Quality Sweepers questions result solid waste tender
PHILIPSBURG – Cleaning company Quality Sweepers and Maintenance (QSM) has filed a complaint with the Ombudsman against the result of the public Solid Waste tender 2021-2026, claiming that the Ministry of More...
Knops hints at termination of liquidity support
PHILIPSBURG — State Secretary Raymond Knops (Kingdom Relations) has confirmed in a letter to Prime Minister Silveria Jacobs what was already clear: the Parliament has put continued liquidity support at risk More...
Emmanuel: Prime Minister must explain her position on petition
PHILIPSBURG — Independent Member of Parliament Christophe Emmanuel on Wednesday said that Prime Minister Silveria Jacobs must explain her position on the petition submitted to the United Nations and added More...
Emmanuel: Government willfully stalling by postponing COHO meeting again
PHILIPSBURG — With a second postponement of the Central Committee meeting to discuss the Caribbean Organization for Reform and Development (COHO), Independent Member Of Parliament Christophe Emmanuel has More...
Government cancels Carnival and Regatta
PHILIPSBURG — After an initial go-ahead for the planning of this year’s Carnival, the Council of Ministers decided in its meeting of Monday, January 26, to cancel the event. The Heineken Regatta is also More...
Man of the Year: Claude ‘Chacho’ Peterson
PHILIPSBURG — While elected politicians wasted their time on lost battles he kept his eye on the ball all the time. He created Facebook government (FBGov) and described the sources for his always accurate More...
Invest in monuments
Government should invest in monuments. It is the perfect investment for Country Sint Maarten. Monuments were back front and center in last week’s Parliament’s meeting when Minister of Culture, Drs. More...
Gracita: Now it not the time to demand 12,5% civil servant’s cut
“PRINCIPLE OF EQUAL TREATMENT VIOLATED” Philipsburg, November 19. 2020. Gracita Arrindell said: the billion dollar question facing government and our citizens More...
Stop Government Phone Abuse
Dear Editor, People need to be made seriously and individually accountable. It must hurt them ultimately in their own pocket if they so wish to abuse the phone system at their place of work. Read: Unpaid Advice: More...
Unpaid Advice: How Government Can Cut Phone Costs
PHILIPSBURG — “St Maarten’s Government Crazy Phone Bills” is the headline heading up an article on the website of our colleague in the media business, Mervin Hanley of THG News Today. That More...
