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Couldn't find list with id : 89bffa7244Angel Bermudez new head ZVK
- November 29, 2017 12:16 PM
BES ISLANDS - As of Friday, December 1, Angel Bermudez will assume the function as the new Head of the ZVK Health Insurance Office for Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba.
Theo Heyliger: Weldoener of omkoper?
- November 29, 2017 11:52 AM
PHILIPSBURG – Sint Maarten en Nederland vechten elkaar de tent uit. Juist nu de getroffen bevolking smacht naar het half miljard euro aan hulpgeld.
Alexander Pechtold elected as chairman Kingdom Relations Committee
- November 29, 2017 10:35 AM
THE HAGUE--Democratic Party D66 Leader and Member of the Second Chamber of the Dutch Parliament Alexander Pechtold on Tuesday was elected as the new Chairman of Parliament’s Permanent Committee for Kingdom Relations.
Successful Investment Conference Roadmap to Market Efficiency
- November 28, 2017 3:17 PM
WILLEMSTAD - The Dutch Caribbean Securities Exchange (DCSX) in collaboration with Vertex Investments NV hosted the Investment Conference: Roadmap to Market Proficiency on Thursday, November 23, 2017 at Curacao Maritime Institute.
Women’s Desk St. Maarten: Relational violence spiked since Irma
- November 28, 2017 11:11 AM
PHILIPSBURG--Safe Haven, St. Maarten’s only shelter for battered women, has recorded a spike in calls from women seeking refuge from relational violence since the passing of Hurricane Irma.
SMCU to take legal action against TelEm
- November 28, 2017 10:29 AM
PHILIPSBURG--St. Maarten Communications Union (SMCU) will be taking legal action against the TelEm Group to ensure that the company does not take advantage of its members at St. Maarten Cable TV as it moves to lay off workers.
Maduro says taps military officer to ‘clean up’ state oil company PDVSA
- November 27, 2017 9:41 PM
CARACAS – Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Sunday tapped a National Guard major general to lead state oil company PDVSA [PDVSA.UL] and the oil ministry as the OPEC member labors under near 30-year lows in oil production.
Five-year-old boy killed in Aruba
- November 27, 2017 9:44 AM
ARUBA--The community of Aruba is shocked over the death of five-year-old Rishandro Anastacia, who was apparently killed using brute force.
Nico Schoof new head of St. Maarten mission
- November 27, 2017 8:58 AM
THE HAGUE--St. Maarten Progress Committee Chairman Nico Schoof will become the new head of the Dutch Ministry of Home Affairs and Kingdom Relations’ BZK’s civil mission in St. Maarten in the start-up of the reconstruction.
Nieuw beleidsartikel ‘Noodhulp en wederopbouw Bovenwindse Eilanden’
- November 27, 2017 8:10 AM
Minister Ollongren (BZK) informeert de Tweede Kamer over de toevoeging van een nieuw beleidsartikel artikel 8 ‘Noodhulp en wederopbouw Bovenwindse Eilanden’ binnen de begroting IV, Koninkrijksrelaties.
Studenten van UoC top gepresteerd in Global Entrepreneurship Week Elevator Pitch Competitie
- November 27, 2017 7:20 AM
WILLEMSTAD - Op 16 november hebben huidige studenten en alumni van de Universiteit van Curaçao Dr. Moises da Costa Gomez deelgenomen aan de Elevator Pitch Competitie van het Global Entrepreneurship Week evenement bij Plaza Jojo Correa.
Marlin to submit national decree for his own dismissal to Governor
- November 25, 2017 4:05 PM
PHILIPSBURG - Prime Minister William Marlin said Friday afternoon that he would submit a national decree to Governor Eugene Holiday for his own immediate dismissal from the Cabinet. Justice Minister Rafael “Raffi” Boasman is expected to take up the post of caretaker prime minister.
Chairpersons St. Maarten Parliament chosen
- November 25, 2017 4:01 PM
PHILIPSBURG - Member of Parliament (MP) Sarah Wescot-Williams (Democratic Party) was re-elected as chairwoman of Parliament in an urgent sitting of the legislature on Thursday morning.
Government Representative Isabella vents criticism in his farewell speech
- November 25, 2017 9:54 AM
SABA/ST. EUSTATIUS--Dutch Government Representative Gilbert Isabella, who will be leaving his post as per January 1, 2018, was “unpleasantly surprised” when the Secretary General at the Ministry of Home Affairs and Kingdom Relations informed him that he should pack his bags halfway his six-year term.
Jeroen Steenbrink appointed as new Chief Prosecutor St. Maarten
- November 25, 2017 9:48 AM
PHILIPSBURG--The Kingdom Council of Ministers has appointed Jeroen Steenbrink as St. Maarten’s new Chief Prosecutor, it was announced Friday.
Bada Bing suspects inform Court about their circumstances after Irma
- November 23, 2017 9:55 PM
PHILIPSBURG--Before rendering the verdicts on the appeals in the Bada Bing case, the Court of Appeals on Wednesday gave the four suspects the opportunity to update the Court on their personal circumstances after Hurricane Irma struck St. Maarten on September 6.
Venezuela's PDVSA in talks to supply gas to neighbors
- November 23, 2017 5:05 PM
SANTA CRUZ, Bolivia - Venezuelan state-run oil company PDVSA [PDVSA.UL] is in contract talks to export natural gas to neighbors Colombia, Trinidad and Tobago, and Aruba, a company official said on Wednesday.
Agenten in tranen bij zaak Mitch Henriquez
- November 23, 2017 4:16 PM
"Ik ben DH01. Dat is niet de naam die mijn ouders mij hebben gegeven, maar de naam die ik heb gekregen als verdachte", zo verklaarde een van de twee agenten vandaag die voor de rechter staan voor betrokkenheid bij de dood van Mitch Henriquez in 2015 in Den Haag.
“Inspiring Innovation, naar een herstelgerichte samenleving”
- November 23, 2017 10:01 AM
WILLEMSTAD - In de week van 26 november tot 3 december 2017 vindt de week van het herstelrecht plaats te Curacao.
Conferentie met aandacht voor huiselijk geweld
- November 23, 2017 9:37 AM
WILLEMSTAD - In het jaar 2015 maakte de Minister van Justitie de maand november als maand van bewustwording van relationeel geweld en geweld tegen kinderen.