St. Maarten News – By Milton G Pieters —All lives matters is one of the mantras being widely discussed in the United States now in light…
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Dear editor, Obedience is one of the most difficult challenges in life. For all humans obedience determines their success and quality of life if they…
Though our government may not be shooting for higher taxes, as Finance Minister Richard Gibson said on Friday during the tax summit at the Westin,…
At this moment we are not able to get into the finer points of the court ruling that put the life sentence against Ridge Damisse,…
With the St. Maarten Hospitality and Trade Association, we do wonder about that last minute decision by the Council of Ministers to ditch the national…
Evelien Aangeenbrug did some interesting detective work for her study Master of Criminal Investigation – and the results are an eye opener. The researcher examined…
Is this the result of complacency? Moody’s looming downgrading of St. Maarten’s credit rating to BAA2 seems to suggest this. And mind you, this is…
In euros the amount sounds still not all that shocking (€25 million), but in guilders it becomes very clear that our students are not all…
Dear editor, The buzz words in the streets today is that the NA-led government is following in the footsteps of the previous UP-led government. This…
Elton Jones was the first one to bring it up and UP faction leader Franklin Meyers repeated it in parliament yesterday: Ted Richardson, the former…
Dear Editor, After reading the editorial in one of the local newspaper over the weekend regarding the ongoing outstanding to organizers of two of the…
To see former Prime Minister Gerrit Schotte close to tears at the end of his trial in Curacao seems completely out of character. But there…
Dear Editor, You’ve got to give honor to whom honor is due. The Honorable Minister Emil Lee stepped out from the comfort zones of his…
During a court case back in 2014 a judge accused a prosecutor of practicing class justice on St. Maarten. Many people were surprised that a…
The terror attacks in Paris have had a Pavlov-effect on politicians. Never before was the call for closing the borders so loud. Never before did…
Dear Editor, I can agree with your correspondent of November 10 (“On political stability”) that the instabilities in Sint Maarten’s government since 2010 may be…
Monsieur le rédacteur, Le Comité de Direction de l’Office de Tourisme de Saint-Martin, le personnel et moi-même tenons à adresser nos sincères condoléances aux familles…
Dear Editor, Wednesday we celebrate St Maarten’s Day and although you might not think so, we have lots to celebrate and be proud of. We…
Dear Editor, Regardless of your politics, I think most people on Sint Maarten can agree that our political system is flawed and inherently unstable. And…
Dear Editor, I have taken note of yesterday’s article regarding the ad hoc committee for integrity of parliament. The Chair and Vice Chair of the…
Dear Editor, I am scared to death and a great number of people in St. Maarten with me also. We are afraid of our Prime…
The Electoral Council has interposed in the current political turmoil, without prior consent with the governor, for the main reason that the governor up until…
From a press statement by the president of parliament, MP Sarah Wescot-Williams we learn that the current financial compensation for a parliamentarian is 120 guilders…
Dear Editor, Short and sweet. Our congratulations, admiration and sincere thank you go out to all the stakeholders who made Thursday’s, October 22, 2015 people’s…
There was an ominous message in the address of Finance Minister Martin Hassink on Wednesday and one cannot say that it was hidden. He spoke…
Proudly we take note of the news reports that the Immigration Department of St. Maarten conducted successful raids, rounding up undocumented persons for a one-way…
As Minister of Justice, Dennis Richardson is obviously responsible for everything that falls under his portfolio. The call earlier this week by MP Frans Richardson…
Dear Editor, Let it hereby be officially recorded, that the St. Martin Grassroots People Movement fully endorses the initiative to have the so-called PLU (The…
How are we dealing with Muslims, Christians, Jews and homosexuals in a multicultural society like the Netherlands where there are big differences between all these…
Dear Editor, I read the Prime Ministers opinion about the political turmoil and would like to comment. In 2013 the UP wanted to come into…
Dear Editor, The Constitution of St. Maarten states that if a Minister(s) received a motion of no confidence he/she/they must make his/her/their position available to…
Dear editor, On behalf of President Obama and the people of the United States, I congratulate the people of Sint Maarten on your Constitution Day.…
While the political situation deteriorated further yesterday morning with a rather distasteful display of rule-bending, we would like to keep our eyes on the ball…
What is the difference between religion and science? That question came up in a column by Bert Keizer in Trouw and Ger Groot reacted to…
Dear SXM, Today is a day to make history. We as a nation of people, made up of people from all over the world, which…