Seven local detainees transferred to the Netherlands
PHILIPSBURG — The limited availability of cell capacity at the Pointe Blanche prison is costing the government a fortune. The Volkskrant reported in November 2019 that the 31 detainees that were at that time in Dutch prisons cost the government in St. Maarten €120,000 per month ($129,600 at the current rate of exchange. That’s $4,180 per More...
Terms end for Dutch Members Progress Committee
THE HAGUE/PHILIPSBURG -- Both chairman of the Progress Committee Sint Maarten, Nico Schoof, and member for the Netherlands, Michel Marijnen (former chairman of the Progress Committee Curacao), retire after 12 years More...
Law Enforcement Council: Most recommendations followed
PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten – The Law Enforcement Council (the Council), in its third sub-inspection as part of an overall review of particular recommendations related to the Sint Maarten Police Force (KPSM), More...
Ministry of Justice takes on tedious and monumental task diligently
~ The amount of data being processed is equivalent to doing a census ~ PHILIPSBURG — Why does it take so long before the Ministry of Justice had completed all the necessary information about its staff members? More...
Minister Richardson: “My intention is that the staff will be fairly compensated”
PHILIPSBURG — There is a discord between some employees of the Justice Ministry and the unions that represent them. This appears from our exclusive interview with Minister of Justice Anna Richardson. “I More...
StMaartenNews.com exclusive interview with Minister of Justice Anna Richardson
~ In an open and frank conversation the minister talks about the latest developments surrounding the justice workers function books, salary scales and placement positions ~ PHILIPSBURG – In an exclusive interview More...
Justice employee questions function book saga
PHILIPSBURG — Justice Minister Anna Richardson provided smooth answers about the plight of employees at her department during question hour in parliament last week Thursday but a review of the ongoing saga More...
Injustice at the Ministry of Justice of Sint Maarten
~ We need leaders not in love with money but in love with justice, not in love with publicity but in love with humanity ~ Martin Luther King Jr. Dear Editor, On 30th December 2022, the Ministry of Justice published More...
Go-slow action police force puts government in a tight corner
PHILIPSBURG — The industrial action by police officers, described by their attorney Cor Merx as go-slow has been a long time in the making. Merx stated in a brief message posted on Youtube that the action More...
Court orders termination of Pointe Blanche prison strike
PHILIPSBURG -- The mass strike of inmates at Pointe Blanche prison, since January 6, 2023, has ended. The judge ordered the Pointe Blanche Inmates Association on Friday to instruct its members to resume their assigned More...
