Netherlands Antilles News

A plenary debate on the constitutional process of the Netherlands Antilles in the Dutch Parliament's Second Chamber was cancelled Wednesday because Member of Parliament Hero Brinkman of the Party for Freedom PVV, who had requested the meeting, was late.

PPA leader Gracita Arrindell submitted her slate of 11 candidates to Main Voting Bureau head Lt.

Antillean Justice Minister Magali Jacoba fielded questions from undocumented persons in English, Spanish and Creole about applying for temporary residence and requesting special permits, at a town hall meeting Wednesday.

The financial part of a quick scan at New Post Netherlands Antilles revealed a blunder implying a setback of not less than 30 million guilders for the company.

Officials watched two long-time immigrant workers sign their temporary residence permits Wednesday, hoping that others will also apply under the Brooks Tower Accord before it's too late.

Princess Port de Plaisance is hoping to put a dent in child obesity in St. Maarten/St. Martin with the opening of the first full-service child-appropriate gym on island.

Iwan Pennings has been appointed Executive Chef at Sonesta Maho Beach Resort & Casino in St.

Harmonic announces that Santa Barbara Utilities has selected Harmonic's industry-leading digital video solutions for a new broadcast and on-demand IPTV service at the Santa Barbara Plantation Resort Community in Curacao, the most populous island in the Netherlands Antilles.

An international row has broken out on the Dutch island of Curaao following the arrest of a former teacher for the possession of child pornography in the United States.

Only eighteen undocumented immigrants were able to file requests for Brooks Tower Accord residence permits Tuesday.

Civil servants of various departments are involved in a five-day training course, aimed at equipping them to better access and manage European Union Development Funds.

Spirit Airlines offers one-way rates from $128 to Aruba ; 14-day advance; Saturday service only via Fort Lauderdale.

The Fire Departments of St. Maarten and the Dutch city of Dordrecht signed a twinning agreement Wednesday.

The Netherlands Antilles has launched an amnesty program that will provide residence and working papers for thousands of illegal immigrants.

Netherlands Antilles Minister of Finance & Vice Prime Minister, Ersilia de Lannooy and the Cayman Islands Attorney General Samuel Bulgin sign the tax information exchange agreement GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands -- The Cayman Islands signed a Tax Information Exchange Agreement with the Netherlands Antilles on 29 October 2009 whilst attending the CFATF ...

The Netherlands is in 15th place in a list of 60 least transparent tax havens in the world drawn up by the Tax Justice Network .

Dutch State Secretary of Kingdom Relations Ank Bijleveld-Schouten sounded convincing, trying to sell 'her' Plan B, the alternative to regulate tasks and responsibilities that Curacao and St.

Maarten ~ PHILIPSBURG--The Council of Ministers approved a draft law Wednesday that will amend the Islands Regulation of the Netherlands Antilles ERNA 1951 to, among other things, increase the number of commissioners in St.

The Curacao-based Foundation Youth Into Media is responsible for the sustainable development of a youth news program - Caribbean Kids News - on television and the internet for the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba.

The Council of Ministers approved a draft law Wednesday that will amend the Islands Regulation of the Netherlands Antilles ERNA 1951 to, among other things, increase the number of commissioners in St.