Students Feffik protest
WILLEMSTAD - Students of the vocational training center Feffik who refused to enroll in other schools in May blocked the entrance to the building yesterday morning. They do not agree that they are no...
View ArticleMinister promises stop uncontrolled discharge of waste water
WILLEMSTAD - Uncontrolled discharge of wastewater into the sea at the 'Shut' site will stop this year. That assures the Minister of Traffic, Transport and Spatial Planning (VVRP) Zita Jesus-Leito. The...
View ArticleCFT: public finances become unsustainable
WILLEMSTAD - The Curaçao economy is in serious decline. The government took into account a growth scenario of 0.3 percent, but that was adjusted by the Central Bank (CBCS) to a contraction of 1.6...
View ArticleKlein Curaçao suffers from ‘pirates’
WILLEMSTAD - Minister of Spatial Planning Zita Jesus Leito is going to make a fact sheet of Klein Curaçao to answer all questions from the Members of Parliament. Klein Curaçao is a small uninhabited...
View ArticleMeeting of the Advisory Board in the Governor’s Palace
WILLEMSTAD - The Advisory Council maintains regular contact with the Governor of Curaçao H.E. Lucille George Wout in her capacity as Chairman of the Board. In that context, a meeting with the members...
View ArticleCuraçao cannot get its public finances in order
WILLEMSTAD - The government of Curaçao has to cut 82 million guilders from its national budget but has not been able to do this. According to the Committee for Financial Supervision (CFT), the Minister...
View ArticleGovernment continues its course despite challenges
WILLEMSTAD - Yesterday was the opening of the new parliamentary year. As is tradition, the Governor of Curaçao, H.E. Mrs. Lucille George-Wout addressed the nation and gave an outline about what the...
View ArticleMinister Konket receives the report from the survey ‘Corruption Perception 2018′
WILLEMSTAD - Last Friday, Minister Armin Konket, responsible for the Portfolio Management, Planning and Services Department, received the report of the Corruption Perception 2018. This survey was...
View ArticleNo direct supervision on government entities
THE HAGUE - Supervision on government entities in Curaçao and St. Maarten based on the Kingdom Law on Financial Supervision is limited, but does exist in several forms, according to Dutch State...
View ArticleThe Central Bank is supporting the government in developing an economic...
WILLEMSTAD - The Central Bank of Curaçao and St. Maarten is currently supporting the government of Curacao with the development of an economic growth strategy aimed at achieving a sustainable higher...
View ArticlePersonnel Sehos retains their jobs in the new hospital
WILLEMSTAD - All personnel currently employed at the general hospital SEHOS retains their job at the new hospital. The parties have signed a social statute for this. This Charter establishes the rules...
View ArticleNo extra money for cleaning schools
WILLEMSTAD - There are no extra funds for the cleaning of public schools. This can be deducted from the words of the Minister of Education Marilyn Alcala-Wallé. Teachers and parents complained recently...
View ArticleHalf of budget health care goes to medicines, specialists, laboratories and...
WILLEMSTAD - Half of the healthcare budget in Curaçao is allocated for medicines, specialists, laboratories and international medical services meaning when a patient goes abroad for healthcare. 20...
View ArticleGirigorie: Violation of human rights more in neighboring countries than in...
WILLEMSTAD - The Minister of Justice Quincy Girigorie disputes that the illegal immigration problem in Curaçao is more complex than on Aruba. During his recent visit to our neighboring island, he and...
View ArticleGiselle Mc William wants extraordinary investigating officers against animal...
WILLEMSTAD - The Member of Parliament for the coalition party MAN Giselle McWilliam wants the government to appoint extraordinary investigators to investigate animal abuse and prosecute perpetrators....
View Article135,000 for Betrian is for entire HNO-monitoring team
WILLEMSTAD - The 135,000 guilders issued monthly to the supervisor of the New Hospital Otrabanda (HNO), Stanley Betrian is for his entire team. This is what the former prime minister said in a radio...
View ArticleCivil Registrations Office: ‘Curaçao’s population is decreasing’
WILLEMSTAD - During a recent press conference, the Civil Registry’s Office (Kranshi) indicated that the island’s population fell by 0.8 percent in the first eight months of this year. On average about...
View ArticleCft: About time that Curaçao addresses sustainable public finance
Newly-made agreements government and Cft have to turn the situation around WILLEMSTAD - Considerable effort has been made to balance the 2018 budget, however the multi-year budgetary problem of Curaçao...
View ArticleUTS to pay out NAf. 42 million
WILLEMSTAD - The payment of 42 million Antillean guilders to government by the public company United Telecommunication Services (UTS) will take place pending the search for a strategic partner. The...
View ArticleNo investigation Court of Audit on UTS policy
THE HAGUE, WILLEMSTAD - The Court of Audit of Curaçao is not allowed to investigate the policy of telecommunication company UTS. The Supreme Court in the Netherlands has decided today. In December...
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