In support of our independent media
By Hilbert Haar The Rotary Club Mid-Isle invited me to join in for a club meeting last Tuesday at Wasabi Charley in Simpson Bay. After having turned down quite some previous invitations due to conflicting work More...
Post Office workers marched to Government Administration Building
PHILIPSBURG – Employees of the Post Office marched to the government administration building on Monday morning in an attempt to get government support for the payment of their November salaries. The chairman More...
Saba Library Donation Drive in aid of the Philipsburg Jubilee Library
~ Queen Wilhelmina Library Donation Drive in aid of the Philipsburg Jubilee Library ~ PHILIPSBURG — The Philipsburg Jubilee Library is pleased to announce it has received $900 from Saba’s Queen Wilhelmina Library. Saba’s More...
USp board: Chanel received ample support and guidance
GREAT BAY — The board of the United St. Maarten (US) party said it is very disappointed in MP Chanel Brownbill for the decision he took despite having stood by him through everything and involved him in even More...
University of St. Martin (USM) to close doors in November if it does not get Government financial support
POND ISLAND — Yesterday the Board of the USM sent a letter to the Honourable Minister of Education Culture Youth & Sports, Ms. Silveria Jacobs, informing her that if the government of Sint Maarten does More...
Badly understood
The United St. Maarten party stands by its arrested MP Chanel Brownbill, the board says in a press statement. That is on a certain level commendable – you don’t drop your friends when they get into trouble. But More...
Interesting dilemma
Insel Air’s financial troubles pose an interesting dilemma for the government in Curacao. It does not want the airline to go bust because it is considered too important for the island in terms of the economy, More...