
St. Maarten: Wescot-Williams calls for ‘speedy analysis’ of Johnson’s complaint
PHILIPSBURG - Member of Parliament (MP) Sarah Wescot-Williams has called on justice authorities “to speedily analyse” the complaint filed by Tourism and Economic Affairs Minister Stuart Johnson against a former More...

Sarah ‘believes’ new St. Maarten cabinet will be in place before July 2
PHILIPSBURG - The new United Democrats/St. Maarten Christian Party (SMCP) cabinet should take office before July 2, three months after the current Parliament was sworn in by Governor Eugene Holiday. This is the More...

Clear answer needed on shelving of dispute regulation
PHILIPSBURG, WILLEMSTAD - Curaçao, Aruba and St. Maarten “need a clear answer” about why the Dutch Kingdom Government has opted to shelf its version of the kingdom law to establish a dispute regulation. This More...

Sarah Wescott-Williams wants formation St. Maarten government finished, skips IPKO
PHILIPSBURG - Democratic Party (DP) leader Sarah Wescot-Williams has opted to focus on the things at home rather than travel to the Inter-Parliamentary Kingdom Consultation IPKO in Aruba this week. Four other Members More...

St. Maarten new cabinet expected to be sworn in this week
PHILIPSBURG - Democratic Party (DP) leader Member of Parliament (MP) Sarah Wescot-Williams has completed her task as formateur for the incoming interim Council of Ministers. She delivered her final report on December More...

Sarah: Marlin’s change of position on conditions comes ‘too little, too late’
PHILIPSBURG - Democratic Party (DP) leader Member of Parliament (MP) Sarah Wescot-Williams said on Tuesday that Prime Minister William Marlin’s change of position on the Dutch conditions for recovery aid for St. More...

Sarah: Monetary union’s fate must not be left to ‘political winds of day’
PHILIPSBURG - “The fate of the monetary union should not be left up to the ‘political winds of the day,’ but now that calm seems to be returning somewhat, is the time to decide; how further and for how long,” More...

Wescot-Williams aims for real progress in The Hague
THE HAGUE - Chairwoman Sarah Wescot-Williams of the St. Maarten Parliament today expressed her hope of real progress during the Inter-Parliamentary Consultation for the Kingdom (IPKO). She said she was disappointed More...

Council of Advice not positive on expansion of Constitutional Court
PHILIPSBURG, WILLEMSTAD - There is no need to expand the scope of the Constitutional Court to tackle disputes between Parliament and the Council of Ministers, because there are sufficient existing institutions to More...

DP Leader officially withdraws her support from UPP/De Weever coalition
PHILIPSBURG — Leader of the Democratic Party Sarah Wescot Williams sent an official letter to the leader of the UPP Theodore Heyliger informing him that she has withdrawn her support from his coalition government. The More...