It’s their money at stake; not ours
One would wonder why Royal Schiphol Group (RSG) is making such a big stink about the airport. But one must remember, Schiphol is synonymous with The Netherlands which is part of the European Union. The $100 million More...
Kudos to Christophe Emmanuel: Pasanggrahan monument auction canceled
PHILIPSBURG — Member of Parliament Christophe Emmanuel was called “our hero” on Wednesday by the owners of the Passangrahan Royal Guest House for his public support for the property, a national More...
Heyliger-Marten: “Local lenders must show confidence in local businesses”
PHILIPSBURG — At a time when local and global economies are facing economic hardship and the US stock market is showing instability, Faction Leader for the United People’s Party in Parliament, the honourable More...
CBCS response to media reports regarding foreign exchange reserves
Willemstad/Philipsburg – The Centrale Bank van Curaçao en Sint Maarten (CBCS) has recommended the governments of Curaçao and Sint Maarten to invoke article 36 of the Charter for the Kingdom of the Netherlands More...
Governor Holiday receives final report from formateur S. Jacobs
Harbour View – On Saturday evening, November 16, 2019, the Governor of Sint Maarten, His Excellency Drs. E.B. Holiday received the final report from Formateur Ms. S. Jacobs. The Formateur has accepted the commission More...
MP Peterson to present motion to break the impasse on PJIA financing
GREAT BAY — On Sunday, November 03, 2019, MP Claude “Chacho” Peterson issued the following press release. As announced in my press release of October 28, 2019, I posed 4 questions to the caretaker Minister More...
MP Claude ‘Chacho’ Peterson requests meeting to be convened with State Secretary Knops
PHILIPSBURG — On Tuesday, September 17, 2019, SMCP Member of Parliament Claude ‘Chacho’ Peterson submitted a letter to Parliament requesting, through the Prime Minister Leona Romeo Marlin, that More...
Time to Objectively Evaluate World Bank Program and Bottlenecks, says President of Parliament Wescot-Williams
Philipsburg, St. Maarten, February 4, 2019 – Amidst reports of accomplishments by the Government of St. Maarten as far as the Trust Fund is concerned, the debate continues as to the speed or lack there-of in More...
This does not add up
By Hilbert Haar Oh, oh, St. Maarten managed to generate some bad publicity again and the attempts by Prime Minister Leona Romeo-Marlin to explain herself do not come across as utterly convincing. The story is this More...
Brison: New hospital construction firm INSO facing potential bankruptcy of parent company
Philipsburg — Ferfina S.P.A Group, the parent company of INSO, the construction company contracted to build the new hospital on St. Maarten, has allegedly amassed over US $833 million in debt with an apparent More...
