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Tag archive for ‘2016 elections’
By The Publisher On Wednesday, March 7th, 2018
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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...

By The Publisher On Thursday, October 20th, 2016
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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...

By The Publisher On Thursday, October 6th, 2016
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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...

By The Publisher On Tuesday, October 4th, 2016
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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...

By The Publisher On Tuesday, October 4th, 2016
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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...

By The Publisher On Tuesday, October 4th, 2016
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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...

By The Publisher On Tuesday, October 4th, 2016
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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...

By The Publisher On Sunday, October 2nd, 2016
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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...

By The Publisher On Thursday, September 29th, 2016
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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...

By The Publisher On Wednesday, September 28th, 2016
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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...