
Supreme Court puts civil inquiry at harbor companies to rest
PHILIPSBURG — The Supreme Court has firmly closed the door on a request from the Public Prosecutor’s Office to order a civil inquiry into the St. Maarten Harbor Holding company and twelve associated businesses. More...

Mark Mingo prepares multi-million dollar claim for damages
PHILIPSBURG — Former Port-director Mark Mingo and his attorney Cor Merx are preparing a multi-million dollar claim for damages against the Government, the Prosecutor’s Office and the Harbor Group of Companies. More...

Mark Mingo suggests introduction of Co2-tax
PHILIPSBURG — Mark Mingo is back and he wants everybody to know that he is not going anywhere. Despite his trials leading up to his acquittal for complicity in robbing the port of millions of dollars, Mingo More...

Mark Mingo acquitted of all charges
PHILIPSBURG — The Common Court of Justice acquitted Mark Mingo, the former Chief Executive Officer of the Harbor Group of Companies of all charges on Tuesday, June 21, 2022. More than two years ago, on January More...

Mark Mingo: “I have done nothing wrong”
PHILIPSBURG — “I have done nothing wrong,” former harbor CEO Mark Mingo said in an interview with Billy D on SOS radio station 95.9 FM. In January, the Court in First Instance sentenced Mingo to 46 months More...

Court orders former MP Frans Richardson and former Harbor-CEO Mark Mingo to pay
PHILIPSBURG — The Court in First Instance has ordered former parliamentarian Frans Richardson and the former director of the Harbor Group of Companies Mark Mingo in separate rulings to pay the country large More...

Court dissolves Mingo’s contract without compensation
PHILIPSBURG – The Court in First Instance has dissolved the labor contract of Mark Mingo with the St. Maarten Harbour Holding Company. The company does not have to pay its former director any compensation. The More...

Nothing is going to stop the carnival
By Hilbert Haar Wednesday’s court rulings in the Emerald-case against USp-leader Frans Richardson, former port-director Mark Mingo and Checkmate Security director O’Neal Arrindell mark a turning point in the More...

Prison time looms for parliamentarian Frans Richardson
PHILIPSBURG – The Court in First Instance sentenced Member of Parliament Frans Richardson, leader of the United St. Maarten party (USp) on Wednesday to 36 months of imprisonment for accepting $370,000 in bribes More...

Cruise industry requires multi-language skills
GREAT BAY – Port St. Maarten Management and Supervisory Board representatives were informed about new trends in the cruise industry at Seatrade Cruise Med on Wednesday in Tenerife, one of the Canary Islands. Carnival More...