Dutch Caribbean Legal Portal

WILLEMSTAD - Almira Keli won the seventeenth VanEps Kunneman VanDoorne Thesis Prize. The prize – a check and a 

certificate – was presented to her by attorneys at law Tiffany de Palm and Aubrich Bakhuis.

WILLEMSTAD - De Stichting IFE (IFE) verzorgt al ruim veertig jaar diverse beroepsopleidingen voor zowel aankomende studenten als reeds gevestigde beroepskrachten in de zorgsector.

WILLEMSTAD - Woensdagmiddag 5 junli 2017 om 2 uur heeft de rechter in Willemstad uitspraak gedaan in de strafzaak van het Openbaar Ministerie Curacao tegen Statenlid Jacinta Constancia.

WILLLEMSTAD – Het Gerecht in eerste aanleg van Curaçao heeft vandaag uitspraak gedaan in de zaak van de verdachte die in het onderzoek Followers is gedagvaard.

WILLEMSTAD - Afgelopen vrijdag heeft de Universiteit van Curaçao Dr. Moises da Costa Gomez (UoC) bullen uitgereikt aan 312 studenten.

WILLEMSTAD - Last week the Director of the Admittance Organization Esther Cheri was arrested in connection with an investigation into official corruption.

WILLEMSTAD - The Public Prosecutor's Office (OM) Curacao has summoned mr. Emsley Tromp on tax fraud. The first session on 25 July will be a court case where the defense can submit investigation requests.

The " Directive Relational Violance" is as of July 1, 2017 in force for Curaçao, Saint Maarten and Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba.

The "Instructions assets recovery” is in force as of July 1, 2017. This instruction sets out rules for the criminal prosecution by the Public Prosecutor (OM) of financial proceeds from criminal activities. The instruction identifies the criminal justice options.

THE NETHERLANDS - Na jarenlang gesteggel is de kogel eindelijk door de kerk: advocaten worden onderworpen aan een kwaliteitstoets. Het gaat wel om de ‘light-versie’.

The Council of Ministers of the Kingdom has appointed Roger Bos today, Friday June 30th 2017, as the new Attorney-general for Curaçao, Sint Maarten and Bonaire, Saba and Sint Eustatius (BES-islands).

PHILIPSBURG--A 26-year-old woman was led before a Judge in the Court of First Instance on Thursday, because she had committed fraud with her grade list in her effort to obtain Dutch citizenship.

STATIA - The body of the 24-year-old Colombian woman Alexandra Gaviria left St. Eustatius aboard a chartered flight with a police officer on Wednesday, to St. Maarten, where an autopsy is expected to be performed.

By now, every managing partner has heard the warning: Law firms and their clients’ sensitive information are a treasure trove for hackers. But the ransomware attack Tuesday on DLA Piper sounded a different type of alarm for Big Law.

PARAMARIBO - De auditeur-militair Roy Elgin heeft vanochtend twintig jaar onvoorwaardelijke gevangenisstraf geëist tegen hoofdverdachte Desi Bouterse in het 8 Decemberstrafproces.

CARACAS, Venezuela – Security has been heightened In Venezuela and the country is on high alert after the Supreme Court and other government buildings came under attack late yesterday.

STATIA - Last week a report was filed at the police on Sint Eustatius regarding rape and indecent assault.

PHILIPSBURG--Minister of Public Health, Social Development and Labour Affairs VSA Emil Lee presented the draft National Ordinance to amend the Civil Code to stem the abuse of short-term labour contracts and some other national regulations during a meeting of the Central Committee of Parliament on Tuesday.

STATIA - Colombian national J.C.S.S., born in 1978, was presented Tuesday before an Investigating Judge on St. Eustatius.

PHILIPSBURG - The FIU (Financial Intelligence Unit Sint Maarten), and the Public Prosecutor’s Office (OM) will be working together in the “non-reporting project”.