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No options to challenge Dutch Kingdom government decisions in court

Posted on February 9, 2022 by admin

No options to challenge Dutch Kingdom government decisions in court

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Agreement on Kingdom Act St Maarten, Aruba, Curaçao And The Netherlands

Posted on February 8, 2022 by admin

Agreement on Kingdom Act St Maarten, Aruba, Curaçao And The Netherlands
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Curacao’s MFK & PNP Sign Coalition Agreement. IMF In COHO Out!

Posted on May 3, 2021 by admin

This agreement forms the guideline for the 2021-2025 government period of the cabinet MFK / PNP that is yet to take office. Pisas spoke of “a historic moment when the world is beginning to realize that the new government is going to change the course of the country.”

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Curaçao’s Largest Parties Sign Coalition Agreement Sends Letters To Netherlands, Aruba & St. Maarten Parliaments. Prefers IMF

Posted on May 1, 2021 by admin

The leaders of MFK and PNP this week sent a letter to the parliaments of the Netherlands, Aruba and St. Maarten in which they announce their plans and state that they want to engage the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The IMF should “create, guide and monitor” a reform program for Curaçao.

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St Maarten, Aruba & Curacao Politicians’ Won’t Have To Reduce Their Salaries Until June 2023

Posted on April 13, 2021 by admin

The ministers and members of Parliament cannot simply reverse the reduction on their salary that has been applied as a result of the liquidity support from the Netherlands.
The moment of expiry must in any case be after June 30, 2023, as stated in two Memorandum of Amendment (NvW) with the same purport to the National Ordinances on Financial Provision of Ministers and States. The NvW sets several conditions for the possible reversal of the salary discount.

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Knops 5: 7.2 million available for the implementation of the coral restoration plan Dutch Sint Maarten

Posted on April 7, 2021 by admin

You’re going to have to invest in that. As part of the Envelope region, we have made 7.2 million available for the implementation of the coral restoration plan. Another part that is currently running, also with tourism organizations, is certifying destinations and tourist locations as Blue Destination destination.

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Knops 4: “Sometimes you have to maneuver around something to get to the target… With Sint Maarten, that was just much more complicated.”

Posted on April 7, 2021 by admin

State Secretary Knops:
I do not think it helps in the relationship between two countries the charges just mentioned, namely elements such as doubting the intentions and placing things in the perspective of postcolonial et cetera. That makes it all complicated. Sometimes you have to maneuver around something to get to the target. In a relationship in which there are only two countries in the Kingdom, one of which has a problem as a result of a natural disaster, you hope to be able to organize it differently.

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Knops 3: With The Airport, There Was A Lack Of ‘Political Will’, At The Dump And Vromi, A Lack Knowledge, Expertise & Execution Powers

Posted on April 7, 2021 by admin

But we saw, for example, at the airport that there was a lack of political will; Let me put it this way. With the dump, it is also an issue that the knowledge and expertise are hardly available and that there was no follow-up. The ministries responsible, the Ministry of VROMI in this case, did not have sufficient execution power to be able to do so themselves. So you can have a very capable World Bank with all the technical expertise, but if on the other side of the partnership one is insufficiently receptive or does not have enough knowledge to be able to respond to it, then it does not work. That balance has to be sought. We may have thought too easily

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Knops 1: €352 MILLION Deposited In Trust Fund, 9 Projects Underway. 2 Being Prepared Worth $419 Million. 2000+ Participants Income Support/Training. 1300+ Roofs Repaired

Posted on April 6, 2021 by admin

We have currently deposited €352m into the trust fund. Nine projects are in progress and two are in preparation, worth $419 million. We have successfully completed an income support and training project with 2,000 participants, who are therefore more employable in the labour market. More than 1,300 roofs have been repaired. More than 100 shipwrecks in the Simpson Bay Lagoon have been cleared. The new building of the hospital has started. The tender for the reconstruction of the airport is currently underway. The tenders have just been received and are currently being assessed.

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