MP Brison Presents at IPKO on Environmental Issues and Prosperity
THE HAGUE — As part of the presentations at the Inter-Parliamentary Kingdom Consultations (IPKO) members of Parliament took the floor. There was an emphasis on the sustainable development goals (SDG) of the More...
Is automatic early release coming to an end?
By Hilbert Haar Imagine this: the court sentences a man for armed robbery to a prison sentence of nine years. He spent already eight months in pretrial custody, so he has one hundred months to go before he roams More...
Ferrier to NLD
AIRPORT–Finance Minister Michael “Mike” Ferrier along with three civil servants head to the Netherlands today, Tuesday, via Curacao. Ferrier, a pilot, will fly a privately owned aircraft from More...
Prime Minister Romeo Marlin expresses sympathy to the Government & People of the Netherlands
PHILIPSBURG – Newly sworn in Prime Minister Leona Romeo Marlin has expressed her sympathy to the Government and people of the Netherlands on behalf of Sint Maarten on the passing of 3 persons during the More...
First Black Party in The Netherlands a fact
AMSTERDAM/ROTTERDAM – The first black party in the Netherlands is a fact. U-buntu Connected Front (UCF) registered in Amsterdam and Rotterdam for the municipal elections of March 2018. But whether the Afro More...
Regulation makes life sentences now possible in the Netherlands
PHILIPSBURG – The Supreme Court in The Hague wrote history on Monday with a ruling that establishes that imposing life imprisonment is possible in the Netherlands. Before this ruling, life sentences were routinely More...
Plaything
Commentary / Antilliaans Dagblad One cannot reproach the Netherlands for the fact that politicians in St. Maarten are making a mess of things. But knowing that the Parliament in Philipsburg is hopelessly divided, More...
Point Blanche Prison inmates transported off-island
Philipsburg — On Thursday November 2nd and Friday November 3rd a total of 59 inmates that were housed at the Point Blanche Prison were relocated to detention centers in Curacao and the Netherlands. 28 of More...
Aid supplies from the Netherlands arrives on Sint Maarten
SXM Airport — Today another major shipment of emergency equipment arrived on Sint Maarten. An Airbus A400 from the French air force landed today on Princess Juliana International Airport bringing shelter More...
Ambulance team members to get much-needed downtime
CAY HILL — The Ambulance Department of the Ministry VSA and the Dutch Regional Ambulance Organisation (RAV) are teaming up to provide much needed relief to the staff of the Ambulance Department in St. Maarten. Following More...
