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MP Wescot-Williams on Decolonization Petition
~ MP Wescot: Any “Decolonization” Petition can not be seen separate from the status we presently have and from the Charter that governs the Dutch Kingdom relations. ~ Philipsburg, St. Maarten, 4 November 2020 More...
Advice from the Council of Advice Regarding Decolonization Questions Sets the Record Straight.
PHILIPSBURG – Another advice from our Council of Advice is in. This time it is the advice regarding the United Nations–Decolonization–St. Maarten, as presented to the Council by the Parliament of St. Maarten. MP More...
MP Heyliger-Marten calls PM Jacobs to Parliament on the subject of decolonization
PHILIPSBURG—Prime Minister, the honourable Silveria Jacobs, will have to say whether the Government of St. Maarten is prepared for the process of finalizing decolonization and assuming more autonomy to govern More...
MP Heyliger-Marten: “Round Table Conference (RTC) in June 2021 to finalize decolonization”
PHILIPSBURG — Member of Parliament and Faction Leader for the United People’s Party the honorable Grisha Heyliger-Marten is calling on the Dutch Government to finalize the decolonization process that More...
One SXM Presents Reparations Claim on Behalf of St. Martin People Against the Netherlands
GREAT BAY — The One St. Martin (One SXM) Association, acting on behalf of the People of St. Martin, has submitted a formal claim for reparations against the Netherlands (also referred to as the Dutch or Dutch More...
MP Heyliger-Marten concerned about “non-functioning kingdom”
PHILIPSBURG — Independent MP Grisha Heyliger-Marten experienced the latest session of the inter-parliamentary kingdom consultation (IPKO) as “the least productive so far.” “The agenda and discussions More...
Forgotten examples
By Hilbert Haar “A parliament is nothing less than a big meeting of more or less idle people,” the British journalist, businessman and essayist Walter Bagehot once wrote. True or false? When I look at the parliament More...
COHO off the table but country packages remain
PHILIPSBURG — The draft consensus kingdom law COHO (Caribbean Organization for Reform and Development) is definitely off the table, Prime Minister Silveria Jacobs announced in a press release after the conclusion More...
Dutch Action Rather Than an Apology
Today, the Dutch State is attempting to offer its colonies of the former Netherlands Antilles an apology for what they have labelled the “slavery past.” Rather than offering an apology that many consider More...
Mysterious Dutch consortium interested in refinancing St. Maarten’s debt
PHILIPSBURG -- Independent MP Grisha Heyliger-Marten has lit the fire under a discussion about the refinancing of debts that include Dutch liquidity loans and possibly also the loan from the European Investment More...
