
Central Bank counters complaints by Ennia’s supervisory board
PHILIPSBURG – The Central Bank of Curacao and St. Maarten (CBCS) is not happy with a letter Faroe Metry, president of the supervisory board of insurance company Ennia’s operating units, wrote. The Central Bank More...

PM Smith responds to query by MP Marlin
PHILIPSBURG — In a recent media publication President of Parliament, MP William Marlin, queried whether the Council of Ministers voted on former Prime Minister Leona Marlin representing the island as a “Private More...

Let Our Environment Not be an Afterthought During our Crises
Dear Editor, I am no longer a resident of Sint Maarten; I now live on Bonaire. But I am a born and bred St. Maarten man and although I am not physically there, my spirit and my navel string still are. So seeing More...

Questions to Minister Wever
~ Why has the acting Head of Domain Affairs been stripped of his duties? ~ PHILIPSBURG — This letter has appeared on social media. Assuming that it is a legitimate letter, the immediate question would More...

MP Meyers goes independent; fate of two ministers in his hands
PHILIPSBURG — MP Franklin Meyers has declared himself an independent member of Parliament. A copy of his signed letter to the president of Parliament has not reached our news desk as yet. However, sources More...

Johnson links MP Richardson to BTP
PHILIPSBURG – Minister of Tourism and Economic Affairs Stuart Johnson admits in veiled terms in a letter to attorney Sjamira Roseburg that Member of Parliament Frans Richardson is in some way involved with the More...

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...