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Young burglars found guilty
GREAT BAY – The Court in First Instance sentenced Garfield Junior Barnes on Wednesday to 99 days of imprisonment, with 90 days suspended and 3 years of probation for a burglary he committed in a house on the Valley More...
Emerald-suspect flown to Curacao
GREAT BAY – The Judge of Instruction ruled yesterday that the arrest of Checkmate-owner O’Neal A. on Monday was lawful. His custody was extended by eight days. Later yesterday A. was flown to Curacao where More...
Good riddance
Dear Editor, It is never ever a sad day when a monster dies. Fidel Castro, the mass murderer who “sadistically tormented the Cuban people for over fifty years”, died on Friday at the age of 90. Thousands of More...
Lying in court
We have no idea why defendants lie in court. It is rare for someone to come up with a story that has the court so baffled that there is no other option than to give it at least the benefit of the doubt. It is obviously More...
Appeal Manek-killer postponed to March
GREAT BAY – The appeal of Kevin Maurice Cohen against his conviction for causing a fatal accident that caused the death of former Rotary President Ramesh Bhagwandas Manek has been postponed until March 2 of next More...
York: “My weapon was my only means of defense”
GREAT BAY – Young policeman Richmer Michel Patrick York told his story about the events of March 4, 2015 that resulted in the death of Hakeem Isidora yesterday in great detail during the appeal hearing against More...
The cult of transparency
Dear Editor, As is the case in the wider world, here on St. Martin too, transparency has become a hip hip hurray word; a feel good word; a word without spot or blemish. Few question how they came to love this word More...
Man puts early release at risk with case of ill-treatment
GREAT BAY – For threatening a man who was with his ex-girlfriend, ill-treating him and stealing his bag and his shoes, Jean Joel Michel Jerome Hodge was sentenced to a 3-month prison sentence in the Court in First More...
Fast justice
There is a remarkable difference between the administration of justice on the Dutch side and that on the French side. Consider this: last Tuesday the crew of a catamaran carrying 52 refugees was intercepted by the More...
Progress Committee: “Security major concern for stakeholders”
GREAT BAY – The Progress Committee St. Maarten was in St. Maarten last week for the usual quarterly meetings with the director of the Pointe Blanche prison Edward Rohan and with the management of the police force More...
