
Cft chairman Age Bakker: “Finalizing financial reports Sint Eustatius is of great importance”
ORANJESTAD - The submission of various financial reports to the Cft is still not up to standard. The chairman of the Board of supervision of Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba (Cft) reached this conclusion during More...

Cft chairman Age Bakker: “Saba stays on track”
An unqualified accountant’s opinion for the third time in a row. THE BOTTOM - The Board of financial supervision of Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba (Cft) concluded on June 28 that Saba still has its public finances More...

Lack of confidence disastrous for economy
WILLEMSTAD - Economic growth on Curacao is stagnant due to lack of confidence. This is according to the outgoing Chairman of the Committee for Financial Supervision Age Bakker. This has to do with paying too little More...

Permanent supervision of finances of the former Antilles islands
THE HAGUE - The former Netherlands Antilles must continue to be under financial supervision in the future. This is according to Age Bakker, who departs after six years as chairman of the temporary Committee for More...

Departing Chairman Age Bakker: “Aruba faces the challenge to meet the legal deficit standard this year as well”
ORANJESTAD - The first progress report of this year shows that the deficit in the collective sector on Aruba in the first quarter amounts to 1.1% of GDP, which is higher than the 0.5% GDP deficit standard for the More...

Financial supervision has proven its success
CFT Chairman Bakker says farewell THE HAGUE - The financial supervision in the Dutch Caribbean has proven beneficial and also by and large a success: in 2016 all three countries and the three public entities for More...

Cft Chairman Age Bakker: “More priority should be given to improving financial management of Bonaire”
The improving of financial management remains a point of concern. KRALENDIJK - The Board of financial supervision Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba (Cft) during its visit to Bonaire on June 20th advised the Executive More...

Departing Cft Chairman Age Bakker: “New Curaçao government may combine budgetary balance with economic stimulus”
WILLEMSTAD - During its visit to Curaçao, the Board of financial supervision for Curaçao and Sint Maarten (Cft) indicated that the new government is facing the challenge of having to combine budgetary balance More...

Age Bakker (Cft): “Capacity problems of Finance department Sint Eustatius will be addressed”
ORANJESTAD – During the visit of the Board of financial supervision of Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba (Cft) to Sint Eustatius, the Executive Council explained in detail the decisions that have been taken to More...

Age Bakker (Cft): “Sint Maarten must set priorities for government investment”
PHILIPSBURG – The board of financial supervision Curaçao and Sint Maarten (Cft) spoke with ministers and members of Parliament about the financial state of affairs during its regular visit to Sint Maarten. In More...