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First lecture STEP great success

WILLEMSTAD – Recently, in the crowded La Belle Alliance of the Avila Hotel, the first of STEP Curacao’s monthly lectures was held. Read more...

List of First Interim Distributions

On Monday 6 May 2013 the LBS Bankruptcy Trustees - Michiel R.B. Gorsira and Robert F. van Beemen - have lodged the List of First Interim Distributions (uitdelingslijst) at the Courthouse at the Wilhelminaplein 4 in Curacao, which list has been approved by the supervisory judge. The List of First Interim Distributions is available for public inspection for ten (10) days. The available cash amount for the First Interim Distribution is ANG 1,059,221,007.72 (US Dollars 591,743,579.73). For more information visit our website's dedicated section.

Further investigation pollution Shell

WILLEMSTAD - Leader of the PNP party and member of parliament Humphrey Davelaar, will continue the investigation concerning the pollution that Shell left behind upon departure from Curacao thirty years ago. The investigation started four years ago. Within the coalition parties, there is consensus to continue, says Davelaar.

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Oil spill procedure starts

“Stichting Monumentenzorg” (Foundation for the preservation of historic buildings and sites) and Sea Shore Properties nv (SSP) instituted accelerated proceedings on the merits against Refinería Isla yesterday.

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Employers Bonaire united

KRALENDIJK — The recently founded Bonaire Business & Employers Association (BBE) on Bonaire will introduce itself during its first information evening on April 25th 2013. This independent employers association promotes the interests of entrepreneurs on the island by acting as lobbyist for the local and central government.The latter acknowledges the new association as the discussion partner from the business community on Bonaire.

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Thirteenth Lehman bankruptcy report, dated 28 March 2013

The bankruptcy trustees of Lehman Brothers Securities N.V. - Michiel R.B. Gorsira and Robert F. van Beemen of VanEps Kunneman VanDoorne – have published the 13th bankruptcy report regarding the insolvency of Lehman Brothers Securities N.V. For more information visit our website's dedicated section.

Second financial interim report, dated 28 March 2013

The bankruptcy trustees of Lehman Brothers Securities N.V. - Michiel R.B. Gorsira and Robert F. van Beemen of VanEps Kunneman VanDoorne – have published the second financial interim report regarding the insolvency of Lehman Brothers Securities N.V. For more information visit our website's dedicated section

Law Firms Quality Rankings 2013

WILLEMSTAD - Each spring the international legal publisher Chambers & Partners presents a global ranking of law firms and individual lawyers: Chambers Global. In this publication, the offices VanEps Kunneman VanDoorne and Spigt Dutch Caribbean are presented once more as Band 1 Firm for Curacao classified by the renowned publisher.

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Lawyer in the tropics: chilling in the Antilles?

Michelle Wever and Karina Keizer both work as lawyers in the Antilles. Michelle has worked with HBN Law in Aruba since 2011 and Karina with VanEps Kunneman VanDoorne in Curaçao since 2010. I interviewed these ladies about their dream jobs and how to achieve this in times of crisis.

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MP Arrindell busy with domestic violence and relational law.

PHILIPSBURG- In my further preparations of my objectives to introduce a draft law on domestic violence, earlier this week I met with Lawyer Hijmans.

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