
Schotte’s life partner will serve her prison term when it’s her turn
WILLEMSTAD - The moment that partner of Gerrit Schotte, Cicely van der Dijs must serve her prison term, is not yet known. That was confirmed by the spokesman of the Public Prosecution (OM) Norman Serphos. "Unlike More...

Schotte says he has no intention to flee the country
WILLEMSTAD - Former Prime Minister Gerrit Schotte is in Curaçao just as normal. He responded yesterday by Whatsapp to rumors that he would have fled Curaçao because of the ruling of the Supreme Court. He was sentenced More...

Court of Cassation to rule in Babel case on November 27
THE HAGUE, WILLEMSTAD - The decision of the Supreme Court in the Babel case is on 27 November. Earlier the Court announced that October 16 was the date for the ruling, but it was postponed, says the lawyer of Gerrit More...

Former Prime Minister takes his case to Court of Appeals
WILLEMSTAD - Gerrit Schotte, former Prime Minister of Curaçao, has now taken his case to the Court of Appeal. At the end of August this year, the court of first instance deemed it to be proven that Gerrit Schotte More...

Payment 1.8 million Schotte only after verdict in Babel case is irrevocable
WILLEMSTAD - The payment of the 1.8 million guilders to the state by former Prime Minister Gerrit Schotte depends on the execution of the verdict by the Public Prosecution Office. The judge considers it proven that More...

Prosecutor considered prosecuting Corallo for bribery
WILLEMSTAD, PHILIPSBURG - Curaçao’s Prosecutor’s Office said on Thursday that the prosecutor, during the handling of its financial claim case against former Prime Minister Gerrit Schotte and his life partner More...

Team Knoops about appropriation case Schotte and Van der Dijs
WILLEMSTAD - In the Babel case, the Public Prosecution has claimed that money will be deprived anyway because of previous convictions of the Court. In this way, the Public Prosecution has presented the citizens More...

Supreme Court is still waiting for ‘Babel’ file
THE HAGUE - Since the pronouncement of the verdict in the Babel case in appeal in July 2017, the file of Gerrit Schotte and partner Cicely van der Dijs up to and including yesterday did not arrive at the Supreme More...

Update: Court needs one more day in Schotte’s case
WILLEMSTAD - Today will be the last day of the court case against the former Prime Minister of Curaçao Gerrit Schotte. The hearings must take place in another room because they did not take into account an extra More...

Former Premier says to be innocent in corruption case
WILLEMSTAD - Former Prime Minister of Curaçao Gerrit Schotte said on Monday, the first day of substantive hearing of the appeal in the Babel case, that he is innocent. In this case, Schotte was sentenced in 2016 More...