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Are we Ready? – Part One
A few years ago when I was a student at the University of St. Martin (USM) I was fortunate enough to do two political science classes. One with Khalilah Peters and another with Arjen Alberts. Both classes were More...
Selective memory
Dutch politicians have a selective memory when it comes to their dealings with the kingdom’s Caribbean countries. The uproar about Prime Minister Marlin’s send-in-the-troops remark is another example. Who does More...
Reinforced crown appeal is a nonentity
Douwe Jan Elzinga, professor constitutional law at the National University Groningen examined the value of the reinforced crown appeal (versterkt kroonberoep) in the following article in Binnenlands Bestuur last More...
Courageous but futile
Dear Editor, The Prime Minister of Country St. Maarten left the shores for a diplomatic encounter with the Prime Minister of the Netherlands and the Minister of Kingdom affairs. This is obviously how the editorial More...
Autism Awareness Day
The theme for this year’s World Autism Awareness Day is Toward Autonomy and Self-Determination. The day was on the UN-calendar yesterday. The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities recognizes 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...
Marlin: “Charge Audit Chamber with integrity investigations”
GREAT BAY – The government is considering an alternative to the Integrity Chamber, Prime Minister William Marlin said yesterday afternoon during a meeting of Parliament about the controversial appointment of Dutch More...
United we stand
Dear Editor, In the wake of the decision taken by parliament to back the decision taken by the Council of Ministers not to attend our St. Maarten Day (Not that of France nor Holland), I want to share my opinion More...
Final report formateur Marlin on Friday
William Marlin. File photo – Milton Pieters / Today GREAT BAY – Governor Drs. Eugène Holiday met last Thursday with formateur William Marlin and received a progress report. During the meeting the formateur More...
Author Leon Stubbs about Pearl of China project
“Dispel the fear of growing up and become fully matured” GREAT BAY – The rate of change in the world today conceivably has never been faster. Many of the old systems applied to growth and development More...
