Giselle McWilliam new President of Parliament
WILLEMSTAD - Giselle McWilliam will be the President of Parliament. Marilyn Acalá-Wallé will be appointed as Vice President. This is unique because both functions will be held by two women. McWilliam...
View ArticleKFO wants new referendum
WILLEMSTAD – Korsou Fuerte i Outonomo (KFO) wants to call the people of Curaçao to action. The pressure group headed by lawyers Eldon Sulvaran, Chester Peterson and Eustatius is targeting the new...
View ArticleInselAir receives first part of promised financial support
WILLEMSTAD – The local aviation company InselAir has received the first tranche of the promised financial support. They received about 3 million guilders at the end of December last year. According to...
View ArticleGroup of nine MPs want advice from RvA
WILLEMSTAD – Prime Minister Hensley Koeiman and his government should ask the Advisory Council (RvA) to investigate whether the accession of the seven Members of Parliament last week Wednesday took...
View ArticlePrime Minister accepts Dutch assistance in oil refinery negotiations
WILLEMSTAD – The Prime Minister of Curaçao Hensley Koeiman accepts the offer of the Dutch government for assistance in the negotiations on the future of the oil refinery. Curaçao is in a process in...
View ArticlePensioners get 2.3% increase
WILLEMSTAD - People with a pension will see an increase in their income this year. This also applies to widows and orphans. More than 21 thousand people who are entitled to a pension will see an...
View ArticleMAN MP Dannawi expresses concern about internal conflicts within his party
WILLEMSTAD – “Even before our swearing in as new Members of Parliament things didn’t go well, and it is our fault,” said the new MP for the coalition partner MAN, Gassan Dannawi during a televised...
View ArticleGilles Filiatreault appointed as new director InselAir
WILLEMSTAD – According to the Aruban news site NoticiaCla.com, the person appointed to manage the aviation companies InselAir International and InselAir Aruba is the Canadian Gilles Filiatreault, the...
View ArticleInselAir International presents new business plan next month
WILLEMSTAD – The management team of the local airline InselAir International will present a so-called Stabilization and Business Plan as soon as possible for the approval of the Supervisory Board. This...
View ArticleConstruction Hospital Nobo is still on schedule
WILLEMSTAD - The new hospital Hospital Nobo Otrabanda should be ready by mid-2018. The intention is to start using the hospital by the end of next year. The construction of the hospital is still on...
View ArticleLeeflang wants influence on government agreement to join coalition
WILLEMSTAD – The Member of Parliament for the party Korsou Hustu, Omayra Leeflang indicated that if the coalition should approach her to join, she would like to negotiate the government agreement...
View ArticleTemporary CEO InselAir Filiatreault starts next week
WILLEMSTAD – As was announced earlier InselAir will have a new chairman of the management team. The new CEO of the airline will be the Canadian Gilles Filiatreault. He is appointed by the Curaçao...
View ArticleNegotiations with UKH on expansion government coalition
WILLEMSTAD – Un Korsou Hustu (UKH) from Member of Parliament Omayra Leeflang is once again negotiating its participation in the current government coalition. According to reliable sources, last...
View ArticleFundashon Prevenshon gets this year 1.9 million in subsidy
WILLEMSTAD – The Fundashon Prevenshon has been saved for now. The foundation for early preventive detection examination for breast and cervical cancer gets from the government 1.9 million guilders in...
View ArticleUS ends wet foot, dry foot policy; Cubans now face same fate as other illegal...
WASHINGTON – In one of his final acts as US president, Barack Obama has put an end to the so-called “wet foot, dry foot” policy that allowed Cubans who land on American soil to stay in the country...
View ArticleElsa Rozendal remains Member of Parliament
WILLEMSTAD – In a post on her social media, the Member of Parliament and former candidate minister for Education, Culture, Science and Sport, Elsa Rozendal announced that for the stability of the...
View ArticleAgreement Un Korsou Hustu and the coalition seems imminent
WILLEMSTAD - The expansion of the current coalition with a minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport with Omayra Leeflang’s Un Kòrsou Hustu can be completed quickly. The points Leeflang has...
View ArticleIsla not willing to hand over its operations to a third party
WILLEMSTAD – In a letter presented to the employees the management of the oil refinery Isla stated that the Venezuelan State Oil Company PdVSA will not hand over its operations to a third party,...
View ArticleLeeflang will not join the coalition
WILLEMSTAD – Curaçao will have to wait for a new Minister of Education, Culture, Sport and Science. The Un Korsou Hustu party of Omayra Leeflang MP will not join the coalition. This was confirmed by a...
View ArticleNew InselAir CEO is committed to normalizing situation within days
WILLEMSTAD – As was announced yesterday, the CEO of the local airline Albert Kluyver resigned. His successor, the Canadian Gilles Filiatreault, introduced himself to the media yesterday. During his...
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