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...

Follow procurement procedures, Minister Ferrier urges suppliers

PHILIPSBURG – Suppliers of goods and services to government often encounter trouble getting paid because proper procurement procedures have not been followed, Finance Minister Mike Ferrier said at Wednesday’s More...

Emerald-suspects ducked 4 million in taxes

PHILIPSBURG – The Court in First Instance handled the cases of four suspects in the Emerald-investigation on Tuesday and the demands from the prosecution against all four were identical to those issued in February More...

Checkmate director behind questionable harbor-invoices

PHILIPSBURG – The trial of Keith F. – one of the suspects in the so-called Emerald-investigation – offered a candid insight in the way fraud was committed with inflated invoices at the Harbor Group of More...

Post-Irma cleanup invoices are a maze of incomprehensible claims

PHILIPSBURG – In the chaotic aftermath of Hurricane Irma, local contractors massively jumped on the bandwagon to make some good money by providing cleanup services to the government. A total of 68 companies – More...