Dissolution decree highly critical of parliament “No-confidence vote without prior debate or motivation”
St. Maarten – The national decree to dissolve the parliament and to call elections for February 9 of next year contains – between the lines...
Reduced ticket-tax boosts revenue and employment
St. Maarten – Robin Hayes, President & CEO of JetBlue Airways and keynote speaker at the Caribbean Tourism Organization’s (CTO) State of the Industry Conference (SOTIC),...
Winners and losers: who will survive the polls in February?
St. Maarten / By Hilbert Haar – February 9, 2016 is crunch day for politicians and those who aspire to become one. The parliamentary elections –...
Tomorrow last day to register for Carnival
St. Maarten – Registration for the 2016 Carnival season closes on November 1, 2015. The SCDF opened registration on September 1 for all aspects of Carnival.
With...
Six years for money laundering
St. Maarten – The Common Court of Justice sentenced Pershin Orell Sherwin Doram yesterday to 6 years of imprisonment for firearm and cocaine possession,...
TUIfly Dreamliner arrives this afternoon packed with travel agents
St. Maarten – About 120 travel agents will disembark the Dreamliner 787 aircraft at the airport this afternoon at 4.45 p.m., on a FAM...
St. Maarten Cabinet resigns, governor signs decree to dissolve parliament
Elections February 9, new parliament on March 14
St. Maarten – Governor Eugène Holiday signed the national decree to dissolve parliament yesterday afternoon. Elections are scheduled for...
“Saying that elections will stop ship jumping is lying to voters”
St. Maarten – Parliamentarians bitched and moaned about rules and regulations yesterday all the way until the final vote on the two motions the new...
DP criticizes MP De Weever: “Counterpart policy is a sure recipe for massive...
St. Maarten – “As much as he tries, MP and former Minister OF Public health, Social Development and Labor Cornelius de Weever will never be...
Toppix aviation photo competition: Composition, perspective and luck: key elements
The top two entries from 2014. At left, the image submitted by Bernie Verhoeven and the one sent in by Ricardo Benjamin. File photo...
