Absent human smugglers face 18 months in jail
GREAT BAY – The captain and the helmsman of the fishing vessel Raton who made a failed attempt to smuggle three Brazilians via St....
Detention condition earns defendant lighter sentence
GREAT BAY – The Common Court of Justice sentenced Florentine Jerome to 18 months of imprisonment and 3 years of probation yesterday. The court...
Court struggles with appeal
GREAT BAY – The Common Court of Justice will decide on May 5 whether the prosecution will be allowed to continue with its appeal...
Unchanged demand on appeal for drunk driving
GREAT BAY – Solicitor-general Taco Stein demanded on appeal a 2-month conditional prison sentence against Kurt R. with 3 years of probation, supervision by...
Court punishes Save-A-Lot fight with suspended sentences
GREAT BAY – Sami Abumasoud, owner of the Save-A-Lot haberdasher store on Bush road took one of his employees to task on March 11,...
MP Matser’s tax fraud appeal postponed
GREAT BAY – The Common Court of Justice did not set a date for the appeal of MP Silvio Matser against his conviction for...
Caribbean Endemic Bird Festival Highlights Habitat Restoration
PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten -- “Restore Habitats, Restore Birds” is the theme for this year’s Caribbean Endemic Bird Festival (CEBF). At dozens of events throughout...
LaBega Invited to Address IATA Regional Meeting in Miami
SIMPSON BAY, St. Maarten (Tuesday, April 21, 2015)— Managing Director of the Princess Juliana International Airport, SXM, Regina LaBega has been invited to address...
*** UPDATE ***: Sint Maarten Customs intercepted a large shipment of cocaine Sunday
PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten -- In a press release issue on April 19th 2015, by the Head of Customs in Sint Maarten Mr. A.J.G. Doran...
Rotary Club of St. Martin Sunrise pays courtesy call on Prime Minister and Acting...
PHILIPSBURG - President of Rotary Club St. Martin Sunrise Virginia Asin, members and visiting Rotarians from Suriname, last Friday, April 17, paid a courtesy...
