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Tag archive for ‘Hilbert Haar’
By The Publisher On Saturday, November 9th, 2024
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The future of Mullet Bay

By Hilbert Haar Once upon a time, former parliamentarian Rolando Brison wanted to “give Mullet Bay back to the people.” Nothing of the sort happened, of course, and now its rightful owner Sun Resorts has decided More...

By The Publisher On Thursday, August 29th, 2024
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Success factors in business

Success factors By Hilbert Haar The idea to establish a support fund for struggling local businesses sounds sympathetic and I agree that businesses that have trouble making ends meet through no fault of their own More...

By The Publisher On Monday, July 15th, 2024
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Power of the people

By Hilbert Haar Something stuck in my mind about the address of attorney David Comissiong at the Governor’s Symposium about the Trans-Atlantic slave trade. Related article: Comissiong makes strong case for slave More...

By The Publisher On Wednesday, June 26th, 2024
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The real problem

By Hilbert Haar Plans to help St. Maarten move forward in a positive direction are wonderful, unless those plans are at odds with reality, or if those plans go in the opposite direction of other plans. I remember More...

By The Publisher On Saturday, June 1st, 2024
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A firm beating

By Hilbert Haar There are two reasons for putting an inmate at the Pointe Blanche prison in an isolation cell: because of serious misbehavior or for his (or her) own protection. Currently we do not know which one More...

By The Publisher On Sunday, May 26th, 2024
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Legislative Oversight

By Hilbert Haar An unintentional failure to notice or do something. That is, according to the Oxford dictionary, the definition of the term oversight. The current discrepancies between Article 59 of the Constitution More...

By The Publisher On Tuesday, May 21st, 2024
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(In)stability

By Hilbert Haar Back in the day, I do not exactly remember the year, the Democratic Party came up with a lofty election slogan: Country above self. This may seem logical to well-meaning citizens but it is badly More...

Pirate cartoon
By The Publisher On Thursday, May 9th, 2024
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The Pirate Society

By Hilbert Haar My publisher Terrance Rey posed the question whether we can be both a socialist and a capitalist country. Interesting question. American politicians tend to use socialism as a derogatory term, accusing More...

By The Publisher On Wednesday, February 21st, 2024
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Laughing all the way to the bank

By Hilbert Haar Much has been said but little has been done about the generous pension plans for politicians who miss the cut during an election – and it is costing the country, and by extension the tax payers, More...

News Cafe with Hilbert Haar
By The Publisher On Friday, February 16th, 2024
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The art of critical thinking

By Hilbert Haar Is it the role of the media to educate as some politicians seem to think? I strongly disagree with that idea. Schools educate. Parents, if you’re lucky, educate as well. Serious news media inform. Back More...