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Former branch manager courthouse gets 27 months for embezzlement
PHILIPSBURG — The Court in First Instance sentenced the former branch manager of the courthouse in Philipsburg, Maritsa James-Christina (63) to 27 months in prison for embezzling more than $1.1 million from More...
Attorney Merx obtains right to hear witnesses in Pompeii-trial
PHILIPSBURG — The Common Court of Justice has set December 9 as the date for the continuation of the appeal in the Pompeii-trial against Etienne ‘Toochie’ Meyers, Dulcea Felomina Florentina and More...
Independence NO, Renegotiate COHO YES
WILLEMSTAD -- If anyone could have predicted that MFK would capture 9 seats in the Curacao elections, the party would have had 11 seats for sure. MFK leader Gilmar 'Pik' Pisas himself was adamant that his More...
A closer look at the rules for suspending parliamentarians
PHILIPSBURG — On February 19, 2019, Theo Heyliger, then a member of parliament for the United Democrats party (UD) was arrested on suspicion of taking bribes from construction companies. The Public Prosecutor More...
The answer is clear: Parliament opposes conditions for liquidity support
PHILIPSBURG — The Choharis-petition to the special rapporteur of the United Nations has drawn widespread criticism, but the backers of this initiative – eleven of the fifteen members of Parliament – More...
Choharis-petition puts liquidity support at risk
PHILIPSBURG -- The Washington-based Choharis Law Group has filed a petition on behalf of St. Maarten’s Parliament to the United Nations in pursuit of its desire to complete the decolonization process. LOGIN TO More...
MP Buncamper wants crackdown on companies that employ undocumented workers
PHILIPSBURG — “We have to make sure that St. Maarten safeguards its legal residents,” MP Claudius Buncamper said during a Central Committee meeting last week where Justice Minister Anna Richardson provided More...
Jamaloodin gets on appeal 30 years for ordering Wiels-liquidation
WILLEMSTAD – The Common Court of Justice sentenced former Minister of Finance George Jamaloodin on Friday on appeal to 30 years of imprisonment. The court found the defendant guilty of ordering the assassination More...
Borderline criminal (part 1)
By Hilbert Haar Blogger Bibi Shaw is a borderline criminal. At least, that is the inevitable conclusion if statements attributed to Sharine Daniel in a media report about Shaw are truthful. Shaw is only a criminal More...
Knops: “St. Maarten has made too little progress”
THE HAGUE — State Secretary Raymond Knops (Kingdom Relations) and Minister Sander Dekker (Legal Protection) share concerns about the dismal conditions in St. Maarten’s detention system and say that improvements More...
