Rutte, Hennis and Rhuggenaath to visit St. Maarten
THE HAGUE - Dutch caretaker Minister of Defence Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert will visit St. Maarten early October and Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte will follow suit early November. This was announced by the Dutch More...
“Air around oil refinery Isla is not so clean after all”
WILLEMSTAD - The air quality around the oil refinery Isla is not as good as was announced by the Minister of Public Health, Suzanne Camelia-Römer last week. This is according to the environmental organization SMOC. According More...
Navy ship to remain in the Caribbean
THE HAGUE, WILLEMSTAD - The Dutch government is not in favor of withdrawing its navy ships from the Caribbean part of the Kingdom to stop refugees in the Mediterranean. This is according to the Dutch Minister of More...
USA reassures Dutch Minister of Defense about Venezuela
WASHINGTON, THE HAGUE - The US Secretary of Defense James Mattis reassured his Dutch counterpart Jeanine Hennis-Plasscheart with the announcement that there is no chance that the United States will arbitrarily take More...
Minister of Defense: “Number of arrested illegal immigrants rising, bust still no reason for concern”
THE HAGUE, WILLEMSTAD - The number of Venezuelan refugees being detained by the Coast Guard is rising, but there is no reason for concern. This is according to the Kingdom Minister of Defense, Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert More...
Minister opposes re-division of Coast Guard’s expenses
THE HAGUE - Dutch Minister of Defence Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert advised on Wednesday against the two motions of Party for Freedom PVV in the Second Chamber of the Dutch Parliament to have a new division key for More...
Measures to curb 3M deficit at Dutch Caribbean Coast Guard
WILLEMSTAD - According to a report from the Daily Herald, the Dutch Minister of Defense Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert stated in a letter to the Dutch Parliament on April 21, that a series of measures will have to More...
New air quality monitoring station Julianadorp in 2016
WILLEMSTAD - The Dutch Ministry of Defense begins in January 2016 with measurements of the air quality in Curaçao. This is following the complaints from the defense personnel living in Julianadorp in 2013. The More...
Dutch Minister of Defense visits Curaçao
WILLEMSTAD – The Minister of Defense of the Dutch Kingdom, Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, is on an official visit to the Caribbean part of the Kingdom since yesterday. Her visit will be till April 10 and it will More...
Hennis-Plasschaert: Situation is Venezuela not a threat
WILLEMSTAD - Although the Dutch government is concerned about the political tensions in Venezuela, there is no reason for increasing the number of military or defense in the Caribbean part of the Kingdom. The Dutch More...
