Court rules against developer in land swap dispute
PHILIPSBURG -- Tesi NV is a project developer and a part of the Port de Plaisance Group. In a notarial deed dated June 8, 1998, it obtained the right of long lease to several parcels of land located in Simpson Bay from a company called Ultra Classic. The deed states that Tesi ceded the properties to the (then) island territory of St. Maarten. A company More...
GEBE pays a heavy price for firing Sharine Daniel
PHILIPSBURG -- Utilities Company GEBE is finally rid of its former Head Internal Audit Sharine Daniel, providing that it does not withdraw its request to dissolve the labor agreement and that it pays Daniel 350,000 More...
Lawyers for Silveria Jacobs demand $4 million in penalties from Olivier Arrindell
PHILIPSBURG -- In November of last year the Court in First Instance ordered Olivier Arrindell to rectify statements he had made in several videos about former Prime Minister Silveria Jacobs. The penalty for not More...
Guilty without a sanction? You are still convicted of a crime, Supreme Court rules
THE HAGUE — Is someone convicted if a court finds a defendant guilty and punishable but does not impose a sanction? The Supreme Court considered this question “in the interest of the law” after the Common More...
Court appoints appraiser to determine fair value of Mullet Bay
PHILIPSBURG -- The Common Court of Justice will appoint Greg Becker of the Canadian real estate management company Colliers as appraiser for providing an advice about the fair value of Mullet Bay. Collier was established More...
Partial victory for Minister Cooper in lawsuit against political rival
WILLEMSTAD — The Court in First Instance has forbidden Elvis de Andrade and the political party Union i Progreso (UP) to make a video that contains threats against Minister Charles Cooper (Traffic, Transport More...
No deadlines for registering political parties at the Electoral Council
PHILIPSBURG -- “Deadlines that would make it impossible for the Electoral Council to register new political parties do not exist.” This statement by the Council’s chairman Richard Gibson Jr. in a letter to More...
Supreme Court confirms conviction of former MP Frans Richardson
PHILIPSBURG — The Supreme Court in The Hague has confirmed the conviction of former parliamentarian Frans Richardson for accepting bribes and committing money laundering and tax fraud. The verdict issued More...
Will elections have to be postponed again?
PHILIPSBURG — The revised national decree of May 27 that sets the date for the parliamentary elections at August 19 contains a painful omission: the deadline for the registration of political parties. The More...
Pro Soualiga presents elegant solution for conflicts Article 59 of the Constitution with the electoral laws
PHILIPSBURG — The Pro Soualiga Foundation presented a third way to Prime Minister Dr. Luc Mercelina and the Central Voting Bureau chairlady Natahlie Tackling to solve the conflict between article 59 of the More...
