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Silvio Matser’S Tax Appeal Now Set For December 13

PHILIPSBURG--United St. Maarten Party (US Party) Member of Parliament (MP) elect and local businessman Silvio Matser’s appeal against his tax-fraud conviction was postponed again on Thursday. A new date for the appeal hearing was t Read more

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Matser Believes In Economic Development For St. Maarten

PHILIPSBURG--Chairman of Parliament’s Committee of Tourism, Economic Affairs, Transportation and Telecommunication (TEATT) independent Member of Parliament (MP) Silvio Matser says he has been working in collaboration with the TEATT Minister Read more

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Rolando Brison Is Appointed Tourism Authority Director

By Andrew Dick

PHILIPSBURG--Young local businessman Rolando Brison has been appointed Director of the recently-established St. Maarten Tourism Authority (STA). He signed a one-year contract with Minister of Tourism and Economic Affairs, Transport and Telecommunications (TEATT) Ingrid Arrindell in the presence of Member of Parliament (MP) Read more

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Laville Returns To Politics On Usp List For Elections

ST. PETERS--Former Member of Parliament (MP) Romain Laville was welcomed to United St. Maarten party (USP) as a full-fledged member and candidate for the September 26 elections by party leader Frans Richardson in front of party members and the board.

  A press conference introducing Laville took place at the party’s headquarters on L.B Read more

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Silvio Matser Announces Candidacy With Us Party

PHILIPSBURG--Independent Member of Parliament (MP) Silvio Matser announced on Thursday that he will be contesting the September 26 parliamentary elections on the slate of the United St. Maarten party (USP).

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Matser’S Appeal Case Postponed To August

PHILIPSBURG--Member of Parliament (MP) Silvio Matser’s appeal case against his tax-fraud conviction in the Court of First Instance has been postponed because several witnesses still have to be heard by the judge.

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Sarah Seeks Clarity On Application Of Law On Prosecution Of Politicians

PHILIPSBURG--Democratic Party (DP) leader Member of Parliament (MP) Sarah Wescot-Williams has set out to get clarity on whether the law on the prosecution of politicians “needs more fleshing out.” She intends to write to Read more

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Matser: Seat Not Bought, But Given ‘From Heart Of People’

PHILIPSBURG--Not bought, but given “from the heart of the people” is how independent Member of Parliament (MP) Silvio Matser described in Parliament Thursday, how he claimed a seat in the 2014 Parliamentary Elections.

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Matser Released, Remains Suspect

PHILIPSBURG--The tentacles of “Octopus” have loosened their two-week hold on independent Member of Parliament Silvio Matser. The MP was released from custody by the National Detectives on order of the Prosecutor’s Office this afternoon. He remains a suspect in the Octopus investigation into election fraud in the August 2014 Parliame Read more

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Eight More Days For Matser

Arrested independent MP Silvio Matser smiles as he catches a glimpse of some family members upon exiting the Courthouse on Friday morning. Matser has been in restrictive custody since his arrest on March 2 on suspicion of election fraud. An attempt by his attorney Cor Merx to get the restrictive custody lifted was rejected by the Court of Read more

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Prosecutor Requests 8 More Days For Matser

PHILIPSBURG--The “Octopus” investigation wants to maintain its tight grasp on independent Member of Parliamen1 (MP) Silvio Matser. The Prosecutor on Thursday petitioned the Judge of Instruction, based on the Penal Code, to extend Matser’s detention for another eight days.

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Matser To Remain In Restrictive Custody

PHILIPSBURG--The tentacles of the “Octopus” investigation are holding tight to independent Member of Parliament (MP) Silvio Matser. The Court of Appeal ruled this afternoon not to lift Matser’s restrictive custody.

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Court Set To Rule On Lifting Matser’S Restriction Today

PHILIPSBURG--The Court of Appeal is expected to rule on the lifting of the visitor restriction imposed against independent Member of Parliament Silvio Matser. The MP has been under arrest and in the custody of justice officials since March 2. He has only been allowed contact with his attorney Cor Merx.

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Four New Suspects Being Heard In ‘Octopus’ Probe

PHILIPSBURG--The tentacles of the “Octopus” investigation continue to grab suspects. Four more suspects were hauled in Monday for questioning by the National Detectives in the ongoing investigation into election fraud (vote buying) in the August 2014 Parliamentary Elections. This brings the suspect tally to fourteen.

The initials of the four were not released by the Prosecutor’s Office.

Aside from the four now detained, six others – J.B., R.G., G.W., R.Y., R.F., J. la. P Read more

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Marlin: Matser’S Case Highlights Need For Own Attorney-General

PHILIPSBURG--The arrest of independent Member of Parliament (MP) Silvio Matser just hours before the draft 2016 budget was expected to go to a vote in Parliament and the claim by the Attorney-General and Prosecutor’s Office that the ongoing budget debate was unknown to them highlights the need for St. Maarten to have its own Attorney-General, says National Alliance (NA) leader Prime Minister William Marlin.

Marlin said in a press conference on Friday that the manner in which Matser was arrested was “unfortunate” and the details of the case “are not clear to anybody.”

Marlin said the claim from the Justice officials that the ingoing budget debate was unknown to them was “adding insult to injury.” That claim shows that the Attorney-General living in Curaçao has “no interest or is not paying sufficient interest to what is happening in St Read more

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Prosecutor Wants Mp Matser In Custody For Next Eight Days

~Two more questioned in Octopus Investigation ~

 PHILIPSBURG--Independent Member of Parliament (MP) Silvio Matser may end up remaining in the custody of the National Detectives for the next eight days if the Prosecutor has his way. The extension will be ruled on by the Judge of Instruction this afternoon.

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Two More Arrested In Octopus Investigation

PHILIPSBURG--The tentacles of the "Octopus" investigation have grabbed two more suspects to bring the total to five. That number includes independent Member of Parliament (MP)Silvio Matser who was arrested on Wednesday morning.

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Matser Still Detained, Should Appear Before Judge Today

PHILIPSBURG--Independent Member of Parliament (MP) Silvio Matser is still detained and undergoing questioning by the National Detectives for his suspected involvement in election fraud (vote-buying) during the August 2014 Parliamentary Election.

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Dutch Mps Laud Vote Buying Investigation

THE HAGUE--The liberal democratic VVD party, the Labour Party PvdA, Socialist Party (SP) and the Party for Freedom PVV in the Second Chamber of the Dutch Parliament lauded the move of the St. Maarten Prosecutor’s Office in Wednesday’s arrest of St. Maarten Member of Parliament (MP) Silvio Matser and two others in the vote buying investigation.

Members of the Second Chamber André Bosman (VVD), Roelof van Laar (PvdA) and Ronald van Raak (SP) were especially content that the Prosecutor’s Office and other local law enforcement agencies were moving ahead with the active investigation and prosecution of illicit acts by elected/government officials.

Sietse Fritsma (PVV) stated that Matser’s arrest in connection with election fraud didn’t come as no surprise as “vote buying has been the common practice for many years in the banana republic St Read more

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Update: Prosecutor: Mp’S Arrest Not Politically Motivated

PHILIPSBURG/WILLEMSTAD--The arrest of Member of Parliament (MP) Silvio Matser early Wednesday morning, in the ongoing “Octopus” investigation, is in no way politically motivated, according to the Prosecutor’s Office. Matser was arrested with two other men who are also suspected of election fraud (vote buying).

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Mp Matser Arrested On Suspicion Of Election Fraud

PHILIPSBURG--Independent Member of Parliament (MP) Silvio Matser has been arrested on suspicion of election fraud (vote buying). The investigation, code named “Octopus,” is still ongoing and more arrests and house searches are said to be in the offing.

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Mps Pepper Ministers With Questions In Budget Debate

Independent MP Leona Marlin-Romeo (standing) speaks in the budget debate on Monday.

 PHILIPSBURG--The 2016 draft budget was tabled in Parliament by Finance Minister Richard Gibson on Monday morning in Parliament House. Members of Parliament (MPs), who had up to 90 minutes to speak, peppered the Council of Ministers with a barrage of questions spanning from the budget and Government policies to general topics of interest.

  The seven Ministers, who all made presentations about the working of their Ministries on Monday, will be back in Parliament today, Tuesday, starting at 2:00pm to deliver answers to the questions from MPs Read more

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