USP: Government broke itself, face-saving election unnecessary
PHILIPSBURG — The board of the United St. Maarten Party (USP) on Monday asked the population of St. Maarten to be keenly aware of one simple fact: government broke government. The party board responded to More...
Ipko positive about structural election observation
PHILIPSBURG – All four delegations taking part in the Inter-Parliamentary Kingdom Consultation (Ipko) reacted positively to a proposal by VVD parliamentarian André Bosman to establish structural election More...
St. Maarten Guyanese Association elects new board
GUYANESE ST. MAARTEN/ST. MARTIN ASSOCIATION ELECTS A NEW BOARD By Andrew Bishop GREAT BAY — The Guyanese St. Maarten/St. Martin Association has elected Velda Blackett, a teacher at the St. Maarten Academy, More...
Guyanese Association Postpones Elections for New Board
PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten (August 28, 2018) – The St. Maarten Guyanese Association (SMGA) last evening was forced to postpone its election for a new executive board after Chamber of Commerce representative Ms. More...
Election Cay Bay Community Council
CAY BAY — The Cay Bay Community Care Taker Team is extending an invitation to all residence of Cay Bay to a General Meeting where the members of the Community that postulated themselves for a position on More...
The day after
Theo Heyliger is once again the highest vote-getter in the country. He is the only person to earn his seat outright with 1289 votes. The threshold was 903 votes to get your own seat. The only other candidate to More...
Governor Holiday holds consultations regarding the election results
Harbour View – On February 27, 2018, the Governor of Sint Maarten, His Excellency drs. E.B. Holiday started consultations regarding the results of the February 26, 2018, elections. The Governor, is meeting with More...
The election that nobody wanted is here
PHILIPSBURG – The elections that nobody wanted will take place on Monday in St. Maarten and for the first time ever there does not seem to be a lot of election fever. The election campaign has been limited More...
Instability is here to stay
By Hilbert Haar More than once, during the more than ten years I have lived and worked in St. Maarten, I have wondered about the sanity of our politicians. The idea that politicians could have the same thoughts More...
Election campaign without billboards but with unrealistic promises
PHILIPSBURG – These are probably the first elections in a long, long time without huge political billboards all over the island. Whether this is because parties fear a backlash from voters if they dare spending More...
