Haiti ‘laden with challenges’ but also hope, UN Security Council told
NEW YORK - Haiti is “laden with challenges, but also hope”, the head of the UN mission in the country told the Security Council on Wednesday, against the backdrop of ongoing political unrest in the Caribbean More...
The Hague takes steps to reduce poverty in Caribbean Netherlands
THE HAGUE - Residents of Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba need to get it better. For many residents of the islands the cost of basic expenses such as rent, food and drink are high in relation to their income. That More...
Poverty high on Saba delegation’s agenda
THE HAGUE - Poverty and establishing a social minimum for Saba are high on the agenda of the Saba Island Council delegation visiting The Hague this week. Creating more awareness of Saba’s social ills among Members More...
First steps in the fight against poverty are now a fact
WILLEMSTAD - When they took office, the ministers of the Rhuggenaath Cabinet attached their fate to the fight against poverty in Curaçao. Four neighborhoods have been chosen as part of a plan where the government More...
Latin America and Caribbean focus on attacking pockets of rural poverty
SANTIAGO - Identifying territories where rural poverty is most entrenched in Latin America and the Caribbean to apply new tools and innovative policies to combat hunger is the new strategy that will be discussed More...
Economists to talk about poverty
WILLEMSTAD - The Dutch Caribbean economists will talk about poverty in Curaçao next Saturday. It seems to have increased, the economists say. The conference should provide more insight into the poverty issue and More...
The Netherlands gives 900,000 guilders for poverty reduction
WILLEMSTAD - The Netherlands gives 900,000 guilders for poverty reduction in Curaçao. The support for the National Development Plan of Curaçao had already been promised by former Minister Ronald Plasterk. The More...
Van Laar writes of obstruction in his battle against poverty
THE HAGUE - “Poverty must stay.” It is the painful conclusion and the title of the chapter on Kingdom relations in the new book by former Member of the Second Chamber of the Dutch Parliament Roelof van Laar More...
SER: Curaçao Government needs to address poverty
WILLEMSTAD - According to the Social Economic Council (SER), the Government and Parliament of Curaçao must map out poverty on the island and make policies to address it as soon as possible. According to the SER, More...
Government’s urgency plan still needs 3 million guilders
WILLEMSTAD - The Government’s urgency plan will officially be presented on Wednesday, September 6 to the public. But a number of members of the press already received this plan yesterday. When going through the More...
