Community service for broomstick-beating
GREAT BAY – The Court in First Instance sentenced Tony Ricardo York yesterday to a 6-month conditional prison sentence with 2 years of probation and 40 hours of community service for ill-treating a man with a broken broomstick on May 26 of last year. York also has to pay his victim 1,073 guilders in damages to compensate the costs...
Prosecution inadmissible in case against dead defendant COLO
GREAT BAY – The demand by the prosecutor’s office to execute a conditional sentence against 26-year old Emilien Pompelio Kruythoff aka "Colo" became a moot point on Thursday afternoon in the Court in First Instance. The defendant died in a shooting on September 14 of last year in the vicinity of Windsor Road in Cole Bay – a well-known...
Court acquits woman of hitting her ex-husband
GREAT BAY – The Court in First Instance dropped all charges against 27-year old Sasha I. yesterday. The woman was charged with hitting her former husband during a domestic argument on August 26, 2012 – almost three years ago.
“It is a case of where two people fight, two of them are guilty,” prosecutor Tineke Kamps told the court. She...
SCDF commends government on its position towards food safety
PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten -- The St. Maarten Carnival Development Foundation (SCDF) on Monday complimented Ministers Claret Connor and Rita Bourne-Gumbs for their remarks on World Health Day with regards to food safety.
The foundation executes a no-nonsense policy when it comes to food handling and food safety in Carnival Village. Booth holders go through rigid food handler courses and are...
Minister TEATT Connor says Safe Food a Pre-requisite for Tourism Sector in World Health Day Message
PHILIPSBURG – World Health Day is marked annually on April 7. This year the focus is on food safety. New data on the harm caused by foodborne illnesses underscore the global threats posed by unsafe foods. World Health Day highlights the challenges and opportunities associated with food safety under the slogan “From farm to plate, make food safe.”
Minister of...
Carnival Village springs to life as booth holders start to move in
PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten -- The activity inside of Carnival Village increased over the Easter weekend as booth holders started to move into the Village in preparation for the official opening of Carnival on April 16.
The St. Maarten Carnival Development Foundation (SCDF) will also be relocating its operations to the Village this week. The foundation will, as usual, operate out...
Acting Minister of Public Health Bourne-Gumbs World Health Day Message 2015 “Uncontaminated Food that is Safe to Eat”
PHILIPSBURG – Acting Minister of Public Health, Social Development and Labour, Hon. Rita Bourne-Gumbs would like to wish all residents happy World Health Day 2015 which will be celebrated across the globe on Tuesday, April 7. In many countries in the Region of the Americas, diseases caused by contaminated food are a serious health problem for the population.
The theme...
Central Committee Meeting of Parliament scheduled for Wednesday surrounding August 29th alleged parliamentary election discrepancies
PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten – The House of Parliament will meet in a Central Committee session on April 8.
The committee meeting is set for Wednesday at 10.00am in the General Assembly Chamber of the House at Wilhelmina Straat #1 in Philipsburg.
This meeting was requested by Members of Parliament (MP) Hon. Leona Marlin-Romeo (Independent), MP Hon. Tamara Leonard (United People’s (UP)...
Central Committee Meeting scheduled for Wednesday about Draft National Ordinance to Establish Integrity Chamber
PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten – The Central Committee of Parliament will meet in public session on April 8. The Minister of General Affairs Hon. Marcel Gumbs will be present for the House session.
The public Central Committee meeting is set for Wednesday at 3.00pm in the General Assembly Chamber of the House at Wilhelmina Straat #1 in Philipsburg.
The three point agenda...
Policeman Killed By A Colleague During Robbery In Hanover Linked To Several Other Crimes
Kemar Beckford, the policeman fatally shot by a colleague during an attempted robbery in Hanover yesterday.
WESTERN BUREAU:
"You cannot be a police and a thief at the same time, that can't work," were the words of a young man who was part of the crowd trying to sneak a peek at the body of Kemar Beckford, a policeman who was...
