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Progress Committee back for talks about law enforcement
GREAT BAY – In early August, the Progress Committee sounded the alarm over the lack of progress with the plans of approach in the justice chain. This week, the committee is back on the island for talks with law More...
Plasterk: The ball is in St. Maarten’s court
Minister of Kingdom Relations, Ronald Plasterk, says the ball is in the court of St. Maarten in a letter to the Dutch Second Chamber regarding the plans of approach for the Pointe Blance prison and the police force More...
Plasterk demands action
Prison director Edward Rohan. File photo Today / Hilbert Haar GREAT BAY – Kingdom Relations Minister Ronald Plasterk intends to speak with the new government about the progress with the plan of approach for the More...
Constancia also prepared to give up her seat
WILLEMSTAD – After party leader Gerrit Schotte, the number two on the list of Movementu Futuro Kòrsou (MFK), Jacinta Constancia, has also announced that she is prepared to give up her seat in parliament for the More...
Bank robbery-investigation linked to vote buying case
GREAT BAY – The investigation into vote buying before the 2014 elections by MP Silvio Matser and twenty others started when investigators got wind of something amiss in the so-called Maas-investigation into three More...
Angry stepfather gets community service
GREAT BAY – When his 12-year-old stepdaughter sucked her teeth on April 4 at the request to do the washing up, her 51-year-old stepfather Sylvio Martina lost it and he slapped the child in her face; shortly afterwards More...
MAN narrowly wins elections in Curacao ahead of the MFK
WILLEMSTAD –MAN won the elections in Curacao on Wednesday with 16.2 percent of the vote. Behind MAN are MFK (Movementu Futuro Kòrsou) with 16 percent and PAR (Partido Antiá Restruckturá) 15.1 percent. All three More...
MP Silvio Matser’s tax fraud appeal moved to December
GREAT BAY – The appeal of MP Silvio Matser against his conviction for tax fraud with his now defunct construction company Energizer was postponed yesterday afternoon at the request of the defense that wants to More...
Octogenarian remains behind bars
GREAT BAY – Victor Albert R. celebrated his 82nd birthday on Tuesday but this was not a happy occasion, because he is detained in the Pointe Blanche prison. “I cannot take another day of this,” he told judge More...
Good turnout for elections Curacao
WILLEMSTAD – The Supreme Electoral Council (SEC) held its first briefing today at 12 o’clock. According to Pacheco Römer, chairman of the SEC, up until that moment, 21,571 people voted which represents about More...
