Strikingly more brief power outages
WILLEMSTAD – In the past few days the island had to deal with power outages in several districts. For example, the electricity was out in Goede Hoop on Friday morning, Friday afternoon, Saturday evening at 10 More...
Widespread power outages due to strike Aqualectra
WILLEMSTAD – The strike called by employees of the utility company, Aqualectra yesterday led to power outages in several areas on the island. The director of the Utility, Darick Yunis, filed a successful lawsuit More...
Price for cubic meter of water changed from 1 January
WILLEMSTAD – The price for one cubic meter of water supplied by water truck has changed. Aqualectra announced that the new rate is 40.35 guilders and that it has changed with effect from 1 January this year. More...
Schotte: “Pope Francis has united himself in the fight against fossil fuels”
WILLEMSTAD – While the government of Curaçao has introduced a new policy on January 1, 2015 to monopolize the “Sun” and make this inaccessible, Pope Francis has made a call to the 1.2 billion Catholics around More...
Water and electricity cheaper, just as a gasoline
WILLEMSTAD – Water and electricity will be cheaper starting January 1. The price of electricity will go down by one cent and water by almost 7 cents per cubic meter. Reason is the lower price of crude oil More...
Owners and installers of solar panels will take government to court
WILLEMSTAD – 180 individuals and 25 companies are ready to battle with the government. They protest against the new solar policy. Starting on January 1, owners of solar panels will have to pay a fee per panel More...
Aqualectra apologizes for power outages
WILLEMSTAD – Utility Company Aqualectra has been having problems with the plant at Dokweg for several days now. Yesterday these problems caused outages again. Through a press release, the organization apologizes More...
“Tap water in Curaçao of an excellent quality”
WILLEMSTAD – “The water that flows from the tap in Curacao, in itself, is of a superior quality.” This is according to a reports of the Analytic Diagnostic Center (ADC). ISO / IEC 17025 accreditation of the More...
Power outages today
WILLEMSTAD – The utility company Aqualectra problems with its power plant at Mundo Nobo. Yesterday, this problem caused power outages in several neighborhoods. Even today, the chances are that some neighborhoods More...
Crowds at Aqualectra due to sickness
WILLEMSTAD – The utility company Aqualectra indicated through their spokesperson that there is a large number of sick employees these days. As a result of this, there are long queues at the counters and on the More...