Food Bank Curaçao: ‘More than 250 new requests per day’

Food Bank Curaçao: ‘More than 250 new requests per day’

WILLEMSTAD – “The Food Bank on Curaçao still receives about 250 new requests for food packages per day”, says...

10 June 2020
Curaçao: Border partially open starting in July, no quarantine for Dutch visitors

Curaçao: Border partially open starting in July, no quarantine for Dutch visitors

WILLEMSTAD – A maximum of ten thousand people from low risk countries are allowed to visit Curaçao in the...

8 June 2020
Black Lives Matter Protest against racism also held on Curaçao

Black Lives Matter Protest against racism also held on Curaçao

WILLEMSTAD – Under the name ‘Curaçao Can’t Breath’, a small group of young individuals protested racism on Wednesday on...

4 June 2020
More mass layoffs to follow at Curaçaoan hotels if border doesn’t open before July

More mass layoffs to follow at Curaçaoan hotels if border doesn’t open before July

WILLEMSTAD – The requested mass layoff at the Santa Barbara Beach Hotel is a forerunner for the rest of...

3 June 2020
Curaçaoan music industry in crisis: ‘Who will protect our culture?’

Curaçaoan music industry in crisis: ‘Who will protect our culture?’

WILLEMSTAD – The Association of Curaçaoan Musicians (AMAK) expects that a majority of musicians on the island will have...

2 June 2020
Poverty on Curaçao: Aid organizations overrun by hungry individuals

Poverty on Curaçao: Aid organizations overrun by hungry individuals

WILLEMSTAD – The poverty on Curaçao is so dire that the Red Cross on the island fears looting while...

30 May 2020
Curaçaoan fishermen skeptical about government’s post-corona plans

Curaçaoan fishermen skeptical about government’s post-corona plans

WILLEMSTAD – Strengthening and broadening its own economy so that it is less reliant on tourism or aid from...

28 May 2020
Curaçao residents aged 45 and up part of high risk group for corona

Curaçao residents aged 45 and up part of high risk group for corona

WILLEMSTAD – The majority of the population of Curaçao experiences health issues. According to the chair of the General...

28 May 2020
Hundreds of Curaçaoan families shut off from water due to lack of money

Hundreds of Curaçaoan families shut off from water due to lack of money

WILLEMSTAD – “This single mother has been shut off from water for four years”, says Alejandro van Putten who...

26 May 2020
Aruba, Curaçao, and Sint Maarten have to do what the Netherlands demands to get aid

Aruba, Curaçao, and Sint Maarten have to do what the Netherlands demands to get aid

THE HAGUE – The debate on Wednesday is a historic one when it comes to the relationship between the...

21 May 2020
RIVM: ‘Fight against infectious diseases such as corona, structurally insufficient on islands’

RIVM: ‘Fight against infectious diseases such as corona, structurally insufficient on islands’

ORANJESTAD – Aruba, Curaçao, and Sint-Maarten have to work better together and with the Netherlands to combat infectious diseases....

18 May 2020
‘Kingdom is missing structural cooperation in the medical field’

‘Kingdom is missing structural cooperation in the medical field’

ZOETERMEER – Vereniging Antilliaanse Medici (AMA)  received 80 registrations from medical staff with a Caribbean background in the Netherlands...

10 May 2020
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