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Minister Geerlings signs settlement agreement with TelEm
POND ISLAND – On Wednesday September 11, the Minister of Finance Perry Geerlings signed a settlement agreement with TelEm Group regarding outstanding debts owed by government. The agreement pertains to a substantial More...
MP Brison threatens to send prime minister home over mishandling of airport
PHILIPSBURG – “The biggest impediment to progress at the airport is the prime minister who has displayed poor leadership and incompetence in handling the issues surrounding the airport. She is exhibiting More...
MP Claude ‘Chacho’ Peterson requests meeting to be convened with State Secretary Knops
PHILIPSBURG — On Tuesday, September 17, 2019, SMCP Member of Parliament Claude ‘Chacho’ Peterson submitted a letter to Parliament requesting, through the Prime Minister Leona Romeo Marlin, that More...
Frans: Govt. infighting, contradictions blocking any development of airport
~ Says CEO reportedly making unilateral decisions ~ PHILIPSBURG — Leader of the United St. Maarten (US) party on Monday said that the current UD/SMCP government and its indecisiveness on Princess Juliana More...
Government remains committed to agreement with World Bank about airport reconstruction
PHILIPSBURG – The government remains committed to the airport reconstruction financing agreement with the World Bank and the European Investment Bank. This appears from statements made by Prime Minister Leona More...
Minister Johnson spinned the Vidanova airport-funding story
PHILIPSBURG – Financing a US pre-clearance facility at the airport is not part of a refinancing proposal by Curacao-based pension fund Vidanova, as Minister Stuart Johnson (Tourism and Economic Affairs) claimed More...
Ask Sjamira
Op-Ed about the merits of recruitment in the selection process for supervisory board member candidates By Hilbert Haar I recently had to have a document certified by the Dutch consulate in Cambodia to prove that More...
A very bad idea
An Exposé by Hilbert Haar Hilbert Haar exposes for the second time the moves of the 'shadow government' on St. Maarten and their spies within the Leona Romeo-Marlin II cabinet. Hilbert Haar also exposes and debunks More...
EZ-Air files court case against Winair flights
PHILIPSBURG — Dutch news site Koninkrijksrelaties.nu reports that the Bonaire-based airline company EZ-Air does not want Winair to transport passengers between the ABC islands. According to a petition filed More...
Rotten to the core
By Hilbert Haar Suppose I wrote that St. Maarten’s political system is rotten to the core. What would the predictable reaction be? Here are some ideas: I am a Dutchman, I don’t even live in St. Maarten, the More...
