Westin Coral Beach Club/ Duck Int. (& Ms B's)

The Daily Herald - OYSTER BAY--Following a decision of the Joint Court of Justice of the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba last week Thursday, Duck International Ltd. has halted the demolition of several buildings at Coral Beach Club.

The developer of the Oyster Bay resort is appealing the decision of the Court of First Instance, which had ruled on May 12 that Duck would have to break down one of its lagoon-side villas and remove the top floor of the resort’s main building within one month.

St. Maarten lives on

“St. Maarten will live on”: a CD launch that according to the composer, Jeffrey Richardson, will be an evening “centered on educating the audience about the history of St. Maarten and encouraging persons to become more patriotic about their country St. Maarten.” Sounds like an admirable, positive and edifying event? Perhaps, … until you find out that it is to take place in the Westin Resort! If ever there were an example in recent years of how the people of St. Maarten let their island be ruined by greedy investors and politicians and spoilt for ever by short-term gain, it is this monstrous complex.

SXM Island Times - PHILIPSBURG - Duck International Ltd. will have to break down one of Coral Beach Club's villas and remove the top floor of the Oyster Pond resort's main building within one month. The resort opened its doors in December 2007.
In its ruling of Tuesday, May 12, the Court of First Instance imposed a penalty of US $5,000 per day in case of non-compliance, with a maximum of $1 million for each building.
The Court ruled that Duck International would have to transport the debris to the landfill and pay the cost of the legal procedures. Last week's ruling came after a lengthy legal battle between Duck International and long-time Oyster Pond resident Hendrikus Hager, who saw his terrace ocean view blocked by what he deemed to be the illegal construction of several buildings.

SXM Chronicles -
Peyton Cromwell’s Duck International has to demolish one building, and take the third floor down of the main building at his Coral Beach Club Resort on Dawn Beach.
The Court in First Instance ruled yesterday that Duck has to demolish the structure within one month after its sentence, transport the debris to the landfill, and pay the cost of the court procedure.