The UD leader Theodore Heyliger was picked up early Tuesday morning by the Anti-Corruption Taskforce (TBO) as a suspect in the Larimar investigation. He is said to have been the one behind an offer of bribe money to a member of parliament MP Romaine Laville for him to break ranks with the governing coalition at […]
Julio Romney says education on how our Political system works is important to St. Maarten’s successful move towards the next level, instead of Politicians jockeying for power, jumping ship and destablizing the economy and wanting to be viewed as popular. The Political Analyst and Author who also wrote a book on St. Maarten our Constituent […]
He is calling out our Members of Parliament to let’s have that referendum to see what the people will decide whether to stay in the Kingdom or go independent. Van Raak said the following in his article: Sometimes, as a Member of Parliament, you get strange messages, such as the letter of the St. Maarten […]
The former Prime Minister of St. Maarten MP William Marlin has blamed the Dutch with some help from local politicians for having him removed from Office after hurricane Irma of 2017. Mr. Marlin was at the time being interviewed on the Popular 12 O’clock radio show “View Point” when he outlined the series of events […]
Another person who have suffered at the hands of the prosecutor’s office weighs in; This article was written by Fabian Badejo. The decision of the Joint Court of Justice to grant the Public Prosecutor’s Office permission to prosecute United Democrats leader, MP Theo Heyliger is in line with previous decisions of the same court concerning […]
The first 55 Million Euro from the 470 Million Euro Trust Fund, was signed off By the Minister of General affairs and Prime Minister of St. Maarten Leona Marlin Romeo and the World Bank in the month of July 2018. But a statement coming from the State secretary for Kingdom relations Mr. Knops,” seems clear, […]
PHILIPSBURG—Minister of Finance Perry Geerlings outlined critical elements of his strategic plan focused on driving efficiency and restructuring government, during an introductory meeting with over 100 civil servants from the Finance Ministry, Thursday afternoon at the Government Administration Building in Philipsburg. Geerlings told his team the roadmap for a healthy and sustainable St. Maarten has […]
The nullifying of the Political crisis/dilemma written by Julio R. Romney/Political Analyst Knowledge is understanding – with the swearing in of the Council of Ministers on June 25, 2018, the ruling United Democrats/Sint Maarten Christian Party (UD/SMCP) coalition government found itself in a political dilemma with not having enough sitting MP’s in the Parliament to […]
The board of the CFT visited St. Maarten this past week and held a series of discussions with the Governor, the Minister of finance the council of Ministers and the parliamentary committee for Finance. The CFT also met with various stakeholders such as SZV, Tax Office, general audit chamber, the St. Maarten member of the […]
After a long interval, word came eventually on June 22, 2018, from His Excellency the Governor of Sint Maarten, drs. E.B. Holiday, that he has received the final report from formateur Mr. Theodore Heyliger. The formateur has accepted the commission to form a new government supported by as broad a majority in Parliament as possible […]
