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Leerdam: “Kingdom relations under serious pressure”
PHILIPSBURG – “The humiliation of May 20 puts serious pressure on kingdom-relations. It has only resulted in bitterness.” That is one of the statements former parliamentarian and former chairman of the More...
PM Jacobs: “Unions should be more reasonable”
PHILIPSBURG – The government’s decision to accept the kingdom’s conditions for liquidity support is not going down well with civil servant and their unions. That much is clear from the meeting the unions More...
20 mei 2020 leidde tot verbittering bij Aruba, Curacao en Sint Maarten
door John Leerdam Staatssecretaris Raymond Knops heeft de buit binnen. Hij kan tevreden zijn. Alle drie de regeringen van de overzeese Koninkrijksdelen Aruba, Sint Maarten en Curaçao dus, zijn akkoord gegaan met More...
Dutch parliament backs up conditions for liquidity support
THE HAGUE – Members of the Dutch parliament support the conditions State secretary Drs. Raymond Knops has imposed on Aruba, Curacao and St. Maarten for the provision of liquidity support, but some parliamentarians More...
Judgements in LARIMAR case
WILLEMSTAD/PHILIPSBURG — In the so-called Larimar case, the St. Maarten Court of First Instance sentenced politician T.H. to a 60-month prison sentence for accepting nearly $4 million in bribes and money More...
Stand by your man
By Hilbert Haar The verdict is in and former parliamentarian Theo Heyliger is facing a 5-year prison sentence for accepting bribes and for money laundering. It is a given that Heyliger will appeal the verdict; More...
UP Board: Hearsay trial produces hearsay verdict
PHILIPSBURG — The board of the United People (UP) party on Friday said that the hearsay trial of party founder Theo Heyliger resulted in a hearsay verdict, and hopes Heyliger’s legal team appeal the More...
Uitspraken in de zaak Larimar
WILLEMSTAD/PHILIPSBURG — Het Gerecht in Eerste Aanleg van Sint Maarten in de zogeheten Larimar-zaak heeft de politicus TH veroordeeld tot een gevangenisstaf van 60 maanden voor het aannemen van bijna 4 miljoen More...
Progress Committee: justice ministry is not in control
PHILIPSBURG – The Progress Committee writes in its 36th report that the situation at the prison still leaves much to be desired – to put it mildly. The report covers the last quarter of 2019, though the More...
Financial Action Task Force finds “a wide range of shortcomings”
PHILIPSBURG – The meeting of parliament about establishing amendments to the Penal Procedure Code was reportedly driven by the need to tweak an amendment proposed by parliament-chair Rolando Brison and MP Claudius More...
