MP Francisco Lacroes holds up a copy of The Daily Herald prior to presenting his motion.

PHILIPSBURG--United People’s Party (UP) Member of Parliament (MP) Francisco Lacroes on Wednesday presented a motion sharply criticising Prime Minister Dr. Luc Mercelina for his handling of the Fire Department, Ambulance Services, and several government departments during the continuation of an urgent public meeting of Parliament.

Environmental Hero Award recipient Hailey Beauperthuy (centre) with Tradewinds’s Operations Director Ian Ingram (left) and Sint Maarten Nature Foundation Director, Leslie Hickerson (right). (Robert Luckock photo)

SIMPSON BAY--Sint Maarten Nature Foundation’s Hailey Beauperthuy was the recipient of Tradewinds’s third annual Environmental Hero Award at a press conference at Sint Maarten Yacht Club (SMYC) for the eighth annual Caribbean Multihull Challenge (CMC) Regatta on Wednesday.

Greenpeace Netherlands director Marieke Vellekoop (right) described the ruling as a historic victory, saying it finally acknowledges that the government has discriminated against Bonaire’s residents.

THE HAGUE--The Dutch State has failed to adequately protect the residents of Bonaire against the effects of climate change and has unjustifiably treated them differently from residents of the European Netherlands. That conclusion was reached on Wednesday by the District Court of The Hague in a landmark ruling in a case brought by Greenpeace against the Dutch State.

THE HAGUE/PHILIPSBURG--The Supreme Court of the Netherlands (Hoge Raad) on Tuesday rejected the cassation appeal of former Member of Parliament Frans Richardson to part of the so-called Aquamarine II case verdict, definitively upholding his conviction for participating in government contracts while holding parliamentary oversight responsibilities.

Bonaire residents and Greenpeace Netherlands face the Dutch State in Court for climate lawsuit.

THE HAGUE--The District Court of The Hague will deliver its ruling on Wednesday, January 28, at 2:00 p.m. in the Bonaire Climate Case, a landmark lawsuit brought against the Dutch State by eight residents of Bonaire together with Greenpeace Netherlands.