Mullet Bay once again takes center stage
No one on St. Maarten, living and working on the island in the 70s and 80s, was not affected by Mullet Bay in one form or another. Every family had at least one or more relatives that worked at Mullet Bay. Many More...
Explosion of corona-infections: Curacao and The Bahamas take action
PHILIPSBURG – Despite the official figures published, the latest reports indicate that there are now 35 active corona-infections on St. Maarten – and the number keeps trending upwards. Epidemiologist Izzy Gerstenbluth More...
Knops issues tight deadlines for liquidity support conditions
PHILIPSBURG – Government and Parliament will have their hands more than full in the next couple of weeks now that State Secretary Drs. Raymond Knops has released the detailed conditions for continued liquidity More...
Knops: “We need to take measures to safeguard autonomy”
THE HAGUE -- The meeting of the Kingdom Council of Ministers did not result in any decisions about the establishment of the consensus Kingdom law Caribbean Reform Entity (CRE). State Secretary Knops made clear More...
Caribbean Reform Entity has 59 measures in mind
PHILIPSBURG – The Caribbean Reform Entity (CRE) the Kingdom wants to establish in the face of fierce resistance from St. Maarten, Curacao and Aruba, wants to implement 59 measures in areas that cover government More...
Court orders Schotte to repay Curacao
WILLEMSTAD – Former Prime Minister Gerrit Schotte has to pay 1,844,190 guilders ($1,030,274) to the government of Curacao, the Common Court of Justice ruled on Tuesday. The ruling confirms a decision by the Court More...
New conditions for liquidity support are still unclear
THE HAGUE – St. Maarten, Curacao and Aruba are quite prepared to implement reforms, but not as fast as the Dutch government demands, the NOS reports. The tempo the Netherlands demands in exchange for assistance More...
Orkaan COVID-19
door John Leerdam Er zijn orkanen en er zijn orkanen. Er zijn orkanen zoals Irma, en er is een orkaan zoals Covid-19 die wereldwijd economieën heeft verwoest. Kwetsbare economieën zoals die op Curaçao worden More...
20 mei 2020 leidde tot verbittering bij Aruba, Curacao en Sint Maarten
door John Leerdam Staatssecretaris Raymond Knops heeft de buit binnen. Hij kan tevreden zijn. Alle drie de regeringen van de overzeese Koninkrijksdelen Aruba, Sint Maarten en Curaçao dus, zijn akkoord gegaan met More...
Regeringen Aruba, Curaçao en Sint Maarten moeten armoedebeleid ontwikkelen
door John Leerdam Het hing in de lucht. Op donderdag 14 mei jongstleden haalde aan de vooravond van de Rijksministerraad de Curaçaose minister-president uit naar Nederland. Hij vond dat hij werd behandeld als loopjongen More...
