Integrity Chamber: a work in progress
By Hilbert Haar Part 2 about the circumstances surrounding the establishment of the Integrity Chamber on St. Maarten. In part 1 we reviewed the history leading up to the establishment of the Integrity Chamber on More...
Geerlings offers payment plan on unpaid taxes to ease the pressure on businesses
PHILIPSBURG — Times are still “tough for everyone” and in recognition of this reality, Finance Minister, the Honourable Perry Geerlings, has decided to offer an extension of the deadline for payment of More...
Kingdom puts pressure on deadline for 2018 budget
PHILIPSBURG – The Central Committee meeting about the 2018 budget continues on Thursday morning at 10 a.m. under pressure of a deadline set by State Secretary Raymond Knops who demanded on Wednesday morning an More...
Prime Minister Marlin steps down
PHILIPSBURG- Prime Minister William Marlin stepped down on Friday afternoon, shortly after the Kingdom Council of Ministers had issued an instruction to Governor Holiday “to promote that the Prime Minister of More...
Tactical mistake
Where does St. Maarten stand with its intention to appeal the kingdom instruction about the Integrity Chamber? Not even on shaky grounds, because as things stand today, St. Maarten – and Aruba and Curacao as well More...
Integrity Chamber within a couple of months
THE HAGUE – The Netherlands is going to force St. Maarten to establish an Integrity Chamber within the next couple of months, John Samson reports on Caribisch Netwerk. This independent institute has to tackle More...
Shoddy mess
Did we have it coming? The decision by the Kingdom Council of Ministers to force the Integrity Chamber upon St. Maarten cannot come as a surprise to anybody. Let’s not talk about fair, because that is a kids’ More...
