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Saba has received 3 million euro’s from European Union
- February 20, 2013 3:07 PM
The European Union (EU) has made 86 million euros available for the Dutch Caribbean over the past twelve years, Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs Frans Timmermans informed the Second Chamber of the Dutch Parliament on Monday.
Judge Wefers Bettink sworn in
- February 20, 2013 10:10 AM
Judge Paul Wefers Bettink has been sworn in as a member of the Joint Court of Justice of Aruba, Curaçao, Sint Maarten and Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba. Bettink will be working as a judge on Bonaire.
Seminar Cft, SBTNO en DCAA
- February 20, 2013 10:02 AM
WILLEMSTAD -– Het College financieel toezicht (Cft), de Stichting Bureau Toezicht en Normering Overheidsentiteiten (SBTNO) en de Dutch Caribbean Accountants Association (DCAA) organiseren 21 februari een gezamenlijk seminar ‘Checks and Balances in Corporate Governance op Curaçao’.
Plasterk confirmed: No final status public entities in Constitution
- February 20, 2013 9:07 AM
THE HAGUE--The change to the Dutch Constitution doesn't force Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba in a corner in their choice for a definite constitutional model, confirmed Dutch Minister of Home Affairs and Kingdom Relations Ronald Plasterk in a document that he sent to the First Chamber of the Dutch Parliament, the Senate, on Tuesday.
Crime reconstruction ordered in King-murder investigation
- February 20, 2013 8:15 AM
PHILIPSBURG--The Judge in the Court of First Instance ordered Tuesday a so-called reconstruction at the crime scene, and reports to be drafted on the state of mind of three men accused of being involved in the murders of Michael and Thelma King.
Aangifte tegen Dowers en cateraar gevangenis
- February 18, 2013 5:19 PM
ORANJESTAD — John’s Pizza & Catering Service heeft aangifte bij de Landsrecherche gedaan tegen Justitie-minister Arthur Dowers (AVP) en vier door hem benoemde leden van de commissie die over de aanbesteding ging voor het kiezen van een nieuwe gevangeniscateraar.
Korpodeko’s shares in InselAir converted into loan
- February 18, 2013 4:20 PM
WILLEMSTAD — Korpodeko is a shareholder of InselAir (20 percent) but this is a temporary construction. The shares will soon be converted into a ‘subordinated loan’. InselAir-director Albert Kluyver stated this after an anonymous source sent a document, which named the exact shareholders of InselAir, to the press.
Diverse veroordelingen voor drugsbezit op Hato
- February 18, 2013 4:06 PM
WILLEMSTAD - Maandag stonden tijdens de zogenaamde “Hato-zitting” 17 personen terecht voor de import of export van verdovende middelen. Hierbij enkele van de veroordelingen die vandaag hebben plaatsgevonden.
St. James School of Medicine does not meet requirements
- February 18, 2013 3:10 PM
KRALENDIJK — If the St. James School of Medicine (SJSM) must close it will not be by order of the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science (OCW) but because the school doesn’t meet the requirements of the American Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG).
PJIA bonds sold out at US $132 million
- February 18, 2013 9:45 AM
PHILIPSBURG - -According to Princess Juliana International Airport operating company (PJIAE) Director Regina LaBega, the airport's financial standing, discipline and other factors made the US $132 million airport bond issue "go like hot bread."
Appeal case St. Maarten man accused of impregnating young daughter
- February 18, 2013 9:38 AM
GRONINGEN--The St. Maarten man who made his eleven-year-old daughter pregnant in 2010 heard the Prosecutor demand that his ten-year prison sentence be upheld in an appeal case in Leeuwarden last week Thursday.
Advies RvA inzake Ontwerplandsbesluit Landsverordening basisverzekering ziektekosten
- February 15, 2013 8:40 PM
RvA no. RA/39-12-LB
Ontwerplandsbesluit, houdende algemene maatregelen, ter uitvoering van de artikel 3.1, tweede lid, van de Landsverordening basisverzekering ziektekosten (Landsbesluit verstrekkingen basisverzekering ziektekosten) (zaaknummer 2012/73742)
Veroordeling drie jonge overvallers
- February 15, 2013 6:49 PM
WILLEMSTAD - J.D.N. (18), J.J.T.R. (18) en G.S.S. (17) stonden vrijdagmiddag terecht voor hun deelname aan een gewapende overval op 12 september 2012 op bezoekers van de ‘Papa ku Pechi Snek’ in de wijk Veeris.
Lezing UNA 25 februari 2013 prof mr. van Rijn
- February 15, 2013 6:28 PM
Power of Minister not unlimited
- February 15, 2013 2:25 PM
WILLEMSTAD--The power of a minister over government foundations is not unlimited, according to an advice from Curaçao’s Advisory Council to government. The latter can give instructions, but the institutions are not obligated to follow these if in conflict with their best interest.
Ambtenaren en het sociaal statuut
- February 15, 2013 11:21 AM
WILLEMSTAD - Eerder deze maand hebben ambtenarenvakbonden en de minister van Bestuur, Planning en Dienstverlening een akkoord gesloten waarin staat dat de nieuwe basisverzekering ziektekosten voorlopig niet gaat gelden voor ambtenaren.
Interview with professor Frank Kunneman
- February 15, 2013 9:44 AM
WILLEMSTAD - Each year, top teachers from science and practice come to Curaçao to give jurists – lawyers, civil law notaries, corporate lawyers, members of the judiciary – legal training. These are high-level courses and mainly these top teachers, almost all of them professors, are to thank for the quality of these courses.
Beaud handed 10,000-euro fine, suspended sentence
- February 14, 2013 10:29 AM
MARIGOT--Former State employee for Départmentale Direction d'Équipment (DDE) Yannick Beaud was fined 10,000 euros and given an eight-month suspended prison sentence by the judge at Palais de Justice, Marigot, on Thursday.
Sarah: St. Maarten not levying indirect taxes on Saba, Statia
- February 14, 2013 8:51 AM
PHILIPSBURG--St. Maarten is not levying indirect taxes on goods to Saba and St. Eustatius; it is the Dutch Government that decided to levy the same taxes as in The Netherlands on the islands, including a General Revenue Tax.
Civil inquiry into energy companies
- February 13, 2013 5:39 PM
WILLEMSTAD--The Prosecutor's Office in Curaçao has asked the Joint Court of Justice to start a so-called civil inquiry into the policies and practices at the island's government-owned energy companies Acualectra, Curoil, Curgas and Refineria di Korsou.