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Prime Minister William Marlin explains leaving Parliament meeting early
Philipsburg — Prime Minister William Marlin said on Thursday afternoon that he had to suddenly leave the meeting of Parliament for an urgent meeting with the Governor, his Excellency drs Eugene Holiday. The More...
Why Paul Dijkhoffz and 2,800 others oppose the elections
PHILIPSBURG – More than 2,800 people signed Operation 51, an online petition against the parliamentary elections the government has called for January 8 of next year. the petition, launched by SXM Strong, picked More...
UP rejects election at this time, but full slate ready
Philipsburg – The board of the United People’s Party (UP) has condemned the call by the Prime Minister and Leader of the National Alliance, William Marlin, to call an election on January 8th, 2018. “An election More...
The Governor is bound to uphold the Constitution
Dear Editor, On November 3rd 2017, His Excellency Governor Eugene Holiday signed the national decree declaring that early elections would take place on January 8th, 2018. This was a very rash decision, seeing that More...
GoFundMe Donations Distributed to Divi Little Bay Beach Resort Employees
Campaign raises more than $50,000 for staff in St. Maarten affected by recent hurricanes LITTLE BAY — Divi Little Bay Beach Resort staff along with a local union representative gathered Monday, November 6, More...
Theo Heyliger: Governor Eugene Holiday has put politics above the people with his election decision
GREAT BAY — “All I can say is the Governor and, of course, the Prime Minister have put politics ahead of the suffering of the people. A new majority was formed in Parliament to break the impasse with the More...
A new period of uncertainty
By Hilbert Haar Here we go again folks. As Professor Arjen van Rijn wrote in a column this week: if the Parliament strikes, the Government has the right to strike back. And so, the Parliament sent the Marlin-government More...
Marlin about secret meetings: “DP was hell-bent on leaving coalition”
GREAT BAY – Months before Hurricane Irma devastated St. Maarten on September 6, there were already “secret meetings” with at least two Members of Parliament. The Democratic Party was hell-bent on leaving More...
Majority heads for motion of no confidence
PHILIPSBURG – The new parliamentary majority of eight is heading for a motion of no confidence against the government led by Prime Minister William Marlin. It’s not a done deal yet, because Wednesday’s meeting More...
WHY IS GOVERNMENT STILL STALLING?
PHILIPSBURG – It is with deep concern and mounting frustration that the St. Maarten Hospitality & Trade Association (SHTA) is witnessing our Government’s ongoing reluctance to engage in a cooperative More...
