Island Politics

Philipsburg, St. Maarten--The reconstruction status of the Princess Juliana International Airport (PJIA) will be a point of discussion, during a sitting of the House of Parliament this week. The meeting,...

The Netherlands--Alexander Pechtold is resigning as leader of the parliamentary faction of the D66, he announced at the party congress in Den Bosch on Saturday. The party will choose a...

 PHILIPSBURG – On Wednesday afternoon, Prime Minister Leona Romeo Marlin visited the new location of Postal Services St. Maarten N V located at Soualuiga Road in the former Civil Registry...

THE HAGUE - The Permanent Committee for Kingdom Relations of the Second Chamber of the Dutch Parliament has submitted a number of questions regarding St. Maarten’s reconstruction in anticipation of...

THE HAGUE - The Member of Parliament for the Dutch Socialist Party (SP) Ronald van Raak does not give up. The MP asked questions to the Minister of Finance about...

NEW YORK – While on a working visit to the UN General Assembly in New York, Prime Minister Leona Romeo Marlin had the opportunity to give an address at the...

In 1999, in his message for the new millennium, the late Kofi Annan spoke words whose truth still resonates almost two decades later. ‘More than ever before in human...

Holland--Despite the risks of a trade war and a hard Brexit, it is time to give the people of the Netherlands something back, prime minister Mark Rutte said on Tuesday...

 Holland-- Finance minister Wopke Hoekstra told MPs on Tuesday afternoon that government policy in the coming years is aimed at making the country ‘stronger, safer and more prosperous’ The minister...

 Holland--The Netherlands is a strong country but more people should feel that things are going well, king Willem-Alexander said on on Tuesday, as he outlined the government’s agenda for the...