Package of measures after implementation increase minimum wage
WILLEMSTAD - If there is an increase in the minimum wage is there must also be a package of measures to compensate for the adverse economic impact. This is according to the Curaçao Business Association...
View ArticleMDPT informs partners Heads of Agreement
WILLEMSTAD – The Multidisciplinary Project (MDPT) met recently with the social partners - which together make up the National Dialogue Platform Kòrsou ta Avansá " and informed them about the Heads of...
View ArticleCft Chairman Age Bakker: “A great deal has been accomplished; now it’s time...
WILLEMSTAD - During its visit to Curaçao the Board of financial supervision Curaçao and Sint Maarten (Cft) has indicated the need for diligent work in the remaining weeks of the year with regard to the...
View ArticleConclusion of the Day of the Supervisory Board: risk management is imperative
WILLEMSTAD - On Thursday 1 December 2016, VanEps Kunneman VanDoorne organized the twelfth edition of the Day of the Supervisory Board on Curaçao. The focus of this year was on risk management. This...
View ArticleGovernment agreement finished
WILLEMSTAD - The intended coalition parties, MAN, PAR, PNP and PS, have agreed on a coalition agreement. The parties finalized their coalition agreement earlier this week. The program entitled "Human...
View ArticleNew Prime Minister promises to fight corruption
WILLEMSTAD – Curaçao has a new coalition agreement. But the island will have to wait a little while longer for the new government because the screening and background check of the candidate-ministers...
View ArticlePlasterk to visit Dutch Caribbean countries in February 2017
THE HAGUE - Dutch Minister of Home Affairs and Kingdom Relations Ronald Plasterk will visit Aruba, Curaçao and St. Maarten in the week of February 20, 2017. He will meet with the new governments of...
View ArticleToday talks with candidate Ministers
WILLEMSTAD – Kenneth Gijsbertha, who was appointed by the Governor of Curaçao to lead the process of forming a government will receive all the candidate ministers today. He will talk to each one of...
View ArticleCivil servants want higher year-end bonus
WILLEMSTAD – Police union NAPB is still not happy with the year-end bonus of 135 guilders for civil servants. For the chairman of the union, Ronaldo Abraham, it is unacceptable that the bonus is still...
View ArticleNew government to take oath on December 23 or 28
WILLEMSTAD – The new Ministerial team will be sworn in by the Governor of Curaçao Her Excellency Lucille George-Wout either on December 23 or 28. This is according to the ‘formateur’ of the coalition...
View ArticleNew Government of Curaçao takes oath on Friday
WILLEMSTAD – There was previously some doubt as to the date on which the new government headed by Hensley Koeiman would be sworn in, now it is certain. Friday 23 December, the swearing in of the...
View ArticleCuraçao has a new government
WILLEMSTAD – The new government of Curaçao took oath today at the Governor’s Palace. The government is headed by the new Prime Minister Hensley Koeiman of the political party MAN.
View ArticleDisagreement in MAN on parliamentary seat reason for absence Rozendal during...
WILLEMSTAD – The reason why the candidate-minister for Education, Elsa Rozendal was not present for the swearing-in ceremony of the new cabinet Koeiman was not because of illness, but a disagreement...
View ArticleConstitutional crisis: Government does not have majority in Parliament
WILLEMSTAD - The situation surrounding the swearing-in of the members of the new cabinet, minus Elsa Rozendal has led to an undesirable position for the new government of Curaçao. The vacant seats in...
View ArticleMFK: “Government does not have a majority, Ministers should resign!”
WILLEMSTAD – The opposition party MFK submitted a letter to Governor Lucille George-Wout. In this letter, which was signed by 9 Members of Parliament, they indicate that the Ministers of the Cabinet...
View ArticlePresident of Parliament will not interrupt Christmas recess
WILLEMSTAD – The President of Parliament Humphrey Davelaar will not interrupt the Christmas recess to deal with a vote of no confidence against the new government. The emergency meeting called by the...
View ArticleGovernment wants another banker
WILLEMSTAD - The government of Prime Minister Hensley Koeiman wants the PSB Bank as its banker. Currently, the Maduro & Curiel’s Bank (MCB) is the government’s banker. The desire to start a new...
View ArticleRozendal sworn in on January 9
WILLEMSTAD – Elsa Rozendal will be sworn in as Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport on January 9. This is according to the former ‘formateur’ and the brand new Minister of Finance Kenneth...
View ArticleKoeiman: “Take responsibility for your own future”
WILLEMSTAD – The new Prime Minister of Curaçao Hensley Koeiman has called for unity. “Let’s all, young and old, men and women, students and retirees, assume the responsibility for our own future....
View ArticleParliamentary committee reviews credentials of seven new MPs
WILLEMSTAD – This morning a special committee appointed by the President of the Parliament of Curaçao consisting of Marilyn Alcala-Walle, Giselle McWilliam and Elsa Rozendal reviewed the credentials of...
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