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Venezuelan Crisis expected to be largest refugee crisis on earth, surpassing even Syria

This is the best we can do. If we spent a little more on dealing with the Syrian or other migration crises right from the start, not only could we have saved lives, but it would have cost less,” he pointed out.

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This secretive, super-rich family must decide where to put $5.8b

Rich Dutch families have good reason to be discreet. The country was stunned in 1983 when a gang kidnapped brewery magnate Freddy Heineken for ransom. Two decades later, armed men snatched Claudia Melchers, the daughter of billionaire industrialist Hans Melchers, who happened to be a major Hal shareholder.

The Netherlands is also

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The Netherlands loses EU court case customs duties

The administrative errors led to a loss of EU revenues from customs duties of 18.2 million for Curaçao and almost 300,000 euros for Aruba. The committee believes that the Netherlands is liable for the loss caused by the islands and demands that the money goes to the EU budget. The Court of Appeal upheld her in that regard and

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Can Caribbean Sugar Make A Sweet Comeback?

Today, more than two-thirds of the sugar consumed in the Caribbean originates from outside sources, displacing some 200,000 metric tons of regionally produced sugar. In 2018 alone, Jamaica accounted for more than 20% of the region’s 61,717,886 kilograms of total refined sugar extra-regional imports (Sugar Associat

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Chucky facing 8 years in prison for shooting ‘Shabo’ in St Peters

The Prosecutor considered attempted manslaughter proven. She said the defendant was lying and said that the victim had admitted that they had a confrontation about their being competitors in the drug trade that day.

  Attorney-at-law Shaira Bommel maintained her client’s innocence and said there was insufficient evidence in the case file to regard her client as the perpetrator.
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Video Last Night Vehicle Accident

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Videos: Minister of Tourism Stuart Johnson ‘dumbs it down’ Minister of Finance Perry Geerlings

Tourism Minister Stuart Johnson then stated that he would ‘dumb it down’ for Minister of Finance Perry Geerlings, the way he did in Parliament. Stuart believes there should be an end of year bonus for workers, and Geerlings was just Continue reading

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Video Minister Geerlings St Maarten has fls.25-30 Million Guilders in Coffers SXM Gov. Press Briefing

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Jamaloodin to SDKK Prison

It also applies to the Jamaloodin that he will be transferred to Curaçao and placed in a detention center on the island, when the situation permits.

The Public Prosecution Service cannot make any announcements about the moment at which this transfer can and will take place.

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Police Arrest Another Venezuelan Tax Office Arson – Curacao

Another man and woman were arrested during the detention on the Road to Welgelegen. They wanted to prevent the arrest. Another Venezuelan was arrested earlier. The main suspect is a Haitian man and subcontractor to the Isla, who may have already left the island.

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