ST. EUSTATIUS--In carrying out the Island Council’s motion of November 30, 2016, the Executive Council on Wednesday presented the Dutch Government with a formal petition against the process of embedding the public entities of Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba in the Dutch Constitution.
WILLEMSTAD--The planned meeting of Curaçao’s Parliament started and quickly ran out of control on Wednesday. Interim President Humhprey Davelaar (PNP) opened the proceedings and immediately went over to the order of the day, but opposition members intervened and were ultimately removed from the building.
PHILIPSBURG - The suspect Francisco Corallo (56) remains in detention. The judge of instruction on Friday, December 15, 2016 deemed his detention lawful. Corallo was arrested on December 13 by the Anti-corruption Taskforce (TBO) of the Kingdom Detectives Cooperation Team (RST) at the request of Italian authorities.
PHILIPSBURG - The searches in St. Maarten led by the investigative Judge that have taken place on December 13, 2016, have been completed. Suspect F.C. (56) who was arrested by the Anti-corruption Taskforce (TBO) of the Kingdom Detectives Cooperation Team (RST) at the request of Italian authorities is still in custody.
BEIJING/HOUSTON - China's Guangdong Zhenrong Energy Co will submit a plan by April to revamp a century-old oil refinery in Curacao, as it seeks to secure a $5.5 billion project that will give China a foothold in the Caribbean's second-largest oil refinery.
THE HAGUE--Not a farewell, but rather a new beginning. That is how the recently resigned Minister Plenipotentiary of Aruba and new Aruba Governor Alfonso Boekhoudt called his departure from The Hague to take up a new challenge in Oranjestad during his speech at a reception in his honour on Tuesday.
PHILIPSBURG--Windward Islands Teachers Union (WITU) President Claire Elshot-Aventurin (59) has professed her innocence of the charges being levied against her.
WILLEMSTAD - On Thursday 1 December 2016, VanEps Kunneman VanDoorne organized the twelfth edition of the Day of the Supervisory Board on Curaçao. The focus of this year was on risk management.
PHILIPSBURG - The searches in St. Maarten that started this morning and are being led by the Judge of Instruction are still ongoing. The home of the suspect Francesco Corallo (56) born in Italy is one of the premises that is being searched.
ORANJESTAD – Zondagmiddag heeft de politiewacht te Noord een patrouille uitgestuurd om drie aanhoudingen te verrichten. Toen men met de wachtcommandant op het betreffende adres aankwam, werd duidelijk dat er meer aan de hand was.
WILLEMSTAD - De Raad van Ministers buigt zich morgen over het rapport van de Commissie van Wijzen. De commissie onderzocht de bedrijfseconomische gesteldheid van luchtvaartmaatschappij Insel Air.
PHILIPSBURG - The Anti-corruption Taskforce (TBO) of the Kingdom Detectives Cooperation Team (RST) are conducting searches since early in the morning of Tuesday, December 13.
THE NETHERLANDS - Nederland staat op een pijnlijke derde plaats in de top 15 van belastingparadijzen die vandaag door ontwikkelingsorganisatie Oxfam wordt gepubliceerd.
MIAMI, Florida--Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd RCL has been granted approval by the Cuban Government for the company to begin cruises to Cuba. The company said it plans to announce its first Florida-Cuba itineraries in the near future.
Der Alte, Der Kommissar en Witse hebben met commissarissen bij rechtspersonen gemeen dat ze kritisch onderzoek (moeten) doen naar feiten en naar de oorzaken van misstanden, en vooral moeten blijven doorvragen.
China's trading firm PetroChina was awarded a tender to sell up to 1.65 million barrels of U.S. light crude to Venezuela's state-run PDVSA for delivery in the coming weeks at a terminal in Curacao, traders said on Monday.