Dutch Caribbean Legal Portal

PHILIPSBURG - Dock Maarten won a major victory on Friday in its court case against Country St. Maarten with regard to water rights recently given to the company Corplease Ltd.

WILLEMSTAD -  EY Dutch Caribbean is pleased to introduce Rose Boevé, the newest addition to the Management Team of EY Tax Advisors. Rose joined EY Dutch Caribbean as per September 12th as a Senior Manager International Tax Services.

PHILIPSBURG--A Law Enforcement Council report on the enforcement of the policy governing the adult entertainment industry in St. Maarten paints a grim picture of the manner in which the policy governing the industry is enforced.

AMSTERDAM--A 28-year-old Curaçao woman was shot to death on a bridge in Amsterdam Thursday morning. Rosleny Magdalena had just dropped her six-year-old child at school when, on the way back, she was gunned down by an unknown assailant.

KRALENDIJK - Het Gerecht in eerst aanleg te Bonaire heeft vandaag uitspraak gedaan in de zogenoemde Strobloem-zaak. De verdachte R.M.H., directeur van het Kadaster van Bonaire, is veroordeeld tot 6 maanden gevangenisstraf voorwaardelijk, voor het verduisteren van een diensttelefoon.

THE HAGUE--Children’s Ombudsman Margrite Kalverboer during her visit to Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba this week and next week wants to hear from children on the islands how they experience life and where things could be improved.

PHILIPSBURG--Four young men suspected of committing armed robbery at Island Water World in Cole Bay on May 16 had their day in court on Wednesday morning. The Prosecutor’s Office demanded prison sentences for D.L.M. (21), T.P. (18) A.L.L. (20) and D.R.W. (19).

Welcome-address Martine Vis, Hoofd Recherche Samenwerkings Team (RST) Caribbean Cybercrime Conference 16 november 2016, Renaissance Hotel Aruba

ORANJESTAD - Opening Speech by Chief Public Prosecutor of Sint maarten Ton Maan, on behalf of Attorney General Guus Schram L.L.M on the occasion of the Caribbean Cybercrime Conference Aruba on November 16th 2016.

ORANJESTAD - The first Caribbean Cybercrime Conference was a big success. The Conference was held on Wednesday, November 16th 2016 and took place at the Renaissance Hotel in Aruba.

WILLEMSTAD – Woensdag 16 november heeft het Hof uitspraak gedaan over de onderzoekswensen in de zaak Babel. Zoals gevraagd krijgt de verdediging meer tijd om zelf onderzoek te laten doen naar een aantal aspecten van de zaak.

THE HAGUE--The Kingdom Council of State has advised against the right of initiative for individual Members of the Parliaments of Aruba, Curaçao and St. Maarten to submit a Kingdom Law proposal.

WILLEMSTAD--At four of Curaçao’s nine ministries purchase orders were signed by the respective ministers in 2014 and 2015, which is against the law. Worst offender was the Minister of Social Development, Labour and Wellbeing SOAW, who approved over 8 million Antillean guilders.

THE NETHERLANDS - Ruim veertig procent van de (kandidaat-)notarissen is tijdens het werk weleens bedreigd. In een derde van de gevallen gaat het om schelden.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad--A significant threat to Caribbean economies has emerged as global banks withdraw their correspondent banking relationships in these countries, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has confirmed.

PHILIPSBURG - Former Curaçao police officer Gregory Koeiman (48) was arrested on Tuesday, November 15, 2016 by members of the St. Maarten Police Force, KPSM near his house in Simpson Bay.

PHILIPSBURG--The Human Trafficking and Human Smuggling Unit of the St. Maarten Police Force arrested Immigration Officer J.M. (36) and her partner D.F. close to 7:00am Monday in connection with an ongoing investigation named the “Ostrich” case.

KRALENDIJK - On the morning of November 14 a search was conducted in a home on Bonaire. This regarding the investigation “Drum".

WILLEMSTAD - Insel Air wordt al een half jaar financieel ondersteund door de overheid van Curaçao. Dat zegt demissionair minister Eugène Rhuggenaath van Economische Zaken.

THE NETHERLANDS - De grote accountantskantoren lijken te slagen in hun ambitie om een bres te slaan in het advocatenbolkwerk. Drie van de vier grote kantoren hebben afgelopen jaren met succes een eigen praktijk voor juridische dienstverlening opgebouwd.