Gone Fishing: When the Sea Doesn’t Answer Back
It’s Sunday again. And this time, I write with a heavy heart. For over a week now, the island has been holding its breath, gripped by the story of four…
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Why Aruba Needs Sovereign AI – Now
We talk a lot about Aruba’s digital future, but we don’t do enough. Every now and then we drop words like innovation, smart infrastructure, open data, and efficient government. But…
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The Plastic Test of Power
It is rare for two court rulings, issued within weeks of each other, to tell the same story from opposite ends of the legal spectrum. One is civil. The other…
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From Bangkok to Paris: A Journey Through Airspace, Insight, and Gratitude.
Last week, I gave you a glimpse of the travel madness I was in the middle of – long flights, time zones colliding, and a temporary shutdown of Middle Eastern…
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When Power Gets Comfortable: The People vs Guillfred Besaril
Case #: P-2024/00395 In public service, the boundary between personal comfort and public duty should be crystal clear. But as we’ve seen repeatedly in Aruba, clarity doesn’t always guarantee compliance….
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Bad Water, Big Trouble: Court Tells Golf Course to Stop Spraying Stench
In a ruling that doesn’t just clarify the law but sends a breeze of accountability across Aruba’s luxury enclaves, the Court of First Instance found that a golf course operator…
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Law First: Five Lessons from the Richardson Case
When the state breaks its own rules in the name of security, no one is safe!! It was a busy week for the Court of First Instance of Aruba –…
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The De Meza Ruling: Legal & Constitutional Boundaries
The recent ruling in De Meza v. Director of Taxation (AUA202501405 & AUA202501407) offers more than a legal outcome – it clarifies how Aruba’s constitutional machinery balances legal process with…
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Not So Fast!!
What a 1.4 Million-Florin Tax Settlement Reveals About Oversight, Privilege, and Unfair Advantage When institutions fail publicly, it makes headlines. But when they fail quietly – when the guardrails are…
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A Snapshot Of: De Meza vs. the Tax Department
Earlier this week, I attended the court hearing in the case between candidate minister Mike de Meza and the Tax Department. Before it began, I was asking myself a fundamental…
