Dutch Caribbean Legal Portal

THE HAGUE--The law proposal to establish a Dispute Regulation for the Kingdom (“geschillenreging”) is slated for handling by the Kingdom Council of Ministers before the end of 2016.

CARACAS/HOUSTON - Two consortia including Japanese engineering firm JGC Corp and French oil services company Technip have been shortlisted to undertake a roughly $680 million overhaul of Aruba's refinery, according to three sources close to the deal.

WILLEMSTAD - Op 29 november 2016 heeft het Hof uitspraak gedaan in een geschil tussen het Land en de Curaçao Wegenmaatschappij (CWM) over de betaling van de rekening ten aanzien van het opknappen van het Wilhelminaplein.

KRALENDIJK - In een gezamenlijke actie van de Kustwacht, de Koninklijke Marechaussee (KMar) en het Korps Politie Caribisch Nederland (KPCN) in de nacht van 28 op 29 november, zijn twee verdachten aangehouden en een hoeveelheid verdovende middelen, vermoedelijk cocaïne in beslag genomen.

PHILIPSBURG - House searches and seizures have been taking place since early Monday morning in the investigation code-named Emerald. The special anti-corruption taskforce TBO of the Kingdom Detectives Cooperation Team RST, together with the National Detectives Agency St. Maarten has searched a number of premises.

PHILIPSBURG - As of this morning, November 28th 2016, several searches are being conducted in the investigation code-named "Emerald". A few moments ago, The suspect O.A. (35) from St. Maarten was arrested in this investigation.

Crime causes harm. Justice repairs harm

Transforming lives by repairing the harm caused by crime. Het is deze week de “Restorative Justice” op Curacao met als centrale thema dit jaar “Inspiring Innovation”.

PHILIPSBURG--The Court of First Instance delivered a heavy verdict on Friday against Social & Health Insurances SZV in a lawsuit filed by Vamed, one of the companies that placed a bid for the construction and expansion of St. Maarten Medical Center (SMMC).

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten--Judge Alexander van Rijen of the court of first instance of St. Maarten on Friday ruled in favour of Austrian construction company VAMED in the case they had filed against Social & Health Insurances SZV pertaining to the selection of INSO as the developer for the new general hospital of St. Maarten.

PHILIPSBURG--The Prosecutor’s Office will not initiate a criminal investigation based on the complaint filed by Dr. Petit with the National Detectives Agency on September 1 2016.

WILLEMSTAD – Het Hof heeft de verdachte Arthur Hogersteger op donderdag 24 november 2016 evenals het Gerecht in eerste aanleg veroordeeld tot 24 jaar gevangenisstraf voor een poging uitlokking tot moord en voor de moord op diens echtgenote Cristina Barry op 15 maart 2015.

WILLEMSTAD – In de strafzaak van het openbaar ministerie tegen de verdachte A.F.M., een politieman, heeft het Hof op donderdag 24 november 2016 het vonnis van het Gerecht in eerste aanleg bevestigd, met aanvulling van het vonnis ten aanzien van het bewijs en de vordering van de benadeelde partij.

WILLEMSTAD--The extradition of former police officer Rogelio Gregory Koeiman (48) plus his suspected accomplices Felicia and Rietwijk to the United States (US) on drug trafficking charges was delayed in Curaçao.

PHILIPSBURG--The Court of First Instance condemned Renaldo and Jannie York to 33 years combined for killing Eddie York, Sr. in cold blood at his home on December 12, 2014.

WILLEMSTAD - Curaçao heeft vandaag, dinsdag 22 november 2016, de vrouw A.d.R-J (22 december 1972, Dominicaanse Republiek) uitgeleverd aan de Verenigde Staten van Amerika.

THE HAGUE--Tomorrow, Thursday, the Second Chamber of the Dutch Parliament will ratify the treaty to determine the sea border between French St. Martin and Dutch St. Maarten.

THE HAGUE--The crime rate among persons of Dutch Caribbean descent residing in the Netherlands has gone down over the past ten years, but this group remains over-represented in crime statistics.

PHILIPSBURG--Despite a well-organised protest at the Court House on Monday, with protestors calling for the release of the main suspect in the Pompei investigation - brothel owner Etienne “Tochi” Meyers - the court has decided to keep Meyers in detention for the next 60 days.

THE HAGUE--“Good governance is good governance. We can be short about that.” No compromise there from Leader of the Democratic Party D66 Alexander Pechtold.

WILLEMSTAD--The country Curaçao represented by caretaker Prime Minister Bernhard Whiteman, together with Isla refinery holding "Refineria di Korsou" director Jose van der Wall-Arnemann signed a Heads of Agreement with the companies Guangdong Zhenrong Energy Co. Ltd (GZE) and China Zhenrong Holding Limited (CZR), both represented by Chen Bingyan.