St. Maarten Prosecutor considering appealing Colade case
PHILIPSBURG - The Prosecutor’s Office (OM) said Friday it is considering an appeal in the so-called “Colade” case, because the three suspects in this case were acquitted by the Court of several charges, including More...
Open letter to Ministers of Justice of St. Maarten and Curaçao, Cornelius de Weever and Quincy Girigorie
Dear Minister De Weever, We are writing this letter to thank you for giving us a chance to rehabilitate and to help us with our job here in Curaçao, at the same time. Some of us were lucky enough to try and gain More...
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...
Islands voted against new law proposal on Dispute Regulation
THE HAGUE - The three Dutch Caribbean countries voted against the Kingdom Law proposal to establish a Dispute Regulation for the Kingdom, during last week’s meeting of the Kingdom Council of Ministers. Curaçao More...
UN Committee concerned about prison, says finances no reason for continued derogation
Poses 180 questions to Kingdom at human rights hearing ~ PHILIPSBURG - The United Nations Committee on Torture stressed its ongoing concerns about the St. Maarten prison system, indicating that while it can appreciate More...
St. Maarten: Minister of Justice De Weever pleased with border control cooperation between Dutch & French
PHILIPSBURG - Minister of Justice Cornelius de Weever said he is pleased with the border control cooperation with the two sides of the island, Sint Maarten and Saint Martin by the relevant authorities, adding that More...
Trust Fund second payment approved for St. Maarten
THE HAGUE - The Second Chamber of the Dutch Parliament on Tuesday unanimously approved a budgetary amendment to transfer the second tranche of 150 million euros to the St. Maarten Reconstruction Trust Fund. The More...
St. Maarten: Clark summoned to appear in court on November 23
PHILIPSBURG - Minister of Justice Cornelius de Weever has made good on his promise to begin a civil case against former Pointe Blanche prison Chief Operations Officer (COO) Fernando Clark who accused the minister More...
Unity at centre in The Hague St. Maarten Day celebration
THE HAGUE - Words of commitment and cooperation to restore St. Maarten to its former glory and the message of unity sounded at the St. Maarten Day celebration at the Cabinet of the Minister Plenipotentiary of St. More...
St. Maarten National Alliance wants strong message sent about self-government interference to Hague
PHILIPSBURG - The National Alliance (NA) Members of Parliament have called on fellow MPs to unite on a yet-to-be-tabled motion to tell the Dutch government to back off from interfering with St. Maarten’s right More...
