The Netherlands responsible for human rights
WILLEMSTAD - The Netherlands as the largest country in the Kingdom is responsible for human rights. That is what the UN Committee against Torture says in a report that has just been published. The guarantee function More...
Dutch help desired with refinery negotiations
WILLEMSTAD - Curacao is going to the Netherlands early next year to ask for help in finding a new operator for the Isla refinery. This is according to the Prime Minister of Curaçao Eugene Rhuggenaath. At the moment More...
Islands voted against new law proposal on Dispute Regulation
THE HAGUE - The three Dutch Caribbean countries voted against the Kingdom Law proposal to establish a Dispute Regulation for the Kingdom, during last week’s meeting of the Kingdom Council of Ministers. Curaçao More...
Urgent call to all Caribbean nations to condemn and reject continuation of Dutch colonialism in the Caribbean region
We herewith would like to bring attention to an urgent emerging undemocratic development in the Southern- Caribbean. On November 20th 2018, the illegal deposed government of Sint Eustatius will be in court of first More...
Bosman proposes change to Charter to facilitate secession
THE HAGUE - Member of the Second Chamber of the Dutch Parliament André Bosman of the liberal democratic VVD party has prepared an initiative law proposal to amend the Charter which gives Curaçao and St. Maarten More...
Each year 16 billion euros laundered in the Netherlands
THE HAGUE - According to researchers, about 16 billion euros are laundered every year. The money would be 90 percent of drug trafficking and fraud. The researchers at Utrecht University (UU) warned on Monday in More...
More questions about deal between Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs and Venezuela
THE HAGUE - The Members of Parliament for the Dutch party CDA and the D66 Martijn van Helvert and Sjoerd Sjoerdsma respectively want details about the deal between the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom More...
Street party closing the CTB’s “Coolest Street in Holland” campaign
WILLEMSTAD - The Coolest Street in Holland campaign, organized in the Netherlands by the Curaçao Tourist Board (CTB), recently came to an end. During the summer season, the Dutch public was asked to make a short More...
Jonckheer: “Bilateral ties between China and the Netherlands also positive for Curaçao”
WILLEMSTAD - Recently, the Chinese Premier Li Keqiang was in the Netherlands for a historic visit. It was the first time in 14 years that a visit like this took place in the Kingdom. Premier Li Keqiang was in the More...
Statia versus Netherlands case postponed until November 20
ORANJESTAD - The government of the Netherlands was granted a four-week postponement of the court case filed against it by the ousted former Island Government of St. Eustatius. The hearing is scheduled for November More...
