Justice stakeholders meet to discuss joint concerns about prison
PHILIPSBURG — Joint concerns about the lack of prison cells and the poor quality of prison life on Sint Maarten were discussed between the Progress Committee Sint Maarten, Law Enforcement Council, Point Blanche Prison Supervisory Board and the Public Prosecutor’s Office, during a meeting held today, October 29th, 2019. Sint Maarten is in need More...
Travelers beware: cross-border money transports-law in effect
PHILIPSBURG – The ministry of justice announced in a press release that amendments to the national ordinance on the obligation to report cross-border money transports took effect on July 30. However, according More...
Motion Dutch Parliament targets St. Maarten’s law enforcement
PHILIPSBURG – A large majority of the Dutch Second Chamber (107 out of 150 possible votes) supported the motion Van Dam on Tuesday – a decision that is bound to create confusion if not outrage about what could More...
Razor-thin motivation
By Hilbert Haar The motion of CDA parliamentarian Chris van Dam that calls for Dutch involvement in law enforcement on St. Maarten comes across as a fine example of Dutch meddling in our island’s affairs. That More...
TBO investigations prove entanglement upper- and underworld, Knops says
PHILIPSBURG – The Ministry of Home Affairs and Kingdom Relations is investing €70 million ($77 million) in combating corruption in Curacao, St. Maarten and the BES-islands between 2016 and 2021. This appears More...
Minister Geerlings says UTS share sale to pay off arrears and retroactive payments for justice workers
POND ISLAND – On Monday September 9, Sint Maarten’s 12.5 per cent share of United Telecommunications Services (UTS) was acquired by Liberty Latin America Ltd. (LLA). The governments of Curaçao and St. More...
President of Parliament awaiting the views of the Court, the Bar Association, and the Public Prosecutor on proposed changes to St. Maarten Codes
PHILIPSBURG — In my deliberations on the changes to the three Codes (Civil, Criminal and Criminal Procedure) with the Minister of Justice, I have repeatedly voiced my concerns with the ambivalent responses More...
CCSU and Minister of Justice reach consensus on way forward for the Sint Maarten Police Force
Philipsburg — On Friday, September 13th a consultation meeting was held between the members of the Committee of Civil Servants Unions (CCSU) and the Minister of Justice the honorable Cornelius de Weever. More...
Container cells arrive, budget-deficit for housing inmates in the Netherlands
PHILIPSBURG – The navy support vessel Hr. Ms. (His Majesty’s) Pelikaan delivered eleven of the 22 container-cells from Bonaire to St. Maarten last week. The containers will be placed in the yard of the Pointe More...
Joint controls held in the Point Blanch prison
PHILIPSBURG — Tuesday, September 3rd, 2019, at 6am, the personnel of the Pointe Blanche Prison together with KPSM conducted a cell search in the house of detention. During the cell search, different makeshift More...
