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Suspended sentence, community service for former VROM head
The Daily Herald - PHILIPSBURG--Former Department of Environmental Development and Property Management VROM head Delano Richardson not only has lost his job, he was also found guilty Wednesday of having asked a developer for a bribe in exchange for a building permit in November 2008.
For this crime, Judge Monique Keppels imposed a suspended prison sentence of 10 months, with two years’ probation and 200 hours of community service.
Recipe for Transparency: Know Your Rights!
I was asked by sxmobserver in this post how we would fix the huge problem we have with - I assumed - bureaucracy in St. Maarten. A bureaucracy that led to the unbridled and uncontrollable situation of greed and corruption now inherently symptomatic of the department of ROB.
Dollison Offered Package to Leave ---SOAB Inspected ROB Head Buildings.
SMNN - Philipsburg:--- The executive council it is understood has offered a package to head of Public Works Joseph Dollison. The offer is for Dollison to vacate his position as head of the department. Dollison who is presently on vacation SMN News understands made several phone calls to the office of the Commissioner of Public Works on Friday. It is not clear, if Dollison would accept the offer or if he plans to contest it. Sources say the executive council basically asked Dollison to step aside now or to face legal embarrassments when the final reports are submitted.
Former VROM-head subject of criminal investigation
Former VROM-head Delano R. is now th[More....]e subject of a criminal investigation. Last Friday the Court for civil servants affairs established that R. had solicited bribes from real estate developer Luis Gioia and that therefore his unconditional dismissal by the Executive Council was justified. Before the ruling was released on Friday, federal detectives detained R. for interrogation on Tuesday. They released him on Thursday but invited him back for an additional interview on Saturday.
Top personnel of ROB questioned, D.L. to be questioned again on Saturday
PHILIPSBURG - A former employee of the Public works Department Mr. Delano Richardson, was questioned and detained this week by the RST. He was initially brought in for questioning then detained, he was later released on Thursday. [More....]
Delano Richardson does not get back VROM job
PHILIPSBURG - The Civil Servants' Court rejected the appeal of former head of the Department of Spatial Planning and Management VROM Delano Richardson against his dismissal by the Island Government. Judge J. de Haan stated Friday that the Island Government had been within its rights when it fired the former VROM head after it became clear that Richardson had asked a developer for a bribe in exchange for a building permit.[More....]
DELANO RICHARDSON HELD AND RELEASED --ROB HEADS ALSO QUESTIONED.
SMNN - Philipsburg: --- Former VROM Head Delano Richardson was held by the federal detectives on Wednesday afternoon after he was asked to visit the offices of the detectives who are now on island. Richardson was held until late Thursday afternoon then he was released. Prosecutor Rienk Mud confirmed that Richardson was held for questioning and was subsequently released.
SMN News also understands that the interrogation of Richardson is continuing. It is understood that Richardson will be questioned again on Saturday at the Prosecutors Office.
ROB /VROM Manipulates Figures—SOAB.
SMNN -
Philipsburg:--- The Department of ROB and VROM was found to be changing the figures and calculation methods for certain projects. This was discovered during the three months investigation carried out by the SOAB. In their preliminary report they found that the legal charges for building permits is based on the figure submitted by the applicant and the calculated business value from VROM.[More....]
EXCO SHOULD INVESTIGATE DOMAIN AFFAIRS—SOAB ADVISED.
SMNN - Philipsburg: --- Several red flags were raised when the inspectors from SOAB began their investigation at the department of ROB/VROM. In the preliminary report which was submitted to the island Lt. Governor it stated that the executive council should conduct an indebt investigation into domain affairs. The investigation conducted by SOAB showed that there are irregularities at the department even though an indebt investigation was not conducted in that specific department.
One of those flags was the fact that several civil servants working both at the department and in offices of commissioners managed to secure domain land even though their request was recent. The report stated that a detailed control was not done at that department yet the discrepancies were written on the wall. Several persons who just recently requested domain land including workers of the department already got the land even though there are persons on the waiting list long before them.
