St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on September 11, 2014
St. Maarten – The article this newspaper published last Saturday about St. Maarten’s national energy policy has triggered questions in the Dutch Parliament from VVD-MP André Bosman and PvdA-MP Roelof van Laar. Articles about the energy policy al
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on September 11, 2014
Court describes defendant as “rotten apple in the basket” St. Maarten – “There is no doubt that several employees of the company Swissport Cargo Services in Curacao, the airport police in Curacao and / or the customs in Curacao and St. Maa
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on September 11, 2014
St. Maarten – The College financieel toezicht (Cft) said yesterday in a press release that the execution of the 2014 budget is running its course on both Curaçao and Sint Maarten. “If the countries continue on this path, their budgets will stay
A Member of Parliament who leaves his faction or who is kicked out of his faction can keep his or her seat. This is the opening line in a brochure of the Dutch government entitled “Van abdicatie tot zetelroof” (From abdication to seat robbery).
What do you do with a teenager who denies every responsibility for anything he does? Apparently, the parents of the young man who was in court yesterday did not have the right answer – otherwise he would not have been in court in the first place.
The opening of the parliamentary year is not for nothing announced as a solemn affair. It is, after all, one of those events on the calendar that pays tribute to the constitutional democracy we all value. The prime servants of this system, our minist
Uncategorized - Posted by admin on September 11, 2014
The Cft recently published its report on the financial state of affairs for both Curacao and St. Maarten and there are positive developments in both countries that are worth applauding, while imparting wise words of caution. The good news is that
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on September 10, 2014
St. Maarten—Industrial action against Little Switzerland is currently being contemplated by the Windward Islands Federation Of Labor (WIFOL) over what the union views as stalling tactics in negotiating the terms of a Collective Labor Agreement (CLA
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on September 10, 2014
St. Maarten (DCOMM) – Minister of Justice Dennis Richardson met recently with the Inmates Association at the prison in Pointe Blanche. The prison director, social workers, and a representative of the Penitentiary Supervisory Committee (Commissie v
Not an outline of the government’s agenda for the coming year, but a focus on policy challenges and opportunities. That was, by necessity, the focus of the governor’s address at the opening of the parliamentary year. This way, the address rema
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on September 10, 2014
St. Maarten – Ravel’s Bolero was once more floating through the parliament building yesterday morning ahead of the official opening of the parliamentary year 2014-2015. What stood out apart from the music was the absence of United People’s par
Ed Gumbs walked into our office yesterday afternoon to react to our opinion headlined The root cause of all trouble. Gumbs maintains that parliament seats won belong to the party, we disagree – and we still do. Gumbs bases his argument on articl
Election results never make everybody happy. The UP’s victory turned to nothing real quick, when the other three parties signed an agreement before the sun came up on Saturday, August 30. But in politics like in life – it is what it is. One di
As an ambassador for mindfulness, it is my task to enlighten you to the benefits of taking up a mindful practice. Today, I encourage you to hug someone with complete awareness as you lean in, feel the size of the person, the warmth or coolness, the p
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on September 9, 2014
St. Maarten —On the heels of two failed armed robberies over the weekend, another armed robbery attempt was foiled yesterday morning. “At approximately 9:45 am several police patrols were sent to Union Caribe money transfer located on Welfare roa
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on September 9, 2014
St. Maarten - The Central Voting Bureau chaired by attorney Jason Rogers announced in a brief public meeting at the A.C. Wathey legislative Hall yesterday afternoon that it had incorporated the results of the August 29 elections in a national decree.
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on September 9, 2014
St. Maarten – Parliament President Gracita Arrindell closed off the parliamentary year 2013-2014 yesterday morning in a meeting MPs used to express countless thank you’s and also to express their respect for each other. Highlight of the meeting w
The parliamentary year 2013-02014 closed without any fireworks, or it must be the motion departing DP-faction leader Roy Marlin tabled. That motion urges the prime minister to inform the members of her cabinet not to do anything that would encumbe
One of the poorly understood concepts among the Members of our Parliament – okay, among some of these members – is the role of the media. Yesterday, during the public meeting held on the occasion of the closure of the parliamentary year, we heard
Are candidates that are elected to Parliament who do not win enough votes to win a seat on their own, enslaved to the party they belong to? This seems to be the gist of the opinion of Ed Gumbs, elsewhere in this newspaper. We disagree. The system
Dear Editor, After yesterday’s press briefing and statements made by Leona Marlin about coming out victorious on leading the pack of wolves, I am wondering really in this coalition partnership, who really is leading the pack? Oh and by the wa
We’re not confident that the explanation Economic Affairs Minister Ted Richardson gave at the end of last week about his reasons for lifting the moratorium on car rental licenses is solid. It feels too much like departure policy - a decision taken
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on September 6, 2014
St. Maarten – Henderson Insurances organized the first ever catastrophe risk insurance conference yesterday at the Belair Community Center, featuring special guest and keynote speaker Milo Pearson, chairman of the Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insuran
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on September 6, 2014
St. Maarten- A man was severely stabbed yesterday afternoon around 4 pm in town near the main office of GEBE. He lost a lot of blood and had to be rushed away to the St Maarten Medical Center. Upon arriving on the scene, a large amount of blood, w
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on September 6, 2014
St. Maarten – Leona Marlin-Romeo is firmly committed to the United St. Maarten party. During a press conference at the Parliament building yesterday morning, the party’s number 2-candidate laid to rest rumors triggered by a baseless article tha
Uncategorized - Posted by admin on September 5, 2014
Government publishes National Energy Policy St. Maarten – To achieve that 35 percent of the energy St. Maarten uses stems by 2016 from renewable sources, the government had to take several steps immediately to promote renewable energy. The fir
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on September 5, 2014
St. Maarten – Telecommunications Minister Ted Richardson called an urgent meeting yesterday with the Bureau of Telecommunication and Post (BTP), Telem Group, and UTS after the fire at Smitcoms caused a major island wide communications blackout, wi
The last word has not been said yet about the voters register. That people did not receive their voting cards – a much-heard complaint –seems to be for a large party due to inaccuracies in the systems, or in the way these systems are understood a
Dear Editor, After reading certain statements made in the media by representatives of the Democratic Party of St. Maarten this week, I had to express my feelings and beliefs to those same representatives and the fellow members and supporters of th
The National Energy Policy is a visionary document that outlines the direction the country has to go to become less dependent on fossil fuels for its energy production. Is this policy long overdue? Certainly, but it is there and it sketches the co
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on September 4, 2014
St. Maarten (DCOMM) – A delegation from Paris, France, on Tuesday visited Philipsburg and had discussions with Governor Eugène Holiday, and with Minister of Justice Dennis Richardson, about crime prevention and the fight against illegal firearms.
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on September 4, 2014
“Mister 7-UP” sends rival home St. Maarten – Maria Buncamper-Molanus will not become a member of the new Parliament after all. After the Central Voting Bureau had scrutinized yesterday all the ballots the twenty polling stations had deemed
St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on September 4, 2014
Education Minister: “Realization of one of my dreams” St. Maarten (DCOMM) – The Council of Ministers approved Minister of Education Patricia Lourens Philip’s “One Tablet per Child” project, the Minister announced yesterday in a press
When one sits or walks to practice mindfulness, there is a pivotal part of the practice than promotes kindness. As you sit with full attention to feeling your breath in your body, as you ride the breath from inhalation to exhalation and your mind sta
Drama does not get much better – or worse, depending on which side you are – than it did at the Central Voting Bureau yesterday. The tight race for the seventh seat in Parliament for the UP-faction started with Maria Buncamper-Molanus holding
