New civil notary St. Maarten

Philipsburg - Civil notary office SPS, formerly known as Schaepman en Speetjens, will officially open its new Cole Bay branch office next friday June 26. Also Mr. Henry Parisius will be sworn in as a civil notary of SPS.

Fung-A-Loi new notary

Fanny Fung-A-Loi will be the civil law notary who takes over the office of Marcel van der Plank. She will be sworn in next friday. Civil law notaries Burgers and Fung-A-Loi will work together as of June 29 in a partnership. The office will be named ‘Burgers & Fung-A-Loi Civil law notaries’. The office will be a general notary practice and be specialised in corporate law, real estate law and mortgages (both mortgage deeds as public auctions).

No rights for gay-couples

ORANJESTAD/WILLEMSTAD –– A lesbian couple married in the Netherlands may not publicly derive rights from their marital state. The Joint Court of Justice of the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba determined this in appeal, in spite of a previous verdict of the Supreme Court, that the gay-marriage is lawful in the entire Kingdom.

Highest advisory councils of the Kingdom of the Netherlands meet in the Dutch Caribbean

WILLEMSTAD/ORANJESTAD – The highest advisory councils of the Kingdom recently met in the Dutch Caribbean. The Council of State of the Kingdom, the Advisory Council of the Netherlands Antilles, and the Advisory Council of Aruba visited prime-minister Nelso Oduber (MEP) on Friday.

Facebook's Imminent 'Username' Registration Raises Risks of Cybersquatting

Lawyers advise trademark owners to register in advance - The clock is ticking for companies that want to protect their trademark on Facebook, warn intellectual property lawyers.

‘Not a tax-paradise, but an investment-paradise’

The new Country Curaçao should not become a tax paradise, but a paradise for investors. This was the main message in the speech held by Bryan Irausquin, Chairman of the Curaçao International Financial Services Association Sector (Cifa), during the Fatum Pension- and Business-Day yesterday. During his speech, Irausquin presented his vision for the future of the financial sector on Curaçao.