Unbiased look at the Sint Maarten Elections
Opinion: The Spirit Of Giving
Sometimes, initiatives that may have started with the best of intentions are raising eyebrows. Such is the case with the “giving back to the community†initiative of parliamentarian Leona Marlin-Romeo – and we’d like to place this in the context of 2016 – an election year.
We are all familiar with the vote buying scandal dating back to 2010 when a couple of police officers sold their vote for $300 a pop to the United People’s party Read more
Plasterk About Dispute Regulation “Kingdom Cannot Deviate From Decisions, Unless …â€
St. Maarten News:  The Kingdom Council of Ministers cannot deviate from an advice issued by a dispute regulator, unless such a deviation is properly motivated,†Kingdom Relations Minister Ronald Plasterk said at a press conference yesterday at the end of his visit to St. Maarten. With this statement, Plasterk seems to come back from his earlier stance that the Kingdom Council of Ministers should always have the last word in disputes between the countries in the kingdom.
The only issue that separates Plasterk and the Caribbean autonomous countries St Read more