Why no new government yet?
by Wycliffe Smith “It’s already six weeks after the elections and still no government in place!” This is the comment, the cry or even the complaint one hears from people who are anxious to know what is going More...
The Formation of Parliament and Government (Part 2)
by Wycliffe Smith After one week of discussions with party leaders, MPs-elect, social partners and others, informateurs Mr. Jan Beaujon and Dr. Arduin will be submitting their findings to His Excellency, Governor More...
The Formation of Parliament and Government (Part 1)
by Wycliffe Smith On February 26th the people of Sint Maarten spoke by means of the ballot. They said that they do not trust one party with an outright majority and that they still prefer to have a national parliamentary More...
The key to integrity
By Hilbert Haar Politicians are always quick to suggest that ‘this’ elections is really important and every time I hear this I think really? Our politicians also like to talk about ‘the next four years,’ More...
Wycliffe Smith calls on people to come out and endorse the SMCP
Philipsburg — On Nomination Day, Friday, January 5th, the leader of the St. Maarten Christian Party (SMCP), Wycliffe Smith, during an interview recorded by StMaartenNews.com, called on the people of St. Maarten More...
Wycliffe Smith resigns from the USMF Board
Philipsburg — We received the following press release from Wycliffe Smith about his resignation from the USMF board with the request to dissemminate this news via our media platforms. Smith writes in his press More...
Sint Maarten Deserves a Stable Coalition Government
After the new interim UP/DP/Brownbill government is sworn in, Sint Maarten would have had seven coalition governments in seven years. This is an average of one government per year. If we also count the number of More...
Postponing elections is unconstitutional
Dear Editor, Many people are saying they are fed up and tired of elections and that they are not going out to vote. Since 2010 Sint Maarten has had three elections. In September 2010, August 2014, and September More...
Dramatic drop in revenue at USM
GREAT BAY – How to save the University of St. Martin (USM)? That was the central question during a meeting of the Central Committee of Parliament on Tuesday morning. The number of students has dropped from 299 More...
Parliament is to blame for delay in hurricane aid
While most people blame our honourable Prime Minister and the Government for delaying Dutch hurricane financial aid, the hold-up really lies with Parliament. The Prime Minister is only acting on a mandate, received More...
