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Pointe Blanche prison remains a major headache
PHILIPSBURG – Inmates at the Pointe Blanche prison have finally had enough. A group of 37 inmates is going to court on Friday, March 20, in an attempt to force the authorities to relocate them to prison facilities More...
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The pros and cons of US Pre-clearance – Part 3
Part 3 in a multi-part series about US Pre-Clearance for St. Maarten and the SXM Airport. Read the nuts and bolts of pre-clearance and what it will take to make things happen in this third installment. A review. LOGIN More...
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The nuts and bolts of US Pre-clearance for St. Maarten – Part 2
Part 2 in a multi-part series about US Pre-Clearance for St. Maarten and the SXM Airport. Read what exactly is pre-clearance and what it involves in this second installment. A review. LOGIN TO READ MORE... THIS More...
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CBCS Annual Report review: Decline in official reserves (Part 3)
Sound policy response needed WILLEMSTAD/PHILIPSBURG – “The deepening current account deficit of the balance of payments of the monetary union and gradual slippage in the gross official reserves require a sound More...
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CBCS Annual Report review: Curaçao and Sint Maarten economies contract (Part 2)
Circumstances challenging in 2018 WILLEMSTAD/PHILIPSBURG – “The economic circumstances in the monetary union remained challenging in 2018 with both Curaçao and Sint Maarten recording a contraction,” Centrale More...
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CBCS Annual Report review: Central Bank on balanced budget rule (Part 1)
Consolidation is crucial at a calibrated pace WILLEMSTAD/PHILIPSBURG – Acting president of the Centrale Bank van Curaçao en Sint Maarten Bob Traa stated in the Bank’s 2018 Annual Report that one of the challenges More...
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MP Rolando Brison refutes legal review of his inquiry-proposal by Dutch attorney
PHILIPSBURG – In response to the criticism expressed by Dutch attorney Wim van Sambeek in an article titled “Mullet Bay Parliamentary Inquiry-proposal fully misses the point”, member of Parliament Rolando More...
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“Inquiry-proposal fully misses the point” says Dutch civil law attorney
PHILIPSBURG – There is no justification for spending half a million guilders on a parliamentary inquiry into Mullet Bay of which the outcome will be that the beach is public. That is the opinion of civil law More...
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A thoughtful expose
By Hilbert Haar Running a country is not a profitable business. If the Netherlands, or St. Maarten or Curacao for that matter, had been private sector businesses they would have had to close their doors a long time More...
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Review Kreative Juices Catering Pre-St. Maarten Day Breakfast
Today, Friday, November 9, 2018, as a pre-St. Maarten Day gift, a complimentary container filled with a delicious and tasty breakfast combo consisting of two johnny cakes, a croissant, saltfish, boiled egg, tuna, More...