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Bombscare at Philipsburg Police Station Monday night
~ Philipsburg Police Station evacuated; prisoners moved to Simpson Bay ~ PHILIPSBURG — Late Monday night, September 28th, 2020, the Philipsburg Police Station was evacuated after an apparent call to the station More...
Too many drugs: polypharmacy alarming trend at Mental Health Foundation
CAY HILL — Administering two and often more drugs at the same time has been the rule rather than the exception at the Mental Health Foundation for many years. Many patients are given a cocktail of medication. More...
Court dissolves Mingo’s contract without compensation
PHILIPSBURG – The Court in First Instance has dissolved the labor contract of Mark Mingo with the St. Maarten Harbour Holding Company. The company does not have to pay its former director any compensation. The More...
Knops maintains: human rights are St. Maarten’s responsibility
THE HAGUE – “It remains urgent that the detention situation in St. Maarten improves within the foreseeable future. The problem requires a decisive approach and the cabinet has offered assistance on several More...
USP MPs requesting clarification on concerns brought forward by Inmates Association
PHILIPSBURG — Following last week’s media reports that the Point Blanche Prison Inmates Association expressed its concerns about the health conditions at the institution, United St. Maarten Party (USP) More...
Foundation asks court to declare Kingdom Charter unlawful
PHILIPSBURG – The Pro Soualiga Foundation, a vehicle established by attorney Denicio Brison, is taken the State of the Netherlands to court in an attempt to have the Kingdom Charter of 1954 declared null and More...
Our frontliners are under attack by the virus
We recently interviewed a frontliner about what the consequences of COVID-19 infections among the staff entail for capacity issues in frontline organizations such as the medical center, the ambulance service and More...
The mess at BTP is still there
By Hilbert Haar How Minister Ludmila De Weever was able to reach an amicable settlement with Anthony Carty, the heavily overpaid director of the Bureau Telecommunication and Post (BTP) is a mystery to me. As the More...
Reform Entity tackles chaos at Crime Fund
PHILIPSBURG – The Caribbean Reform Entity wants to contribute to strengthening the constitutional state, it appears from the document the Ministry of Home Affairs and Kingdom Relations that outlines the entity’s More...
MP Heyliger-Marten requests formal position of Bar Association
~ Racism and bigotry in St. Maarten are unacceptable, says MP Grisha Heyliger-Marten ~ PHILIPSBURG—”The fact that Mr. Hatzmann sees the people of Sint Maarten as “little village people” proves that he More...
