Handling of Kingdom Consensus Laws might be postponed

The Dutch First Chamber is seriously considering postponing the handling of the Kingdom Consensus Laws to mid-September, thereby endangering the target date of October 10 for the dismantling of the Netherlands Antilles.

Early elections on Curaçao

The draft constitution for the new country Curaçao did not pass an important local hurdle early Saturday morning, when it was two votes short of the number required for approval by the Island Council.

Brazil gets tough on tax havens

Brazil's tax authority has added 21 jurisdictions to a new blacklist of tax havens and privileged tax regimes, including holding companies in the Netherlands and Luxembourg, Spain's international Spanish holding structures (ETVE) and US limited liability companies (LLC).

Briefing on draft international health laws

Health Minister Omayra Leeflang updated Health Commissioner Hyacinth Richardson and a representative of the future Ministry of Health about the draft laws on international health regulations that future countries St. Maarten and Curaçao will have to abide by.

Lawyers conference on Curacao

Law firm Soliana Bonapart & Aardenburg was pleased with the successful conference for lawyers on Curaçao last weekend, that was held in close cooperation with Globalaw, a worldwide network of 91 independent law firms.

No need for employer to take care of parking places

The summary proceedings instituted by the civil service union Abvo against the island government was handled today by the Court in First Instance.