Netherlands Antilles News Archives

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.

Antillean Justice Minister Magali Jacoba is giving undocumented persons living in the Netherlands Antilles six weeks - from November 3 to December 15 - to legalise their status before she launches intense immigration controls on all five islands.

Bermuda's Minister of Finance Paula Cox announced on Tuesday that Bermuda has concluded a bilateral agreement with Aruba that provides for a full exchange of information on criminal and civil tax matters between Bermuda and Aruba.

Diego Concha has been appointed General Manager at Hyatt Regency Curacao Golf Resort, Spa and Marina in Curacao, Netherlands Antilles.

The Dutch Government has agreed to invest 690,000 euros in higher education in the Netherlands Antilles, via University of the Netherlands Antilles and University of St.

Regional Submitted by Kimberly Gensicki on 2009-10-07.   Pictured are Harris Kantor, M.D.; Jason Leung, D.M.D.; David Spiro, D.O.; and Charisse Ward, M.D. The Hospital of Central Connecticut's board of directors has approved the following medical staff appointments: Anesthesiology Harris Kantor, M.D., has joined the hospital's medical staff.

Chambers meet to discuss joint cooperation, strategy ~ Joint committee to be formed ~ MARIGOT--Officials from the island's respective Chambers of Commerce met for the first time on Thursday since the French side changed the status of its Chamber to Chambre Consulaire Inter-professionel de Saint-Martin . Collectivite defends travel policy for ...

Government workers on the tiny Dutch Caribbean island of Saba are scheduled to receive more than half a million dollars in back wages dating from 2003.

Columbus attorney Stacey Jackson, removed from representing Michael Jason Registe in a Sept.

Cops in Boca Raton this weekend nabbed two accused immigrant smugglers wanted for their alleged role in a failed smuggling expedition to the U.S. Virgin Islands that left 12 dead, authorities announced this afternoon.

The Dutch Labour Party PvdA for now will not approve the establishment of maritime borders between St.

As the search for the missing United States vice consul James Hogan on the island of Curaao goes on, his disappearance remains a mystery.

The word is out. The new relations in the Dutch Kingdom definitely will take effect on October 10 next year, when the Netherlands Antilles officially will cease to exist and both Curacao and St.

St. Maarten and Curacao will become separate countries within the Dutch Kingdom on October 10, 2010, and this date is irrevocable.