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New gambling legislation is a work in progress
PHILIPSBURG — The first draft of a new gambling law has been completed, it appears from the third implementation report that details progress on measures that are part of the country package. The Temporary More...
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Improving Crime Fund management remains a work in progress
PHILIPSBURG — In April 2019 the Law Enforcement Council made six recommendations for the improvement of the management and supervision of the Crime Fund. In November 2022 the Council completed a report that More...
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No talks about lower prison sentence for Theo Heyliger – UPDATED
PHILIPSBURG -- There are many rumors circulating about the fate of Theo Heyliger, the founder of the United People’s party (UP), who was sentenced in May of last year in the Larimar-trial to five years of imprisonment More...
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Reform Entity tackles chaos at Crime Fund
PHILIPSBURG – The Caribbean Reform Entity wants to contribute to strengthening the constitutional state, it appears from the document the Ministry of Home Affairs and Kingdom Relations that outlines the entity’s More...
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Crime fund management under fire
PHILIPSBURG – The Crime Fund received in 2016 almost 1.3 million guilders from the verdict in the Bientu-case whereby Robbie’s Lottery owner Robbie dos Santos was sentenced to a 2-year conditional prison sentence More...
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Heartfelt cry
The sentencing of the woman who ordered the murder of her own father marked one of the more shocking crimes in our country’s history, but it was a heartfelt cry from a crime-victim that attracted even more of More...
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Victim’s fund
The call by attorney Geert Hatzmann for the establishment of a victim’s fund is a just one and one may well wonder why this call to action has to come from an attorney while successive governments and all Members More...