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St. Maarten News - Posted by on August 22, 2014

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Zebec sues Mingo for $100 million over stalled Harbor Village project

St. Maarten – Zebec Development NV filed a $100 million claim against the Harbor Group of Companies and its Chief Executive Officer Mark Mingo for breach of contract, the company stated in a press release. “While we regret having to resort to thi

St. Maarten News - Posted by on August 22, 2014

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Like four years ago – the results next Friday could be different: Today Newspaper poll gives UP majority of votes

St. Maarten – The votes are in, and boy, did Chippie-users grab the opportunity to make their political preference known. Today’s partner in this project, telecom provider UTS received no less than 1,269 text messages from Chippie-users who respo

St. Maarten News - Posted by on August 22, 2014

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St. Maarten’s justice Minister Richardson announces resistance to Kingdom Council of Ministers

St. Maarten – Justice Minister Dennis Richardson called on the Governments of Aruba and Curacao yesterday to join St. Maarten on its position not to execute any more decisions by the Kingdom Council of Ministers that violate the law. “The disc

Opinion - Posted by on August 22, 2014

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Elco Rosario: The state of our Nation of Law

Of the reactions to my article of last weekend published in Today under the heading  "Left Behind" the prevailing ones were: 1) government must immediately correct the great injustice caused to this young Sint Maarten student and 2) don’t co

Opinion - Posted by on August 22, 2014

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Opinion: Puff or pass? (Legalization of marijuana)

Any parliamentarian worth his or her salt will fight the legalization of marijuana tooth and nail. One of the responsibilities of a parliamentarian is to help uphold the constitution. (Case in point: Chapter 2,  Article 18 - 1. It shall be the

Opinion - Posted by on August 22, 2014

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Opinion: Mindful moments on emotional education

Mindfulness is tuning into your inside as you operate on the outside. It is the validating of your experience as you have it. It is acknowledging and accepting things as they are or noticing that you do not accept things as they are. Just imagine

Editorial - Posted by on August 22, 2014

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Editorial: St. Maarten Government embracing integrity report

That the government embraces the integrity report from the Wit-committee sounds like a piece of good news. If the government supports “99.9 percent” of the recommendations it feels like there is real change in the air. The way Prime Minister W