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Two men arrested, suspects in break-in
SXM Island Times - PHILIPSBURG - On Tuesday December 29th at approximately 11.00 a.m. a unanimous report came in to the Central Police Dispatch informing them, that at least three persons were busy breaking into a house on Killebarn drive in Cul-de-Sac.
Immediately after receiving this information several police patrols and detectives were sent to the scene to investigate the matter, however on the arrival of the investigating officers the suspects had already left the scene in a small black vehicle with license plate P-8292.
Police announce plans to close front and backstreet
SXM Island Times - PHILIPSBURG - PJIAE on Monday Morning December 21, 2009 took another step in the development of the airport facilities with the opening of the bids from contractors in their presence for the diversion of the eastern airport road, extension of the runway and the implementation of the runway end safety areas (RESAs).
Two construction companies – Windward Roads Infrastructure and MNO Vervat St. Maarten – had been invited to bid on the project. Based on the bids received Windward Roads Infrastructure offered to carry out the works for NAf. 17,546,900.00 and MNO Vervat St. Maarten offered NAf.16,983,847.00
Several Extra-Ordinary Police Officers Sworn in --Urged to be Gentle and Law Abiding.
SMNN - GREAT BAY: --- Several civil servants that took part in the course work to become extra ordinary police officers finally took the oath on Thursday at the Claude Wathey Legislative Hall.
Among them are workers from the Island Labour department, ROB, VOSEC.
The civil servants were urged by Lt. Governor Franklyn Richards and commissioner of economic affairs Frans Richardson not to abuse the power given to them. Richards also asked the extra ordinary police officers to make sure they stay clean and not to end up in the newspapers negatively. Both Richards and Richardson also urged the officers to remain honest and most importantly to deal with the public humanely.
Prison strike now over, Judge says it was premature
SXM Island Times - PHILIPSBURG/Willemstad - The industrial action taken by prison guards on Curacao and which was supported by the guards on St. Maarten is now over.
The end of the strike was brought about by a judge after a court hearing in which the strike, organized by the ABVO labour union is said to have been premature.
The Armstrong Case: D.S. Armstrong vs The Netherlands Antilles
Written by Remco Stomp PHILIPSBURG - On September 2, 2009 the Court on St.Maarten ordered, in an unprecedented verdict, the immediate release of a prisoner based on the violation of his human rights for spending more than 7 months on the floors of the police cells in Philipsburg. Releasing a man three years, who was sentenced to 10 years in prison, before his official release in 2012. The case: On July 11 2001, Mr. Armstrong was convicted to an unconditional prison sentence of 10 years. On the 25th of January 2006 the Minister of Justice had suspended the prison sentence of Mr. Armstrong and as a result of that Mr. Armstrong was released on the condition that he would not reentry the Netherlands Antilles within a period of ten years. [More....]
Man with rotting leg refuses treatment
POINTE BLANCHE--Prison authorities have a difficult inmate to deal with: a man whose leg is rotting, but who is refusing treatment for it. An unidentified Dominicano man has been locked up for months with a disease that is causing his leg to be eaten away. Prosecutors believe he is refusing treatment in an attempt to get out of jail, but that is not going to work. [More....]
St. Maarten Bar Association takes issue with Police cells
SXM Island Times - PHILIPSBURG - In recent years the Council of Europe's efforts to guarantee human rights have laid increasing emphasis on preventing violations of human rights. Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights provides that "No one shall be subjected to torture or to inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment". This article inspired the drafting, in 1987, of the European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.
The Convention provides non-judicial preventive machinery (i.e. simple methods) to protect detainees. It is based on a system of visits by the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT). The Secretariat of the CPT forms part of the Council of Europe's Directorate General of Human Rights.
Justice Minister defends Philipsburg police cells
PHILIPSBURG--Antillean Justice Minister Magali Jacoba denounced on Tuesday a May report on the Philipsburg police cells, calling it outdated and saying much has changed since Dutch experts visited earlier this year. “That’s an old report,” said Jacoba, assuring that much had changed with the police cells, which have been attacked before. [More....]
Brawl around the college
SXM Island Times - MARIGOT - On Monday 07th September 2009, shortly after the end of classes at noon, a fight broke out at the College of Mount Agreements. The fight eventually turned into a brawl covering a wide area.
The police were quickly informed of the facts, and responded hastily in order to bring calm and to separate the antagonists.
‘Conditions at Philipsburg police cells still intolerable
The Daily Herald - THE HAGUE--The situation in the cells at the Philipsburg police station remains unacceptable stated two Dutch experts in a May 2009 report that State Secretary of Kingdom Relations Ank Bijleveld-Schouten forwarded to the Second Chamber last Thursday.
Just like they did in September 2008, the two experts, Juan de Lange of Rotterdam’s Erasmus University and Prof. Paul Vegter, Solicitor General at the Supreme Court and Professor at Radboud University Nijmegen, gave the Philipsburg police cells an unsatisfactory grade. The problems remained the same: crowded, hot cells, little ventilation, insufficient opportunity to air and the absence of daylight.
