fbpx
Tag archive for ‘Opinion’
By The Publisher On Tuesday, October 15th, 2024
0 Comments

Local Shareholders Will Be Winair’s Best Customers!

~ Unpaid Advice to Government About Winair From Local Aviation and Travel Specialist, Terrance Rey ~ The recent acquisition of Winair’s third ATR42-500 aircraft marks a milestone in the airline’s growth More...

By The Publisher On Sunday, February 26th, 2023
0 Comments

Slightly insane

By Hilbert Haar I have more than once expressed my amazement about the huge number of tax warrants our tax inspectorate issues on a regular basis. Hundreds of them and they all have one characteristic in common: More...

By The Publisher On Saturday, December 10th, 2022
0 Comments

Be careful what you wish for

By Hilbert Haar Independence. That term has been doing the rounds among politicians and among civil proponents of it like José Lake Jr. for a very, very long time. And now independent MP Grisha Heyliger-Marten More...

By The Publisher On Saturday, December 10th, 2022
0 Comments

MP Heyliger-Marten calls for independence

PHILIPSBURG – “The only realistic alternative to remaining in this dysfunctional Kingdom relationship is for the relationship to be terminated,” independent MP Grisha Heyliger-Marten stated in an opinion More...

By The Publisher On Monday, December 5th, 2022
0 Comments

Don’t come back, or how did you get that job again?

Dear Editor, Students who go away to study are doing so for particular reasons, whether they know or not the ranking of the reasoning. But what guarantees do students have of a different life from those who came More...

By The Publisher On Saturday, October 29th, 2022
0 Comments

A star is born

By Hilbert Haar MP Grisha Heyliger-Marten dealt a quick blow to her political adversaries after she was voted out of her position as chairlady of parliament. She cut all ties with the United People’s party (UP), More...

By The Publisher On Tuesday, October 25th, 2022
0 Comments

Village politics

By Hilbert Haar With the Silveria Jacobs government teetering on the brink of collapse, the question arises why governments apparently fall so easily in St. Maarten. The short answer is: village politics. Our little More...

By The Publisher On Tuesday, October 18th, 2022
0 Comments

How MP Brison orchestrated his own downfall

By Hilbert Haar Democracy at its finest. That is how my publisher Terrance Rey describes the outcome of what was basically a vote of no confidence against the chairlady of parliament, Grisha Heyliger-Marten. I More...

By The Publisher On Saturday, October 15th, 2022
0 Comments

Quality journalism

By Hilbert Haar It is official. The government has published its house rules and procedures for the live Council of Ministers press briefing as well as its media accreditation policy in the National Gazette of More...

By The Publisher On Tuesday, March 29th, 2022
0 Comments

A questionable history

By Hilbert Haar Politicians are not exactly role models. This statement is true for most politicians but obviously not for all of them. In St. Maarten even King Beau Beau is wondering who will be locked up next. More...