Curaçao task transfer to start March 15

The dismantling of the Country Netherlands Antilles and the realisation of the new Country Curaçao will continue, despite the uncertainty as to whether the constitutional changes will go into effect on October 10, 2010, in light of the fall of the Dutch cabinet.

Doctorate Judge at the University of the Netherlands Antilles

Doctorate Judge at the University of the Netherlands AntillesGerard Lewin will publicly defend his doctoral dissertation (“Ph.D.”) “The appeal to the Appellate Court and to the Supreme Court in civil cases in the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba” tomorrow to earn the degree of Doctor at the auditorium of the University of the Netherlands Antilles (UNA).

‘Supreme Court of great importance for administration of Justice in the Antilles’

Minister of Justice, Magali Jacoba recently consulted with Jan Watse Fokkens, attorney general with the Supreme Court of the Netherlands.

Jacoba proposes new Penal Code

Justice Minister Magali Jacoba has proposed that Parliament approve and adopt a new Penal Code for the Netherlands Antilles that will bring the country in line with international regulations.

Handling BES laws still on for March 4

THE HAGUE--The handling of the first package of laws for the BES islands Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba, on March 4, will almost certainly proceed, said Chairman of the Second Dutch Parliament Chamber's Permanent Committee for Antillean and Aruban Affairs NAAZ Willibrord van Beek on Wednesday.

Second Chamber urged to handle constitutional laws

Antillean Prime Minister Emily de Jongh-Elhage has sent a letter to Chairman Willibrord van Beek of the Antillean Affairs Committee in the Second Chamber of the Dutch Parliament, urging that the pending legislation to make possible the dismantling of the Netherlands Antilles and new constitutional relations in the Kingdom be handled, despite the fall of the Balkenende Cabinet.