Rhuggenaath wants emergency law to circumvent bureaucracy
WILLEMSTAD - The government of Eugene Rhuggenaath wants a special mandate from the Parliament of Curaçao to boost the economy. The bureaucracy must be circumvented through ministerial regulations. The Emergency More...
Parliament adopts 8 out of 21 motions
WILLEMSTAD - In Parliament, 21 motions have been filed during the last day of the debate on the budget for 2019. Only eight of these motions were adopted. The thirteen other motions - from the opposition - did not More...
Parliament allocates quarter million guilders for social objectives
WILLEMSTAD - By means of an amendment, the Parliament of Curaçao have allocated 250,000 guilders of their own budget for 2019 for the Parliament to make them available for social objectives. It is an initiative More...
Dutch political parties SP and VVD want to talk with local MPs about independent public broadcasting
WILLEMSTAD - The Dutch political parties SP and VVD want to talk to Curaçao MPs in January next year about the possibility for an independent public broadcaster on Curaçao. The parties are concerned that many More...
Replacement Schotte’s seat in parliament on hold
WILLEMSTAD – Former Prime Minister of Curaçao who is now behind bars for corruption is at it again. He does not want to lose his parliamentary seat. For this reason, he has filed an appeal against the cancellation More...
Schotte notified of loss Parliament seat
WILLEMSTAD - Former Curaçao Prime Minister Gerrit Schotte was informed by Parliament President William “Junior” Millerson via bailiff that the MFK-leader’s membership of the legislature has come to end with More...
President of Parliament: “Conviction Schotte bad publicity for politics”
WILLEMSTAD - President of Parliament William Millerson thinks Schotte's verdict is not the best advertisement for politics. He says so in response to the ruling of the Supreme Court. The Court sees no reasons to More...
MAN faction wants clarity about alleged corruption at RdK
WILLEMSTAD - In parliament, there is a call for the Minister of General Affairs, Eugene Rhuggenaath to give a more detailed explanation of the case of Roderick van Kwartel, Director of the public company Curaçao More...
Amending Constitution is not a priority
WILLEMSTAD - Foreigners who have lived in Curaçao for more than 10 years will not be able to vote in the parliamentary elections for the time being. The proposal of the opposition party MFK of the former Prime More...
Opposition party MFK wants Parliament to be involved in corruption investigation
WILLEMSTAD - The leader of the opposition party MFK, Gerrit Schotte wants an emergency meeting in Parliament to discuss the situation at the public company Refineria di Korsou, Curaçao Refinery (RdK). Yesterday, More...
