News from Bonaire, St. Eustatius & Saba
Willemstad- The director of C-post International, Mr. Thomas Roggendorf was recently able to visit Voedselbank Curaçao to hand over a donation of 17.290 guilers (9,659 US Dollar). The donation was made possible thanks to the sale of special COVID-19 … [Read more] about C-Post Donates close to 10.000 dollars to Food Bank in Curaçao
Willemstad - After successfully completing their two-year training, yesterday nine new Coast Guard officers received their police diploma and their Coast Guard certificate from the Deputy Director of the Coast Guard, Eugene Middelhof and the Caribbean team … [Read more] about Nine new Coast Guard officers for Curaçao’s Coast Guard
Willemstad- Sandals Resort International (SRI) will open its first Curaçao Resort at the former Santa Barbara Resort property in 2021, company officials announced Thursday. The Dutch Caribbean resort will launch with an initial 350 beachfront rooms and … [Read more] about Curacao gets Sandals’ Resort
Willemstad, Curaçao on Saturday evening was hit by a third complete blackout in a number of days. Utility provider Aqualectra says they haven not established as of yet why the power outage keeps occurring. The company said they are generating sufficient … [Read more] about Curaçao hit by third Blackout in matter of days
Philipsburg, Oranjestad, Aruba, Willemstad - The first flight to Çuracao and Aruba from their hub in St. Maarten will be operated on December 21st, just in time for that special Christmas and New Year event. Winair will operate the above mentioned flights … [Read more] about Winair resuming services to Çuracao & Aruba from St. Maarten vice versa
Kralendijk - In January 2021 MijnCN, the online platform for public services in the Caribbean Netherlands, will be launched. The platform enables residents and businesses to handle their obligations safely, easily and quickly online, directly with the … [Read more] about MijnCN: Online Platform for Public Services to be Launched soon
The Hague- The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of The Netherlands has changed Curacao to category Orange, or as a higher risk destination. While not unexpected, the move can be seen as a devastating blow to the economy of the island and the tourism sector … [Read more] about Curaçao in higher risk category for Travel from Holland
Willemstad- There is an island-wide blackout again since early this morning on Curaçao. A production unit of Aqualectra had been taken out of production last week, due to a Covid-19 infection among various maintenance mechanics. When the unit was put … [Read more] about Curaçao Confronted with island-wide Blackout again
Willemstad - On 3rd December the broadcast starts at 13:00 and lasts until 19:00. All of Curacao can follow the presentations and meetings on this day for the people with disabilities. The broadcast can be followed on TV channels and several pages on … [Read more] about International Day for People with Disabilities via live broadcast Curacao
Willemstad- The Central Bank of Curaçao and St. Maarten (CBCS) expects the GDP of Curaçao to contract by 21.4% this year. This estimate is a downward adjustment of 1.0 percentage point compared to the projection presented in the Annual Report 2019. The … [Read more] about Central Bank Expects 21.4% Contraction in Curaçao Economy