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Tag archive for ‘Politics’
By The Publisher On Sunday, January 14th, 2024
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The old normal

By Hilbert Haar Nothing surprises me anymore about politics in St. Maarten so the coalition-agreement the URSM signed with the DP, NOW and PFP did not come like a bat out of hell either. The four parties have eight More...

By The Publisher On Monday, April 17th, 2023
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“Politics is heavily involved in filling management positions at the Cadastre”

PHILIPSBURG — What is so secretive about the Cadastre that is warrants a closed-door meeting of parliament? StMaartenNews.com discussed this issue with an organizational consultant, who offered a blistering More...

By The Publisher On Saturday, October 8th, 2022
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Food for thought: how we choose our Potential Candidates

By Roberto Achken Richardson We need to see the realities as they are after being elected to the Parliament of Sint Maarten. Obtaining Seats after the outcome of any Election is primarily dependent on a Political More...

By The Publisher On Wednesday, September 21st, 2022
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Time to grow UP

Dear Editor, You will not meet a more nationalistic person than me. I bleed St. Maarten through and through. So when you hear me say that it’s time for the Dutch to step in, you know it’s serious. We have had More...

By Online Editor On Tuesday, November 26th, 2019
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Interactive Public Lecture on Understanding the Constitutional Structure of St. Maarten

PHILIPSBURG — Political Analyst and scholar of Comparative Government & Politics in collaboration with the University of Saint Martin (USM) kindly invite the general public (the youth and aspiring politicians, More...

By The Publisher On Sunday, September 29th, 2019
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A questionable motion

By Hilbert Haar Fake news will become the most popular game in town in the run-up to the November 25 elections. LOGIN TO READ MORE... THIS IS A PREMIUM ARTICLE. YOU NEED AT LEAST YEARLY SUBSCRIPTION TO ACCESS THIS More...

By Desk Editor On Saturday, June 23rd, 2018
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POLITICS NAVIGATING BETWEEN THE WAVES OF JUSTICE AND POWER

As the great value of education for every citizen, since last century, has been recognized by almost all governments in the world, such generally has resulted in better attention being given to elevate the quality More...

By The Publisher On Thursday, April 6th, 2017
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Pirates of Caribbean politics

The situation in Curacao is going from bad to worse after the election blooper of the interim cabinet led by Gerrit Schotte’s puppet Gilmar Pisas. Now the already convicted MFK-leader himself is once again in More...

By The Publisher On Tuesday, August 23rd, 2016
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Direct vs Indirect Taxes

All over the internet you come across the same statement: “In 1939 St. Maarten was declared a duty-free port”. Literally, every wiki site and encyclopedic source online about the history of St. Maarten More...