Koeiman: “No more appointments or binding agreements by caretaker government”
WILLEMSTAD – The MAN leader and most likely next Prime Minister of Curaçao, Hensley Koeiman has reminded the Prime Minister Dr. Bernhard Whiteman to only look after the current state of affairs and to...
View ArticleKdNT: “Is there any confidence in the new government?”
WILLEMSTAD – President of the new party Korsou di Nos Tur (Curaçao for us all), Menki Rojer, recently asked the political leader of the winning party MAN, Hensley Koeiman if he is forming a government...
View ArticleGovernment formation talks began yesterday
WILLEMSTAD - Contrary to earlier reports, the formation talks on a new coalition already started yesterday afternoon. The parties will first talk about a new coalition agreement. ‘Formateur’ Kenneth...
View ArticleTrinidad PM reshuffles cabinet
PORT OF SPAIN - On Monday, Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley announced the following changes in a Cabinet reshuffle: • The appointment of Sarah Budhu as a senator has been revoked; •...
View ArticleGovernment formation stranded on division ministerial posts
WILLEMSTAD - The government formation has stranded. This is according to credible sources close to the negotiating parties. The stumbling block is the distribution of ministerial posts between the...
View ArticleNew coalition: no PS, but with Un Korsou Hustu
WILLEMSTAD – During the weekend it was reported that a new government has been virtually completed. Even the ministerial posts were divided among the coalition parties. But… the Pueblo Soberano (PS) is...
View ArticleThe Netherlands: Monasch resigns from PvdA, coalition loses majority
THE HAGUE - Jacques Monasch resignsf from the Dutch Labour Party (PvdA). He will no longer be part of the party’s faction in parliament. Monasch can no longer find himself in the course the party is...
View ArticleMoses offered a minister to join MAN/PAR/PNP/UKH
Formation attempt MFK/KdNT also hits snag WILLEMSTAD - After PAR lost one of its four seats in Curaçao’s Parliament, leaving the proposed MAN/PAR/PNP/UKH coalition without a majority, they approached...
View ArticleParties sign another coalition agreement
WILLEMSTAD – The political parties MAN, PAR, PNP, and Pueblo Soberano (PS), good for 11 seats in parliament have signed a new coalition agreement today. The ministerial posts have been distributed as...
View ArticleKoeiman: “It’s logical that I will be the next Prime Minister”
WILLEMSTAD – The leader of the coalition party MAN, Hensley Koeiman was also present during the meeting where the four parties formed the new government. “We have finally reached an agreement. The...
View ArticleGovernment consults with InselAir over cash flow situation
WILLEMSTAD - Aviation Company InselAir has approached the government with a request to discuss possible solutions to the existing precarious cash flow situation in this company. InselAir indicates that...
View ArticleNames potential ministers leaked
WILLEMSTAD – This is something the formateur Kenneth Gijsbertha wanted to absolutely avoid, but now it seems to have happened: the leaking of the names of the people who are on the list of candidates...
View ArticleBraam under increasing fire because of previous conviction
WILLEMSTAD – Former PAR President Edward Braam, who barely five days after his inauguration as Member of Parliament resigned from his party, and took his parliamentary seat as an Independent MP, is...
View ArticleRamiz: “A dollar invested in InselAir will be a dollar wasted”
The Government of Curaçao should not continue throwing the people's money in a private company. An airline of which its management has proven their incompetence to run it. They have no viable plan and...
View ArticleMAN presents its candidate ministers
WILLEMSTAD – The winner of the elections, MAN, finally presented its candidate ministers for the new government of Curaçao. The blue party proposes for Kenneth Gijsbertha to be the new Minister of...
View ArticlePNP wants Suzy and Kid Martina as Ministers
WILLEMSTAD - The People’s National Party (PNP) wants Suzanne Camelia-Römer to remain at her current post as Minister of Traffic, Transportation and Spatial Planning. The party wants to appoint Ornelio...
View ArticleNew government by December 15
WILLEMSTAD – Curaçao will have a new government before Christmas. This is according to Kenneth Gijsbertha of the political party MAN. Gijsbertha even mentioned December 15 as the date where the new...
View ArticleDamage caused by heavy rain and end not yet in sight
WILLEMSTAD – Curaçao is still struggling with heavy rainfall. In some places the damage is considerable. And the end seems not yet in sight; in the coming days, more rain will be expected. West of the...
View ArticleGovernment wants to shorten duration criminal record
WILLEMSTAD - The new government consisting of the political parties MAN, PAR, PNP and PS, want to see whether the duration of the criminal record can be shortened. In this way, they want to increase...
View ArticleNevis premier presents $236.3 million tax-free budget
CHARLESTOWN - Premier of Nevis and minister of finance, Vance Amory, presented the Nevis Island Administration’s $236.3 million tax-free budget, when he delivered the 2017 Budget Address in just over...
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