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Tag archive for ‘The Netherlands’
By The Publisher On Tuesday, November 21st, 2023
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Dutch elections: dispute regulation surfaces in political manifestos

PHILIPSBURG — Tomorrow, November 22, the Dutch electorate votes for a new parliament and by extension for a new government. Caribisch Netwerk analyzed the political manifestos of the participating parties More...

By The Publisher On Saturday, September 30th, 2023
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One SXM Presents Reparations Claim on Behalf of St. Martin People Against the Netherlands

GREAT BAY — The One St. Martin (One SXM) Association, acting on behalf of the People of St. Martin, has submitted a formal claim for reparations against the Netherlands (also referred to as the Dutch or Dutch More...

By The Publisher On Thursday, July 27th, 2023
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Netherlands does not have its house in order, says MP Heyliger-Marten

PHILIPSBURG — The fall of the Rutte IV-cabinet “underscores the risk of being dependent on a nation that does not have its own house in order, despite all its unlimited financial and other resources and More...

By The Publisher On Friday, May 26th, 2023
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Seven local detainees transferred to the Netherlands

  PHILIPSBURG — The limited availability of cell capacity at the Pointe Blanche prison is costing the government a fortune. The Volkskrant reported in November 2019 that the 31 detainees that were at that More...

By The Publisher On Thursday, May 4th, 2023
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Acquittal in De Mos case has potential consequences in St. Maarten

PHILIPSBURG — A ruling from the Court in First Instance in Rotterdam could potentially have consequences for pending high profile appeal cases in St. Maarten, like the one that will determine the fate of More...

By The Publisher On Wednesday, March 15th, 2023
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Former director Andraous joins the fight against ENNIA

PHILIPSBURG — Former ENNIA-director Abdallah Andraous has followed Nina Ansary’s example in an attempt to get away from paying 237.2 million guilders ($132.5 million) in damages to his former employer. Attorney More...

By The Publisher On Thursday, January 26th, 2023
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D66-MP Wuite urges voters to register

PHILIPSBURG — Jorien Wuite, St. Maarten’s member of the Dutch parliament for D66 is urging citizens to register for the election of members of the Electoral College for non-residents. Members of this More...

By The Publisher On Wednesday, January 25th, 2023
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Register now for Dutch Electoral College elections

PHILIPSBURG – For the first time in history, citizens of the Caribbean part of the kingdom will have an opportunity to influence the composition of the Dutch First Chamber, aka as the senate. On March 15, More...

By The Publisher On Friday, September 2nd, 2022
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Law office loses fight for Dutch bank account

AMSTERDAM – ABN AMRO is entitled to terminate the Dutch bank account of VapEps, a law office established in Curacao with offices in Curacao, Aruba, Bonaire, Sint Maarten and the Netherlands. VanEps wanted More...

By The Publisher On Wednesday, August 24th, 2022
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Caribbean students don’t do well in the Netherlands

PHILIPSBURG — Every year around 1,600 students from the islands of the former Netherlands Antilles travel to the Netherlands to study at institutions for MBO, HBO or WO-diplomas. Those journeys do not always More...