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St. Maarten – The prosecutor’s office confirmed in a press release that Bada Bing owner Jaap van den Heuvel has been detained by the National Detective Agency. He is suspected of forgery, failing to file a tax return and money laundering. Van den
HILVERSUM – Ronald Bandell, the chairman of the Progress Committee Sint Maarten is not happy with the way the Dutch government is forcing St. Maarten to investigate integrity, Jamila Baaziz reports on Caribisch Netwerk. “That the integrity needs
St. Maarten – Member of Parliament Dr. Ruth Douglass submitted her resignation to Parliament yesterday. According to sources, the MP and member of the United People’s Party (UP) resigned to make space for UP party leader Theo Heyliger. Douglas an
It is a pity that the controversy surrounding the instruction the Kingdom Council of Ministers gave to Governor Holiday had deteriorated into a shouting match wherein terms like neocolonialism, illegal, unconstitutional and paternalistic are just a f
Ronald Bandell, chairman of the Progress Committee Sint Maarten has come to the rescue of the government in the controversy over the instruction to Governor Holiday to initiate an integrity investigation. Bandell says that the measure the Kingdom
St. Maarten – In a memorandum to the Second Chamber dated July 15, 2011 the Dutch government gave an extensive explanation about the so-called guarantee-function – an article in the Kingdom Charter designed to protect basic rights and freedoms, l
St. Maarten – An early morning accident in the Simpson Bay area left a TelEm Group telephone cabinet totally damaged yesterday interrupting landline and internet services to the area. The damage was reported by a concerned member of the public w