CKN is seeking financial support Caribbean Kids News (CKN) is a unique program for Aruba, Bonaire, Curacao, St. Maarten, St. Eustatius and Saba, thus for six very special but quite different islands. For the first time a news program informs young people between 9 and 14 years and gives them a voice in the Caribbean… Continue reading CARIBBEAN KIDS NEWS
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WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT GEERT WILDERS BEFORE LISTENING TO HIS SPEECH ON 9/11
Geert Wilders: “There is nothing wrong with Islam” The Dutch congressman Geert Wilders (Freedom Party (Partij voor de Vrijheid)) will deliver a speech on September 11, 2010 in New York in opposition to the proposed building of a mosque close to Ground Zero. He will not only condemn the followers of Islam, but also Islam… Continue reading WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT GEERT WILDERS BEFORE LISTENING TO HIS SPEECH ON 9/11
CARIBBEAN KIDS NEWS WINS KNN AWARD 2010
Item about fire trucks (click here) The kids news in the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba has won the ‘KNN Award’ during the annual summit of the eight Kids News Network programmes. The award is a yearly professional prize for the best report of the network (see FreeVoice news item). Sulin Passial, chief editor of the… Continue reading CARIBBEAN KIDS NEWS WINS KNN AWARD 2010
FINAL POSTING OF 2009
Nobel Winds & Breezes Good poetry begins with the lightest touch, a breeze arriving from nowhere, a whispered healing arrival, a word in your ear, a settling into things, then like a hand in the dark it arrests the whole body, steeling you for revelation. (David Whyte) Let’s talk about winds. Nobel winds. Nobel winds… Continue reading FINAL POSTING OF 2009
TED – IDEAS WORTH SPREADING
Riveting talks by remarkable people, free to the world How to keep yourself informed about the newest innovations and the most fascinating ideas of our time? Through TED.com (free videos), the TED annual conferences, the annual TED Prize, local TEDx events and TED Twitter. TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design. TED is an academic organization owned… Continue reading TED – IDEAS WORTH SPREADING
AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH, A CONVENIENT LIE?
Global Warming Research Data Manipulated? Computer hackers have broken into a server at a well-respected climate change research center of a University in Britain and posted hundreds of private e-mails and documents online — fueling debate over whether some scientists have overstated the case for man-made climate change (click here). According to the New York… Continue reading AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH, A CONVENIENT LIE?
HELP MAKE CURACAO ABLED
The Laura and Wagner Foundation Fundraising Evening On Thursday December 3, 2009, the Laura and Wagner Foundation are holding a fundraising evening at the Netherlands Antilles Central Bank. Special guests will appear via TeleConference to discuss how to make technology more abled for the disabled. Click here to read the flyer. The Laura and Wagner Foundation… Continue reading HELP MAKE CURACAO ABLED
CARIBBEAN KIDS NEWS
The Dutch Antillean ‘Jeugdjournaal’ The Curacao-based Foundation Youth Into Media (Stichting Youth Into Media) is responsible for the sustainable development of a youth news program – Caribbean Kids News – on television and the internet for the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba. The first show of ‘Caribbean Kids News’ was on September 14, 2009 on TeleCuracao. Caribbean… Continue reading CARIBBEAN KIDS NEWS
SPOTLIGHT ON CURACAO
Curacao economic country survey inserted in the New York Post In May 2009, United International Press (UIP) issued a special bulletin on Curacao, the Netherlands Antilles, in an insert in the New York Post. UIP has also placed the bulletin on its website. Curacao is described as a Caribbean Hub with Investment Appeal. Amongst various government… Continue reading SPOTLIGHT ON CURACAO
CURACAO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ON REFERENDUM
Kámara di Komèrsio Kòrsou: Un voto ‘NO’ ta funesto pa klima ekonómiko. Un voto ‘NO’ ta funesto pa pueblo di Kòrsou. Karel Frielink: Bo ta kere ku futuro ta mas importante ku pasado? SI Bo ta kere mester solushoná nos debenan? SI Bo ta kere ku e pakete ta un base pa drecha ekonomia i… Continue reading CURACAO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ON REFERENDUM
AWEL SI
Pueblo ta papia palabra kla Mi ta vota “SI” ! Bo ta kere den Kòrsou? SI Bo ta kere ku Kòrsou tin chèns ainda di mehorá? SI Bo ta kere ku nos mester biba na pas i den harmonia ku otro? SI Bo ta kere ku futuro ta mas importante ku pasado? SI Bo ke… Continue reading AWEL SI
VOTA SI
‘SI’ pa Futuro di Kòrsou SI bo tin Kòrsou na pechu, bo tambe ta preokupá pa futuro di nos isla. E momentu a yega pa ábo mete kuné. Mi stima Kòrsou i mi ta deSIdido pa biba aki i kontribuí na bienestar di mi pais. Ami mes ke disidí mi futuro i esun di mi… Continue reading VOTA SI