The bullet scanner for people at Hato airport is only partially operational. According to the minister, the Curaçao authorities do not want to share operational information about when that scanner is used or not and what the reasons are.

Because passengers from flights from Curaçao at Schiphol are subjected to 100% checks, the co

WILLEMSTAD (ANP) – The Curaçao politician and businessman Amparo dos Santos has promised Thursday a reward of 1 million dollars (900,000) euros for the person who solved the murder of politician Helmin Wiels in 2013. Dos Santos states that the Public Prosecution Service has no idea who committed the murder.

[TOTAL BLACKOUT] The entire island, from East point to West point, is without power. Aqualectra confirms this.

Aqualectra gives priority to restarting everything and is now doing everything it can.

Then the exact cause is examined. There would have been an explosion and fire this morning in a transformer at CRU on the Isla site. Aqualectra cannot yet confirm whether that is the cause.

Such a total blackout has not taken place in Curaçao since 2006.

UPDATE: In a press release, Aqualectra says they hope to have the power back within two hours.

WILLEMSTAD – Refineria di Kòrsou (RdK) and Isla (PDVSA) have recently reached an agreement in the context of the previous conservative seizure by RdK. According to the Government, this agreement must contribute to the peace and stability that is so necessary precisely during this transition period and “that will allow the refinery to start

The internship student comes from the University of Curaçao. After the discovery, the trainee’s car was searched and it appeared that the

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.

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.

The increase in the number of stay-over tourists is responsible for this growth. Almost 350,000 up to October. Most are from the Netherlands, the United States, Colombia, Canada, Germany and Brazil.

A second victim, also with gunshot wounds, had left the crime scene and was later found at a shop on the Gosieweg. An ambulance picked her up and brought her to the hospital.

He is said to have smuggled tens of kilos of cocaine through the port to the Netherlands. The man is currently serving a sentence for forbidden possession of weapons.

The situation after the accident threatened to get out of hand because the drunken driver wanted to get a hold of it. He shouldn’t have done

Willemstad – A single-parent family with two children needs a minimum of 2037 guilders to survive. This is reported by the Central Bureau of Statistics.

This so-called subjective poverty line is determined on the basis of what the inhabitants of Curaçao experience as a minimum. 

A decision of the Court on 8 October last determined that Tromp was right to claim procedural damage as a result of the prosecution, which lasted for more than 2.5 years. The Country, the taxpayer, pays for the costs of Tromp’s defence, estim

Willemstad – Frightening moments for a driver on the Gosieweg. Late Saturday night he collided with two other cars and then crashed into a lamppost. His car caught fire.

Willemstad – Once again a Dutch trainee has fallen victim to crime. The girl got to know 26-year-old Ruendly Bryan four weeks ago, but almost immediately went wrong.

To guarantee the independence of the investigation, the National Criminal Investigation Department in Sint Maarten is in charge of the investigation, which is also being carried out by a multidisciplinary investigation team set up on Curacao for human trafficking cases.

A drug courier was sentenced by the Frankfurt district court on Thursday to three and a half years in prison for smuggling about 1.5 kilograms of liquid cocaine in shaving cream cans.

The K-9 unit detected the drugs at a Frankfurt airport after the suitcase of the 23-year-old passenger from Curacao (Netherlands Antilles) had been unloaded. 

According to the following account set out by federal authorities, Smith and two marketing executives compiled a “rich list” of prominent Philadelphians and wealthy people on an Excel spreadsheet, with columns recording dates of first meetings, any progress made, and an estimate of how much money might flow in. Among the prospects: owners of the Eagles and Philadelphia Union, high-profile lawyers and bankers, and successful entrepreneurs.

Brenda Ann Smith, Rittenhouse Square’s jailed investment scammer, kicked off her scheme in a simple, methodical way: She made a list.