DP and UP parties unified under one banner: United Democrats
Philipsburg — The leaders of the United People’s Party (UP) and the Democratic Party (DP) have unified under one banner and founded the United Democrats, a powerhouse political movement formed to take More...
UP rejects election at this time, but full slate ready
Philipsburg – The board of the United People’s Party (UP) has condemned the call by the Prime Minister and Leader of the National Alliance, William Marlin, to call an election on January 8th, 2018. “An election More...
Opposition
That the opposition UP opted to stay away from a meeting about the governing program is indeed weird and it serves no obvious purpose. Maybe the opposition is okay with the governing program, who knows? But it is More...
Vote buying trial from 2010 finally nears its conclusion
GREAT BAY – With the appeal hearing against the last two defendants the 2010 vote buying case is nearing its conclusion, but election fraud remains alive and kicking in St. Maarten. while the legal battle of the More...
UP submits all financials to the Electoral Council
GREAT BAY – The United People’s (UP) party submitted yesterday its full slate of candidate financials related to September 26 elections to the Electoral Council. Treasurer Earl Wyatt submitted the financials More...
Surprise coalition: NA joins forces with UP
GREAT BAY – The 5-5-3-2 result of the elections put fifteen parliamentarians in their seats early Tuesday morning. But the surprise agreement between the National Alliance and the United People’s party threw More...
Figment of the imagination
As we point out in our editorial today, the witch hunt UP-leader Theo Heyliger speaks about (see article on page 3) is a figment of his imagination. On one count the UP-leader is correct: the court acquitted the More...
Battered image
The United People’s party goes into the elections with a severely damaged reputation. That is not, as party-leader Theo Heyliger suggests, due to a so-called witch hunt by the prosecutor’s office but to the More...
