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Motion to lower salaries angers MP Richardson (UPDATED)
PHILIPSBURG – MP Wycliffe Smith’s motion to lower the salaries of parliamentarians by 15 percent received sufficient support from three members of the United Democrats faction – MPs Meyers, Bijlani and Mercelina More...
Settlement of insurance claim for Government building paves way for reconstruction
PHILIPSBURG — Settlement of the insurance claim for the repairs to the New Government Building due to the passing of hurricanes Irma and Maria pave the way for reconstruction of the building with an anticipated More...
Grapperhaus gets a different taste of St. Maarten
PHILIPSBURG – Minister Ferdinand Grapperhaus (Justice and Security) got a firsthand taste of the destruction Hurricane Irma inflicted on St. Maarten during his visit to the island that was preceded by stops in More...
Would-be robbers face 1 to 1.5 year in prison for attempted robbery
PHILIPSBURG – Two men who are charged with an attempted robbery at Prime Distributors on December 8, 2016, are facing prison sentences of one to one-and-a-half year. The Court in First Instance will pronounce More...
Stabbing trial scheduled for July 18
PHILIPSBURG – Todrick Kahim F. will appear in court on July 18 to stand trial for the fatal stabbing of 27-year old Derrick Wilson on November 18 of last year. The 43-year old defendant was arrested shortly after More...
Reconstruction priorities
By Hilbert Haar Roofs have to be repaired and businesses have to get back on their feet in the wake of Hurricane Irma. All that makes sense. But the real priorities for the country still lie elsewhere, as became More...
Screaming tattoo artist guilty of looting and ill-treatment
PHILIPSBURG – The sentencing hearing of tattoo artist Rikinaldo Francisco Murray did not go according to plan on Wednesday afternoon because the 46-year old defendant lost it when he realized that he was also More...
Schools get money for emergency repairs
PHILIPSBURG – The Council of Ministers approved the advices for school repairs on Tuesday. Minister Jorien Wuite (Education) said on Wednesday that funds can now be made available for repairs to four schools. The More...
Prosecutor demands 15 years for fatal stabbing
PHILIPSBURG – Fifteen years of imprisonment. That is the demand the public prosecutor put to the Court in First Instance on Wednesday against Akil Amaru L. for allegedly stabbing 23-year old Gary Zorilla (see More...
Rules and regulations
By Hilbert Haar We have no shortage of laws, national ordinances and rules and regulation in our little country. What we sorely miss is the will to apply those rules. This appears once more from the questions I More...
