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National Police asked to stay longer
PHILIPSBURG – Putting on his favorite hat of Minister of Justice, Rafael Boasman announced on Wednesday that his ministry has asked for an extension of the stay of the Dutch National Police on the island. “We More...
Future post office in the hands of government
The workers of the post office, their union and their management team got the government to agree to cover their November and December salaries. However, during a recent press briefing, Boasman, who is the interim More...
MHF-director Eileen Healy about the consequences of Hurricane Irma
~ Healy: "Our clients are more confused than before” ~ PHILIPSBURG – “Only now the emotions are coming to the surface. We are very busy with crises,” says Eileen Healy, the director of the Mental Health More...
Nico Schoof heads reconstruction mission
PHILIPSBURG – Nico Schoof, chairman of the Progress Committee St. Maarten and a former mayor of the Dutch municipality of Alphen aan den Rijn arrives this week in St. Maarten as the new head of the mission for More...
Serial robber-burglar sentenced to 17 years
PHILIPSBURG – The Common Court of Justice sentenced Felix Floyd Crawford on Thursday to 17 years of imprisonment, three years below the sentence the Court in First Instance handed down in December of last year. More...
Driver who killed former Rotary President Manek sentenced to 24 months
PHILIPSBURG – The common Court of Justice sentenced Kevyn Maurice Cohen on Thursday to 24 months of imprisonment with 8 months suspended and 3 years of probation for causing a traffic accident on April 16, 2015 More...
Mega-looter caught after reporting friend’s murder
PHILIPSBURG – The Court in First Instance sentenced Mandiso Gerardes Marcel Illis yesterday to a 9-month prison sentence for massively looting CostULess, Carrefour and Divico after Hurricane Irma. Of the sentence, More...
Acquittal for three looting-suspects
PHILIPSBURG – The Court in First Instance acquitted three looting-suspects of all charges on Wednesday morning, though in one case the judge noted that the acquittal went against her heart. Jonathan Jose More...
Court acquits Tromp
WILLEMSTAD – The Court in First Instance acquitted Dr. Emsley Tromp, the former president of the Central bank of Curacao and St. Maarten on Friday completely of intentionally filing incorrect income tax returns. More...
Appeals court returns to St. Maarten – seventy days after Hurricane Irma
PHILIPSBURG – The Common Court of Justice returned for its first session at the courthouse in Philipsburg on Wednesday, exactly seventy days after Hurricane Irma ripped through St. Maarten. It was not a More...
