National Recovery Plan for the reconstruction and recovery of Sint Maarten available for public review
PHILIPSBURG – On Monday October 23rd, the interim report of the work group National Recovery Plan (NRP) for the reconstruction and recovery of Sint Maarten will be available after 3:00 PM on the website www.sxmemergency.org, More...
Worth a try
MP Sarah Wescot-Williams hits the nail on the head with her letter to the Kingdom Council of Ministers, though we can imagine that some readers might feel that the letter is a form of humiliating groveling. But More...
Wescot-Williams appeals to Kingdom for leniency
GREAT BAY – “Cut the link between financial support and conditions that are not directly related to the transparent, effective and efficient spending of the reconstruction support from the Netherlands; establish More...
Sarah Wescot-Williams sends urgent letter to Kingdom Council of Ministers
GREAT BAY — Sarah Wescot-Williams today sent an urgent letter to the Dutch Kingdom Council of Ministers (Rijksministerraad) outlining her personal feelings and gratitude for the assistance the Netherlands More...
President of Parliament pushes for urgent meeting of Parliament: Agenda point: hurricane Irma
Philipsburg, St.Maarten, September 22nd,2017 — The President of Parliament, Sarah Wescot-Williams, has convened a meeting of Parliament for September 25th at 10 am in the morning.Although the Parliament More...
Sarah: How long will we have monetary union?
GREAT BAY—Leader of the Democratic Party Sarah Wescot-Williams is questioning how long St. Maarten and Curacao will maintain the monetary union. She raised the issue after government and parliamentary officials More...
Motions
President of Parliament Wescot-Williams would like the government to deal in a different way with motions the Parliament approves. We agree, though this is a two-way street. Parliament ought to deal with them in More...
Quartermaster
Dear Editor, The matter of meeting (or not) with the quartermaster recently gained some traction again. The Chairlady of Parliament in responding to the question whether she met with the Quartermaster during his More...
Kingdom relations
Dear Editor, Not totally unexpected, my recent comments on the relationships in the Dutch Kingdom have evoked quite some reactions. I welcome these reactions, because I believe it is a discussion we must have, sooner More...
Heyliger lost a quarter of his voter-support
GREAT BAY – The United People’s party may have become the largest party in Monday’s elections, but its party-leader Theo Heyliger suffered a personal defeat at the hands of the voters. He lost more than 25 More...
