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Tag archive for ‘Caribbean Reform Entity (CRE)’
By The Publisher On Tuesday, November 17th, 2020
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Can the CRE deliver?

The Caribbean Reform Entity (CRE) was initially rejected by the governments of Aruba, Curacao, and St. Maarten. After Prime Minister Rutte stated that there would be no negotiations regarding the CRE in September More...

By The Publisher On Friday, October 9th, 2020
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CHE versus OHO: A Figment of our Imagination?

by Emsley D. Tromp In a letter dated October 6, 2020, to the Chairperson of Parliament Ms. A. Pauletta, Prime Minister E. Rhuggenaath on the one hand, and in a recent press conference, the leader of the MAN party, More...

By The Publisher On Friday, September 11th, 2020
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Third tranche of liquidity support remains elusive

THE HAGUE – The outcome of the Kingdom Council of Ministers meeting of Friday cannot come as a surprise to anyone. “As long as St. Maarten does not agree with the core of the package, a fruitful discussion More...

By The Publisher On Thursday, September 10th, 2020
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The mother of all challenges

By Hilbert Haar Our island is facing the mother of all challenges – and even that is an understatement. The COVID-19 crises has laid bare what decision makers have known for a very, very long time: it is dangerous More...

By The Publisher On Tuesday, September 1st, 2020
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Council of Advice does not support the government’s position

~ Council of Advice: “A Consensus Kingdom Law can be a useful solution” ~ PHILIPSBURG – The Council of Advice sent its advice about the draft consensus kingdom law Caribbean Reform entity (CRE) already on More...

By The Publisher On Friday, August 28th, 2020
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Knops: No liquidity support without agreement about conditions

THE HAGUE – The third tranche of liquidity support will only become available after St. Maarten has met all the conditions attached to the second tranche and after there is a clear political agreement about the More...

By The Publisher On Friday, August 14th, 2020
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MP Buncamper urges the government of the Netherlands to stop hiding behind the CFT

PHILIPSBURG — In light of today’s meeting of the Kingdom Council of Ministers in The Hague, MP Claudius ‘Toontje’ Buncamper issued a statement to the press on Friday night urging the More...

By The Publisher On Monday, July 27th, 2020
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Editorial: Caribbean Reform Entity

The words of an insider: “We have met the conditions to get liquidity support via the 1st tranche and via the 2nd tranche. To get the 3rd tranche, we have to give up the country.” This seems to the More...

By The Publisher On Sunday, July 26th, 2020
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Will the Caribbean Reform Entity become a reality?

  PHILIPSBURG – The number of corona-virus infections has pushed attention for the Caribbean Reform Entity (CRE) to the background – but it is still there. Since Prime Minister Silveria Jacobs left More...

By The Publisher On Tuesday, July 14th, 2020
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Reform Entity: healthcare and education systems need improvement

PHILIPSBURG – The Caribbean Reform Entity (CRE) – if it ever becomes a reality – will take measures to reform the education systems in Curacao, Aruba, and St. Maarten and also look for ways to improve More...