St. Maarten’s Landfill fire: Persons with respiratory challenges advised to close windows and doors
GREAT BAY - Part of the landfill on Pond Island is on fire. Residents living downwind in the Philipsburg area and surrounding neighborhoods from the smoke, should close windows and doors. This advisory is especially More...
Minister promises stop uncontrolled discharge of waste water
WILLEMSTAD - Uncontrolled discharge of wastewater into the sea at the 'Shut' site will stop this year. That assures the Minister of Traffic, Transport and Spatial Planning (VVRP) Zita Jesus-Leito. The waste processing More...
St. Maarten prosecutors investigate law violations at dump
PHILIPSBURG - Prosecutors have been investigating the situation at the dump since April, the Prosecutor’s Office said Wednesday in response to statements made in social media concerning the latest fire at the More...
X team catches perpetrator during illegal dumping
WILLEMSTAD - The X team has caught a man and fined him heavily for the illegal dumping of garden waste. That happened in the parking lot behind the Veneto Hotel. The man stated that he had dumped the palm leaves More...
More Sargassum in Curaçao again
WILLEMSTAD - Once again large quantities of Sargassum seaweed have washed ashore on Curaçao. Among others at Shete Boca and Groot St. Joris. Since March of this year, the stifling seaweed washes ashore on the coast More...
FKP is allowed to build in Wechi
WILLEMSTAD - Social Housing Foundation FKP is allowed to build in Wechi. That has been determined by the judge. The environmentalist Amigu di Tera had objected because the site was not intended for housing. But More...
Almost a quarter of the population suffers from refinery’s stench
WILLEMSTAD - Oil Refinery Isla is doing whatever it wants. This is according to the environmental organization SMOC on the basis of the National Health Survey Curaçao last year. Twenty-five percent of those surveyed More...
‘Solution for discharging sewage must come’
WILLEMSTAD - Over 80 percent of sewage water still ends up in the sea. This is according to Timo Brouwer of the environmental organization GreenForce. Brouwer was present last week during a public meeting of the More...
The Coca-Cola System celebrates 80 years on Curaçao contributing to environmental initiatives
WILLEMSTAD - In the presence of the Prime Minister, Minister of Economic Development and other invitees, the Coca-Cola System, including The Coca-Cola Company and Curacao Beverage Bottling Company (CBBC), celebrated More...
‘In order to realize economic development, you have to affect the environment here and there’
WILLEMSTAD - Minister of Economic Development Steven Martina sees, despite the heavy criticism, the development of the Jan Thiel area still as positive. According to the Minister, there is still a need for hotels More...
