Beaming with pride, the team at Aqualectra was pleased to announce that the highly esteemed Standard & Poor’s Financial Services, LLC, has awarded the company an ‘A-‘ financial rating. As the first utility company in the Caribbean to be awarded a Standard and Poor’s (S&P) rating, this has undoubtedly proven to be an enormous achievement, […]
At the request of the Consumer Foundation, on May 1, 2015 the Central Bank of Curaçao and St. Maarten declared new rules for individuals who provide short-term loans at high interest rates, usually to low-income people. There were already rules in effect for these “loan sharks,” but now they have been further tightened to protect […]
The Dutch minister Lilianne Ploumen of Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation will head a Dutch trade mission to Cuba in early 2016. Considering that Cuba and the Netherlands are practically neighbors in the Caribbean, thanks to the presence of the ABC islands, she explicitly commented that companies from Curaçao should also participate. The Dutch state […]
Using the name Reinfoke, which means redirect, a group of unemployed youths in Curaçao are getting the necessary guidance to prepare them for a job in a number of businesses. The intent of this program is to create sustainable jobs for young people who have registered for this intensive training. This is based on an […]
The 10-acre ACOYA Hotel Suites and Villas in Curaçao launched the ACOYA Private Residence Club. According to founder, Mr. Mahesh Daswani, the vacation club provides opportunities for local residents to purchase shared memberships at ACOYA, which can be used for “staycations” or exchanged for travel worldwide with their partnership with Interval International, a worldwide provider […]
If you’re already familiar with Corporate Governance and Transparency, Information Governance, or IG for short, is exactly what you might think it is.TEXT VANESSA VROLIJK According to the Business Dictionary online, governance is: “the establishment of policies, and continuous monitoring of their proper implementation, by the members of the governing body of an organization. It […]
‘One Kingdom, four countries’ is the title of a brochure issued by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs in The Hague in an effort to explain to the outside world that the Dutch kingdom consists of the Netherlands, which is part of the European Union, jointly with the autonomous countries in the Caribbean, being Aruba, […]
“Curaçao has so many opportunities. Import and export mainly occur via the maritime industry – it’s really a growing sector. Everything revolves around our waters.” TEXT NEELAM MELWANI Curaçao is blessed with incredible natural, deep harbors, and a port that is positioned in such a way that it offers security to vessels docked in its […]
Efforts are being combined to revitalize the downtown area of Punda. Government and private partners are aiming to revitalize Punda again as the place to go for living, shopping and visiting. A master plan for the development of Punda is in the works, with a focus of boosting the economy of Curaçao. At the same […]
More mutual cooperation between the public and private sectors in Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao (ABC), and a greater involvement of the commercial sector in relevant government policies will ultimately lead to a much stronger basis for the trade sectors in these three islands. The Stichting Economisch Onderzoek (SEO – foundation for economic research) has presented […]
