Demand of 16 years for mother and 6 years for a son who murdered...
WILLEMSTAD.- Yesterday, the prosecutor filed a demand for 16 years for Yvolaine J. and 6 years for her son Gabrielo J. Both accused are...
Court rules Robinho must serve Italian gang rape sentence in Brazil
Brasília, Brazil
Former Manchester City and Real Madrid striker Robinho must serve a nine-year rape sentence -- imposed on him by an Italian court -- in...
TNO Pilot Project for Public Transport Change
WILLEMSTAD.-Periodically, ideas emerge intending to bring changes to public transport here in Curacao. Many of these ideas are noble, but ultimately, they remain only...
14 killed, 37 injured in north China road tunnel accident
Beijing, China
Fourteen people were killed and 37 others injured after a bus crashed inside an expressway tunnel in northern China, state media reported Wednesday.The accident...
Minister of Health Silvania: Working alongside the Indian community in Curacao
WILLEMSTAD.- The Minister of Health, Javier Silvania, provided additional details about the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) he will sign with India. According to Minister...
The Netherlands: the world’s global legal battlefield
The Hague, Netherlands
From conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East to salt mining in Brazil -- courts in the Netherlands have become Ground Zero in...
China congratulates Putin on election victory
Beijing, China
Key Russian ally China on Monday congratulated President Vladimir Putin on his election victory.With 99 percent of polling stations having submitted results, Putin had...
UN says 5 million at risk of starvation in Sudan
United Nations, United States
The United Nations appealed Friday for Sudan's battling factions to allow delivery of humanitarian relief to fend off looming "catastrophic" hunger.Some five...
Netherlands to select future attack submarines
Paris, France
The Netherlands was set to announce Friday who it has chosen for a multi-billion-euro contract to build four submarines for its navy, with a...
Antilleans in large criminal groups are prisoners in Antwerp
ANTWERP/W'STAD.- Once again, attention is drawn to large groups of young people of Antillean dissidents who are part of drug criminal gangs in Antwerp,...