Dutch Caribbean Legal Portal

NEDERLAND - De traditionele juridische beroepen genieten in Nederland een hoog maatschappelijk aanzien. En dat aanzien is de laatste jaren nog toegenomen ook.

PHILIPSBURG--On-call lawyers terminated their strike on Monday. Spokesperson for the striking pro-bono lawyers, attorney-at-law Geert Hatzmann, issued a terse statement on Monday in which he indicated that all his striking colleagues had received payment and that the strike was terminated immediately.

All locations of the Joint Court of Justice of Aruba, Curaçao and St. Maarten and of Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba are closed on Friday May 6th, the day after Ascension Day.

PHILIPSBURG--The installation of an Asset Recovery Team to seize assets acquired via criminal means will be the topic of discussion between Members of Parliament (MPs) and Justice Minister Rafael Boasman today.

PHILIPSBURG--Make use of the expertise and seek advice from the country’s High Councils of State and do extensive research before approving any law was the firm advice of Ombudsman Nilda Arduin to Members of Parliament (MPs) on Friday.

THE HAGUE--The Dutch Caribbean Coast Guard apprehended more illegal immigrants in 2016. In total 122 persons were arrested, of whom 36 near St. Maarten, St. Eustatius and Saba.

THE HAGUE--Outgoing Dutch Minister of Home Affairs and Kingdom Relations Ronald Plasterk on Friday sent a stern warning to the St. Eustatius Government: it has to abide by the law, and cannot just toss aside valid legislation and legal decisions.

PHILIPSBURG--Almost a year after the Constitutional Court threw out the law passed by Parliament to establish an integrity chamber for the country, Members of Parliament (MPs) are to sit in a Central Committee session to discuss the verdict of the Court on Friday at 10:00am in Parliament House.

WILLEMSTAD/CARACAS - Coastguards from the Caribbean island of Curacao rescued 26 Venezuelans stranded on nearby Little Curacao on Friday, in the latest case of migrants fleeing an economic and social crisis at home.

PHILIPSBURG--The ongoing strike of pro-bono lawyers disrupted Wednesday’s and Thursday’s sittings of the Joint Court of Justice in criminal cases.

THE HAGUE--The United Nations (UN) and other international organisations visited by the delegation of the Dutch Ministry of Home Affairs and Kingdom Relations BZK in March, have expressed willingness to assist Aruba, Curaçao and St. Maarten to strengthen their capacity.

PHILIPSBURG--The Court of First Instance on Wednesday heard the lawyers’ requests for the hearing of witnesses during the procedural hearing in the so-called Colade case.

PHILIPSBURG--Government can now contract up to NAf. 30 million in loans to execute several of its capital expense project thanks to a recent approval by the Committee for Financial Supervision CFT. This approval means Government can now take advantage of low interest rates offered by the Netherlands.

Willemstad - Morgen dient er een bijzondere rechtszaak, waarin de mogelijke belangenverstrengeling van advocaat Marije Vaders aan de kaak gesteld wordt in de zaak Wilhelmina.

PHILIPSBURG--“The dangers of cyber threats in the Caribbean continue to evolve and spike at a rate never seen before. As the telecom providers in the Caribbean seek opportunities to increase their revenues through increased Internet penetration across the region, risks mushroom,” said Deon Olton, a cyber-security expert at the Caribbean Cyber Security Centre, in a statement on Tuesday.

FRANKRIJK - In Frankrijk is het vanaf nu verboden om dolfijnen en orka’s in gevangenschap te fokken. Ook mag er geen contact meer zijn tussen de dieren en het publiek.

KINGSTON, Jamaica--Starting Tuesday, May 2, alerts about missing children in Jamaica, called Ananda Alerts, have begun to be delivered to Facebook users in the country – the first time this has happened in any Caribbean country.

PHILIPSBURG--Thirteen officers from the Ministry of Tourism, Economic Affairs, Transport and Telecommunication (TEATT) and Ministry of Public Health, Social Development and Labour VSA Inspectorates held simultaneous joint controls at two locations in Philipsburg and one on A.Th. Illidge Road last week Friday.

MARIGOT--Centrist candidate Emmanuel Macron emerged the clear choice of voters in St. Martin to be the next President of France as results from the second round of voting in the Presidential Election on Saturday were revealed by the Ministry of the Interior.

WILLEMSTAD - Vandaag heeft het Openbaar Ministerie Curacao aangekondigd de heer Emsley Tromp, president van de Centrale Bank van Curaçao en Sint Maarten, te zullen dagvaarden voor belastingfraude.