With Government and unions finally sitting down, we are leaning more about wasteful spending of Government financial resources over the years that lead to our government now depending on the Netherlands government for liquidity support to carry its monthly expenses. According to a statement issued by this administration (COM), on the 25th of November, they […]
MP Rolando Brison took to face Book Thursday afternoon to announce that he is stepping down as Chair of Parliament in the wake of calls from several circles for him to resign after a recording surfaced on social media making negative comments about his MP colleague that are considered to be of poor taste. The […]
After a call for the Chairman of Parliament to resign in the wake of an outburst of him blasting his own colleague, Brison issued a statement of apology to his Party admitting his comments came out of frustration, but he takes full responsibility for what was said, and for the hurt it may have caused […]
After distributing government long lease land to others in a way that raises concerns from the High Council of State the Ombudsman; the VROMI Minister was requested to clarify his actions regarding the fairness of land distribution by Government to those who were already approved by the previous Council of Ministers. After the VROMI Minister […]
With the Airport Reconstruction Project and the firing of Mingo. An analysis of this communiqué from government resembles that of damage control, after some members of parliament have already decided that the airport CEO must go. That decision is a political decision and it disregards the warning of the World Bank which sees such a […]
The following press release from government sounds pretty much like a desperate call for persons on St. Maarten to make themselves available to take the vaccine. When you look at the effort that went into encouraging persons to take the vaccine, it is fair to conclude that it was not at all convincing. That of […]
The buy over of INSO by Ship Building Giant Fincantieri Group seem to have lightened the load for the St. Maarten Medical Center (SMMC) and to finally realize the possibility of the Hospital project on its way to be built. A press release from the St. Maarten Medical Center on November 18 confirmed the purchase […]
There was a time when St. Maarten was in a much better financial position with a growing economy and doing really good. The political leaders were at the time making government top heavy hiring lots of workers renting properties for government administration from family at a high price and setting the standard for property rentals […]
The state secretary for Kingdom relations Raymond Knops says that Curacao, Aruba and Sint Maarten will not receive new loans if they don’t firstly comply with all the conditions attached to the second tranche of monies that should reach these countries. He said there is a political agreement on the requirements set by the Netherlands […]
St. Maarten opening to flights out of the USA on August 01st 2020 is generating a fire storm of reactions across the region and in Europe. Right here at home the border is closed by French authorities claiming the move made by St. Maarten Dutch part to go ahead with plans to open to the […]
