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Fennix surprised by response of government to debt
- August 17, 2018 10:47 AM
PHILIPSBURG--Fennix Global Technologies, the company that provided the government of St. Maarten with ankle monitoring bracelets in 2015 for the Pointe Blanche prison, has responded to Minister of Justice Cornelius de Weever’s claim that Fennix seriously breached privacy and confidentiality by exposing sensitive information to unauthorised third parties.
EU slaat alarm over opmerkelijke verkoop van paspoorten
- August 15, 2018 9:42 PM
De Europese Commissie maakt zich zorgen over wat wel ‘gouden paspoorten’ worden genoemd, paspoorten uit de Europese Unie (EU) die worden verkocht aan burgers van daarbuiten.
Medici Ventures Portfolio Company Bitt, Inc. signs Memorandum of Understanding with Centrale Bank van Curacao en Sint Maarten about cryptocurrency
- August 15, 2018 9:40 PM
Medici Ventures' Barbados-based fintech portfolio company Bitt, Inc. announces it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Centrale Bank van Curacao en Sint Maarten (CBCS) to explore the feasibility of the CBCS issuing a digital Curacao and Sint Maarten guilder to facilitate digital financial payments within the monetary union of Curacao and Sint Maarten.
Citgo to resume Aruba refinery's refurbishing work next month
- August 15, 2018 9:34 PM
ORANJETSTAD - A unit of Citgo Petroleum in September plans to resume long-delayed work to refurbish an idled, 235,000-barrel-per-day (bpd) oil refinery on Aruba, the Caribbean island’s government said on Wednesday.
Asset Recovery Team Sint Maarten seized another vehicle
- August 15, 2018 6:27 PM
PHILIPSBURG - The Asset Recovery Team Sint Maarten seized a vehicle in Belvedere on Anna’s Hope Estate #39, Wednesday morning, August 15, 2018 in the ongoing PEN investigation.
Medewerkster Toelating veroordeeld in zaak Valencia
- August 15, 2018 3:32 PM
WILLEMSTAD - Het Gerecht heeft mevrouw L.L.M.L. (Curaçao, 1969) vanmorgen, 15 augustus 2018, veroordeeld tot 60 uur werkstraf ten behoeve van de gemeenschap.
Celstraf voor Jacintha Constancia in mondkapjeszaak Dubnium
- August 15, 2018 10:01 AM
WILLEMSTAD – Het Gerecht in eerste aanleg van Curaçao heeft oud-minister Jacintha Constancia van Gezondheid, Milieu en Natuur, haar echtgenoot en een voormalige vriend van die echtgenoot tot celstraffen voor oplichting veroordeeld.
Nieuwe wet in VS compliceert overnames, ook voor Nederlandse bedrijven
- August 14, 2018 10:14 PM
Het overnemen van en investeren in Amerikaanse bedrijven door buitenlandse partijen zal vanaf maandag een stuk gecompliceerder worden.
Huiszoekingen in drie wijken Curacao
- August 14, 2018 5:43 PM
WILLEMSTAD - Onder leiding van het Openbaar Ministerie (OM) Curaçao hebben vanmorgen 14 augustus 2018 in totaal 3 huiszoekingen plaatsgevonden in onder andere de wijken Kirindongo Abou, Bonam en Sunset Heights.
Legal study: “The Kingdom in violation of the European Convention on Human Rights in the case of the ‘Isla’ oil refinery on Curaçao”
- August 13, 2018 12:11 PM
WILLEMSTAD – Various studies have already been published when it comes to the Isla refinery and the violation of human rights because of the polluting emissions and the associated improper management.
Nederlander die dodelijk ongeluk veroorzaakte vast op Curacao
- August 12, 2018 10:56 PM
WILLEMSTAD - Een 37-jarige Nederlander is aangehouden op Curaçao na het veroorzaken van een dodelijk verkeersongeval. Daarbij kwam een Duitse toerist (28) om het leven.
Car and bike seized in KES investigation Sint Maarten
- August 09, 2018 9:46 PM
PHILIPSBURG - In continuation of the investigation KES, a Mazda Miata car and a Ducati motorbike were seized by the Asset Recovery Team Sint Maarten with assistance from the Korps Politie Sint Maarten, on Arch Road today, Thursday, August 9, 2018.
Baker Tilly expands team with certified accountant
- August 09, 2018 9:40 PM
PHILIPSBURG-- As per this month registered accountant Erik van Engelen will be joining Baker Tilly Sint Maarten.
Three Cheri’s Café workers lose their bids for damages
- August 09, 2018 1:43 PM
PHILIPSBURG--Three former employees of Cheri’s Café who lost their jobs when the Maho restaurant closed its doors after Hurricane Irma in September 2017 lost their bid for damages for what they considered their “irregular” dismissal.
Draft study-financing law to Parliament next week
- August 09, 2018 1:37 PM
PHILIPSBURG--New guidelines will be proposed to govern the financing granted to students to pursue their tertiary studies, when Education Minister Wycliffe Smith presents the draft law on study-financing to Members of Parliament (MPs) next week.
Reaction Public Prosecutor Sint Maarten on recent dump fire
- August 09, 2018 9:37 AM
PHILIPSBURG - The Public Prosecutor’s Office has taken note of concerns on social media platforms concerning the recent dump fire of Wednesday, August 8, 2018.
Second Grant Agreement of Sint Maarten Recovery and Resilience Trust Fund signed
- August 07, 2018 2:24 PM
PHILIPSBURG - Today a second Grant Agreement of the Sint Maarten Recovery and Resilience Trust Fund was signed by Prime Minister Leona Romeo-Marlin and the World Bank in the amount of $22.5 million US dollars.
New President of police union St. Maarten NAPB aims for positive change
- August 07, 2018 10:18 AM
PHILIPSBURG--Recently-elected NAPB police union President Rogerrel Eugenio Mauricia is hoping to make positive changes for members of the union during his tenure.
No intervention in Bonaire according to Knops
- August 07, 2018 10:12 AM
THE HAGUE--Dutch State Secretary of Home Affairs and Kingdom Relations Raymond Knops is not inclined to intervene in the Bonaire government.
Saban sentenced for stabbing man during funeral on Statia
- August 07, 2018 9:20 AM
ST. EUSTATIUS--A 28-year old man from Saba was sentenced by the Court in Bonaire to twelve months, three of which were suspended, on three years’ probation, for stabbing a man during a funeral procession in St. Eustatius on March 13.