Council of States looks into Minister Plenipotentiary’s position
THE HAGUE, WILLEMSTAD – The Council of State will take a look into the position of the Minister Plenipotentiary in the Kingdom Council of Ministers. This was decided by the Parliamentary Committee for Kingdom More...
Rutte will not respond to fuss about Wiels
WILLEMSTAD – Prime Minister Mark Rutte will not substantively respond to the outcry over the Minister Plenipotentiary of Curacao, Marvelyne Wiels. She came into disrepute because of cronyism and resume fraud. Rutte: More...
Dutch Parliament wants Rutte’s opinion on Marvelyn Wiels’ debate
THE HAGUE, WILLEMSTAD – The Lower Chamber in the Dutch Parliament wants know from the Dutch Prime Minister what his opinion is on the recent debate in the Curacao Parliament on the Minister Plenipotentiary, Marvelyne More...
Plasterk: ‘No fumbling with the Kingdom’
THE HAGUE – “No one will tamper with the Dutch Kingdom. The former Netherlands Antilles do not want a looser cooperation and thus it is not going to happen.” These are words spoken by the Minister of Kingdom More...
Van Raak: ‘Rutte must order an investigation into nepotism at Curacao House’
THE HAGUE, WILLEMSTAD – The Dutch Member of Parliament for the Socialist Party, Ronald van Raak, wants the Prime Minister of the Netherlands, Mark Rutte, to investigate the Minister Plenipotentiary of Curacao, More...
Independence? The islands and the U.S. don’t really want that
Completely independent? We can arrange that easily, says Prime Minister Rutte to the Antillean politicians. But it’s not that simple. The U.S. is against it. Content wise was Rutte’s message to politicians in More...
Rutte: ‘Islands may leave if they want’
THE HAGUE, WILLEMSTAD – Caribbean islands who want to break tie with Netherlands may leave immediately according to the Dutch Prime Minister, Mark Rutte. The Prime Minister has said that during his visit to the More...
For MFK it is equality for the Kingdom citizens that matters
WILLEMSTAD – Opposition party MFK headed by former Prime Minister, Gerrit Schotte, handed a letter about the so called “Bosmanwet” (Bosman law) to the visiting Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte. The “Bosmanwet” More...
Dutch Prime Minister Rutte visits members of Parliament
WILLEMSTAD – The Dutch Prime Minister, Mark Rutte is doing a tour to get to know the Caribbean countries in the Dutch Kingdom. The Prime Minister also visited the Parliament of Curacao. During his visit, he spoke More...
Rutte: ‘Let’s make money together’
WILLEMSTAD – According to the Dutch Prime Minister, Mark Rutte, one of the important goals of the business trip to the Caribbean territories of the Dutch Kingdom that he wants to reach is “to make tons of money More...