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Incoming Ministers S Documents Submitted For Screening.

PHILIPSBURG:--- The seven Ministers that that is expected to take office by the end of October has submitted all the necessary documents for screening.
According to information provided to SMN News. The seven candidates are as follows:-

William Marlin --- Prime Minister
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PHILIPSBURG:--- The recounting of the ballots the last two days which ran up to early Tuesday morning has made a small change as to who will be elected to Parliament. When the preliminary count was disclosed last Tuesday it showed that Jules James would have returned to parliament, however, with the recount MP Tamara Leonard outrun James by 6 votes causing her to be the 5th MP from the UPP slate to be elected.
However, while there was that change some of the candidates lost a few votes while some gained Read more

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Another Coalition Government For St. Maarten --- Stability Not Guaranteed With New Elections.

Alleged vote buying rampant on Monday.

PHILIPSBURG:--- The early elections called by the Governor St. Maarten, when it was requested by former Prime Minister Marcel Gumbs, did not change anything for St. Maarten, instead it opens the door for more instability. Another very unfortunate situation the election called on September 26th created was vote buying by at least one particular political party who also even refused to comply with the laws laid down by the Minister of Justice Read more

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Prosecutor’S Office Lodges Appeal Against Verdicts In Zeepaard En Sardine Investigations

PHILIPSBURG:--- The prosecutor’s Office has lodged an appeal against the verdicts of the Court in First Instance in the Zeepaard and Sardine investigations against former Member of Parliament, R.L. handed down on Wednesday August 24, 2016. R.L. was convicted by the Court of First Instance to a one (1) month jail sentence, fully suspended for illegal firearms possession. The Court in First Instance acquitted R.L. of the charges of threat against former United People's (UP) party Member of Parliament Jules James on June
11, 2012 and Isidore York on November 28.

The appeal of the Prosecutor’s Office is against the verdict of one (1) month suspended jail sentence for illegal firearms possession and the acquittal for the two charges of threat Read more

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PHILIPSBURG:--- Former Member of Parliament, R.L. has been convicted by the Court of First Instance on Wednesday, August 24, 2016, to a one (1) month jail sentence, fully suspended. R.L was acquitted of the charges of threat against him. R.L. was charged by the Prosecutor's Office in the Zeepaard and Sardine investigations with two counts of threat and possession of a firearm and ammunition. The National Detectives Agency investigators arrested R.L. on Thursday, March 26, 2015, at his home. During a search of his home two firearms and bullets were found and confiscated Read more

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Immigration Officers had to shackle female Employee at Maho due to her disorderly behavior.

PHILIPSBURG: --- The Ministry of Justice is busy preparing a protocol on how joint controls should be conducted confirmed Minister of Justice Edison Kirindongo when asked about the investigation regarding the controls that were conducted at MAHO Hotel.
The Minister of Justice also confirmed that the immigration officers had to shackle an employee who had no form of identification on her when they visited the establishment Read more

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