Following the news of the U.S. Capitol riot, and talking to people I’ve met since then in Curacao and Aruba, it seems to me that a great many others reacted as…
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WICSU-PSU CONSTITUON DAY REFLECTION – ARE THE WORKERS BETTER OFF TODAY THAN TEN YEARS AGO?
The labor Union WICSU -PSU is reflecting back on the last 10 years of St. Maarten being a “Country”,The question that comes to mind is What do we have to…
MP Wescot-Williams: “St. Maarten/St. Martin’s border closure has taken on an European context and should be elevated to a Kingdom level.”
MP Wescot-Williams: “With the announcement by the Préfecture of Saint Martin of another border closure “in agreement with the Ministry of Overseas France”, dubbed as a “traffic restriction” between the…
UD Faction wants to know when the public meetings regarding the payment to justice workers; the “reopening” of the country and the SSRP will take place or will continue, as the case may be.
The UD faction queried these meetings, as they have been pending amongst the meetings of Parliament yet to be called and or to be continued. MP Wescot-Williams explains, “While they all require…
UD Leader, MP Wescot-Williams weighs in on the proposed Caribbean Reform Entity, as proposed by the Government of the Netherlands.
“No administrative entity can usurp the political authority vested in the democratically elected representatives of the countries”. Philipsburg St. Maarten, July 19, 2020 – In reacting to the accounts coming out of…
Editorial by U.S. Consul General Allen Greenberg
Dear Friends on Curacao, Aruba, Sint Maarten, Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba,“Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that” – M.L. King.These are troubling times for America and…
MP Wescot Poses Questions on Kingdom Government Negotiations and Conditions.
It is interesting to see how Government is managing its negotiations with the unions representing government workers. While on May 19th , the Government presented to Parliament a so-called…
Factions of PFP, USP and UD call for urgent meeting to debate conditions imposed on stimulus/relief plan assistance.
The St. Maarten parliamentary factions of PFP, USP and UD have called for an urgent meeting of Parliament to debate the request from the Government of St. Maarten for financial…
We need real relief
I started writing this article on Thursday March 27 but did not send it for publication because I was waiting on the response from the Dutch government on St. Maarten’s…
Sarah: “Looking forward to hear the Emergency Operating Center’s (EOC) recommendations on earthquake preparations and mitigation”.
“Recent reports from the region regarding earthquakes and elevated seismic activity should be of concern to all of us”, Member of Parliament, Sarah Wescot- Williams stated recently. “A statement from…