CCSU members files official complaint against Government of St. Maarten
GREAT BAY — The members of the Committee of Civil Servants Unions (CCSU), known in Dutch as the GOA, filed an official complaint with the Ombudsman against the Government of St. Maarten on Friday August 21, More...
Pettifoggery
By Hilbert Haar If I understand the letter from Prime Minister Silveria Jacobs to Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte correctly she prefers to have discussions with her “colleague” Rutte or with the Minister of More...
Racial discrimination
By Hilbert Haar There is something to be said in favor of the approach the labor unions have chosen to put up a fight against the inevitable cuts in labor conditions the kingdom demands in exchange for continued More...
Unions file complaint against salary cuts
PHILIPSBURG – The Windward Islands Chamber of Labor Unions (WICLU) has filed a complaint with the Attorney General about what it labels as “punishable acts of racial discrimination, embezzlement and theft.” More...
Complaint about SXM Airport
Dear Editor StMaartenNews.com, My wife and I have visited St. Maarten to vacation (at least once each year) for more than 23 years. We love the island and even visited in December 2017 to show our support and make More...
Nurses criticized for treating gun shot patient badly
ST. PETERS — “It is a good thing that there is a hospital on the French Side of the island or else my parents would have been making arrangements or my funeral,” said Shawn Odonoghue, who was shot following More...
Ombudsman starts Systemic Investigation regarding PJIAE’s procurement process
Philipsburg — The Ombudsman, Dr. Nilda Arduin, has started a systemic investigation at the level of the functionally responsible Minister, into the procurement process/Procurement Management Policy of Princess More...
Actions
Ok, let’s recap this issue as succinctly as possible for readers. First there was some written action resulting in a letter. Then there was some oral action on the radio about the letter being actionable. This More...
Curious
By Hilbert Haar Vromi-Minister Christophe Emmanuel has made a curious turn in his battle with his fellow-Minister of Public Health, Social Development and Labor Emil Lee. In December there was an interesting publication More...
Emmanuel’s complaint against Minister Lee fizzles
PHILIPSBURG – Caretaker Vromi-Minister Christophe Emmanuel is scrambling for damage control after the Public Prosecutor’s Office issued a press release on Tuesday stating that there is no criminal investigation More...
