territories. Who will stand for them if they will not stand for themselves. In September 2017, Hurricane Irma displaced More...
British invasion on Statia
by Jacob Gelt Dekker Statia’s delusional political leader, Clyde van Putten, insists that St. Eustatius is an easy prey to be ransacked by Dutch Marines. The incident of 1780, was for van Putten as if it happened More...
Dutch cabinet will not help media on Sint Maarten
THE HAGUE - Several journalistic media on Sint Maarten are having it financially difficult because of the devastation of Hurricane Irma. Secretary of State Raymond Knops is not planning to assist them for the time More...
Aftermath of Hurricane Irma: ‘Press on Sint Maarten is in danger’
THE HAGUE – The Daily Herald, now the only newspaper that is still being published on Sint Maarten after Hurricane Irma, can barely keep its head above water due to the lack of advertisements. “That More...
Integrity Chamber: Protection of the fundamental rights of persons involved in an investigation addressed
Philipsburg — Having established that the concerns presented to the Constitutional Court, which led to the first Ordinance on the Integrity Chamber being squashed, and the contours offered by the Court for More...
Delegation to provide destination update to FCCA PAMAC Cruise Summit
PORT ST. MAARTEN – Representatives from Port St. Maarten will leave the island on Friday to attend the Florida-Caribbean Cruise Association (FCCA) Platinum Associate Membership Advisory Council Cruise Summit (PAMAC) More...
Haviser’s Orange Movement wants constitutional referendum
By Hilbert Haar PHILIPSBURG – Dr. Jay Haviser is on a mission. With the establishment of the Orange Movement he wants to convince the Parliament in St. Maarten to hold a referendum about the country’s constitutional More...
