Citizens take Government to Court regarding the dump
On August 24, 2018, Mrs B. Cannegieter, Mr C. Koster and the law firm BZSE Attorneys at Law/Tax Lawyers filed a petition for an injunction against Country Sint Maarten and the operator of the dump. The plaintiffs More...
Port St. Maarten Management pleased with Court Ruling
PORT ST. MAARTEN — June 14, 2018, the Joint Court of Justice rendered a provisional judgment with regard to the Public Prosecutor’s request for a civil inquiry and several injunctive measures. The Court More...
Cable TV employees battle dismissal
PHILIPSBURG – Sixteen employees of St. Maarten Cable TV are fighting for their jobs, but its parent company Caribbean Teleview Services NV wants to dissolve their labor contracts. The Court in First Instance More...
Higher punishment for attempt to rob Prime Distributors
PHILIPSBURG – Two men who aborted an attempt to rob Prime Distributors in Cole Bay on December 8, 2016, received heavier prison sentences in the Court in First Instance on Wednesday than the public prosecutor More...
Community service for fencing stolen scooter
PHILIPSBURG – The Court in First Instance sentenced a 17-year old kid to community service for fencing a scooter. The boy was involved in an accident on November 26 of last year with his two-wheeler and when More...
Court drops charges for firing flare gun
PHILIPSBURG – The Court in First Instance dropped all charges against a 21-year old man who had fired a flare gun at a civil servant who had threatened him with a two by four on September 12, 2017. The defendant, More...
Hammer-wielding police officer gets community service
PHILIPSBURG – Police officer Bernadette Augusta Harrigan saw red during an argument with her sister on September 30 of last year and she took a swing at her sibling with a claw hammer. The sister sustained a slight More...
Bad birthday: arrested for gun possession
PHILIPSBURG – The Court in First Instance sentenced Bryan Giovanni Henson to 15 months of imprisonment, with 3 months suspended and 2 years of probation, for firearm possession on Wednesday. The prosecution had More...
Court finds no proof for ill-treatment
PHILIPSBURG – The Court in First Instance acquitted four defendants of committing public violence on September 30, 2017, against a man one of them had just thrown out of his apartment. But the court found More...
Would-be robbers face 1 to 1.5 year in prison for attempted robbery
PHILIPSBURG – Two men who are charged with an attempted robbery at Prime Distributors on December 8, 2016, are facing prison sentences of one to one-and-a-half year. The Court in First Instance will pronounce More...
