Curaçao will exchange financial data with the US
WILLEMSTAD – The Parliament of Curaçao has adopted the bill “Ordinance international assistance in the field of taxation” yesterday with 11 votes in favor and 3 against. The opposition party MFK voted against More...
Rosaria: “Curaçao still a tax haven”
WILLEMSTAD – The leader of the PAIS faction in Parliament, Alex Rosaria is upset about an American document which mentions Curaçao as a tax haven. The PAIS MP believes that the Minister of Finance, Jose Jardim More...
Obama renews Cuba’s listing under Trading with the Enemy Act in order to extend ties
HAVANA, Cuba - The recent reauthorization by US President Barack Obama of Cuba’s listing under the Trading with the Enemy Act allows him to keep using executive powers to extend ties with the Caribbean nation. According More...
Redesigned website launched for US visa waiver program visitors
WASHINGTON, USA -- US Customs and Border Protection has launched the redesigned website for visa waiver program (VWP) visitors to apply for an electronic system for travel authorization (ESTA) prior to traveling More...
Cuban and US universities to start exchanges
HAVANA, Cuba - Staff members of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) met this week with officials of the University of Havana to consider ways for bilateral collaboration. Havana University More...
The Netherlands wants to extend FOL-treaty
THE HAGUE, WILLEMSTAD - The Dutch Prime Minister, Mark Rutte wants to extend the so called FOL treaty again for five years. The treaty entered into force in 2001 and allows the United States to use the facilities More...
Pan-American Life shares FATCA Best Practices with local insurance association members
WILLEMSTAD - Pan-American Life Insurance Company of Curaçao and Sint Maarten, a member of Pan-American Life Insurance Group (PALIG), facilitated a discussion yesterday with other members of the local insurance More...
Convicted Venezuelan Ponzi schemer seeks release to review loss documents
MIAMI, USA -- Francisco Illarramendi, the Venezuelan businessman whose unlicensed hedge funds turned into a $723 million Ponzi scheme, for which he was sentenced to 13 years in federal prison, is seeking to be released More...
Clinton emails reveal ‘incompetent’ relief efforts in Haiti
WASHINGTON, USA -- Chelsea Clinton warned her parents, Bill and Hillary Clinton, that international relief efforts in Haiti were a disaster and that major changes were needed in a memo released on Monday by the More...
US extends temporary protected status for Haiti
WASHINGTON, USA -- US Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson has extended Haiti’s designation for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for an additional 18 months. The extended designation is effective January More...
