Tag: Curacao

Armored Truck CEO Admits Fraud In Multimillion Dollar Dirty Gold Money Laundering Conspiracy

MIAMI — Jesus Gabriel Rodriguez, Jr., 45, former CEO of Transvalue, a South Florida company that transported gold, cash, and other valuables by armored truck, pled guilty yesterday to submitting false customs documents that hid the true origin of gold being imported into Miami as part of a $140 million transnational illicit gold smuggling operation. […]

Travelers To UK From 3 Caribbean Islands Must Self-Isolate, Transport Secretary Says

KRALENDIJK — Three Caribbean islands and two European countries have been removed from the British Government’s list of COVID-19 safe places to come from. Bonaire, St Eustatius and Saba are the three Caribbean islands to have been removed from the safe travel corridor list, UK Secretary of State for Transport Grant Shapps said. “The latest […]

Fabien Cousteau Is Raising $135 Million To Build International Deep Sea Space Station In Curacao

WILLEMSTAD — Renowned aquanaut, Ocean explorer and environmentalist Fabien Cousteau–grandson of Jacques-Yves Cousteau–announces today his vision for PROTEUS™, the world’s most advanced underwater scientific research station and habitat to address humanity’s most critical concerns: medicinal discoveries, food sustainability, and the impacts of climate change. A project of the Fabien Cousteau Ocean Learning Center (FCOLC), PROTEUS™ is conceived as the […]

Helicopter Crash Claims Life Of 2 Dutch Soldiers Off The Coast Of Aruba On Sunday

ORANJESTAD — Two Dutch soldiers died when a Netherlands military defense NH90 helicopter crashed near Aruba on Sunday. Two Dutch soldiers survived the crash. Pilot Christine Martens, 34, and Tactical Coordinator Erwin Warnies, 33, were killed in the accident, Commander of the Armed Forces Rob Bauer confirmed today. The cause of the crash is not […]

SATIRE FROM POKORNY: Here’s An Idea To Save GERS … Let’s Legalize Prostitution

Dear Editor: I do not support the Governor’s attempt to amend the law to allow recreational use of marijuana. I listened to the Special Senate Session yesterday – the whole darn thing. A couple of observations. This smells like a progressive democrat agenda, led by a progressive democrat (Bryan). Proponents claim the legalization of marijuana […]

British Royal Navy Assists U.S. Coast Guard With Drug Interdiction in Caribbean

WILLEMSTAD — The British Royal Navy support ship RFA Mounts Bay has joined forces with specialist U.S. take-down teams from the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), in order to combat drug smuggling in the Caribbean. USCG drug enforcement experts have been deployed to stop illegal narcotics produced in South and Central America from reaching the United […]

PDVSA Halts Caribbean Storage, Shipping; Diverts Oil Cargo: Sources, Data Indicate

[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] CARACAS — Venezuela’s state-run oil company PDVSA suspended oil storage and shipping from its Caribbean facilities following a move by ConocoPhillips to temporarily seize the firm’s assets on four islands, according to a PDVSA source and Reuters data. PDVSA has begun concentrating most shipping in its main crude terminal of […]