Curacao refinery's supervising board looks to fire director

January 25, 2019 10:29 PM
WILLEMSTAD - Curacao refinery’s supervising board has proposed firing the facility’s director, Roderick van Kwartel, following a corruption probe related to the selection of a new operating company, the board said on Friday.
 
Curacao’s 335,000-barrel-per-day (bpd) Isla refinery, owned by the Caribbean government and operated by Venezuela’s state-run PDVSA, has been trying to find a firm willing to rent the facility starting in 2020.
 
An internal investigation revealed wrongdoing during the process by van Kwartel and two other employees who were trying to run a parallel selection process, the board said in a press release. 

Top hotels sued for 'industry-wide failures' to prevent sex trafficking

December 11, 2019 10:33 PM
NEW YORK--Landmark U.S. legal action was filed on Monday accusing several major hotel groups of profiting from sex trafficking on behalf of 13 women who claimed they were sold for sex in hotel rooms.

Agreement signed for renovation Courthouse Sint Maarten

December 10, 2019 1:48 PM

PHILIPSBURG--Last week the Joint Court of Justice signed a construction agreement with Leeward Island Construction Company LICCOM for repairs and renovation of the historical Courthouse in the heart of Philipsburg.

Hotel art wall exceeded height allowed in building regulations

December 05, 2019 10:32 AM
MARIGOT--The colourful murals on the perimeter wall fronting Hotel Mercure in Baie Nettle may be in jeopardy since a court ruling in Marigot deemed the height of the wall exceeds that permitted in the building regulations.