A man carrying a loaded firearm was apprehended yesterday on Saturday, the 31st of July, 2010 when he tried boarding a plane. The incident took place at the Amsterdam Airport where the man in question was trying to board a flight to Curacao, an island which lies in the Dutch Caribbean. The man was apprehended [...]

HOLLYWOOD, FL–(Marketwire – August 2, 2010) – Families looking for a late summer or fall getaway can indulge in Breezes Curaзao’s wallet-friendly “Curaзao WOW” promotion. Guests visiting the Super-Inclusive resort August 15 through December 15 will enjoy five nights in the Dutch Caribbean and pay for only four, starting at just $580 per person per [...]

Valero Energy (VLO) Tuesday said its Aruba refinery may resume operations after completing turnaround maintenance in September if it is profitable to do so. Operations at Valero’s Benicia, California, refinery will return to full operating rates by late August following about 60 days of unplanned maintenance at a coker unit, the co. said Tuesday. The [...]

The 13th edition of the Ennia Kids Triathlon will be held this Sunday June 13th. This year it will take place for the first time at Blue Bay Curaзao! Your board has decided to extend extraordinary permission for this positive, sporty event for children, since it will be positive promotion for Blue Bay Curaзao. The [...]

Brazilian Airline Gol saw a demand on it route network grow by 32.1% in January over the same period last year (31.4% in the domestic market and 36.9% in the international market). It was the second consecutive month to record a year-on-year upturn. According to the company, the key factor behind the upturn was the [...]

THE HAGUE–Dutch Government announced on Friday that it has started the reorganisation of the backlog in payments of the Island Territory of St. Eustatius to the general Antillean pension fund APNA. The amount of the money is NAf. 6,686,652.15, almost 2.3 million euros, and involves the backlog up to and including 2005. The backlog in [...]

The discussion about switching from the Antillean guilder to the US dollar in Curaзao and St. Maarten when the Netherlands Antilles ceases to exist has died down somewhat since a symposium on the subject at the end of last year. However, preparations for ?dollarisation? continue unabated behind the scenes in financial circles in Willemstad, confirmed [...]

CARACAS, Venezuela ? AP. Venezuela made a diplomatic protest to the United States and the Netherlands on Monday, saying a U.S. military plane violated its airspace last week after taking off from the Dutch Caribbean island of Curacao. A U.S. diplomat denied it. Venezuelan Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro called the purported incursion “an attempt to [...]

Bid per person, per night and choose your length of stay anytime thru November 30, 2010 at the Howard Johnson Plaza Hotel in Curacao The Howard Johnson Plaza Hotel & Casino at Plaza Brion is situated in the beautiful centre of Willemstad city, on the Island Curaзao, in ?Otrabanda? next to the harbor Sint Anna [...]

SAN NICOLAS ? The refinery at San Nicolas will become partially operational again. In this, owner and operator Valero wants potential buyer PetroChina to observe the refinery?s operation and its status. The starting up of facilities will take approximately three weeks. The definite decision on whether the Chinese state-owned oil company will take over the [...]