The right to be heard
People’s rights jurist Lucita Moenir Alam contributed an article to Antillaans Dagblad at the Dutch-language newspaper’s request on the 25th anniversary of the first constitutional referendum in Curaçao, More...
Independence
“My name, my reputation, and determination to do more for St. Maarten are constantly covered in fog, a fog not of my doing. The fog is created by the Dutch Government as the premise for their ongoing call for More...
Prime Minister during celebration 71st Independence Day of India: “Curaçao is on the same path as India”
WILLEMSTAD - During the celebration of the 71st Independence Day of India, the Prime Minister of Curaçao, Eugene Rhuggenaath congratulated the Indian community with the fact that on that day - 70 years ago - India’s More...
Dos Santos: “Curaçao must become independent!”
WILLEMSTAD – There are several political leaders who are expressing their opinion about the political future of the island. In a recent statement to the media, the leader of the opposition party Korsou di Nos More...
George: Independence yes, but Dutch passport for 150 years after
PHILIPSBURG – With the retention of the Dutch passport weighing heavily in debates about St. Maarten going independent, National Alliance (NA) Member of Parliament (MP) George Pantophlet has come up with a proposal More...
Independence dreams
National liberation and socialist change under “working class leadership” was a dream of many islanders but in fact created the biggest problem for Caribbean Island States. Working class leadership’s inability More...
MFK wants an independent Curaçao
WILLEMSTAD – The ruling party MFK headed by former Prime Minister Gerrit Schotte wants independence from the Netherlands. Both Schotte and former Minister of Public Health and current Member of Parliament for More...
Call for completion of independence trajectory
THE HAGUE -The trajectory to achieve full independence for Aruba, Curaçao and St. Maarten should be completed. The Dutch Government should approach the United Nations (UN) to discuss this. The liberal democratic More...
15% of the Curaçao voters want out of the Kingdom
WILLEMSTAD - Curaçao has to step out of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. 15% of voters had taken that view in 2012, according to a study of voting behavior in that year by GrootZ. The research was commissioned by More...
St Maarten government MPs support call for a referendum on independence
PHILLIPSBURG - A majority of St Maarten parliamentarians present at the reconvened meeting of the Central Committee of Parliament held on Friday, September 2, 2016, with a delegation of the Independence for St Martin More...
