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No Debt Repayment But Debt Cancellation

The people of St. Maarten so called owes a debt to the Dutch government in the amount of some Ang. 900 million of which I understood we are paying Ang. 12.7 million annually. This means mathematically that at this rate it will take us around 75 years to repay this so called debt which will take us to the year 2095. As we can see this is unattainable and unrealistic. Based on these figures I believe the only realistic request or demand to make, is debt cancellation. This dilemma is not only experienced by St Read more

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The Border Issue

August 3, 2020

It saddens me when I hear some people boast about being French and Dutch. These are nationalities imposed on us by the colonial powers who to date maintain political and economic control on this divided paradise. I am of the firm belief and still hold the view that contrary to popular belief that we (displaced Africans of the diaspora) had nothing to do with the signing of the treaty of Concordia because our ancestors were slaves in 1648. if this had been the case then we the local government on both sides would have been able to change it Read more

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