First preliminary hearing in ‘Catfish’ case postponed
PHILIPSBURG - The first preliminary hearing in the “Catfish” investigation, in which Member of Parliament (MP) Theodore Heyliger (48) and co-suspect J.M.S. (70) are the main suspects, which was scheduled to More...
Joint court gives prosecutor the green light to prosecute St. Maarten politician
PHILIPSBURG, WILLEMSTAD - The Joint Court of Justice has granted the Prosecutor’s Office authority to prosecute Leader of the United Democrats Member of Parliament Theodore Heyliger in connection with the Catfish More...
Heyliger’s fate in the hands of Joint Court
PHILIPSBURG - The Prosecutor of St. Maarten held a hearing with the Joint Court of Curaçao, Aruba and St. Maarten on Tuesday seeking permission to bring criminal charges against Member of Parliament (MP) Theodore More...
Heyliger requests US $50M from recovery fund as airport loan
PHILIPSBURG - Allocate a US $50-million loan from the Hurricane Irma recovery funds to Princess Juliana International Airport to jolt the rebuilding of the terminal building and related facilities to save its hub More...
Theo: Too many still roofless while hurricane season looms
PHILIPSBURG - Too many residents are still without roofs with the upcoming Atlantic Hurricane Season some 67 days away, said United Democrats leader Member of Parliament Theo Heyliger, as he called for speedier More...
St. Maarten UP rejects election at this time, but full slate ready
PHILIPSBURG - The board of the United People's Party (UP) has condemned the call by the Prime Minister and Leader of the National Alliance, William Marlin, to call an election on January 8th, 2018. "An election More...
St. Maarten will not allow Dutch to make a mockery of its democracy
PHILLIPSBURG - With the instruction given to Governor Eugene Holiday by Dutch Minister of Kingdom Relations Plasterk, the Dutch government has one again shown that it will spare no measure in setting aside St. Maarten’s More...
The superior attitude of the Dutch towards the Caribbean islands
PHILIPSBURG, WILLEMSTAD – Raising one’s finger, an inheritance from colonial times, comes easier to populist Dutch politicians than searching their own hearts. Once again they have an indelible opinion on their More...
UP Leader MP Hon. Theo Heyliger statement on integrity
PHILLIPSBURG - “Over the past two weeks much has been said about the PWC Integrity report locally and across the ocean. Unfortunately some are attempting to paint a picture of an unwilling St. Maarten, unwilling More...
UP: No Dutch politician can or will determine who governs St. Maarten
PHILLIPSBURG - The board of the United Peoples Party (UP) strongly believes that the recent rhetoric of the liberal democratic VVD party and Socialist Party (SP) in the Netherlands is exactly that, rhetoric, but More...
