Civil Registrations Office: ‘Curaçao’s population is decreasing’
WILLEMSTAD - During a recent press conference, the Civil Registry’s Office (Kranshi) indicated that the island’s population fell by 0.8 percent in the first eight months of this year. On average about 15 people More...
TO employee convicted
WILLEMSTAD - The Court of First Instance has sentenced Mrs. L.L.M.L. (Curaçao, 1969) yesterday morning, August 15, 2018, to 60 hours community service for the benefit of the society. She is one of the three suspects More...
Venezuelans must be vaccinated against yellow fever
WILLEMSTAD - Venezuelans who come to Curaçao have to prove that they have been vaccinated against yellow fever. Not because they have the chance to contract this disease, but because yellow fever is a health problem More...
Little boy of four can stay on the island
WILLEMSTAD - The boy of four who was going to be deported, still gets a residence permit. The mother heard this on Friday last week. The government was going to deport the Venezuelan boy while his Venezuelan mother More...
Curaçao Airport starts test phase of new ‘Immigration Hall’
WILLEMSTAD - The Airport Expansion Project at Curaçao International Airport has been steadily progressing towards it completion, which is scheduled for year-end 2018. Curaçao Airport Partners opens and tests More...
At least 15 undocumented people arrested during inspections
WILLEMSTAD - Early Friday morning, police teams, together with staff from the Immigration and Tax Administration BAB, visited various locations, including in Suffisant, at the Gosieweg, Rooseveltweg and in Otrobanda. There, More...
Police detained 32 foreigners
WILLEMSTAD - The police performed checks at various dance clubs and nightclubs last Friday. In addition, 32 people were arrested who were unable to show residence permits. It concerns both men and women. They have More...
US ends temporary protected status for Haitians
WASHINGTON - Haitians living in the United States under the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designation have been given 18 months to get out of the country. The Donald Trump administration yesterday announced More...
Caribbean urged to fight President Trump’s move to scrap program protecting immigrants
WASHINGTON - With thousands of undocumented immigrants facing possible deportation from the United States, Caribbean-American legislators are urging the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to urgently mobilize push back More...
Clandestine immigration channel between Haiti and French Guiana dismantled
PORT AU PRINCE - Some 20 people have been arrested after a ten-month investigation into a clandestine immigration between Haiti and French Guiana via the Dominican Republic, Curacao, Panama and Suriname. Following More...
