Mazda car and Ducati motorbike confiscated by Asset Recovery Team
PHILIPSBURG — In continuation of the investigation KES, a Mazda Miata car and a Ducati motorbike were seized by the Asset Recovery Team Sint Maarten with assistance from the Korps Politie Sint Maarten, on Arch Road today, Thursday, August 9, 2018. During the first action of the Asset Recovery Team on Thursday, July 26, 2018, a car was seized More...
Prime Minister Romeo Marlin addresses gathering at Justice Day Celebration
PHILIPSBURG — On Sunday, July 15th Prime Minister Leona Romeo Marlin addressed the audience gathered at the Government Administration Building for the celebration of International Justice Day. “International More...
Minister promotes small claims procedure
PHILIPSBURG – With the assistance of Judge Peter Lemaire, the Justice department is developing a standard form for the small claims court procedure. The form will be available on the website of the court starting More...
Mexican standoff with pro bono lawyers
PHILIPSBURG – The strike of the pro bono lawyers enters its fourth week on Saturday and there is still no solution in sight. Geert Hatzmann, the Dean of the Bar Association, does not exclusively rely on handling More...
Court gets around absence of pro bono laywers
PHILIPSBURG – In the absence of the pro bono lawyers who went on strike over a payment conflict with the government three weeks ago, the Court in First Instance blustered through a handful of criminal cases on More...
Strike pro bono attorneys continues
PHILIPSBURG – Pro bono lawyers continue their strike that began eleven days ago on Tuesday. The attorneys have not been paid by the government since January. Furthermore, the government refuses to pay higher More...
Common Court books 1.5 million loss
PHILIPSBURG – The Common Court of Justice suffered a loss of just over 1.5 million guilders (close to $838,000) in 2017. Additional costs due to Hurricane Irma are only part of the reason for the negative result. More...
Repairs to police station get priority
PHILIPSBURG – The first emergency repairs funded by the trust fund at the World Bank will begin in June, Prime Minister Leona Marlin-Romeo announced during Wednesday’s Council of Ministers press briefing. There More...
Emmanuel rages against justice system
PHILIPSBURG – MP Christophe Emmanuel already made a remark about it on Monday, but during the second day of the 2018 budget debate he went all out against the criminal justice system in St. Maarten because he More...
Grapperhaus gets a different taste of St. Maarten
PHILIPSBURG – Minister Ferdinand Grapperhaus (Justice and Security) got a firsthand taste of the destruction Hurricane Irma inflicted on St. Maarten during his visit to the island that was preceded by stops in More...
