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Tag archive for ‘MP Frans Richardson’
By The Publisher On Monday, November 5th, 2018
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Frans: Dutch TBO officers stole and should have been arrested

PHILIPSBURG — Leader of the USP, MP Frans Richardson on Monday disclosed that two members of the TBO arresting team stole jewelry from Francesco Corallo during his arrest and the raid on his residence in December More...

By The Publisher On Tuesday, June 12th, 2018
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Frans: I will not sit by silently and let my name be tarnished

PHILIPSBURG — With the main part of his trial still pending, Member of Parliament Frans Richardson on Tuesday said he is not going to sit back silently and let the Prosecutor’s Office paint a negative picture More...

By The Publisher On Monday, June 11th, 2018
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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...

By The Publisher On Tuesday, May 22nd, 2018
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Who is fooling who?

By Hilbert Haar A cornered cat tends to make unexpected and at times weird moves, a Dutch expression suggests. This applies to a certain extent to MP Frans Richardson whom one could label – with a stretch of the More...

By The Publisher On Wednesday, May 9th, 2018
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Motion to lower salaries angers MP Richardson (UPDATED)

PHILIPSBURG – MP Wycliffe Smith’s motion to lower the salaries of parliamentarians by 15 percent received sufficient support from three members of the United Democrats faction – MPs Meyers, Bijlani and Mercelina More...

By The Publisher On Monday, May 7th, 2018
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MP Smith takes parliament to task

PHILIPSBURG – “This budget will not win any stellar awards,” MP Wycliffe Smith (St. Maarten Christian Party) said on Monday during the first day of the 2018 budget debate. “It shows a deficit, it is not More...

By The Publisher On Sunday, April 22nd, 2018
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Recap MP Frans Richardson residency issue

Recap articles published about the residency issue of MP Frans Richardson and the possible consequences regarding his status as a member of Parliament: MP-status Frans Richardson called into question Opinion by More...

By The Publisher On Monday, April 16th, 2018
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Questions remain about MP-status Frans Richardson

PHILIPSBURG – “I do not share your opinion that Member of Parliament Frans Richardson’s letters of credence have been wrongly approved,” President of Parliament MP Sarah Wescot-Williams writes in  a letter More...

By The Publisher On Tuesday, April 10th, 2018
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No action from Central Voting Bureau against MP Richardson

PHILIPSBURG – For the time being the Central Voting Bureau (CVB) does not see a role for itself in assessing the right of United St. Maarten party (USp) leader Frans Richardson to his seat in Parliament. CVB-chairman More...

By The Publisher On Friday, April 6th, 2018
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A hot potato

By Hilbert Haar So what to think of the situation Member of Parliament Frans Richardson finds himself in? The initial reactions from primary sources have been, to put it politely, from noncommittal to nonresponsive. That More...