Cayman Islands Medical Tourism Facility Nearing Completion

Cayman Islands multimillion dollar medical tourism venture is nearing completion with an official opening of the $80 million hospital scheduled for February 25, 2014 and the first patients already booked…

A MINUM WAGE OR A LIVING MINIMUM WAGE THAT IS THE DIFFERENCE

A few weeks ago independent Member of Parliament Mr. Frans Richardson, supported by the National Alliance fraction, requested a Central Committee Meeting on the topic an increase in the minimum…

Execution is the name of the day!

With much interest I read the article from the honorable Minister of VROMIL, Mr. Maurice Lake. I fully support the Minister’s call for all Government owned vehicles to be parked…

St, Maarten, the country, my home!

I came to St. Maarten from the beautiful island "Aruba Ariba", my place of birth. I am happy and thankful to my place of birth, where I received my formal…

ONE ISLAND

November 11th is almost here again and our elected and appointed Government leaders are about to make their annual speeches, promising cooperation and working together to improve the lives of…

Salute to ’un palu di muhe’

I respectfully salute Her Excellency Governor of Curacao, Mrs. Lucille George-Wout. When the news broke that Her Excellency was the top candidate for the job, I was very happy.  

Patricia Pantophlet: Food for thought

A few months ago I shared my opinion and views on Finance Minister Hassink’s decision to overturn his predecessor Minister Tuitt’s decision to discontinue the purchasing of number plates. That…

The Future Role of CFT and Global Economic Trends

Dear Editor, The Committee of Financial Supervision CFT will be meeting with parliament’s permanent financial committee in a closed door session of the House. The main topic of discussion will…

Current and Emerging Issues for the House of Parliament

The Parliament of Sint Maarten will be embarking upon an open house within the next two weeks. During the weekly open house, members of civil society will learn about the…

Kendall Dupersoy: Welfare State

In September, King Willem Alexander gave his first budget speech in which he used the term welfare state. He claimed that Dutch society would be moving away from a ‘welfare…