A very sick airline
The Government of Curaçao should not continue throwing the people’s money in a private company. An airline of which its management has proven their incompetence to run it. They have no viable plan and the right aircraft to operate their scheduled flights. If Curaçao wants to have an airline to save the hundreds of jobs then they should, before More...
Essential role for parliament
Dear Editor, We commend Prime Minster, William Marlin, for insisting that the Oyster Pond border dispute be brought to our Parliament which is indeed the direct representative of the people of St. Maarten. After More...
The cult of transparency
Dear Editor, As is the case in the wider world, here on St. Martin too, transparency has become a hip hip hurray word; a feel good word; a word without spot or blemish. Few question how they came to love this word More...
Against all odds
Dear Editor, President-elect Donald Trump is the change that I would like to see happen in St. Maarten one day. The elite establishment government believes that only they are smart and have the rights to tell people More...
United we stand
Dear Editor, In the wake of the decision taken by parliament to back the decision taken by the Council of Ministers not to attend our St. Maarten Day (Not that of France nor Holland), I want to share my opinion More...
Simple advice
Dear Editor, As a former Member of Parliament, I must say that our ancestors must be turning over in their graves with the type of leadership and cooperation we displayed during our St. Martin Day Celebration by More...
Liberty, equality and fraternity
Dear Editor, MP George Pantophlet (NA) The three words I used as the heading for this article are well known to the French especially as they were key words or a motto mentioned during the French Revolution. I want More...
DP MP Sarah Wescot-Williams: “Silly Boycott”
Philipsburg — In a press statement released on Sunday, November 13th, 2016, DP Member of Parliament Sarah Wescot-Williams laments the fact that the National Alliance (NA) and United People’s (UP) parties More...
Missed opportunity
Dear Editor, “Some people never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity”, a statement well said by George Bernard Shaw so long ago but still rings true. Especially true concerning the event that took 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...