WASHINGTON DC, USA – The Venezuelan government may not have enough money to ensure sufficient food, medicine and other necessities for its people, but it found the cash to donate US$500,000 to US President Donald Trump’s inauguration fund.
DUITSLAND - Een hotel in Duitsland hoeft de naam van een hotelgast niet te openbaren aan een vrouw die in 2010 drie nachten doorbracht met een man in het hotel.
Het besluit van de interim-regering van Curaçao van twee maanden geleden om de verkiezingen niet te laten doorgaan, "kwam in feite neer op een staatsgreep", vindt minister Plasterk.
WILLEMSTAD – The preliminary results of Curaçao’s 2017 elections are in. The biggest winner with 18,362 votes is PAR headed by Eugene Rhuggenaath. It was the first time he participated as political leader.
WILLEMSTAD – Partido Alternativa Real (PAR) heeft de verkiezingen op Curaçao gewonnen. PAR behaalde met de nieuwe lijsttrekker Eugene Rhuggenaath zes van de 21 zetels.
PHILIPSBURG--St. Maarten has had a new Solicitor-General, Jan Spaans (50), since January 1. He represents the Prosecutor’s Office in appeal cases at the Joint Court of Justice, such as the well-known “Menam” and “Masbangu” cases.
MARIGOT--Resurgent centre-right candidate François Fillon emerged as the biggest vote-getter in St. Martin capturing 1,376 votes (27.19 per cent) in the first round of France’s Presidential Election, proving here at least that allegations of paying his wife and children for fake jobs out of public money had nothing to do with his programme and did not bother those who came out to vote.
FLORIDA, United States--A major cruise line with ships that call in the Caribbean will have to pay a US $40 million penalty – the largest ever for crimes involving deliberate vessel pollution.
WILLEMSTAD – Op Curaçao zijn tussen de vijf- en tienduizend illegale Venezolanen. Dat stelt NRC in een artikel over de bootvluchtelingen die vanuit het buurland in crisis naar het eiland proberen te komen.
PARAMARIBO--Eugene van der San, Suriname’s brand new Minister of Justice and Police provoked the ire of locals on Monday, when he told an audience of Chinese nationals that they should be allowed to mow down criminals.
THE HAGUE--St. Maarten/Italian casino boss Francesco Corallo may remain incarcerated in St. Maarten for another year, as his actual extradition to Italy may not take place until the summer of 2018.