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Equal crime, equal punishment
By Hilbert Haar Everyone in Sint Maarten shall be treated equally in equivalent circumstances. Discrimination on grounds of religion, belief, political persuasion, race, colour of skin, sex, language, national or More...
The Importance of the “Debate” between Lebron James and Kevin Durant against Laura Ingram in the Context of The Great Political Question
Dear Editor, Two weeks before the NBA All-Star Game which took place last February a storm without peer broke loose in the basketball world and arguably also in the larger field of international sports and such More...
A visitor’s guide to St. Maarten; locals may want to read this too
Dear Visitor, It’s that time of the year again and I must say boy, is it interesting! They have become more creative but if you have a good collection of their words you will find out that they all basically say More...
Sick and Tired
I’ve lived on this island my entire life. Sint Maarten is the only place I call home. From attending school, being a “good” Methodist, exploring different beaches, watching and admiring the hills, hearing More...
Bravo minister
Seldom do we hear a minister so outspoken – and also so angry – about an issue that touches the core of our community. Minister Silveria Jacobs went all out on Wednesday against the vulgarities that marred the More...
Consenting adults
The prosecutor’s office is coming down hard on the suspects in the Casablanca human trafficking case with an 8-year prison sentence demand for the company’s director. It is certainly another wake up call for More...
Guadeloupe and Wolthuis rethink multiculturalism
GREAT BAY – Dr. Francio Guadeloupe and Drs. Erwin Wolthuis, respectively the president of the University of St. Martin and the division head of its hospitality program, have written a theoretical essay on More...
The cult of transparency
Dear Editor, As is the case in the wider world, here on St. Martin too, transparency has become a hip hip hurray word; a feel good word; a word without spot or blemish. Few question how they came to love this word More...
Supermarket has to keep paying fired employee
GREAT BAY –Supermarket Le Grand Marché has to keep paying an employee it fired on the spot on July 11 her salary until the labor relationship has legally ended. The employee, D.H., worked as a produce handler More...
North Korea in the Caribbean
The ‘I from Here’ mantra got a new lease on life during a broadcast of Billy D’s radio program last week when United People’s party MP Franklin Meyers tore into migrants, saying that they should not come More...
