At the end of every school year, students are evaluated and promoted or not promoted based on their performance during the year. Conversely, at the end of a parliamentary year,…
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PARLIAMENTARY OBSERVATIONS!
I would like to commend Member of Parliament, the Honorable Ardwell Irion, for presenting a proposal to Parliament that would make MPs more accountable and transparent, particularly towards their voters…
MP Sarah Wescot: “We are finally making progress with English as the first or national language of St. Maarten.”
“My day was made”, to use a colloquial expression, with the announcement by our Finance Minister that my proposal as approved in 2 unanimous motions of Parliament regarding the English…
CORRUPTION IS STILL RAMPANT IN GOVERNMENT!
Sint Maarten has probably made it in the Guinness Book of world records for having four integrity reports, within a period of fifteen months, written about the rampant corruption in…
THE QUALIFICATIONS OF A PARLIAMENTARIAN
Why even bother at this time to write about the qualifications of a parliamentarian when the next parliamentary election is all the way in 2020? Sadly, this has been the…
Letter from Koos, Letter from Clyde
Statia, The Netherlands and the UN When I read the letter by Mr. Clyde van Putten threatening to hire high tier US lawyers to have The Netherlands expelled from the…
PARLIAMENTARY RECESS IS NOT A HOLIDAY
On July 1st, Parliament went on a four-week recess and will resume on Monday, July 31st. In December/January upcoming, Parliament will also take a two-week recess. I hope that our…
SINT MAARTEN NEEDS A NATIONAL ANTHEM
Emancipation Day 2017 ended with a lecture by former Prime Minister of St Kitts and Nevis, Dr. Denzil Douglas, on the topic “The Realities of Independence”. At the opening, the…
RATING PARLIAMENT ON ITS ICT PERFORMANCE
Congratulations to His Excellency drs. Eugene Holiday for hosting a timely, well organized, informative symposium entitled “ICT Governance: Shaping our Future”. The world of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is…
Emancipation
On Saturday upcoming July 1, 2017 we will be celebrating emancipation day. When I hear the word emancipation I reflect on the words of the late reggae artist “Bob Marley”…