Robo-calls
By Hilbert Haar I’m still not sure whether the guerilla warfare that is currently underway to convince voters to choose a particular party on February 26 is because of Hurricane Irma our political parties do not More...
A serious Plan B
By Hilbert Haar The St. Maarten Christian Party was the first to present its political manifesto on Thursday and the document contains some interesting points. I’m going to focus on one hot potato: the salaries More...
Trampling the Constitution
By Hilbert Haar The erection of those blue party flags of Frans Richardson’s United St. Maarten party on the Harold Jack Hill are not the only indication that there are elections around the corner. There was also More...
Generous unemployment scheme
By Hilbert Haar The call by MP Sarah Wescot-Williams to immediately put a stop to the payment of political pensions to ousted ministers and members of Parliament comes at a curious moment. It’s election time, More...
Astonishing donation
By Hilbert Haar Did anybody wonder about the astonishing donation of $46,694 the Jump Up Casino made to the Rotary Club and the Lions Club? I’m not questioning the gesture – on the contrary – but I was blown More...
Security guards
By Hilbert Haar I don’t know how many people have noticed – and started wondering about – the additional function that several stores have bestowed upon their security guards. I certainly did; More...
Discrepancies
by Hilbert Haar Holding elections is a seemingly simple affair. You establish a party, if you have them you put the maximum of 23 candidates on your list and you are good to go. But during every election we see More...
Missing manifestos
By Hilbert Haar With around forty days left until February 26, six political parties are gearing up for the elections nobody wanted on February 26. We know who they are: the United Democrats (UD – Theo Heyliger More...
Ship jumper PM
By Hilbert Haar The interim government that will take office on Monday is, as some may agree with me, a curious bunch. For the first time in its history, the country will have a ship jumper in the seat of the prime More...
Constitutional violations
By Hilbert Haar Much has been said and written about the violation of constitutional rules related to the upcoming elections. Those violations have occurred because our lawmakers got lost in the way they have established More...
