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It is better to arrive than to travel
By Chris Morvan Those who were stuck here for a while after Irma because of air travel disruption, and all of us who are now trembling at the thought of paying exorbitant prices (which we pray will eventually come More...
Armed robber sentenced to ten years
PHILIPSBURG – The Court in First Instance sentenced Collin Anthony James on Thursday to 10 years of imprisonment for his role in three armed robberies he committed in Philipsburg in July of last year. James, 30, More...
Administration of justice is effective, judge says
TILBURG – The administration of justice in the Caribbean part of the Kingdom is just as efficient as it is in the Netherlands, Judge Frank Spreuwenberg says in an interview with Rik Haverman on Caribisch Netwerk. More...
Man who burned Natalee Holloway’s remains stabbed to death
NORTH PORT, FLORIDA – John Ludwick, a close friend of Joran van der Sloot was stabbed to death in the Floridian town of North Port when he attempted to kidnap his former girlfriend. In the documentary The Disappearance More...
Community service for attack on Marechaussee
PHILIPSBURG – A man who got into a violent argument with an officer of the Royal Marechaussee on November 10 of last year has to pay his victim $862 as compensation for medical expenses. The Court in First Instance More...
Attorney gets her car back and fence has to pay
PHILIPSBURG – Attorney Dagmar Daal got her car back and the man who was found with it in his possession was sentence in the Court in First Instance on Wednesday morning to 120 hours of community service and to More...
Court suspends robbery suspect’s pre-trial detention
PHILIPSBURG – The Court in First Instance suspended the pretrial detention of robbery-suspect Michael Haze A. on Wednesday afternoon, in spite of objections by the public prosecutor. Michael A. has been charged More...
Panic attack does not save cocaine smuggler from sentence
PHILIPSBURG – A panic attack and fear of having to appear in open court did not save 42-year old Janet Malonier Richards from a sentence for an attempt to smuggle a ”considerable amount” of cocaine from St. More...
Light sentence for baseball bat attack on stepfather
PHLIPSBURG – An argument between a man and his stepfather on August 30 of last year ended in ill-treatment of the latter with a baseball bat and in an attempt to set his car on fire. Stepson Christopher Carel More...
Court acquits man of possessing counterfeit money
PHILIPSBURG – The Court in First Instance acquitted a man on Wednesday of the possession of counterfeit money, a firearm and ammunition. Levy W., 39, was at the parking lot of the Westin Hotel on May 29, 2016 More...
