UP Board: Prosecutor presents no physical evidence against Theo Heyliger
PHILIPSBURG — The board of the United People (UP) party on Monday said that despite months of creating negative and false impressions about its founder Theo Heyliger, the prosecutor’s office did not present More...
Heyliger’s bribery allegations have a long (family) history
PHILIPSBURG - “What they did to his grandfather they are now doing to Theo.” That line, spoken in Parliament by United Democrats MP Franklin Meyers sums up the sentiment in the political arena about the legal More...
Witch hunt or a new Marcel Loor case?
PHILIPSBURG — Witch hunt or a repeat of the Marcel Loor case? The public prosecutor’s office demanded on Wednesday 18 months of imprisonment, with 6 months suspended against former Immigration and Border More...
Emerald-trial: forged invoices, bribes and tax fraud
PHILIPSBURG – Three high-profile defendants appeared in court on Monday morning for the highly anticipated first step in the Emerald-trial: Member of Parliament Frans Richardson, suspended Port Director Mark More...
Matser faces two years in prison for 2014 election fraud
PHILIPSBURG – The public prosecutor demanded 2 years of imprisonment against Member of Parliament Silvio Matser on Wednesday morning for election fraud committed in 2014. The prosecutor also asked the court to More...
Prosecutor calls defendant a wolf in sheep’s clothing
PHILIPSBURG – The public prosecutor took human smuggling suspect M.J.P. to task in the Court in First Instance on Wednesday after her attorney Jairo Bloem had petitioned the court for a postponement of her trial. More...
