
MP Heyliger-Marten wants closed-door meeting of Parliament with Cadastre-management
PHILIPSBURG — Independent MP Grisha Heyliger-Marten showed her concern about the uncertain situation at the Cadastre by requesting financial information from its managing board. In a press release dated April More...

Minister Doran grants second right of long lease on same plot of land
~ “With a well-functioning Cadastre it is impossible to establish long lease twice on the same parcel of land.” ~ PHILIPSBURG — Minister Egbert Doran (Public Housing, Urban Planning, Environment and More...

Cadastre desperately needs a qualified director – Part 3
PHILIPSBURG — Did the Cadastre have a hidden bank account that is used to conceal monies from government? Former Cadastre-director Clemens Roos says that there has never been a hidden account when he was More...

Cadastre is no stranger to controversy – Part 2
PHILIPSBURG — The Cadastre office on Back Street is no stranger to controversy. More than six years ago, in December 2016, internal correspondence revealed that it was run by incompetent people and notorious More...

The Cadastre in the news again – and it is not good – Part 1
PHILIPSBURG – The Cadastre is in the news once again and that news is not positive: the supervisory board has suspended its director, Shaka Lake, without pay earlier this month. Lake is a former policy advisor More...

Minister Geerlings receives update from Cadastre
POND ISLAND – Minister of Finance Hon. Perry Geerlings recently received an update of the state of affairs from the newly appointed director at the Land Registry Office Cadastre Shaka Lake. Particular attention More...

Marie De Weever new Mortgage Custodian for the Kadaster
Photo Caption: Marie De Weever was sworn in as a Mortgage Custodian for the Kadaster on St. Maarten by his Excellency Governor Eugene Holiday on Tuesday morning. She has a wealth of experience about the inner workings More...

Notaries issue ultimatum about non-functioning Kadaster
PHILIPSBURG – On Wednesday, July 11th, 2018, the notaries on St. Maarten issued an ultimatum regarding the lack of a functioning Mortgage Conservator at the Kadaster. If by Sunday, July 15th, no action is taken More...

Incompetent employees put Cadastre at risk
By Hilbert Haar GREAT BAY – The Cadastre office has struggled in the past with incompetent employees and notorious troublemakers, it appears from internal correspondence this newspaper has in its possession. More...

Rudderless
The situation at the Cadastre is screaming for a solution, as is the one at TelEm that has been rudderless without a CEO for more than seven years now. Both the company and the land registry office are important More...