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Aruba Karate Bond successfully completed

first National Course for Referee and Coach

ORANJESTAD – It was a and giving the course to a and Zillion Brugés.
historical moment in the total of 16 participants. The course covered all
trajectory of Aruba Karate The participants are mem- rules of the World Karate
Bond (AKB) when on Thurs- bers of Aruba Karate bond Federation. Also the course
day 13th of October 2022, of the organizations SKIF included different tips for
the first national course for Aruba, RyuBuKai Aruba kumite (combat between
referee and coach took and Shotokai Aruba. They karateka) and kata (karate
place at the Hyatt Place were Shawn-Carl Solag- technique and imaginary
Business Center in a very nier, Tiana Tromp, Juan combat) divided under the
positive and nice atmo- David Velasquez, Gen- function of either referee or
sphere. esis Tromp, Jeshua Mejia, coach.
Olga Guaitarilla, Mariana
The board of Aruba Kara- Rodriguez, Edith Shaw Var- The course ended in an
te Bond, under Chairman gas, Bachera Marin, An- exam where four partici-
Felix Tromp congratulates drés Piña, Lipika Motwani, pants succeeded as ref-
instructor sensei Gustavo Frederik Quandus, Jean eree, nine succeeded as
Velasquez for his great Pierre Winterdaal, Jesus coach, and three are from
contribution in preparing Calderon, Kyran Tromp the selection (Jeshua Me-
jia, Kyran Tromp and Zillion
Bruges) who participated
as a test (to measure) their
theoretical knowledge
in order to be better pre-
pared for championships.

The board of Aruba Ka-
rate Bond congratulates
the participants and said
they are preparing for the
special day in which they
will hand out certifications.
Finally, the board thanked
its group of volunteers who
always help to execute this
type of events.q

Minister of Justice attending 90th Interpol General Assembly in India

ORANJESTAD – Aruban Mr. Narendra Modi focused
Minister of Justice and So- on the importance of fight-
cial Affairs, Mr. Rocco Tjon ing financial crime, orga-
is currently attending the nized crime and corruption.
90th Interpol General As-
sembly in India, which is Jurgen Stock, General Sec-
focused on fighting orga- retary of Interpol, explained
nized crime, financial cri- the importance of global
men and corruption. security that was estab-
lished through cooperation
During the opening of this and the sharing of informa-
congress, in which 195 tion between agencies of
countries are participating, law enforcement. Aside
the Prime Minister of India, from this, the president of

Interpol, Mr. Ahmed Naser ous initiatives that Interpol according to a press re-
al-Raisi explained the im- offers to member countries. lease.
portance of the collabo- The opportunities are di-
ration between the 195 verse, varying from help in The upcoming days at the
countries that are members fighting crime to capacity Congress, aside from the
of Interpol. For this, Interpol building for those working official program, the Aru-
makes available technolo- in the judiciary apparatus. ban delegation will be car-
gy for gathering of informa- rying out different conver-
tion to use in analyzing and E strategic agenda of the sations with representatives
sharing information. Aruban ministry of Justice from Interpol and other
and Social Affairs, which countries’ delegations in
According to minister Tjon, was shared with the Parlia- order to fortify the above-
it is important for Aruba to ment of Aruba, is precisely mentioned points. q
make better use of the vari- focused on these aspects,