Dutch Caribbean Legal Portal

WILLEMSTAD - De Raad van Ministers buigt zich morgen over het rapport van de Commissie van Wijzen. De commissie onderzocht de bedrijfseconomische gesteldheid van luchtvaartmaatschappij Insel Air. 

MIAMI, Florida--Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd RCL has been granted approval by the Cuban Government for the company to begin cruises to Cuba. The company said it plans to announce its first Florida-Cuba itineraries in the near future.

China's trading firm PetroChina was awarded a tender to sell up to 1.65 million barrels of U.S. light crude to Venezuela's state-run PDVSA for delivery in the coming weeks at a terminal in Curacao, traders said on Monday.

FLORIDA, United States, Tuesday December 6, 2016 – Princess Cruises, a division of Carnival Corporation, has agreed to pay a US$40 million penalty – the largest-ever criminal penalty involving deliberate vessel pollution – and plead guilty to charges related to illegal dumping of oil-contaminated waste from the Caribbean Princess cruise ship.

PHILIPSBURG--Port St. Maarten has registered a US $9 million loss, a shortfall Government will have to cover, disclosed Finance Minister Richard Gibson.

CARACAS/HOUSTON - Two consortia including Japanese engineering firm JGC Corp and French oil services company Technip have been shortlisted to undertake a roughly $680 million overhaul of Aruba's refinery, according to three sources close to the deal.

WILLEMSTAD--The country Curaçao represented by caretaker Prime Minister Bernhard Whiteman, together with Isla refinery holding "Refineria di Korsou" director Jose van der Wall-Arnemann signed a Heads of Agreement with the companies Guangdong Zhenrong Energy Co. Ltd (GZE) and China Zhenrong Holding Limited (CZR), both represented by Chen Bingyan.

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.

WASHINGTON, D.C.--The U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced on Friday that it has selected eleven international airports in nine countries, including St. Maarten, for possible expansion of its U.S. pre-clearance programme to reduce delays and help passengers make connecting U.S. flights.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Thursday November 3, 2016 – The Barbados Water Authority (BWA) had admitted that it signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Suriname company Amazone Resources, which is preparing to ship two million litres of surface water this month.

- Low but stable oil prices, subdued recovery in advanced economies, and low interest rates levels influencing the region’s economic outlook

- Impact of Cuba’s further opening up in the tourism industry likely to be manageable over the long run

- Exposure to climate change is one of the main challenges for island nations

HELSINKI, Finland--In just over three weeks, four Caribbean entrepreneurs will travel to the frozen Nordic city of Helsinki, Finland, to participate in Europe’s largest tech entrepreneur conference, SLUSH Global Impact Accelerator (GIA) and SLUSH 2016.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - Barbados may be looking outside its shores for assistance in dealing with the severe water shortage affecting the country.

Commodity trader Guangdong Zhenrong Energy Co. Ltd is in talks to secure funding for a $5.5 billion plan to upgrade a Caribbean oil refinery and build a natural gas terminal, giving China a foothold in a strategic oil hub.

CARACAS - Unpaid debts and broken promises are making Venezuelan oil giant PDVSA an outcast in several Caribbean countries where it had been a guest of honor.

PARAMARIBO - Ook banken voelen de klappen van de economische crisis die Suriname in zijn greep heeft. 'Je merkt dat de koopkracht bij de mensen is afgenomen, omdat aflossingen stroef verlopen.

PARAMARIBO - Suriname's B1 sovereign rating balances a favorable growth outlook and relatively moderate government debt and interest burdens

PARAMARIBO - Staatsolie zal het bedrag van 300 miljoen Amerikaanse dollar uit de internationale obligatielening gebruiken om de kortlopende bankleningen versneld af te lossen.

PARAMARIBO - Suriname debuted in the international bond markets on Wednesday, selling a US$550m 10-year deal snapped up by investors who shrugged off any jitters over political or economic risk.