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A&P, DLA, and Milbank in Japanese loan to PDVSA
- June 30, 2011 1:44 PM
As Japan seeks new energy sources in the aftermath of March's nuclear power crisis, Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) has turned to DLA Piper and D'Empaire Reyna Abogados to advise on two loans made with a group of Japanese banks to Venezuelan's state-owned oil company, PDVSA.
"Be wary of ToT charges" KPMG tax lawyers warn
- June 30, 2011 1:42 PM
PHILIPSBURG -- Agents and intermediaries making payments or contracting for clients should be wary of Turnover Tax (ToT) on these charges says KPMG tax lawyers Wendell Meriaan and Suhena Neuman.
CPA and KTK demand reclamation of almost 3 million guilders
- June 30, 2011 1:41 PM
The companies Curaçao Ports Authorities (CPA) and Kompania di Tou Kòrsou (KTK) went to the Court in First Instance to re-claim the ‘surplus amount paid for pension premiums’ of the two former directors Augustin Diaz and Richard Lopez Ramirez.
Curaçao back on watchlist human trafficking
- June 30, 2011 1:41 PM
During the past year, the government of Curaçao has been unable to prove they made more efforts in tackling human trafficking and slave running compared to 2009. Therefore, the US had placed the country back on the ‘TIER 2 watchlist’.
New Penal Code is being handled
- June 30, 2011 1:35 PM
The recent Central Committee meeting of Curaçao's Parliament on the amendment of the Penal Code was closed with the request to draw up a final report and have Minister of Justice Elmer Wilsoe (PS) answer the questions presented in writing. Approval is thus finally in sight.
Kingdom partners sign MOU to tackle human-trafficking
- June 27, 2011 7:38 AM
PHILIPSBURG--The four partners of the Dutch Kingdom will continue to work together to tackle the "horrendous crime" of human-trafficking and -exploitation through a memorandum of understanding (MOU) signed at Sonesta Great Bay Beach Resort and Casino at the end of the meeting of the Justice Ministers of the Kingdom, on Monday.
No "Kingdom probe" into Central Bank controversy
- June 27, 2011 7:26 AM
The Kingdom Council of Ministers will not conduct its own investigation on the integrity of the Central Bank and Curaçao's government after all.
Inkeren of negeren?
- June 23, 2011 11:05 AM
In het eerder aangekondigde Belastingplan 2011 is een zeer ruime nieuwe inkeerregeling opgenomen. Het Belastingplan 2011 is inmiddels aangepast en bevat zelfs een verdere verruiming! De navorderingstermijn voor het opleggen van de aanslagen zal slechts 5 jaar bedragen, dit terwijl de reguliere navorderingstermijn 15 jaar kan bedragen.
Inter-parliamentary Consultation The Hague
- June 15, 2011 2:41 PM
THE HAGUE--The four Parliaments in the Kingdom used Tuesday, the first day of their four-day Inter-parliamentary Consultation, to make their marks on cooperation within the Kingdom. St. Maarten, Aruba and the Netherlands agreed that cooperation was key to better relations that would benefit the people.
STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISES LACK OF INDEPENDENT SUPERVISION
- June 14, 2011 4:49 PM
Independent supervision should be mandatory for government-owned entities
It has been my opinion for many years already that government-owned companies should be kept out of the political sphere as much as possible, so that they may benefit from a commercial, businesslike and market-oriented management. In doing so they also run less of a risk of being milked or used as political toys.
Concerned organisations say Curaçao is in crisis
- June 14, 2011 4:37 PM
The same group of organisations that recently expressed concern about the latest development on Curaçao in their "Declaration of Willemstad" now says the island had landed in a crisis.
"Kingdom Council probe apart from one by board"
- June 14, 2011 4:35 PM
THE HAGUE--The decision by the Kingdom Council of Ministers - at the request of Curaçao - to have an independent committee investigate the Central Bank and government cannot replace the one to be ordered by the Supervisory Board of the joint Central Bank of Curaçao and St. Maarten, or vice versa.
No more probe by Kingdom Council
- June 10, 2011 6:59 AM
Prime Minister Gerrit Schotte (MFK) told Curaçao's Parliament on Wednesday that the Supervisory Board currently being installed will be entrusted with an investigation into the functioning and the integrity of the joint Central Bank of Curaçao and St. Maarten.
Theo: "We will also go it on our own with Central Bank"
- June 10, 2011 6:54 AM
PHILIPSBURG--It is very clear that the issue of a joint Central Bank with Curaçao and a joint currency has become "a lame duck, making it extremely important for each country to go it on their own," said Deputy Prime Minister Theo Heyliger in response to the Curaçao Parliament adopting a motion on Wednesday evening to instruct its government to establish its own Central Bank.
Curaçao Parliament votes for an own Central Bank
- June 10, 2011 6:50 AM
A motion calling for Curaçao to have its own Central Bank rather than having to share one with St. Maarten was adopted with eleven votes for and none against by Parliament yesterday evening, while a motion of no-confidence against Finance Minister George "Jorge" Jamaloodin (MFK) in connection with the controversy involving Central Bank director Emsley Tromp and members of the Schotte cabinet was rejected by eleven votes to eight.
Civil claim against former CPA directors
- June 09, 2011 7:35 AM
Last Monday, lawyer Bertie Braam requested a bailiff’s office to deliver a summons to the former directors of the Curaçao Ports Authority (CPA), Agustin Diaz and Richard Lopez-Ramirez.
Woonplaats van sterk moeiende aandeelhouder was beslissend voor vestigingsplaats beleggingsvennootsc
- June 08, 2011 10:21 AM
Rechtbank Den Haag heeft onlangs in een feitelijke procedure uitspraak gedaan over de vestigingsplaats van een zuivere beleggingsvennootschap die haar zetel eind 2001 had verplaatst naar de Nederlandse Antillen.
Problemen bij tenuitvoerlegging van een arbitraal vonnis in het buitenland
- June 08, 2011 9:52 AM
Op dit moment zijn er in de wereld verschillende “brandhaarden” die de internationale handel schade berokkenen.
No child allowance for BES
- June 07, 2011 12:34 PM
Top 10 Law Firms Sint Maarten 2011
- June 06, 2011 7:58 PM
After the Top 25 Law Firms Curacao 2011, the Top10 Law Firms Bonaire 2011 and the Top 10 Law Firms Aruba 2011 Curacao Legal Portal has now also published the Top 10 Law Firms for Sint Maarten.