Sarah: Parliament requests investigation into “integrity of our passport system”
PHILIPSBURG — President of Parliament, Sarah Wescot-Williams, during the opening of the budget presentation on Monday morning, June 24, 2019, as a notification, informed Prime Minister Leona Romeo-Marlin More...
Kingdom imposes conditions for liquidity support
THE HAGUE — St. Maarten will only get liquidity support from the Netherlands in 2019 if it complies with several conditions the Kingdom Council of Ministers has put in place. “These conditions see – More...
What a disgrace
By Hilbert Haar In a moment of weakness and – I have to admit, bad judgment - I reacted on Facebook to a post about Member of Parliament Frans Richardson where he stated that two members of the anti-corruption More...
USP Board asks Justice Minister if he will investigate TBO theft
PHILIPSBURG — The board of the United St. Maarten (US) party is echoing the call by its leader MP Frans Richardson by publicly asking the Minister of Justice if he will investigate the theft of jewelry from More...
Frans: Dutch TBO officers stole and should have been arrested
PHILIPSBURG — Leader of the USP, MP Frans Richardson on Monday disclosed that two members of the TBO arresting team stole jewelry from Francesco Corallo during his arrest and the raid on his residence in December More...
Questions remain about MP-status Frans Richardson
PHILIPSBURG – “I do not share your opinion that Member of Parliament Frans Richardson’s letters of credence have been wrongly approved,” President of Parliament MP Sarah Wescot-Williams writes in a letter More...
Pride sends letter to Governor and Dutch Rep about dump fires
GREAT BAY — Sint Maarten Pride foundation board members Jadira Veen (president) and Barbara Cannegieter (secretary) sends a letter to his Excellency Eugene Holiday, Governor of Sint Maarten, and to the Dutch More...
State Secretary Knops to PM Marlin-Romeo: elections must go on
THE HAGUE/PHILIPSBURG — In a letter dated January 25 addressed to the Prime Minister of Sint Maarten, Leona Marlin-Romeo, Dutch State Secretary Raymond Knops turned down the request of the Sint Maarten Government More...
Emmanuel’s complaint against Minister Lee fizzles
PHILIPSBURG – Caretaker Vromi-Minister Christophe Emmanuel is scrambling for damage control after the Public Prosecutor’s Office issued a press release on Tuesday stating that there is no criminal investigation More...
Correction: prosecutor confirms Lee under investigation
POND ISLAND — In the article titled, “Prosecution confirms Lee under investigation”, published on January 9, 2018, it stated that Honorable Minister of VROMI, Christophe Emmanuel, filed a complaint against More...
