Helpless Parliamentarians
Hurricane Irma has exposed the truth about our parliamentary system. Our parliamentarians, for whom we voted directly, have no say. It has been more than a month, since the passing of the most devastating hurricane More...
Parliament dragging its feet on Hurricane Irma
The Parliament of Sint Maarten finally convened last Monday, September 25th, to be updated by the Minister of General Affairs, the Honorable William Marlin, on the passing of hurricane Irma. An update, after two More...
Glorified manifesto
Dear Editor, The long awaited governing program has finally been released under the name Solidarity for Prosperity. I commend the United Democratic Alliance (UDA), comprised of the NA, USP and DP factions, for More...
Parliamentary supervision
Dear Editor, Through its work, Transparency International (TI), a global organization, hopes to realize a world in which government, business, civil society and the daily lives of people will be free of corruption. More...
Urgency
You wouldn’t know that there is a new parliament in place if it weren’t for the activities of the one man who did not win a seat: Wycliffe Smith, leader of the extra-parliamentary Christian Party. Since the More...
Better prepared
Dear Editor, I must commend our parliamentarians for raising the budget debate in the Central Committee a notch higher this year. Compared to the debate on the 2016 budget, parliamentarians were better prepared More...
One month on the job
Dear Editor, By the end of November our Members of Parliament would have been on the job for one month and it is good to take a look at how well they have represented us during their first month in office. In the More...
Voting your conscience
Dear editor, After our new parliamentarians are sworn in they will be faced at some point during their tenure with having to vote their conscience. A careful look at Sint Maarten’s State Regulation, commonly called More...
