That the killer of Police Officer Gamali Benjamin would not end up with a life sentence did not come as a surprise to many, but…
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We may live on an island but, like Sargasso seaweed, the outbreak of the Zika virus shows that our lives are impacted by what is…
The Vromi-ministry has made a unique step with its Ministry Plan 2-15-2018. Never before was a ministry so clear about its strategy, its objective, but…
If students from abroad get the right to vote it sounds indeed like a good idea to make it possible to vote in the place…
St. Maarten News: Don’t get us wrong, we have serious respect for the achievements of the port in the cruise tourism industry, but it seems…
The initiatives are there but the results are nothing to be proud of. That is not due to the labor affairs department, the SHTA or…
One could argue that there are some oddballs among the citizens who registered a political party with the Electoral Council yesterday, but the fact that…
With the appointment of now Chief Commissioner Carl John to the top job at the police force, St. Maarten has one of its own managing…
Sensationalism was long the prerogative of tabloids. Overstatement, dramatization and muscle language twisted facts into honey sweet romance, unfathomable terror, or aggrandized drama. The objective…
Now we have a real fight on our hands. While the governor, based on a speedy advice from three judges, seems to offer a way…
We have to agree: closing down that meeting of parliament yesterday in record time and based on an article that does not even get in…
The motion of no confidence against the Gumbs cabinet was signed by a bunch of troublemakers, if we freely interpret Prime Minister Marcel Gumbs’ statement.…
Two Dutch MPs keep hammering on their solution for the constitutional prison they experience the Kingdom to be: a Commonwealth. Never mind that the islands…
When nobody listens, people take to the streets. This seldom, if ever, happens in St. Maarten, but yesterday morning residents of French Quarter showed how…
Alegria Real Estate has turned up the heat on its pool bar operator and tenant of one of the units at the resort in a…
It is understandable that politicians are all going to their own corner and see reality through their own rosy glasses. That does obviously not mean…
The French-side revolts against the Collectivité’s ideas about urban planning bring to mind that St. Maarten has zoning plan-issues of its own. On August 22,…
The move by the Council of Ministers to dissolve the parliament – at least, to make an attempt to do so, – is as…
Attorney-General Guus Schram made a very clear statement yesterday during the installation of a new judge. “There are numerous indications showing that the underworld and…
The letter from businessman Mike Ferrier (see page 6) touches a raw nerve – and it is so on the mark. Right on the…
The controversy caused by a Dutch civil servant with an attitude – Gerard Bouman – is no longer an issue after Justice Minister Dennis Richardson…
The multi-disciplinary team that investigated a burglary at the Son Latino nightclub returned quick results. Yesterday afternoon detectives arrested five suspects near the airport who…
Justice Minister Dennis Richardson presented what happened in July during his meeting with Gerard Bouman, the chief of the national police in the Netherlands as…
It’s too late to lock the stable door after the horse has bolted, our dictionary gives as the translation for the oh so Dutch expression:…
Our initial reaction to MP Tamara Leonard’s initiative to ban Straight Outta Compton was one of disbelief, but we quickly changed our mind when we…
The inevitable death of Sergeant Gamali Benjamin has made a bad situation worse – if that is possible at all. The arrested shooter is now…
The outpouring of support for Officer Gamali Benjamin shows how a community is able to come together during its most distressing moments. Yes, one could…
Justice Minister Dennis Richardson has stepped up to the plate at lightning speed after the shooting of police Officer Gamali Benjamin. In an unprecedented move,…
The outpouring of sympathy and support for police officer Gamali Benjamin has a dark side and it has nothing to do with the officer who…
Describing the shooting of police officer Benjamin as “terrible” does not begin to put into words what happened yesterday afternoon on Front Street. It’s like…
Yes the first rain has fallen, on and off these past couple of days, but it is by far not enough. The unprecedented drought has…
There are many insane aspects to our retirement system but the cessantia-system beats it all. Without an obligatory retirement age, employers would have to fire…
The chokehold discussion in the Netherlands seems to be fueled by – understandable – emotional arguments and take away the focus from the reality police…
It is amazing how politicians time and again are pulling the wool over people’s eyes. The latest example is of course the situation with the…
Our country’s image does not live up to expectations in the latest Trafficking in Persons report from the American State Department. It depicts St. Maarten,…