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PHILIPSBURG:---  On Friday, June 17th, 2022, the Court of First Instance rendered its decision denying a request to suspend the decision of the Honorable Minister of Justice Anna E. Richardson regarding the deportation of a man who previously resided in St. Maarten legally for an extended period of time. The man requested his permanent residence permit, however, during the processing time of the application for the permanent permit, he committed a crime for which he served a prison sentence.

Even though the man at the time of submitting the application did not have a criminal record, the Minister is by law, authorized to take into consideration facts and circumstances that could result in a person not being eligible for issuance of a residence permit Read more

>PHILIPSBURG:--- Minister of Justice Dennis Richardson confirmed on Wednesday while at the Council of Ministers weekly press briefing that the coroner has been paid but he could not say when a pathologist will be coming to St. Maarten to conduct the autopsies on the two murder victims. Last Sunday the father of murder victim Lizcania Maduro said that he intends to move to court to force the Prosecutor's Office to find a pathologist within 24 hours. However, Edwin Maduro told SMN News on Wednesday that he did not need to move to court because since he spoke to SMN News the Justice Ministry did what they needed to do and that the autopsy was conducted Wednesday (September 17th) about 3pm Read more

style="text-align: center;">Pathologist refused to come to St. Maarten to conduct autopsy, due to non payment.

PHILIPSBURG:--- The father of murder victim Lizcania Maduro (Beba Brumant), Attorney at Law Edwin Maduro is furious with the police and Public Prosecutor's Office regarding how his daughter's murder investigation is being handled.
Maduro told SMN News in an exclusive interview that his daughter was killed sometime between September 1st and September 2nd, 2014 and to date the Prosecutor's Office cannot conduct an autopsy and turn over the body to the family Read more

style="text-align: center;">Pathologist refused to come to St. Maarten to conduct autopsy, due to non payment.

PHILIPSBURG:--- The father of murder victim Lizcania Maduro (Beba Brumant), Attorney at Law Edwin Maduro is furious with the police and Public Prosecutor's Office regarding how his daughter's murder investigation is being handled.
Maduro told SMN News in an exclusive interview that his daughter was killed sometime between September 1st and September 2nd, 2014 and to date the Prosecutor's Office cannot conduct an autopsy and turn over the body to the family Read more

>DUTCH QUARTER:--- Police are busy investigating the death of a young girl from the Dominican Republic whose body was found in the trunk of a car early Tuesday morning in the Dutch Quarter area. The victim has been identified by residents as Lizcania Maduro (Liz) aka Beba Brumant (23) an employee (bartender) of Sonesta Great Bay Resort. SMN News learnt that the victim is the adopted daughter of Attorney at Law Edwin Maduro.
Information reaching SMN News states that the girl lives in Nazareth Dutch Quarter Read more