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- February 01, 2016 3:05 PM
WILLEMSTAD — De start van de metingen naar de luchtkwaliteit in Julianadorp die de GGD Amsterdam in opdracht van het ministerie van Defensie in Nederland, en in samenspraak met de Curaçaose autoriteiten, zou uitvoeren, is tot nader order uitgesteld.
Calmes hekelt hoger beroep Jardim
- February 01, 2016 2:17 PM
WILLEMSTAD — Abvo-voorzitter Wendy Calmes is niet te spreken over het besluit van Financiën-minister José Jardim (namens onafhankelijk Statenlid Glenn Sulvaran) om in hoger beroep te gaan in de zaak waarin de rechter bepaalde dat de overheid pensioenen met een duurtetoeslag over 2012 met terugwerkende kracht moet indexeren.
Jacobs: Media Law outdated
- February 01, 2016 9:44 AM
PHILIPSBURG--Education and Culture Minister Silveria Jacobs described the almost-ten-year-old draft Media Law as “outdated” in Parliament on Thursday afternoon.
Court orders NIPA to pay Richards NAf. 280,000
- February 01, 2016 8:35 AM
PHILIPSBURG--The Court of First Instance has ordered the National Institute for Professional Advancement (NIPA) to pay former director Vernon Richards, a termination settlement of NAf. 280,000.
National Detectives get new guidelines
- February 01, 2016 8:21 AM
PHILIPSBURG - A press statement by the Attorney-General of Curaçao, St. Maarten and the BES islands announced to various Justice Ministries that new measures have been introduced for the Landsrecherche (National Detectives) starting today.
Dochter korpschef Suriname maakt aanrijding met dienstvoertuig
- February 01, 2016 7:11 AM
PARAMARIBO - I.D., de negentienjarige dochter van aankomend Korpschef van het Korps Politie Suriname Agnes Daniel, heeft vrijdag een aanrijding gemaakt met het dienstvoertuig van haar moeder.
Militair betrokken bij schietincident Suriname
- February 01, 2016 7:07 AM
PARAMARIBO - De militair die zaterdag is beschoten door een collega, is vandaag op de intensive afdeling van het Academisch Ziekenhuis Paramaribo overleden.
GEBE board advises Shareholder against appointing Brooks as CEO
- January 29, 2016 9:00 PM
PHILIPSBURG--The supervisory board of directors of utilities company GEBE has advised the company’s shareholder (Government) not to appoint temporary manager William Brooks as the company’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO).
Court hears appeal on Brooks Tower forgery
- January 29, 2016 8:47 PM
PHILIPSBURG--Three years and six months after former owner of employment agency Unico Management Service Josane R.A. Emmanuel (38) was convicted of fraud and forgery of employment statements used in the Brooks Tower Accord process the Joint Court of Justice heard her appeal in this case on Thursday.
Bosman: the Isla is not our responsibility
- January 29, 2016 6:43 PM
THE HAGUE--The Netherlands doesn’t carry the constitutional responsibility under the Kingdom Charter to solve the pollution caused by Curaçao’s Isla refinery, said Member of the Second Chamber of the Dutch Parliament André Bosman on Thursday.
‘Schending mensenrechten en ondeugdelijk bestuur’
- January 29, 2016 2:48 PM
DEN HAAG — De Tweede Kamer was vandaag eensgezind in haar oordeel over de Isla-raffinaderij: er is sprake van een schending van de mensenrechten en van ondeugdelijk bestuur.
Advocaten in zaak Hato-shooting hebben meer tijd nodig
- January 29, 2016 2:13 PM
WILLEMSTAD — De drie rechters van het Gemeenschappelijk Hof van Justitie hebben vandaag de zaak die de naam Hato-shooting kreeg, niet meer behandeld.
Thies Leijsen nieuwe deken Orde van Advocaten Bonaire
- January 29, 2016 2:01 PM
KRALENDIJK - Advocaat Thies Leijsen is met ingang van 1 januari 2016 benoemd als deken van de Orde van Advocaten op Bonaire.
WHO to hold emergency meeting on Zika as virus spreads “explosively”
- January 29, 2016 11:33 AM
WASHINGTON, US – The World Health Organization (WHO) will meet next Monday to determine whether the Zika virus outbreak that has touched 23 countries, including some in the Caribbean, constitutes a public health emergency of international concern.
World Health Organization backs “sugar tax” to curb childhood obesity
- January 29, 2016 11:11 AM
LONDON – In a new report on rising childhood obesity, the World Health Organization (WHO) has backed the British campaign for a “sugar tax” on sweet drinks.
Uitbreiding rookverbod op Curacao per 1 april
- January 28, 2016 9:59 PM
WILLEMSTAD - De uitbreiding van het rookverbod in de Landsverordening beperking tabaksgebruik treedt in werking per 1 april 2016.
Airlines offering refunds on tickets to countries affected by Zika virus
- January 28, 2016 11:01 AM
Some airlines, including those serving the Caribbean, have started offering refunds to passengers who had been booked to fly to some of the countries where cases of the Zika virus have been confirmed.
Half million-dollar settlements for families of crew killed in ship disaster off Bahamas
- January 28, 2016 10:24 AM
FLORIDA, United States – The families of 10 of the 33 people who died when cargo vessel El Faro sank off the Bahamas, during Hurricane Joaquin in October last year, have accepted US$500,000 settlements from the ship’s owner.
Airport Director Labega likely back as consultant
- January 28, 2016 8:34 AM
PHILIPSBURG - Minister of Tourism, Economic Affairs, Transport and Telecommunications (TEATT) Irania Arrindell hopes that negotiations with Princess Juliana International Airport SXM Managing Director Regina Labega will be concluded soon and that Labega will be hired as a consultant for the company.
Plasterk to St. Maarten Sunday, also to Statia
- January 28, 2016 8:31 AM
THE HAGUE--Dutch Minister of Home Affairs and Kingdom Relations Ronald Plasterk will be arriving in St. Maarten on Sunday for a working visit. He will visit St. Eustatius on Monday.