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The Point Blanche Prison Invests In New Medical Equipment To Enhance Healthcare Services

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten In a significant move to address longstanding concerns about the quality of medical services, the Point Blanche Prison of Sint Maarten has purchased a comprehensive range of new medical equipment via the Sint Maarten Diagnostic Center. This investment is a pivotal step toward improving the healthcare facilities and ensuring that both inmates and staff receive the highest standard of medical care.

The new equipment, which includes essential diagnostic and treatment instruments, such as an otoscope, mobile BP apparatus, AED equipment, portable blood pressure, temperature and glucose meters, emergency crash kits, medication cabinets and more, aims to upgrade the prison’s healthcare capabilities significantly Read more

Shame Shame Shame Minister Of Justice !

The saga of the Ministry of Justice continues with untruthful and/or half truth stories, starting with:

the function book is finished and signed and payments will follow, to not yet ready and returned by the Governor, then to the pension funds APS needs to do their calculation, then to SOAB needs to do an audit, then to money is there, then to placement, then to maybe payment can be done earlier than planned, to now legal heads will look into it.

But in the meantime, the Police and Immigration officers are tired of being fooled with setting deadlines, which were still not met by the Honorable Lady Minister of Justice, that insists and repeatedly stating that she yes will do it right, correct and the legal way Read more

Minister Of Justice And Minister Of Vromi Discuss Inmate Work Program

Philipsburg On March 14th, 2022, the Minister of Justice, Ms. Anna E. Richardson and the Minister of Public Housing, Spatial Planning, Environment, and Infrastructure (hereafter VROMI), Mr. Egbert Doran held a meeting to discuss ways in which both ministries can collaborate and coordinate working opportunities for inmates at the Point Blanche prison and House of Detention. Also present during the meeting were the Act Secretary General and Head of New Projects, Mr. Kurt Ruan, Act Head of Infrastructure Management, Mr Read more

Immigration Border Protection Services Unveil New Look For Its Vehicles

Philipsburg In a bid to mark the one-year separation of the Immigration Border Protection Department (IBP) from the KPSM Police Force, the new look of the IBP vehicle was unveiled today, March 1, 2022.

The vehicle was unveiled in front of the Government Administration Building in the presence of Prime Minister Silveria E. Jacobs, Minister of Justice Anna E. Richardson, Minister of VROMI Egbert Doran, Minister of Finance Ardwell Irion, IBP Mobile Unit Head Officer Ryan Peterson, and the board of the Sint Maarten Police Force Pensioners and Retires Association.

Also in attendance were Prison Director Steven Carty, Quarter Master Jovanni Sprott and a representative of the Coast Guard along with other invited guests Read more

Inauguration Of Prison Officers At The Prison And House Of Detention

Philipsburg On Friday, February 16th, 2022, the Minister of Justice, Ms. Anna E. Richardson swore in six (6) prison officers and one civil servant at the Prison and House of Detention Sint Maarten. As of date, Xiomara F. Romney, Jermila M. Carty, Lissaira A. Ortega, Lyshon G.H. Hemmings, Oren J. Howell, Rodalio Flemming and Carlos Gomez, will officially be taking up their position as prison officer and prison sewing instructor.

The ceremony, hosted by Ms. Sabina Amparo from the human resources department, started off with a prayer by pastor Vernon Illidge followed by an opening speech by the prison director, Mr Read more

Minister Of Justice Anna E. Richardson Hosts Justice Sector Essay Contest Winner Ceremony

Philipsburg, Sint Maarten —Today, Monday, August 30, Minister of Justice Anna E. Richardson hosted the Justice Sector Essay Contest Ceremony for 6 secondary school students at the Government Administration Building who all won a chance to spend a day at their chosen department and received certificates of appreciation. Present during the ceremony were Prime Minister Silveria Jacobs, the students, their parents and department heads within the justice sector Read more

Reabren Centros De Detención De Simpson Bay.

FOTO: Ministro de Justicia Rafael Boasman

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten. – Las instalaciones del Centro de Detención en Simpson Bay, fue reabierta el pasado viernes 27.

El edificio sufrió daños durante del paso del huracán Irma, de antemano ya la edificación necesitaba reparaciones antes de la tormenta, por lo que el ministerio aprovechó la oportunidad para completar las reparaciones necesarias.

Durante una breve ceremonia celebrada en las instalaciones, el Ministro de Justicia, Rafael Boasman, elogió a the Genie (ingenieros del ejército holandés) por su asistencia y cooperación para poner las instalaciones listas para su uso.

The Genie hizo reparaciones en el techo, el sistema de cámaras, los baños y las camas.

El Ministro agradeció the Genie en nombre del gobierno y el pueblo de St Read more

Simpson Bay Detention Facilities Re-Opened.

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten — On Friday, October 27th, the detention facilities in Simpson Bay were re-opened for use.

The building suffered damage from Hurricane Irma and was in need of repairs prior to the storm, so the ministry made use of the opportunity to complete the necessary repairs.

During a brief ceremony held at the facilities, Minister of Justice, Rafael Boasman was full of praises to the Genie (engineers from the Dutch army) for their assistance and cooperation in getting the facilities ready for use.

The Genie made repairs to the roof, the camera system, the bathrooms and the beds.

The Minister thanked the Genie on behalf of the government and the people of St Read more

Inmates And Guards Fed-Up With Situation At Pointe Blanche Prison

Dear Editor,

Inmates and guards are fed-up with the current situation at the Pointe Blanche prison.

The prison is facing a great number of issues: lack of guards, malfunctioning locks, showers and toilets that are not functioning, rusted gates, poor health care, no dentist, no phone calls, all falling under this new management team, who seem incapable for the job.

Steven Carty and Wilfred Williams have been placed at the prison since February 2017, as the interim directors for a period of three months in order to have the situation at the prison “normalized,” which has been very unsuccessful.

The situation is very worrisome at the prison Read more

Graduation At The Pointe Blanche Prison

POINTE BLANCHE – On Friday, June 23, 40 inmates of the Pointe Blanche Prison received their certificates for the various courses they followed and successfully completed during a graduation ceremony held at the facility.

Certificates were awarded to the graduates in the fields of Music, Christian education, preparations for GED, Mathematics, Computer classes and the English and Dutch languages.

Among the invited guests were: Minister of Justice Rafael Boasman; representing the Minister of Education was Shermina Powell; members of the commission of supervision of the prison Johannes Schols, Ludwina Hodge and Wilfred Manning; coordinator of education at the Miss Lalie Center Lenrich Wilson; and Public Relations Officer for the Minister of Justice Fernando Clark.

The ceremony started at 9:30am with an opening prayer by Reverend Elfreda Lake followed by words of welcome and inspiration to the graduates by Prison Directors Steven Carty and Wilfred Williams.

Minister Boasman addressed the graduates, urging them to make the right choices in life Read more

El Propietario De Casino Detenido Francesco Corallo Ha Dicho: “Un Día Seré Absuelto”

Por Hilbert Haar (periódico Today)

Traducido por Máximo Castro

GREAT BAY.- Tras el paso del día, el propietario de casino, Francesco Corallo habrá pasado 111 días en una celda de la estación de policía de Philipsburg. La cantidad de días en cautiverio significan unas 2.664 horas. Cada día se le permite salir de la celda durante una hora – 30 minutos en la mañana y 30 minutos en la tarde. Es decir, que ha permanecido 2.553 horas mirando fijamente las paredes, preguntándose quizás por tiene que estar pasando por esta situación Read more

Detained Casino Owner Francesco Corallo: “One Day I Will Be Acquitted”

By Hilbert Haar (Today Newspaper)

GREAT BAY – When de sun goes down today, casino owner Francesco Corallo will have spent 111 days in a cell of the House of Detention at the police station in Philipsburg. That’s 2,664 hours. Each day he is let out of cell for an hour – 30 minutes in the morning and 30 minutes in the afternoon. That leaves 2,553 hours of staring at the walls and wondering why on earth he has to be there.

On Friday morning I got access to Corallo – also for thirty minutes, after a battle with the bureaucracy that took more than six weeks and ended with a lawsuit against Minister of Justice Rafael Boasman and interim prison director Steven Carty that would have played out in court on the same morning if Minister Boasman has not made the arrangement two days earlier to accommodate my visit.

A police officer guided me to the back of the police station – the part of the building that faces the Pondfill Road – where the cells of the House of Detention are located Read more

Temporary Replacement Of Cpo

Due to the temporary appointment by the Honorable Minister of Justice Rafael A. Boasman of CPO Steven Carty who is assisting the management team of the Pointe Blanch Prison to restore order and  improve the situation at the prison, left the Philipsburg, Guana Bay, Hope Estate and Point Blanch areas temporarily without a Community Police Officer.

The police management team has therefore appointed CPO, Inspector Rensley V Read more

Vromi: Anuncia “Reparaciones De Emergencia En Back Street”

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten – El Gobierno de St Maarten, representado por el Consejo de Ministros, informó a la población en general sobre las reparaciones de emergencia que se llevarán a cabo en Back Street. El proyecto está siendo financiado por el Ministerio VROMI.

Nos complace informarles que las reparaciones de emergencia para Back street comenzarán hoy lunes 5 de diciembre. Las obras se concentrarán en la reparación de los puntos críticos donde se terminan las calles pavimentadas Read more

Vromi: “Emergency Repairs Back Street”

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten — The Government of St Maarten, represented by the Council of Ministers, would like to update the general public with regards to the Emergency repairs which will be carried out on Back Street. The project is being Financed by the Ministry of VROMI.

We are pleased to inform you, that emergency repairs for Back street will commence on Monday December 5th, 2016. The works are to concentrate on repairing the critical points where the road pavers are completed undone Read more

Victorious Living Honours Officer Gamali Benjamin At Fundraising Awards

COLE BAY, Sint Maarten — In a world in which radio talk shows, employees, and the general public tend to lambaste political and other leaders for a lack of integrity and transparency, it is refreshing to know that leaders worth following still exist in St. Maarten and the world.

On December 3, Victorious Living will host VLF’s Leader Worth Following Awards at La Terrasse, Port-de-Plaisance from 7:00pm-9:30pm. This inspirational event is designed to encourage, stimulate and inspire leaders to be leaders worth following Read more

Final Phase Of Emergency Repairs On Front Street Start Wednesday

PHILIPSBURG – The Government of St. Maarten, represented by the Council of Ministers, would like to update the general public with regard to the second and final phase of the emergency repairs, which are being carried out on Front Street.

The project is being financed by the Ministry of Tourism, Economic Affairs, Transport and Telecommunications (Ministry TEATT) and coordinated by the Ministry of Public Housing, Spatial Planning, Environment and Infrastructure (Ministry VROMI).

“We are pleased to inform you, as promised, that the first phase of this project is now completed and traffic through Front Street from Sea Palace can continue up until the Court House Read more