Rosaria wants new measurement instrument for national budget
WILLEMSTAD – There must be a new way of measuring prosperity and the creation of budgets. This is according to Alex Rosaria of the political party PAIS . “Budgets should be based on policy and vision...
View ArticleCova: ‘I will step over the political incident’
WILLEMSTAD – Errol Cova is pleased with the agreement between the government and the unions PWFC and APRI. “I will step over the political incident and will wait for the composition of the committee...
View ArticleGovernment not comfortable with mass layoffs at UTS
WILLEMSTAD – According to Minister of Traffic, Communication and Urban Planning, Earl Balborda, the government was seriously embarrassed by the announcement made by the public company United...
View ArticleCft: ‘New hospital ambitious’
WILLEMSTAD – According to the Committee for Financial Supervision (Cft), it is not clear who the real owner is of the new hospital. This has to do with the way the government wants to finance the...
View ArticleAppointments at Curacao House reviewed
WILLEMSTAD – The appointments at the Curaçao Museum in The Hague must go through a revision. This is the result of internal deliberations of the government, says Alex Rosaria of PAIS. After the...
View ArticleLeeflang: ‘Agrarian Brigade provides 1,000 jobs for young people’
WILLEMSTAD – Independent Member of Parliament, Omayra Leeflang has presented a bill proposal for a Youth Agrarian Brigade (YAB) in Parliament. The YAB aims to provide an education and training in the...
View ArticleRosaria denounces traffic situation at Santa Rosaweg
WILLEMSTAD – PAIS leader Alex Rosaria highlights the dangerous and undesirable traffic situation of the Santa Rosaweg at Labadera. When Building Depot opened its doors opposite Marchena Hardware...
View ArticleVBC: ‘New sales tax system leads to chaos’
WILLEMSTAD – The Curaçao Business Association (VBC) says that they are worried about the new system of value added tax. The VBC says that the system used in recent years was relatively easy with one...
View ArticleTop management SOAW wants closure difficult episode
WILLEMSTAD – ABVO trade union officials hopes to get clarity on the position of the top management of the Ministry of Social Development, Labour and Welfare (SOAW) before the end of the year. Next...
View ArticleLeeflang: ‘Save 50 Million from Ministries, not public servants’
WILLEMSTAD – Independent Member of Parliament, Omayra Leeflang has expressed her discontent over the figures of the state budget for 2014. According to Leeflang the cabinet, personnel and general...
View ArticleFort Amsterdam flags at half mast
WILLEMSTAD – Premier Asjes ordered the flags of the government building to be lowered at half-mast till 15 December. This is in connection with the death of Nelson Mandela. He was in Brussels for a...
View ArticleWednesday, probably national strike day
WILLEMSTAD – All public employees associated with the unions representing civil servants will go on strike this week. At least that’s the idea, now the government is thinking about cutting into their...
View ArticleUnions met with civil servants
WILLEMSTAD – The seven unions representing government employees, STSK, STRaF, Sitek, SAP, NAPB, Curatca and ABVO met in the New Song building in Muizenberg, with the employees in the public sector. The...
View ArticleCBA looks positively to the new year
WILLEMSTAD – The Curaçao Bankers Association (CBA) is aware of the reality that many companies and their employees are going through a difficult period. At the same time it is important to keep an eye...
View ArticleHypocrite and discriminating Politicians!
Sometimes it hits very hard when you hold a mirror in front of people just to show them how stupid they are and usually the reaction at first is denial and after that violence. In Curacao we like to...
View ArticleInternational maritime organization will stay in Curaçao
WILLEMSTAD – Curaçao will continue with the cooperation with the International Maritime Organization (IMO) for the time being. This became clear during the weekly press conference of the Council of...
View ArticleVBC worried about intimidations by underworld figures
WILLEMSTAD – According to the Curacao Business Association (VBC), there are strong indications that suggest that the underworld criminals and gangsters are trying to infiltrate in the upper world and...
View ArticleGovernment launches app for calamities
WILLEMSTAD – The government has recently launched an app for emergencies in Curacao. The app gives you information about the measures taken by the authorities, emergency services and what to do if a...
View ArticleJudge convinces government and residents to talk about oil refinery
WILLEMSTAD – The government, environmental groups and residents are working together against the nuisance of pollution caused by the oil refinery Isla and the BOO, which is the power plant on the...
View Article’The execution of Curaçao’s 2015 budget is on course, however there are risk...
Cft Chairman Age Bakker: caution is advised WILLEMSTAD – The budget realization figures of the first months of 2015 seem to be positive, however there are a number of developments that pose a risk to...
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