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Upper House wants to inspect the political process during their visit
- January 15, 2009 5:33 AM
Following on the semi-annual parliamentary Deliberation Kingdom Relations in Aruba, an Upper House delegation will pay all the islands of the Neth.Antilles a working visit from January 10 through 19. They do this because the process of the political renewal in 2009 enters a new parliamentary phase.
Velcro stock buyback proposed
- January 13, 2009 5:03 AM
Velcro Industries NV is offering to buy back all of its remaining stock for $21 per share, the company announced Thursday. About 95 percent of the company is owned by Cohere Limited, which instituted proceedings last September in the Netherlands Antilles, where the company is headquartered, to acquire the remaining 5 percent for the same price.
Cft: Pension scheme reform national civil servants point of interest
- January 13, 2009 4:49 AM
The College financial supervision (Cft) reported on the 2009 budget of the Land Netherlands Antilles this week. The Cft decided that the budget meets the standards to a satisfactory extent, but that a number of issues need to be improved. The most important point of interest is the intended reformation of the pension scheme for national civil servants.
Everything must be ready by March 26, 2010
- January 13, 2009 4:46 AM
Fourteen more months, and the Antilles will cease to exist, giving the Islands their new status. “Everything must be ready by March 26, 2010”, said Prime Minister Emily de Jongh-Elhage during the first press conference of this year yesterday.
Omgangsnormen voor ambtsdragers in het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden
- January 09, 2009 4:19 AM
Geschreven door Eric R. de Vries
vrijdag, 09 januari 2009
Voordat een jurist advocaat kan worden, legt hij de volgende eed of belofte af:
'Ik zweer (beloof) getrouwheid aan de Koning, gehoorzaamheid aan (in Nederland: de Grondwet) (in de Antillen en Aruba: het Statuut en de Staatsregeling), eerbied voor de rechterlijke autoriteiten, en dat ik geen zaak zal aanraden of verdedigen, die ik in gemoede niet gelove rechtvaardig te zijn.'
Kernonderdelen daarvan zijn dus gehoorzaamheid aan de hoogste wet en eerbied voor de rechterlijke autoriteiten.
Fiscal deal with Jamaica
- January 08, 2009 5:43 AM
The Netherlands Antilles continue their course for entering treaties with well-chosen countries to prevent double taxation. Especially the Caribbean region receives great attention. State secretary Alex Rosaria (Finance, PNP) emphasizes that the Antilles are in the first place Caribbean and must optimally cooperate with Caribbean nations for their (financial-social) survival.
Cft complete for the first time early February
- January 08, 2009 5:27 AM
The College financial supervision (Cft) will meet for the first time in a complete composition in the beginning of February. One member for Curacao, register accountant Ivan de Windt, and one for St. Maarten, Roland Tuitt was appointed last week. The Cft is now complete with these two members.
Labor Law: Possible changes in Court formula in dissolution procedures
- January 08, 2009 5:04 AM
Labor Law: Possible changes in the Court formula applied in general in the Netherlands Antilles in dissolution procedures in relation to employment contracts
The formula developed in the Courts in the Netherlands to award compensations to employees whose employment contract has been dissolved has been renewed.
Private banking business ING transferred to Van Lanschot
- January 08, 2009 4:54 AM
On the last day of 2008, ING Bank transferred its private banking business to Van Lanschot Bankers in Curaçao.
Bar critical about the authority to give instructions
- January 08, 2009 3:43 AM
The Curacao Bar Association has studied the concept of the law regarding the authority to give instructions and the introduction of just one central procurator-general and has sent a judicial advice on this to the State Council for the Kingdom that will soon report on this.
Further study pensions
- January 06, 2009 6:30 AM
Lt. Governor Lisa Dindial has suspended the announcement of the new pension scheme for Island Council members. It is legally laid down that the Lt. Governor must promulgate a law no later than two weeks after the approval by the Island Council, so it becomes effective.
Antilles to top-10 financial services sector
- January 06, 2009 5:32 AM
The objection is and remains in the coming years to get the Netherlands Antilles in the world’s top-10 of the international financial services sector, says Alex Rosaria, Finance-state secretary, looking back on the past year.
Mr. van de dinsdag: Karel Frielink
- January 06, 2009 5:09 AM
Mr. van de dag is Karel Frielink (advocaat en partner bij Spigthoff Advocaten & Belastingadviseurs). Hij is sinds 12 december 2008 Deken van de Orde van Advocaten te Curaçao. Hij is daarnaast bestuurslid van de Kamer van Koophandel te Curaçao en docent ondernemingsrecht aan de Universiteit van de Nederlandse Antillen.
No to intolerance
- December 30, 2008 5:39 AM
Curaçao has to remain Curaçao and be one in its unique diversity. There is no room for intolerance. This is, briefly summarized, the conclusion of the gathering on Saturday afternoon of over thirty people from Curaçao - people who have lived and worked on the island (for a long time) but also those who live abroad and are back for the holidays - in “Landhuis Bloemhof”.
The Netherlands deposits 464 million guilders for restructuring debts of Antilles, Curaçao and St. M
- December 23, 2008 7:30 AM
On November 10, 2007 the Netherlands opened an account with the Bank of the Netherlands Antilles for the debt restructuring and elimination of arrears in payments of the Country of the Netherlands Antilles and the Island Territories of Curaçao and St. Maarten. On December 11, 2008 an amount of 464 million guilders (203 million Euros) was deposited on this account for the elimination of the payment arrears of the Central Government, Curaçao and St. Maarten. On Friday, December 19, the Minister of Finance of the Netherlands Antilles, Ersilia de Lannooy, and the State Secretary of the Interior and Kingdom Affairs, Ank Bijleveld-Schouten, signed a confirmation of the arrangements made to such effect, at the Bank of the Netherlands Antilles in Curaçao.
Deliberation in Aruba on new status Antilles
- December 23, 2008 7:19 AM
Parliamentarians from the Netherlands, the Netherlands Antilles, and Aruba will meet in Aruba from January 5th through 9th during the semiannual Parliamentary Deliberation Kingdom Relations (POK). The meeting is held as part of the collaboration between the three parliaments.
Cft receives budget from De Lannooy
- December 23, 2008 7:04 AM
The College financial supervision (Cft) agreed with Finance-minister Ersilia de Lannooy (PNP) that the College will receive the budget before Christmas. After the College receives the budget, it will provide it with a formal advice. The agreement is also that in due course, the Land will effect a proper transfer of duties to the BES-islands and the future countries Curacao and St. Maarten.
De beklagenswaardigste PG van het Koninkrijk
- December 23, 2008 6:34 AM
Geschreven door Gerritjan van Oven
Zondag 14 december vond in Willemstad op Curacao een demonstratie plaats tegen de Rondetafelconferentie die een nieuwe fase in de ontregeling van het Antilliaanse staatsverband heeft ingeluid. Op de foto in het Parool zien we demonstranten met een jodenster op en borden met teksten als "traishon" en " Hamas". De bezwaren van de demonstranten richten zich kennelijk niet tegen de overname van de schulden door Nederland (1,7 miljard euro ter afbetaling van 70 % van de staatsschuld) , wel tegen het financiële toezicht en de aanwijzingsbevoegdheid van de Minister van Justitie van Nederland aan de Procureur-Generaal van wat in de toekomst niet meer de Nederlandse Antillen genoemd mag worden.
Zuiderburen in de West
- December 23, 2008 6:05 AM
Geschreven door Eric R. de Vries
dinsdag, 16 december 2008
Afgelopen week mocht ik voor een transactie naar onze zuiderburen in de west, Venezuela. Het land telt omstreeks 26 miljoen inwoners, anderhalf keer zoveel als in het Koningrijk der Nederlanden.
Bij aankomst in de hoofdstad, Caracas, vraag ik mij af hoe het kan dat mensen zo dicht bij de Antillen onder zo'n slechte omstandigheden leven. De armoede druipt van de bergen af, met honderd duizenden op elkaar gepropte hutjes die op instorten lijken te staan. Hoe zou het zijn daar iedere dag wakker te moeten worden, of hoe lang zou het duren voordat ik daar niet meer wakker wordt?
Cabinet abandons databank Antilleans
- December 22, 2008 11:43 AM
The separate databank for high-risk youths from the Antilles and Aruba is probably off for forever. The cabinet is now considering including these youths in an alarming system for all youths in the Netherlands that threaten to go off the rails.