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Checkmate Security director released again
PHILIPSBURG – Checkmate Security director O’Neal A. was released from custody on Tuesday after he was arrested a week earlier on Wednesday as a suspect in the Squid-investigation. The director remains a suspect More...
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UP submits all financials to the Electoral Council
GREAT BAY – The United People’s (UP) party submitted yesterday its full slate of candidate financials related to September 26 elections to the Electoral Council. Treasurer Earl Wyatt submitted the financials More...
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No shocking differences after total recount
GREAT BAY – The total recount of the votes of the September 26 elections did not reveal any shocking differences with the preliminary outcome, or it must be that UP-candidate Tamara Leonard caught up with Jules More...
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Total recount underway
GREAT BAY – Watching grass grow is probably more exciting than sitting through a session of the Central Voting Bureau during a recount of all votes cast in the September 26 elections, but there was still some More...
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Total recount
Small changes can make a big difference. That at least, seems to be a serious possibility based on the first results of the total recount the Central Voting Bureau began yesterday. With just one vote separating More...
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Seven parties request total vote recount
GREAT BAY – The Democratic Party, the United St. Maarten party and the five parties that did not win a seat in last week’s elections have petitioned the Central Voting Bureau with a request for a total recount More...
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The 2016 elections: an overview
GREAT BAY – At the request of several readers we publish an overview of all the candidates that took part in last week Monday’s elections and the votes they won – from the highest vote getter (Theo Heyliger More...
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Elections Curacao postponed
WILLEMSTAD – The elections that were scheduled to take place today in Curacao have been postponed until Wednesday October 5 because of Tropical Storm Matthew that passes close by Curacao today, Elisa Koek reports More...
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The Emil Lee Effect
That Emil Lee has run an effective campaign, no one can deny. The results are there to prove it. I saw his video interviews on Facebook the weekend before election day and they were personable, informative and More...
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Surprise coalition: NA joins forces with UP
GREAT BAY – The 5-5-3-2 result of the elections put fifteen parliamentarians in their seats early Tuesday morning. But the surprise agreement between the National Alliance and the United People’s party threw More...