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Tag archive for ‘ruling’
By The Publisher On Friday, December 29th, 2023
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Supreme Court likely to dismiss appeals against same-sex marriages

THE HAGUE — Aruba and Curacao have to allow marriages between same-sex partners. Both countries appealed the decision by the Common Court of Justice that ordered both countries to recognize these marriages More...

By The Publisher On Monday, November 21st, 2022
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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...

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By The Publisher On Saturday, January 29th, 2022
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Court freezes Over the Bank long lease decisions

PHILIPSBURG -- The Court in First Instance criticized successive ministers of Public Housing, Urban Planning, Environment and Infrastructure VROMI) for the way they deal with the issuance of rights of long lease More...

By The Publisher On Wednesday, January 19th, 2022
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Court justifies dismissal of VROMI’s Secretary-General Louis Brown

PHILIPSBURG — The Court for Civil Servants Affairs confirms in a ruling dated January 17 that the dismissal of Louis Brown as the Secretary-General of the Ministry of Public Housing, Urban Planning, Environment More...

By The Publisher On Saturday, September 26th, 2020
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Supreme Court sends Alegria/TOCA timeshare case back to the Court of Appeals for a new ruling

PHILIPSBURG – The Supreme Court of the Netherlands ruled on Friday that Alegria Real Estate does not have to honor the rights of timeshare-owners at the former Caravanserai Beach Resort. The timeshare-owners, More...

By The Publisher On Thursday, May 14th, 2020
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Building permit for Planet Hollywood ruled unlawful

PHILIPSBURG – In August 2019, less than two years after Hurricane Irma, the VROMI Ministry eagerly approved a permit to allow Sunwing’s plan to build Planet Hollywood St. Maarten Beach Resort on the location More...

By The Publisher On Tuesday, May 5th, 2020
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Black payments come to haunt local jeweler

PHILIPSBURG – KRK Corporation, a company, doing business as Diamonds Forever and Milano Diamond Gallery, is on the ropes because it paid two former employees black ('zwart') on top of their regular income. The More...

By The Publisher On Sunday, January 12th, 2020
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Matser’s conviction for tax fraud stands

PHILIPSBURG – Former Member of Parliament Silvio Matser has found no reprieve at the Supreme Court in The Hague where he contested his 2017 conviction for tax fraud. The Supreme Court judges – Willem van Schendel, More...

By The Publisher On Wednesday, April 18th, 2018
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Court subjects MP Brownbill to public humiliation

PHILIPSBURG – The Court in First Instance subjected parliamentarian Chanel Brownbill to  public  humiliation in its blistering ruling on Tuesday that sentenced the defendant to 18 months of imprisonment, with More...

By The Publisher On Saturday, January 13th, 2018
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Court blocks return of forged ID-papers

PHILIPSBURG – A man with two aliases who is currently detained in the Pointe Blanche prison saw an attempt to regain possession of items the prosecutor’s office confiscated twice, strand in the Court in First More...