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State Secretary Knops: “Fight against poverty is the responsibility of St. Maarten”
THE HAGUE — State Secretary Raymond Knops (Kingdom Relations) resolutely dismisses the notion that financial support for the inhabitants of St. Maarten is a form of suppression, racism and colonialism, as More...
The answer is clear: Parliament opposes conditions for liquidity support
PHILIPSBURG — The Choharis-petition to the special rapporteur of the United Nations has drawn widespread criticism, but the backers of this initiative – eleven of the fifteen members of Parliament – More...
Time for transparency
By Hilbert Haar The Pro Soualiga Foundation does not have its own agenda, or so it claims in an email to StMaartenNews.com. I have a different impression: the foundation is pushing an agenda that aims to finalize More...
Pro Soualiga response to StMaartenNews.com review article
Dear Editor, Please find a reply to your article entitled “Pro Soualiga Twists old study to fit its agenda“ Firstly, Pro Soualiga does not have its own agenda. Pro Soualiga is merely stating what the More...
Inter-Parliamentary Kingdom Consultation off to a harmonious start
PHILIPSBURG — On the first day of the virtual Inter-Parliamentary Kingdom Consultation (IPKO), chaired by Aruba’s MP Ady Thijsen, representatives of Aruba and Curacao expressed their willingness for cooperation More...
“Decolonization was completed in 1955”
PHILIPSBURG – The Parliamentary Committee for Constitutional Affairs and Decolonization has lost most of its luster already before its first meeting, given the Dutch government’s reply to a lawsuit filed by More...
Pro Soualiga: A People Under Authority Cannot Exercise Genuine Free Will
Dear Editor, More than fifty years after gaining independence in 1968, Mauritius, an island nation located in the Indian Ocean, was not fully decolonized according to The International Court of Justice (ICJ). More...
“Without regard to persons,” they claim.
By A Contributor The predominantly Dutch European Judiciary and Public Prosecution Service consistently claim that adjudication and prosecution takes place without regard to persons (‘zonder aanziens des More...
Parliament torpedoes its own committee before it even gets to work
~ Statements by MP André Bosman have now become our frame of reference ~ PHILIPSBURG – With all the pressing matters before us, such as the financial position of Government, the state of our Government agencies More...
The trouble with reparations
By Hilbert Haar Before anyone wants to hold it against me, let me say this: I support the notion that slavery was wrong for one hundred percent. We may however have different opinions about who was responsible for More...
