And what it can do for the citizens of St. Maarten. The preamble, or the opening of the Constitution of St. Maarten could help to maintain the awareness of its guiding principles in the minds of “we the people” and enforced by every citizen in light of the performance of its elected representatives in government […]
With the Parliament of Sint Maarten deliberating the apparent need to “end the violations of St. Maarten’s UN-mandated right to a full measure of self-government completing the decolonization of St. Maarten and other islands of the former Netherlands Antilles”, it is submitted that based upon United Nations General Association Resolution 945 (X), in 1955, the […]
[podcast src=”https://html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/15985817/height/360/theme/standard/thumbnail/no/direction/forward/” width=”100%” height=”360″ scrolling=”no” class=”podcast-class” frameborder=”0″ placement=”top” use_download_link=”” download_link_text=”” primary_content_url=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/thecmoorejournal/Sarah_Wescott_21st_February_2019.mp4″ theme=”standard” custom_color=”87a93a” libsyn_item_id=”15985817″ /]MP Wescot Williams explains in this View Point Interview, how in the Dutch Kingdom, the Netherlands has their way in implementing changes and conditions without consulting the Caribbean Partners since there is no constitutional Court or a Dispute Regulations to determine […]
How will this affect the future relations in the Kingdom of the Netherlands? According to a press statement issued on Friday by Prime Minister Silveria Jacobs: after a four country consultation between The Netherlands, Curacao, Aruba and St. Maarten, a new entity was proposed by the Netherlands as a take it or leave it condition […]
The 15 members of Parliament who were successful in their bid for a seat in the legislature of St. Maarten were sworn in on Monday February 10th 2020. The new members of Parliament took the oath of office before the Governor in a ceremony held at the Governor’s residence. From the National Alliance (NA); Silveria […]
The Dutch government has decided to abandon the use of the term “Holland” to address the country. The country’s official name, The Netherlands, will be used for all promotional purposes, according to the government. On the 1st of January 2020 the name Holland officially ceases to exist as a designation of the Netherlands State. This was reported by local authorities. […]
Harbour View – On Monday April 3, 2019, the Governor of Sint Maarten, His Excellency drs. E.B. Holiday, administered the oath of office to Mr. Jules James, who will be deputizing as Member of Parliament for MP T Heyliger who is curently on pre-trial detention and has being suspended by law from his seat in […]
According to the Committee the Government of Sint Maarten won’t be able to achieve much improvement when it comes to Point Blanche Prison. Photo: Persbureau Curaçao By Rene Zwart© The Hague – The Committee, set up by the Council of Ministers to supervise the implementation of the improvement plan for the prison on Sint Maarten […]
Now that the government for St. Maarten is formed and sworn in on Monday June 25th 2018, a St. Marten scholar of comparative government and politics and a political analyst, Mr. Julio Romney has been anything less than disapproving of the use of informateurs in the formation process. He issued a statement claiming that the […]
The following is an edited version of the Governor’s speech: On February 26th, 2018, the people of Sint Maarten went to the polls and elected a new group of parliamentarians. In doing so creating the basis for the formation of a new government. Today, four (4) months later we have before us a new council […]
