ON THE BRIDGE OF THE OSPREY EXPLORER WITH THE CAPTAIN
Me on the left… Click here to learn more about the 2D S/V Osprey Explorer and click here to learn more about reflection seismology.
Bij 2D of tweedimensionale seismiek worden langs een lijn aan het aardoppervlak trillingen opgewekt. Er wordt gebruik gemaakt van een air gun (of seismische vibrator), een apparaat dat vlak achter het schip hangt. Elke 10 seconden stuurt de air gun een schokgolf het water in. …
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GERARD SPONG SIGNEERT ZIJN BOEK IN CURACAO
De Breuk
WILLEMSTAD – Gerard Spong heeft vandaag zijn nieuwste boek ‘De Breuk’ gepresenteerd op Curacao. Spong is strafrechtadvocaat in Amsterdam. Zijn advocatenkantoor Spong Advocaten is geassocieerd met SMS Attorneys at Law te Curacao.
Recentelijk heeft Spong zijn veertigjarig jubileum als advocaat gevierd.
Van zijn hand verscheen ‘De Breuk’, een juridische thriller gebaseerd op ware feiten en, naar zijn zeggen, een van zijn meest opmerkelijke moordzaken.
In de media is het boek omschreven als: ‘Fascinerende reconstructie, geschreven met humor en gevoel voor detail. Vermakelijk en leerzaam voor zowel advocaten als leken ’ volgens de Volkskrant en ‘Een meesterlijk boek dat naar …
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CURACAOSE JONGEREN NAAR TENNISTOERNOOI IN DOMINICAANSE REPUBLIEK
Internationaal JITIC-kampioenschap
Vandaag zijn 14 jeugdige tennisspelers voor ruim een week naar Santo Domingo vertrokken om mee te doen aan het regionale JITIC-kampioenschap (Junior International Tennis Championships). Het tennistoernooi vindt plaats van 3 tot 9 augustus 2013. Aan dit internationale tennistoernooi nemen verschillende landen in de regio deel. De host van het toernooi is de Dominicaanse tennisbond Federacion Dominicana de Tenis.
De jeugdtennissers hebben een intensief trainingsprogramma gevolgd onder auspiciën van de Tennis Federatie Curaçao. Ze zijn getraind door Roy Bottse, de voorzitter van de TFC, en coach Jason Engelhardt.
De deelnemers van Curaçao:
Jongens tot 14 jaar: Aydan Gomez …
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THIS BLOG IS ARCHIVED BY THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
Blogs of today can be studied for years to come
I’m thrilled to learn from Robert Ambrogi’s blog that “Karel’s Legal Blog” has been archived in the Library of Congress:
On the Internet there is no rule against perpetuities. To the contrary our perpetuation seems assured. Latest case in point: the new Legal Blawgs Web Archive from the Library of Congress. Yes, just as the LOC is archiving all of our tweets, turns out it is also archiving a selection of legal blog posts, and has been doing so since March 1, 2007. (…)
The LOC describes …
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NATIONAL INTEGRITY SYSTEM ASSESSMENT: CURAÇAO 2013
Between 2012 and 2013, Transparency International conducted a National Integrity System (NIS) assessment on Curaçao. The Caribbean island has a population of 150,560 and is an autonomous country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It has gone through significant political change in recent years following dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles in 2010 and the resulting modification of its country status. The purpose of these studies is to assess systemic corruption risks faced by a country, and produce a set of recommendations on how to mitigate those risks in the future. Those recommendations can then be …
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PRESS RELEASE JONES DAY
Johan Kleyn appointed partner at Jones Day
The global law firm Jones Day announced earlier today the appointment of Johan Kleyn as a Mergers & Acquisitions partner in the Firm’s Amsterdam Office. Johan (a former colleague of mine) comes to the Firm from Allen & Overy. In addition, the Amsterdam Office of Jones Day welcomed Gerjanne te Winkel and Floris Pierik as of counsel in the Global Disputes and Mergers & Acquisitions practices, respectively.
Karel Frielink
(18 June 2013)
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LAWYERS AND THE INTERNET: BACK IN TIME
A 1996 Tour of some interesting WWW sites for Lawyers
In 1996 Delia Venables wrote an internet tour for lawyers (‘Around the World in 80 Minutes‘, Web Review, 1996 (3) The Journal of Information, Law and Technology; click here). She referred to the website of the Daily Telegraph as a good example of how the WWW could be made really useful and interesting. She mentioned that the USA was already a long way ahead of Europe in the provision of legal materials on the Internet. She also mentioned the International Law Page created by a law student …
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QUEEN BEATRIX ABDICATES IN FAVOR OF SON
The Queen will formally stand down on 30 April 2013
Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands announced earlier today that she will abdicate on April 30 after 33 years as head of state. The abdication secures the Dutch throne for Crown-Prince Willem-Alexander at the age of 45.
“Responsibility for our country must now lie in the hands of a new generation,” Queen Beatrix said in a short televised statement.
Karel Frielink
(28 January 2013)
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CURACAO AND ITS DEFICIT
Who do we have to thank for the conservatorship?
Recently, a lot has been written and said about the fact that Curacao is under some kind of conservatorship (or guardianship). In this case conservatorship means something like: not being allowed to take your own (financial) decisions without the approval of a supervisor. How could it have come this far?
In the run-up to the dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles a debt restructuring program was extensively discussed and negotiated. At the time, there was a debt of several billions. Eventually, the Netherlands was prepared to provide several billions, so Curacao and St …
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CURACAO MINISTER OF JUSTICE VERSUS PROCURATOR GENERAL
A Minister should not interfere in a criminal investigation
On 25 April 2012 the Curacao Minister of Justice (‘MofJ‘) Elmer ‘Kadè’ Wilsoe submitted an official request in a letter to the American Minister of Foreign Affairs Hillary Clinton to raise the attachment of the bank balances of lottery owner Dos Santos in the United States. Those attachments were made at the request of the Public Prosecutions Department (‘PPD‘) in Curacao in connection with a current criminal investigation (the ‘Bientu investigation‘).
However, a Minister should not interfere in a criminal investigation. Strict rules apply to this. And once a criminal case …
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MINISTER OF JUSTICE ECONOMICAL WITH THE TRUTH
Minister of Justice of Curacao should step down
The Antilliaans Dagblad today published the letter sent by Minister of Justice, Elmer ‘Kadè’ Wilsoe (PS), to Hillary Rodham Clinton and Eric H. Holder on 25 April 2012. From this letter it follows that Wilsoe tried to interfere with the investigation by the Public Prosecutor (OM) into Robbie Dos Santos, Ponsford Overseas and Tula Finance (the ‘Bientu’ investigation).
In an unrelated matter, Wilsoe stated in the Amigoe (7 July 2011): “The law offers me the possibility to give general instructions to the Attorney General in connection …
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ON THE GERMAN – DUTCH CARIBBEAN RELATIONSHIP
Interesting editorial in The Daily Herald (St. Maarten)
“The visit of German ambassador Heinz-Peter Behr last week should serve as an eye-opener on the largely untapped possibilities that European market offers. Up to now much of the attention regarding the “Old Continent” understandably regards the Netherlands and France from which “The Friendly Island” also has direct airlift, but Germany as Europe’s economic powerhouse and surrounding nations hold great tourism potential.
Curacao managed to attract Air Berlin flights recently and already has noticed a marked increase in the number of visitors from that part of the …
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