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Aruban parliament delayed establishment kingdom law for years

THE HAGUE — The parliament of Aruba caused the seven-year delay in the establishment of the kingdom law that limits the authority of the Kingdom Council of Ministers, DossierKoninkijksrelaties.nl reports. Aruba’s parliament approved the legislation only this summer, seven years after the Dutch parliament gave it the green light. Former PvdA-parliamentarian More...

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By The Publisher On Saturday, November 11th, 2023
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Same sex marriage debate continues at the Supreme Court

WILLEMSTAD — The debate about the right to same sex marriage in Curacao and Aruba is in full swing, after the Common Court of Justice ruled that banning such marriages violates the constitutional right to More...

By The Publisher On Wednesday, November 8th, 2023
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Vote on Hartog/Crone motion postponed until December

THE HAGUE — Senators Eddy Hartog (Volt) and Ferd Crone (Green Left/PvdA) have agreed to postpone voting on their motion that objects to the intention of charging Curacao and Aruba a higher interest rate on More...

By The Publisher On Sunday, November 5th, 2023
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Dutch want help from Curacao against illegal online casinos

WILLEMSTAD — The enforcement department of the Dutch Gambling Authority (KSA) has reached out to the Gaming Control Board in Curacao for help in the battle against online casino operators that continue to More...

By The Publisher On Sunday, November 5th, 2023
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Court rules: No bank account for Oduber’s company BCY Entertainment

ORANJESTAD — Arubabank is entitled to refuse opening a bank account for BCY Entertainment, a company of former Minister of Urban Planning, Infrastructure and Environment Otmar Oduber, the court of appeals More...

By The Publisher On Thursday, October 19th, 2023
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Van der Sloot finally confesses to killing Natalee Holloway

BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA — More than eighteen years after her disappearance, Joran van der Sloot confessed to an American judge that he killed 18-year old Natalee Holloway on May 30, 2005 on a beach in Aruba. More...

By The Publisher On Wednesday, October 11th, 2023
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St. Maarten gets low interest rate on refinanced liquidity loans

PHILISPBURG — St. Maarten gets its liquidity loans refinanced against 3.4 percent interest while Curacao, that has refused to accept a Dutch loan to solve problems at insurance company ENNIA, will have to More...

By The Publisher On Saturday, October 7th, 2023
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Curacao refuses loan and Ennia Leven will cease to exist

PHILIPSBURG — The Dutch loan of €600 million (1.2 billion guilders or $636 million) to Curacao and St. Maarten to save the life insurance branch of insurance company ENNIA is off the table. Curacao’s More...

By The Publisher On Wednesday, October 4th, 2023
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Luciano Homemade Gelato: A Taste of The Netherlands in St. Maarten

PHILIPSBURG — Luciano Homemade Gelato, a renowned name with 15 locations in the Netherlands and 2 in Bonaire, has recently opened a new shop in Philipsburg, St. Maarten. The opening took place on Saturday, More...

By The Publisher On Monday, September 18th, 2023
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Analysis: Central Bank intervened much too late at ENNIA

WILLEMSTAD — The management of ENNIA has mismanaged the insurance company and might even have committed criminal acts, econometrists Servaas Houben and Ronald Ketellapper state in an analysis published by More...