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Happy 70th birthday Perret – Ingenieros de Caracas

Venezuelan investors Alberto (COO) and Irwin Perret-Gentil, (CEO) of PERING, Azure Residences facing Eagle Beach.
Perret Ingenieros de Caracas.

By Clyde Harms jobs during the construction of the
ORANJESTAD — PERING (Perret In- properties and other hundreds to
genieros de Caracas), the Vene- operate and maintain them.
zuelan company managed by the
brothers Irwin and Alberto Perret- The Harbour House project at West-
Gentil, is celebrating its 70th anni- straat, across the quay where the
versary. PERING has been operat- cruise ships dock, will eventually re-
ing in Aruba for over two decades. sult in the restoration of a section of
It developed Oceania I & II, Blue Oranjestad that is very important
Residences and Azure Residences for the cruise ship tourism. It will also
at Eagle Beach, and currently is help to realize the government’s
finishing Harbour House in Oranjes- goal of stimulating more activity in
tad. the center of Oranjestad. The local
fishermen also will benefit greatly
As Honorary President and Trea- of the renovation, restoration and
surer of the Nuevo Mundo Foun- Harbor House under construction in front of the local fishermen’s wharf. additions that are being made in
dation, an organization that has that area under the strict supervi-
benefitted greatly from the many many masters and guest artists sion of the Aruba Ports Authority.
contributions that PERING has with their families during all five fes-
made to Aruba, I would like to use tivals. Indeed, had it not been for Social facet
this occasion to thank them for all the generous support of the Perret- Together with other Venezuelan
that the company has done for us Gentil brothers, we would not have investors in Aruba, the brothers
and for different facets of the Aru- been able to present one festival. Perret-Gentil founded PANA 9Pa
ban community. Amor di Nos Aruba. In Venezuela
Economic the word “pana” is used to denote
Cultural PERING’s investments here run in a friend, and PANA has been a
In addition to contributing person- the millions of dollars. There is no very good friend to our commu-
nel and other resources to help doubt that the almost 500 Con- nity. It organized and financed the
Nuevo Mundo Foundation to raise dos that PERING has constructed “Street Sinterklaas” program to dis-
funds to cover its expenses, the Per- in Aruba have contributed enor- tribute gifts to needy Aruban chil-
ret-Gentil brothers have supported mously to the growth of tourism dren. PANA donated school ma-
the Aruba Symphony Festival gen- PANA, an organization founded and and the economy of our island. terial to the Cayena Kleuterschool
erously with monetary donations funded by Venezuelan investors in Using local contractors for its proj- (Kindergarten) and another school
and by providing FREE lodging for Aruba, arranged for Sinterklaas to dis- ects, PERING created hundreds of in San Nicolas. This year PANA con-
tribute gifts to needy Aruban children.
tributed generously to the Heroes
Program to support those who are
on the forefront of the fight against
the pandemic Covid-19. Last year
the Perret-Gentil brothers financed
the publication of the book “An
Aruban in Libya” that is sold to raise
funds for the Koningin Wilhelmina
Fonds, the Aruban equivalent of
the American Cancer Society.

Congratulations Perret Ingenieros
de Caracas, with your 70th anni-
versary. Congratulations, Alberto
and Irwin, and many thanks for
Aruba Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Simon Gollo who is also the founder and Artistic Director of the Aruba all that you have done for our be-
Symphony Festival. loved Aruba.q