Curaçao must get rid of plastic
WILLEMSTAD - Curaçao should reduce its use of plastic. This is according to several cleaning and environmental groups. These organizations are asking people to sign their online petition. This petition...
View ArticleNo witch hunt on officials SOAW
WILLEMSTAD - There is no witch hunt on government staff appointed by the previous government. However, the employment contracts are strictly considered. According to Minister Hensley Koeiman, a large...
View ArticleMinister Plasterk visits Governor Lucille George-Wout
WILLEMSTAD - The Minister of Kingdom Relations and the Interior, Roland Plasterk paid a farewell visit to the Governor of Curaçao, H.E. Lucille George-Wout on Friday, August 18. Photo: The...
View ArticleCentral Bank: Results 0.83% bond per August 25, 2017-2032 of the Country of...
WILLEMSTAD, PHILIPSBURG - The Centrale Bank van Curaçao en Sint Maarten has received subscriptions with respect to the 0.83% loan per August 25, 2017- 2032 of the Country of Sint Maarten for a total...
View ArticleGovernor: “Government is optimistic about the future”
WILLEMSTAD - “Although the Cabinet-Rhuggenaath is looking forward to the future with great optimism, we must also focus on the present.” This is according to Her Excellency Governor Lucille George-Wout...
View ArticleConstruction Mega Pier 2 progressing well
WILLEMSTAD - The construction of the Mega Pier 2 in Otrabanda, Willemstad is progressing well. It is expected that the construction works will be finished in November this year. This means that the...
View ArticleGovernment withdraws cassation request Court of Auditors to audit UTS
WILLEMSTAD - The government headed by Prime Minister Eugene Rhuggenaath has withdrawn the cassation request made by the Court of Auditors (ARC) at the Supreme Court to audit the telecommunication...
View ArticleThe carrot-and-stick policy
WILLEMSTAD - It is evidently a carrot on a stick, which induces the government of Curaçao to offer its entire economy on a silver platter to a state-owned Chinese corporation. Curaçao is at this moment...
View ArticleNew Cft Chairman Raymond Gradus: “Curaçao Budget 2017 developing inadequately”
WILLEMSTAD - During its visit to Curaçao, the Board of financial supervision Curaçao and Sint Maarten (Cft) indicated that the implementation of the 2017 budget was under great pressure. Revenue...
View ArticleGovernment wants structural solution to the Court of Auditors
WILLEMSTAD - The government of Rhuggenaath wants to adjust the mandate of the Court of Auditors so that government companies can also be investigated and audited. Yesterday, the same government also...
View ArticleJesus-Leito: “No internet at home; that’s a personal choice!”
WILLEMSTAD - If Curacao wants to become a 'smart nation' then it has consequences for all telecommunications companies on the island. According to the Minister of Transport, Traffic and Spatial...
View ArticleGovernment reluctance may stall recovery
PHILIPSBURG - The two conditions put on the table for continued Dutch Government support for the country’s recovery are being rebuffed by the local Government. Refusal to come to an agreement may see...
View ArticleCamelia-Römer: “Now we see more structure at SEHOS”
WILLEMSTAD - The Minister of Public Health, Environment and Nature, Suzanne Camelia-Römer explained that the management of the SEHOS Hospital requested financial assistance from the government to...
View ArticleAPC Bank in the making
WILLEMSTAD - 'APC Bank', the Curaçao General Pension Fund, is the umbrella for the merger of Giro Bank, the Central Mortgage Bank (CHB) and PSB Bank. In addition, Guangdong Zhenrong Energy (GZE) has a...
View ArticleDeclaration Prime Minister of Curaçao on statements Mr. Van Putten
WILLEMSTAD - Prime Minister Eugene Rhuggenaath gave the following declaration relating to the comments made by Mr. Clyde van Putten, member of the Island Council of St. Eustatius on October 9, 2017. “I...
View ArticleLetter to the editor: The tentacles of Guangdong Zhenrong Energy
The tentacles of GZE to enable it to exert as much power and influence as possible in our local economy in Curaçao, are firmly clamped (but not unbreakably linked, in a legal sense) no matter how...
View ArticleRutte III can begin: cabinet was sworn in by King Willem-Alexander
THE HAGUE - The new Dutch government can finally start working now. Al Ministers and Undersecretaries were sworn in before King Willem-Alexander today. The longest government formation process has come...
View ArticleDismissal Tromp as President Central Bank
WILLEMSTAD - The Supervisory Board of the Central Bank of Curaçao and St. Maarten, in accordance with Article 20, paragraph 3 of the Central Bank Statute, on September 1, 2017, made the recommendation...
View ArticleSt. Maarten coalition splits, new majority inks declaration to work together
PHILIPSBURG - The current coalition Government has split with the two Democratic Party (DP) Members of Parliament (MPs) and United St. Maarten (US party) MP Chanel Brownbill signing a declaration to...
View ArticleCTB to seek external financing for its master plan
WILLEMSTAD - There is no money to execute the tourism master plan. This became clear during the weekend when the Members of Parliament were debating the budget for the coming year. The government...
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