Smith: MP Frans Richardson the only one who apologized
PHILIPSBURG — During last Thursday’s public meeting of Parliament, the Chair of Parliament, William Marlin, requested Deputy Prime Minister, Wycliffe Smith, to leave and get the written answers to the questions More...
Sarah: Financing reconstruction PJIA Airport can not be revoked
PHILIPSBURG — “World Bank/EIB financing for the reconstruction of the Princess Juliana International Airport can not be revoked – despite attempts to thwart the process and put our livelihood More...
No sense of urgency
By Hilbert Haar Membership of parliament is supposed to be a full time job and our fifteen parliamentarians are handsomely paid for it. Yet, according to a proposal submitted by MPs Rolando Brison, Christophe Emmanuel More...
Opposition prevents substitute James from entering parliament
PHILIPSBURG — The opposition benches remained empty on Monday morning when parliament was supposed to examine the credentials of substitute MP Jules James. Due to a lack of quorum, the meeting could not take More...
New hospital-tender a real possibility
PHILIPSBURG – A new tender for the construction of St. Maarten’s General Hospital is a real possibility it appeared during Monday’s meeting of Parliament about the financing of this prestigious project. More...
MP Brison: “Chair of Parliament seems to use her ‘prerogative’ just at a whim”
Philipsburg — Parliament held two continuation meetings regarding the repercussions of the verdict by the European Court of Human Rights in the Corallo case for the country St. Maarten and the Ministry of More...
WIB took loss of 6 million on hurricane relief
PHILIPSBURG – The Windward Islands Bank has taken a loss of 6 million guilders on the grace period it extended after Hurricane Irma to private clients, WIB-director Derek Downes, chairman of the Bankers Association, More...
