It’s official: Elections on January 11, 2024
PHILIPSBURG — It’s official: parliamentary elections will take place on January 11, 2024, and parties will have to submit their lists of candidates on November 22. The government published the national More...
The far-reaching consequences of the state of emergency
PHILIPSBURG – The state of emergency has far-reaching consequences for the civil rights of St. Maarten’s inhabitants. The national decree that declared the state of emergency refers rather casually to article More...
CCSU approves new salary scales for the St. Maarten Police Department
Philipsburg — On Friday, December 20, 2019, the Members of the Committee of Civil Servants Union (CCSU) received a request, from the Honorable Minister of Justice, to approve the proposed amendments to the National More...
A culture of fear and sabotage
PHILIPSBURG – The Cupecoy shadow government raises its ugly head in the national decree that invokes article 59 to dissolve parliament and in the address State Secretary Raymond Knops would have delivered to More...
Snap elections January 8, 2018
GREAT BAY — On Friday morning, November 3, 2017, Prime Minister William Marlin and Governor Drs Eugene Holiday signed the National Decree to dissolve Parliament and hold snap elections. The new Parliament More...