A year has come

And gone

And Another one

Will replace

It with 365 days

In your face

Twelve months

Of Opportunites

And filthy two weeks

Of decisions

But only One solution

And only one moment

Just ah breath

Between life and death

What is life shadow say

The tree grows big and strong

Just one day Te be cut down

 

Which one would you choose

To win, or to lose

To be healthy

Or to be wealthy

 

To live or to die

Which one will it be

Would you choose

The truth over a lie

 

Tez Appointed unto

Every man once to die

After dead tez judgement

But when? and why?

Only God on high

Knows why

 

But we could choose

The fast lane

Lived fast and die young

They say

 

Or choose the slow lane

And live until

You Are old and lame

 

What’s the difference

You will die just the same

 

And only the good you do

In life will Last

So live today like it’s your last

Miles

Of smiles

Happy TWENTY NINETEEN

 

 

Raymond Helligar aka “Big Ray”

Dear Editor,

  A rare jewel is hard to find and so is someone who is committed to serve. Whichever one is discovered, words are insufficient to express the overwhelming love and appreciation to have stumbled upon this priceless souvenir. Nonetheless, this gem was unearthed in the flesh, and from the onset, one can tell that she has a passion for helping people and, is exempted from the realm of the ordinary.

Dear Editor,

  2018 will go into the history books as the year when the national government has intervened through the Temporary Law Neglect of Tasks St. Eustatius. The island council was dissolved, the executive council dismissed and the governor honorarily discharged.

Dear people of my beloved St. Maarten,

  I take the time today to greet you for the last time of 2018, while wishing you all the very best for 2019, individually, as a family unit, community and as a collective people of St. Maarten with love from my family as well as the National Alliance family.