THE DISMANTLING OF THE NETHERLANDS ANTILLES
The Country known as the Netherlands Antilles will disappear as of 10-10-10
The country, the Netherlands Antilles, consists of Bonaire, Curacao, St. Maarten, St. Eustatius and Saba, and forms part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. On 10 October 2010 the Netherlands Antilles will no longer exist. Two new countries will be born on that date: the country Curacao and the country St. Maarten. Both new countries will be part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands; however, they will each have their own government and legislature. The island of Aruba gained similar autonomy in 1986.
The legislation currently in place …
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WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT GEERT WILDERS BEFORE LISTENING TO HIS SPEECH ON 9/11
Geert Wilders: “There is nothing wrong with Islam”
The Dutch congressman Geert Wilders (Freedom Party (Partij voor de Vrijheid)) will deliver a speech on September 11, 2010 in New York in opposition to the proposed building of a mosque close to Ground Zero. He will not only condemn the followers of Islam, but also Islam itself. He has already talked about a “dreadful mosque”. It is a great pity that he makes these sorts of statements. About 10 years ago Geert Wilders had very different opinions.
On September 24, 2001 Geert Wilders was a guest on the Dutch TV program …
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BES LAW DEVELOPMENTS
Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba (BES)
Within a couple of years, the BES Islands, as public entities, will be part of the country of the Netherlands in the framework of the political restructuring in the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The US dollar will be introduced as the new currency in the BES Islands. Curacao and St. Maarten will each become a country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands and have their own legislation and regulations.
The starting point of the political restructuring is that Dutch legislation will be introduced only gradually into the BES Islands. It has been established that …
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CURACAO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ON REFERENDUM
Kámara di Komèrsio Kòrsou:
Un voto ‘NO’ ta funesto pa klima ekonómiko.
Un voto ‘NO’ ta funesto pa pueblo di Kòrsou.
Karel Frielink:
Bo ta kere ku futuro ta mas importante ku pasado? SI
Bo ta kere mester solushoná nos debenan? SI
Bo ta kere ku e pakete ta un base pa drecha ekonomia i redusí pobresa? SI
Bo ta kere ku SI ta ofresé Kòrsou un mihó futuro? SI
SI ta e kontesta pa hóben i grandinan, riku i pober, Hindu, Katóliko, Moslim, pretu, blanku, nasé na Kòrsou òf otro kaminda. SI ta uni hende di diferente kultura i …
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AWEL SI
Pueblo ta papia palabra kla
Bo ta kere den Kòrsou? SI
Bo ta kere ku Kòrsou tin chèns ainda di mehorá? SI
Bo ta kere ku nos mester biba na pas i den harmonia ku otro? SI
Bo ta kere ku futuro ta mas importante ku pasado? SI
Bo ke e mihó pa bo yunan? SI
Bo ta kere den òrdu i stabilidat? SI
Bo ta kere nos mester mehorá nos kuido di salú? SI
Bo ta kere nos mester krea trabou? SI
Bo ta kere ku nos mester keda partner di …
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AMI TA VOTA SI
Ami ta vota SI:
Hopi SI, pa un futuro SIgur i prospero pa un i tur di nos Dushi Korsou!
Karel Frielink
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SI IS THE MESSAGE OF HOPE
Do you believe?
Do you believe in Curacao? SI
Do you believe Curacao still has a chance to improve? SI
Do you believe we should live in peace and harmony? SI
Do you believe the future is more important than the past? SI
Do you want the best for your children? SI
Do you believe in law, order and stability? SI
Do you believe in a partnership with the Netherlands? SI
Do you believe the Netherlands should show more compassion? SI
Do you believe the opposition is hurting Curacao? SI
Do you believe the referendum should be about issues not …
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CRIMINAL PROSECUTION GEERT WILDERS
Press release Amsterdam Court of Appeal
Amsterdam Court of Appeal orders the criminal prosecution of the Member of Parliament of the Dutch Second Chamber Geert Wilders
Amsterdam, 21 january 2009 – On 21 January 2009 the Court of Appeal in Amsterdam ordered the criminal prosecution of the member of parliament Geert Wilders for the incitement to hatred and discrimination based on his statements in various media about moslims and their belief. In addition, the Court of Appeal considers criminal prosecution obvious for the insult of Islamic worshippers because of the comparisons made by Wilders of the islam with the nazism.
DUTCH GOVERNMENT INJECTS $13 BILLION IN ING GROUP
Restoring confidence is key
Recently, the Dutch government acquired all shares in the capital of the Dutch subsidiary of Fortis, i.e. Fortis Bank Nederland, including ABN AMRO Bank.
Furthermore, the Dutch government has set aside $27.5 billion of capital to protect the financial institutions of the Netherlands. Although there are many banks that have enough capital to get them through this period of market turmoil (a ‘credit tsunami’, according to Alan Greenspan), many of these financial institutions are not in a position to lend money at the levels that are necessary to support the Netherlands …
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THE DUTCH SUPERVISION ON TRUST COMPANIES (III)
Policy rule on integrity testing
The integrity of those having a certain interest in, or control over, a trust office (such as managers, supervisory directors and persons who determine or help determine policy) will be tested and their antecedents investigated (Article 3 of the Dutch Act on the Supervision of Trust Offices; ‘ASTO’). The test is set out in detail in the Policy Rule on Integrity Testing, which contains rules regarding the testing of the integrity of persons who (co-)determine, or are to be appointed to (co-)determine, the policy of supervised institutions, and of holders and prospective holders of qualifying …
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THE DUTCH SUPERVISION ON TRUST COMPANIES (I)
The Dutch Central Bank is the supervisor
The Dutch Act on the Supervision of Trust Offices (‘ASTO’) (‘Wet toezicht trustkantoren’) entered into force on the 1st of March 2004. According to the legislative history, the Explanatory Notes to the Act, the aim of the ASTO is to promote the integrity of the financial system by regulating the trust industry. The Explanatory Notes (Par.3.3) continue:
“The main subject of this bill is the integrity of the trust office and the relational integrity, the integrity of clients of the trust office, in the sense that the buyer (as the ultimate …
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DUTCH SAME-SEX COUPLES HAVE THE SAME RIGHTS AS OPPOSITE-MARRIED COUPLES IN THE DUTCH CARIBBEAN
Spigthoff represented plaintiff
According to a recent court ruling in the Netherlands Antilles (Court of First Instance, 17 July 2008), a same-sex couple that was married in the Netherlands and subsequently moved to the Netherlands Antilles (Curacao), has the same rights under Netherlands Antilles law (or Aruban law as the case may be) as Netherlands Antilles opposite-married couples as far as health insurance is concerned. Dr. Douwe Boersema of Spigthoff Attorneys & Tax Advisers on Curacao represented the couple.
Same-sex couples have been able to marry in the Netherlands for the last seven years. However, Aruba and the …
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